Robert Holliston wrote with much wisdom:
> My favorite moments were:
>
> - the unexpected win of Marcia Gay Harden, a great actress in a great
> performance
> - Dino DiLaurentis admonishing the big studios to trust young talent
> - Tom Hanks expertly playing along with Steve Martin
> - Steven Soderberg winning Best Director for Traffic
>
I'd have liked to see Ang Lee win Best Director, but was very comfortable
with the choice of Soderbergh for Traffic.
I was very happy to see CTHD win for best score.
>
>
> My least favorite moments were:
> - when Kenneth Lonergan didn't get Best Screenplay for You Can Count On
> Me
and I'd add the Coen Bros. for O Brother Where art Thou.
>
> - when Gladiator won Best Picture over Traffic
absolutely. Either Erin Brockovitch and CTHD should have won before
Gladiatior did, if Traffic was not going to win.
and another least favorite moment was Russell Crowe winning for Best Actor;
Javier Badem and Ed Harris each richly deserved it, far more than Crowe,
and Tom Hanks dceserved it more than Crowe.
>
> skip < clip> the performance of Bjork, whose appeal eludes me.
I'm with you here.
>
>
> That's my Oscar report (see You Can Count On Me, that's all I have to
> say about that.)
>
I'd add Before Night Falls, Pollock, and O Brother to that list (I have
already waxed much on CTHD...) with a big big endorsement of You Can Count
On Me, a very intelligent, wonderful movie.
(the Rev) Vince, who lost all the Oscar contests because of Gladiatior
which was ok for a gladiator movie but that was it.
