I think the big problem with Meryl (aside from the obvious problem of winning too much) is that she was only in half the movie, and that the other half was a really slow unlikable movie (and I like Amy Adams, but her character was not someone I found at all likable or interesting).
Bruce On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: > Generally, I thought the show was really pretty good. > > I agree that the dance sequences to the nominated scores just misfired. If > the idea was to bring attention to the music, in my opinion, it did > not. Why not just play a medley of the music as they have in the past. > > Here is what I chiefly wish the Academy would do. Get rid of those > "Entertainment Tonight" - type synopsis-trailer-clips - to represent the > Best Pictures and > just show a real SCENE from the film -- once again, as they used to do. > That, in my opinion, cannot be improved upon. I'm sure the producers of > the films > think that these trailer-clips sell the film -- but people who pay any > attention to current films have seen these trailers again and again. > > Just one scene from AVATAR would have been so much better than that clip > that has been seen on TV so many times. > > The stage looked really good, and I liked the Baldwin-Steve Martin hosting. > > What was the one huge surprise for me? That THE WHITE RIBBON did not win. > I've heard that the film is amazing. In fairness, I do not > know much about the other films in this category. > > My money was on Streep, but Bullock won it. She is Queen around here. > Austin's one bona fide genuine Movie Star! > > Kirby > > > > > On Mar 8, 2010, at 12:03 PM, Jeff Potokar wrote: > > I looked at that awful dance sequence as West Side Story meets West > Hollywood, with a splash of attempted Cirque du Soleil mixed in, for added > humour. Even the chubby white guy, attempting the Michael Jackson moves or > the Shields & Yarnell wannabe couple were embarrassing to watch. > > In all seriousness tho.. it took away from those wanting to appreciate the > scores on their own --rather than being background muzak for that awful > demonstration. > > jeff > > > > > > > On Mar 8, 2010, at 9:38 AM, Colin Hunter wrote: > > We're all still in stupefied shock over the bizarre dancing which > accompanied the soundtrack nominations. Did the dance moves have *anything > at all* to do with the movies? > > Colin Hunter > > Am I missing something? There seems to have been virtually no MOPO > traffic the last few days…not even the normal running dialogue trashing the > Oscar presentation. > > > > Whatup? > > > > DBT > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
