Oscars 2012- Page 14

[tazber]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 6:24am

I agree with all you guys on pretty much everything.

Loved the Jaws music.

Renee looked...frightening.

Overall I did think the show was boring.

The Les Miz number looked cramped in front of the those panels. Considering the producers are musical guys I was expecting that to be the highlight. But it sounded horrible. The sound levels were all askew.

Samantha Barks looked fantastic though.



I had high expectations.

Seth McFarlane being edgy and deflating some of those egos with some well timed punctures.
Tributes to musicals (which I also love, duh)
And plenty of room for upsets and surprises.

What I got was a blander than bland version of McFarlane, some musical numbers that could have been so much more, and for the most part predictable wins.

Am I being too harsh?

Updated On: 2/25/13 at 06:24 AM

[madbrian]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 6:49am

Overall, loved it. Randon thoughta:

Was it just me, or was CZJ lip synching?

Loved the use of Jaws theme.

Closing number was a bomb. Please keep Cheno awaay from future shows.

an appearance by FLOTUS is always welcome.

Happy with most of the decisions, except Waltz. Not happy for awarding a lead role in a supporting category. Tommy Lee Jones deserved that award.

[tazber]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 7:04am

Ha! Love this:

[artscallion]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 7:53am

Renee Zellweger...we saw your boobs in "Chicago" and they are not the same ones you had on last night.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 8:02am

Re-watched the whole Les Mis number. Must have been caught up in the moment. Oy! Not very good at all.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 8:35am

I agree with Taz. Boring show. Even the edgy stuff like 'We Saw Your Boobs' song felt a little lazy and I know people were pining for a male equivalent song like 'We Saw Your Junk' to the male nominees. I did love the Sally Field bit but I think I love it when any actor has no issue facing up to their entire filmography but especially loved the Smokey and The Bandit ending. Sound of Music gag was clever too.

Interesting the Academy avoided even touching the controversy to Zero Dark Thirty, but I guess all for the best. Even the clips for its presentation were entirely in the second half heavy on the detective work and arm-twisting and yet none from the raid scene either. I just saw a bunch of clips of Jennifer Ehle blowing up repeatedly and feeling a little sad again each time.

Also there was a lot of people missing in the In Memoriam clip. I was super happy for Andrew Sarris and Adam Yauch (who gave us Oscilloscope Labs that distributed some of the best documentaries in the last few years) appearing in the clip but SO many people were left out that included Andy Griffith, Susan Tyrell, and Russell Means among many others.

Shirley Bassey was excellent but I did not get the point and the design of that Tribute to Bond montage. I figured if you can get Avengers to assemble (well, 5/7 of them there) how cool would it have been with Connery, Dalton, Brosnan, Lazenby, Moore, and Craig on stage together? I'd take that over the half-assed musical tribute, but I don't blame that on MacFarlane but the shameless producers who, according to Tom O'Neil, produced Chicago but on a technicality were not up there to get an Oscar in 2003 so they were having their moment.

Updated On: 2/25/13 at 08:35 AM

[Roscoe]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 10:07am

The horror. The horror. Seth McFarlane hit bold new lows of adolescent unfunniness last night -- "We Saw Your Boobs" -- really? Shatner's sudden appearance almost saved the day, but ultimately underscored the fact that way too much of the first half hour was All About Seth. Past Oscar hosts usually concentrate on the films, while McFarlane found it necessary to do a Kochian "How'm I Doin?" schtick that just devolved into a massive act of auto-analingus.

McFarlane wasn't the only one, though. The cast of THE AVENGERS seemed to be trying to do some kind of comic put-down one-upmanship act, but it fell really flat. It got to the point where I started to dread any sign that anyone was going to try to be funny.

The only really funny thing in the entire telecast was a shot of socks in a dryer. Think about that.

A lot of the show felt really perfunctory, by the numbers. That tired little montage of James Bond clips at least gave us one bit of high-camp class, when Shirley Bassey appeared to sing "Goldfinger" -- for my money the real highlight of the entire show. The Salute To Musicals was well done enough, I guess, and was interesting in that the performance of "All That Jazz" was infinitely better than what wound up in the Oscar-winning travesty, and good old Jennifer Hudson nailed her big song from DREAMGIRLS all over again, and then came that big LES MIS wankjob, with Russell Crowe proving that he just has no shame at all by showing up and making it clear that his godawful vocals weren't just a momentary aberration: the guy just can't f*cking sing.

Ms. Streisand's performance should pretty well put a stop to those rumors that she'll be doing GYPSY any time soon.

As for the awards themselves -- whatever. I'm glad that Jennifer Lawrence won. Can't really comment on Christoph Waltz's surprise, or on Tarantino's, because I haven't and probably won't see the movie. I'd say that ARGO winning Best Picture is like ROCKY winning Best Picture over ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, NETWORK and TAXI DRIVER, but I don't think that any of the nominated films are as good as ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, NETWORK and TAXI DRIVER.

