Other academy awards

[mjollner]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "moongirlk" <moongirlk at y...> wrote:
> Just wanted to ask how people felt about the other awards.  Was 
there 
> anyone who you thought got shafted?  Anyone you thought didn't 
> deserve the honor?  And what about the clothes, hair, etc.?  Dish!

Dish, dish!  I stay up every year to watch the whole damned thing, 
starting with the red carpet interviews beforehand.  Given the length 
of this year's show, I was stumbling to bed past 1am Eastern Time.  
But sacrifices must be made!

Random thoughts: even though Helen Hunt had that messy hair thing 
going, too, I thought she looked pretty for once.  Nicole Kidman 
shouldn't wear white or pale pink; her dress was lovely, but she 
would've looked better if she had worn something brighter.  Kate 
Winslet looked great, and I really liked her dress.  Renee Zellweger, 
who was piss-my-pants FUNNY in "Bridget Jones's Diary," really, really 
needs to EAT something!  It seems that she lost the weight she put on 
for that role, plus an extra 15 pounds or so.  Ice cream, Renee!  
Burgers and fries!  You know you want it!

The repeated tributes to New York annoyed me after awhile.  Yes, it 
was nice that Woody Allen showed up for his first Academy Awards show 
to pay tribute to New York, and certainly that city has suffered a lot 
since September 11.  But a plane crashed into the Pentagon down here 
near DC, too, and let's not forget the plane that was on its way to DC 
that crashed in Pennsylvania.  Not to mention that the dead were not 
just New Yorkers, nor just Americans, but citizens of many nations.  
9/11 left plenty of grief to go around.  

> I was bummed that Amelie didn't win at least something - it deserved 
> to be in the running for best picture (imo, of course), and yet 
> somehow didn't even win best foreign film.  Bah!  

I was really surprised by this, too.  Usually when a foreign film is 
also a box office and critical success here in the US, it's almost 
guaranteed to win *something.*  I hadn't heard of the Bosnian film 
that won.  
 
> And there was a bit of secret glee on my part that Russel Crowe 
> didn't win.  I mean, I was really happy for Denzel - he's done such 
> great work over the years that even though I didn't see Training 
Day, 
> I'm sure he deserved it (althought I was torn between him and Sean 
> Penn), but some little part of me was happy specifically because 
> Crowe didn't win.  I'm so wrong.  

I was also glad that Mr. Surly didn't take home the little golden man, 
although he was very gracious to Halle Berry when she was in 
histrionics just before making her acceptance speech, trying to 
reassure her and calm her down.  And he is a helluva talented actor.  
Not *quite* as good as Denzel, but right up there.  I still think 
about his performance in "The Insider" with awe.  And I must say, he 
looked yummy in the otherwise overblown "Gladiator."  (Wasn't it funny 
during the tribute to the movies when Gorbachev said he liked that 
film?  I laughed out loud!)

> I was happy to see Jennifer Lopez finally figured out which bits 
> clothes are generally meant to cover (not to Jen - it's the bits 
most 
> sensitive to cold - that's why we wear clothes!), but I couldn't 
> figure out what was up with her hair.  

Um, yes!  The curls were nice, but what was up with that middle 
part/not a part thing?  Yikes!  You think she would've looked in a 
mirror before she left in her luxury SUV for the Kodak Theater.  I did 
like the dress.  Nice to know she can now recognize what a *dress* is, 
as opposed to a hanky.

>Julia Robert's dress took me 
>a minute to figure out, but once I did, I liked it a lot.  

Julia looked good, more laidback than last year.  

>How about Julia's many (many) huggins of Denzel?  Anyone care to 
>comment?

She's a jammy cow! :)  And yes, it was just a tad over the top, not 
that she's known for emotional restraint.  I read a scathing critique 
of the show on Salon.com; the writer wished that Denzel's wife 
would've come backstage and kicked Julia's skinny little ass.  Had to 
chuckle when I read that!

>And Halle Berry is always beautiful, but that dress was gorgeous. 
 
Halle was stunning.  Even in "Monster's Ball," emotionally damaged and 
with seemingly no makeup and flat hair, she was lovely.  Life just 
isn't fair. :)

Gwynneth 
> Paltrow on the other hand... I'm worried about her.  Clearly she has 
> no friends.  Even a casual friend would surely have talked her out 
>of that dress, or at least reminded her that support *can* be 
>beautiful.

LOL! Oh, Gwynnie.  Child, what were you thinking?!?  She's all into 
that Tara Reid racoon-eye look now.  What's the appeal, I'd like to 
know?  And ditto your comments on that horrible Goth-chick dress.  
She's walking proof that even small-breasted women need bras.  Though 
standing up straight wouldn't've killed her, either.

> Wow - I feel all catty now.  It's actually kinda fun!  

Meow, meow!  That's what the Oscars are all about, honey!  Mostly, 
anyway.  Occasionally, they are about honest recognition of quality 
work.  I was very pleased for Jim Broadbent to win Best Supporting 
Actor.  It didn't occur to me until he won that he was in three good 
films last year: "Bridget Jones's Diary," "Moulin Rouge" and "Iris."  
He played a wildly different character in each, and was great in each. 
 Good for him!  And I loved the tribute to Sidney Poitier, who is a 
prince among actors and among men.

And I guess now I have to see "A Beautiful Mind," since it won Best 
Picture and all...it can get in line behind "Monsoon Wedding" and the 
re-release of "E.T." on my "to see" list...

Mjollner, still bleary-eyed from staying up to watch the whooole thing