Agreed. This was mid-level Woody Allen at best. I couldn't understand what the fuss was about. And the "American" family in that film - a bunch of right-wing bores - what a tired idea. Would have been funnier to make them American lefties more liberal than thou! Still, it wasn't entirely boring. Great shots of Paris. Who needs a star when you have Paris. We'll always have Paris, won't we? K.
On Feb 27, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Posteropolis wrote: > Franc, Woody got Best Original Screenplay, which I thought was weird, > considering what a tired idea for a movie it was. > > Dave > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Franc > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 10:59 AM > Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Oscars > > I actually thought it was one of the LEAST boring Oscar telecasts I've seen > in a long time but then again I record the show on my DVR and only began to > watch it at around 9.30 PM EST with a remote control in my hand. By the time > 11 o'clock rolled around I was completely caught up, having not listened to > any of the acceptance speeches I wasn't interested in or the commercials. > (You do the math on that one.) I thought Billy Crystal got it right almost > all night. I thought some of the choices on the video packages were strange > especially the In Memorial segment which featured almost all still photos, > odd for an event celebrating motion pictures. I didn't miss having to sit > through the two ghastly Best Songs but the package assembled for Best Movie > of the Year was wrong-headed, intercutting the clips from the best films so > that one never got a taste for any of the nine films, just a stupid idea. I > wasn't too upset with the actual awards last night, although I wish Hugo had > taken either Best Movie or Best Direction. I was frankly expecting an old > guard backlash with the totally ordinary The Descendants and George Clooney > winning top awards and I'm glad that didn't happen. I would have preferred > Viola Davis or Michelle Williams rather than Meryl Streep winning for a > strong performance in an absolutely ghastly film but I'm also glad Woody > Allen didn't win for his latest warmed-over opus. I guess I'm mellowing. > FRANC > -----Original Message----- > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph > Bonelli > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 9:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Oscars > > Sorry to disagree, Bruce, but several of us thought that, though it wasn't > the greatest, that last night's Oscar presentation at LEAST paid attention to > the professionals, living and passed on, who make up the world of > movies...unlike the last two years when the production tried to cater to the > People's Choice and Teeny-bop Awards. We could actually see the entire > audience in the beautiful theatre last night-- instead of having it > decorated like a studio for a game show, complete with peanut gallerey > screaming, "Pick me!" > Sorry, but SOMEONE has to take the higher road. I believe that OSCAR needs > to be that someone. > There is a huge international audience for the Oscars which negates the > necessity to cater to the US's Text-Sending Teeny-Set. Don't worry about > them.. Michael Bay & the Vampire Crew. will see to it that they are well > entertained and spend lots and lots of mommy-daddy money at the concession > stands...and the grownups can snooze with pleasure through an Oscar program > that honors "Hugo" rather than "Transformers". > When Oscar becomes the People's Choice, excellence in film will be buried > under a heap of poot jokes and CGI. > Sorry if my comments seem old-fashioned, but that's the way this movie fan > sees it. > > Joe B in NOLA > > PS-- I thought the awards were well-apportioned on the whole. This year was > all about the Nomination being the thing--- an excellent year for film. > PPS-- But the choice NOT to bestow special honors on the "Potter" series with > it's decade-long history of excellence in everything, was unfortunate...the > night's biggest failing in my estimation. > Joe > > From: Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 6:55 AM > Subject: [MOPO] The Oscars > > It's the morning after, and overall, I thought it was a real snoozefest, > Billy Crystal was entertaining, but SO familiar in everything he did and > said. And was I the only one who kept wondering if he might have looked and > performed better if he hadn't had his very obvious plastic surgery? And isn't > it a bad sign when the best segment was the circus art, which has zero to do > with movies. > > It hit me when they did the "In Memorium" segment, and there were tons of > behind the scenes people no one knows, with a few famous faces thrown in. > They have successfully turned the Oscars into the Golden Globes, filled with > insiders and inside jokes, where they pretty much ignore the viewing public, > and give the awards to the movies THEY like. the kind that the critics fawn > over, but which not many people actually see. > > Of course, this transformation has been going on for many years, but at least > they used to pretend to care about the people who make it all possible, those > who buy the tickets. And in a day when movies face more and more competition > from all sorts of other kinds of entertainment, it may not be just the awards > ceremony that sees its number of viewers continuing to fall in coming years. > > This was once must-viewing for me. and I have watched it every year, but I > think I will skip it next year. > > Bruce > > -- > Bruce Hershenson and the other 24 members of the eMoviePoster.com team > P.O. 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