Wow. Talk about YMMV. That was one of the things I liked the most about this year's Oscarcast. The whole respect-of-your-peers thing. When the previous winners went off-script, I thought it was genuine and moving.
On Feb 25, 5:17 am, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > BAFTA got plenty *wrong* this year, including an unforgiveably bad > edited sequence of Terry Gilliam film clips when he was given the > Fellowship (BAFTA's biggest award), but I think the In Memorium > sequence is much better handled than this year's Oscars. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh49uPk3lZI > > Obviously, as it's British, the line-up's a little different (no Don > LaFontaine here either), I prefer using select dialogue clips as we > get here. > > Mind you, the worst bit of the Oscars for me were the actorly > soliliquies. I found them so gut-wrenchingly saccharine that I > actually changed channels and only switched back when I thought the > award was about to be announced. I *really* did this. It was > abominable and if they continue it, I fear I'll never be able to watch > again (not that the Oscars are that easy to watch here in the UK, with > the Academy selling them to Sky and Sky putting them on one of its > premium movie channels - only repeating them later on "basic" Sky > One). > > Adam --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
