I’m The Last Person To Talk About The Oscars.

February 23rd, 2009

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Blame it on ineptitude, blame it on snail-like reflexes, blame it on my return from Cancun… but I am officially the last person to write a blog on the Oscars. BUT IT MUST BE DONE. Onwards!

Soooo, didja watch? Hmm? I started off chipper enough - ice cream in hand mouth, flannels on, couch warm. Hugh Jackman won my heart with a great opening number. Tina Fey and Steve Martin caused me great joy with their intro to the Best Script categories. And Ben Stiller’s timely Joaquin Phoenix joke was a coup:

But in the end - maybe it was too much sugar, maybe it was the hour - but I crashed. As well as the show was orchestrated (probably one of the better shows in years), I just got SO BORED during all the technical categories. But I stayed til the bitter end… which actually wasn’t so bitter, cause Slumdog won Best Picture, and I approve. Didn’t they win everything? I think they even won Cutest Attendees. Come on, those kids were amazing in their little tuxes. I bet Angelina adopted one. I also bet I’m late on that joke train, too. Alas.

Best Moments:

* Hugh Jackman’s opening number (”Craigslist Dancers”)
* Tina Fey and Steve Martin (Fey: “It has been said that to write is to live forever.” Martin: “The man who said that is dead.”)
* Ben Stiller as Joaquin Phoenix.
* The time the 5 past Best Supporting Actress nominees came on stage and I thought they were going to announce themselves as the five final cylons.
* The Japanese guy who said, “domo origato, Mr. Roboto.”
* The Judd Apatow short.

Thoughts?

Posted on Monday, February 23rd, 2009 at 3:19 pm by Wendy and is filed under Blog.

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4 Responses to “I’m The Last Person To Talk About The Oscars.”

  1. My thoughts are that I want to marry James Franco PLEASE!
    Oh yeah yay for Slumdog and big props to Milk!
    Disappointed about anything? I wanted them to do the Jai Ho dance SO BADLEY!
    That would have made my night. I want to learn that dance.

    By Kate M. on February 23, 2009 at 5:26 pm |

  2. That, and I wanted to see M.I.A. do her verse in O Saya!

    By Wendy on February 23, 2009 at 6:04 pm |

  3. The Oscars is still way to long and still pretty boring. All this talk of speeding them up was not apparent at the show. I also found the five presenters for each acting award kinda cheesy. On the awards side, I wish Mickey won for best actor. He would of gave an awesome acceptance speech(Penn’s was no slouch though).

    By Neroshan Sundaralinkam on February 23, 2009 at 11:06 pm |

  4. Highlight of the night goes to Will Smith for the “boom goes the dynamite” reference.

    By Dan Carruthers on February 24, 2009 at 9:25 am |

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