I really really hope that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler host next year. They manage the snark and the mean-ness and the deflation of egos with a degree of warmth and wit and even just plain intelligence that a boob like McFarlane can never approach. Remembering Poehler's joke about how, when it comes to torture, she'll take the word of the woman who spent 5 years married to James Cameron made McFarlane's pathetic smirking bullsh*t ("Here's To The Losers" indeed) all the more embarassing.

At least he never did "You like me, you really like me!" at Sally Field.

Updated On: 2/25/13 at 10:07 AM

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 10:09am

Finally saw Django yesterday. Liked it very, very much. But how the &*() was Waltz in a supporting performance? Category fraud at its most preposterous.

For at least two and half hours, he dominates the movie. I would also bet he had more lines than anyone, male or female, in a movie released in 2012.

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 10:16am

Happy for Jennifer Lawrence. She is intimidatingly talented.

Sad for "How to Survive A Plague," but "Sugarman" had so much sentiment and promotion behind it I wasn't surprised. Still sucks.

Pissed about Ang Lee. I love him, love "Brokeback," love "Crouching Tiger," but I found "Pi" to be pretentious twaddle. Pretty, but in a very self-aware, oh look what we can do kind of way. I know the movie has tons of fans, but I'm not one of them.

[Jane2]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 10:17am

First of all, I totally understand Zeta Jones lipsinching. She's not a spring chicken (but looks it!), she was doing some pretty intense dancing. Why chance it that she couldn't do oit perfectly?

I thought the show was kind of boring, but I for one enjoyed all the muical numbers and production numbers they threw in. That's what the olden days had and the show was more fun then. They probably won't ask Seth M. back though.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 10:25am

I always wondered why Hathaway was nominated in the Supporting Actress category. Which female character would be considered the female lead in Les Mis or is there a female lead in Les Mis?

Was it the amount of screen time that determined which category she was nominated in?

I thought it odd when Susan Sarandon was nominated as Best Supporting Actress in Atlantic City when she was clearly the female lead.

What or who determines what category the performances fall under? The screen time of the role, the studio or a combination of both and other elements?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 10:34am

Hathaway is supporting, though. Just because she's the most "recognizable" female character or the one with the biggest song doesn't mean she's leading. Hell, she's in LES MIS for a couple minutes longer than the Mistress in EVITA.

And I watched her speech again this morning and I just wanted to knock her down and give that award to Sally Field. I've always liked Anne Hathaway but I swear to God, her constant surprise that anyone likes her needs to stop now.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 10:45am

Susan Sarandon was nominated for Best Actress for Atlantic City.

I dont think Les Misearables has a female lead.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 10:46am

^ I like her too, but definitely semi-annoying. I mean, I feel she was the one everyone was talking about all awards season, so she shouldn't be so shocked, unless she lives under a rock. I'll admit I was sort of waiting for the Jaws music to start for her.

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 10:46am

She's won everything under the sun for this and was one of the few locks...when she said "It's true" or whatever the first words out of her mouth were, I threw up in my mouth a little. I much prefer Jennifer Lawrence's what seems sincere surprise to Hathaway's increasingly rehearsed surprised.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 10:49am

I kind of feel like she wanted to make her own "You like me!" moment but instead just ended up with an annoying speech that made no sense. But her message advocating for all the modern day whores with TB who sell their teeth to support their kids was very inspiring. I hope Sarah McLachlan has a song over the commercial for their cause.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 10:53am

Hathaway said, "It came true" as like a reference to having "Dreamed A Dream" and yeah, it was kind of puke-making.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 11:13am

That Charlize Theron is one gorgeous dancer. Can we have more of that?

[madbrian]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 11:24am

Meanwhile, is Dustin Hoffman getting ready to do the Tony Bennett story? He looked ready for the part last night.

[tazber]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 11:25am

The Boobs song was a bit confusing in that Naomi Watts' and Charlize Theron's reactions were part of the segment, but they cut to Jennifer Lawrence for a reaction shot and that was live.

I didn't know whether or not Watts and Theron were fake until Theron came out immediately after in a different dress.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 11:26am

Does anyone knownwhere John Travolta bought his hair?

[Wynbish]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 11:32am

[NYadgal]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 11:37am

I guess I'm in the minority, but, I thought Anne Hathaway's comment about "It came true" was lovely.

Anyone winning an Academy Award must have had a dream at one point in their lives. How incredible for the winners who have their dreams come true.

I never thought that she was going for 'fake surprise'. While a win is never guaranteed, her joy at having won was evident.

I think she's elegant and classy and her moment was celebrated beautifully.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 11:56am

I agree Addy! I adore Anne! Loved the Les Miz piece - even Russell was OK.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 2/25/13 at 12:01pm

Entertainment Weekly said that Catherine Zeta-Jones was absolutely lip-syncing.

"but 2003 winner Catherine Zeta-Jones turned in an obviously lip-synched performance of Chicago's 'All That Jazz.'"


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