Final Oscar Reactions

Best part was by far Stewart brining back Marketa and her speech. In fact, everything about "Falling Slowly," from performance to win, was the best part of the evening.

I loved Stewart, especially his opening monologue.

And congrats to the Coens for the highlight of their fantastic career. Three Oscars each. PTA's time will come.

All-in-all, a good ceremony.

The only real shock for me was NO END IN SIGHT losing Best Doc.

I wasn't that surprised by Cotillard's win (I picked her in my Oscar pool), but I still wish Christie and her had tied.

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"John Stewart letting Marketa Irglova come back to speak after the orchestra cut her off."

Yeah, that was awesome. I felt bad for her when she stepped up to speak and the damn orchestra began playing. Kudos to Stewart et al.


"... but I still wish Christie and her had tied."

I thought for sure there would be a tie, especially after they showed Barbra reminiscing about her tie with Katharine Hepburn just before the first commercial break.

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I thought Stewart was great all-around.

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LOL. It was just not funny. Gaydolf Titler?

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Cruel, I actually agree with you.

The Coens were appreciative, but you could tell they knew that at the end of the day, while great honors, these awards don't mean that much to the art form.

A great film is a great film.
A great performance is a great performance.


And I hate how some people complain about some winner's acceptance speeches, saying that they were too boring or some other complaints. Something like, "Well, I wish they hadn't won...what a disappointing speech." I'm pretty sure the awards are for various aspects of filmmaking, not for orating.

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Well, I don't mind that either. I certainly would be emotional. But, whether they are emotional or not, who cares? We are celebrating their work, not their speech or their reaction.

The best speeches of the night were from Cotillard, Bardem and both of the duo from "Falling Slowly."

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Usually the Oscar speeches make me cringe, but for some reason this year, the speeches didn't seem long and boring. Most had something profound to say or just said "Thank you" and that was that. Even the ones that had two or more winners, seemed to go by fast. I don't think (too many times) that the conductor had to start playing the "get off the stage" music. Marion Cotillard's speech was wonderful!

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Did the average movie fan in Podunk, Nowheresville even watch the Oscars?

Nope.

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Well, less deserving films than NO COUNTRY have won more prizes. Of course, far more deserving films than NO COUNTRY have won fewer prizes. C'est la vie.

I thought the show was pretty good, swifter moving than in recent years, with fewer of those ghastly irrelevant montages, and that really awful device last year of having Chris Connelly lead in to commercial breaks by telling us all what we'd just seen. And John Stewart can stay as host, as far as I'm concerned.

I have to say I really hated having the documentary short nominations/winner read out by troops serving in Iraq.

But I did like the honorary Oscar given to Robert Boyle, after last year's award to Ennio Morricone. It is really nice to see them give these lifetime awards to people other than movie stars.

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Updated On: 2/25/08 at 09:29 AM

I loved Javier's speech (did Regis call him Xavier?) and kinda teared up a bit.

The whole show just seemed very slight--I enjoyed Boyle's tribute, but that more to do witht he fact he worked with Hitch that the quality of the tribute.

I thought the Coens were hilarious--I could almost hear the running commentary in Ethan's head: "We win for this but not for FARGO? Okay....."

I thought Marion had the best dress too--though Jennifer Garner looked great too--what was up with the wispy hair dos with the lazy bangs?

Marion Cotillard peed at the podium when she won.




*joke*

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She accepted in character?