Oscars 2012- Page 16
Oscars 2012
JbaraFan1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/04
#375Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 2:06pm
Jane, I haven't even seen the movie yet, but I've cried just from hearing audio of her singing I Had A Dream.
While I'm here again, going back to an earlier comment Taz made:
we laughed out loud when Hathaway tried to inject some social conscience into her speech at the end. Something about hoping that there wouldn't be any more French whores in real life but only in stories.
Well *I* laughed out loud at your paraphrase, which I like better than how Hathaway actually said it!
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#376Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 2:07pm
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#377Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 2:08pmNot surprised about the ratings. ZD30 > $90m, SLP > $100m, Argo > $125m, and Lincoln, Les Miserables, and Django > $150m.
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JbaraFan1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/04
#379Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 2:14pm
I'm glad the telecast ratings were up, and I enjoyed the musical numbers. I could have done with less of the "Seth appreciation day," which seemed to dull more than deliver.
I liked the surprise of seeing a lovely dance number by Charlize and Channing, and while the soft shoe (that wasn't a soft shoe) could have used a better concept and choreography, I still enjoyed seeing the guys do it.
Epic fail: the boobs number.
I wonder if the "Dancing With the Oscars" approach helped keep viewers tuned in.
As for the awards, no huge shocks, but a couple of minor surprises to me at least (Ang Lee, Christoph Walz). I think I guessed 19 right this year, so pretty good overall.
Best speeches were Day-Lewis, Ben Affleck, and Adele. And the guy who talked about making progress in the world with creativity in non-violent ways. That stuck with me (in a good way). Hathaway's comment about the "Fantines of the world" seemed like a forced afterthought. I'm glad she won, though, and I think it was well deserved.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#380Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 2:18pmWas I the only one screaming at the TV, "Cut his mike!" when Russell Crow started singing?
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JbaraFan1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/04
#381Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 2:23pm
...And the guy who talked about making progress in the world with creativity in non-violent ways.
Chris Terrio (Best Adapted Screenplay, Argo)
Chris Terrio speech
Updated On: 2/25/13 at 02:23 PM
#382Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 2:27pmDiva, haha, I noticed they gave Crowe one measely line in the song in a place that wasn't important! btw, he looked terrible on the stage, but much better later when I saw him in the audience.
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Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#383Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 2:33pm
I feel like I watched a different Shirley Bassey performance than everyone else.
Speaking of misplaced nominees, I do think Anne Hathaway was right to be in supporting, but I think Helen Hunt should have been nominated for Best Actress.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#384Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 2:44pm
I thought Bassey sounded awful- at least at the start. I have a cat who is very musically attuned and the notes she was "hitting" were causing him such distress I had to mute it. To my (human) ears she was suffering from a total lack of control and was hitting flat and sharp seemingly at random. I clicked the sound back in time for the last few phrases and it seemed like she'd found her way at last. And the audience jumped to their feet as one. Because she was great? Finished? In her 80's?
And I really like Shirley Bassey.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#385Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 2:57pmMy point wasn't that Hathaway wasn't good or didn't give an oscar worthy performance. My point was that her role was supporting and Waltz's a lead.
JbaraFan1
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/04
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#387Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 3:10pm
He loves dance music- Pet Shop Boys, Erasure. He recently heard the opening number of Ragtime and experienced some sort of ecstasy. Really. It was on an I-phone and he would not stop rubbing against it. He ended up laying on the phone, purring.
Conversely he did not care much for Dreamgirls when it was on ABC Saturday night.
#388Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 3:41pmI agree Bassey started off rough, but by the end, I think she was in fine form and I was completely won over (and I'm not particularly a fan).
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#389Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 3:44pm
Only 'fast national' ratings have been released. Full national ratings won't be available for another few days.
On a HH basis, ratings were on par with last year. Some demos were up.
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#390Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 3:44pmBassey is pretty shaky now in her lower and mid registers, but when she gets up to belting those high notes, she still sounds terrific. For 76, she's incredible.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#391Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 5:03pm
Giving this one a 3 out of 10. Sets and staging were very Vegas-y if you like that sort of thing. Tacky "Wheel of Fortune mulit-mini oscars" made me dizzy.
Agreeing with Bill Shatner (who I thought was the funniest thing about this 3 hour snooze fest) " Seth Mac Farlane was a mediocre host" at best. Milking the audience too much. Hated the opening! But at least he could carry a ...tune.
The live and lip synched performances ranged from ok to poor. Barbara "looks 10 voice 3" sounded old- vibrato was annoying- Adele was over powered by her orchestra and the hot mess lava lamp backdrop. Even Hudson took her once great money number to an unpleasant new level of trills and screams. Much as I wanted to enjoy the LM medley, it was not enjoyable, poorly staged and sound mix was horrid as was the Chicago jig. Pretty sad when the most impressive singer is a 76 yr. old Shirley Bassey and she got off to a rocky start, but wowed the ending.
Presenters were hot and cold. Some clearly unprepared to be up there, awkward ramblings. The Teddy Bear was a perverted joke. The Memoris segment was confusing with voice clips not matching photos.. poorly presented, not to mention they forgot Andy Griffith and Phyllis Diller. WHAT!
Enjoyed Christopher Plummer, Ang Lee and Ann Hathaway's acceptance speech. No surprises in the results. Happy to see Life of Pi get well deserved attention. Jack Nicholson was Jack Nicholson. Ok,,my opinion.
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#392Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 6:21pmWhy did Michelle Obama have to be in on this? With soldiers standing behind her. I would much rather have enjoyed Jack Nicholson for the whole presenting bit. He was robbed!
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#393Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 6:32pm
Are you kidding? Nicholson looked like a fangurl for Michelle!
Such fawning I haven't seen since ... well, since here.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#394Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 6:34pmNicholson's done it quite a few times before. I liked him being a red herring.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#395Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 6:41pm
Nope, not kidding. He had to do what he's told by Weinstein who put michelle in there. What's he gonna do, frown?
the moment was actually cringeworthy for me.
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Updated On: 2/25/13 at 06:41 PM
#396Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 7:18pm
Jack's a pretty major backer of Democrats so I can definitely see him actually having a lot of fun with it.
#397Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 7:38pmYeah, maybe Strummer. I'm a Democrat this point but I still don't see a reason for the govt. to be part of the oscars.
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#398Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 7:52pmI do agree it was uncomfortable given there was the fact there seemed to be a lot of links to Hollywood and Washington this year among nominees. I mean really, David O. Russell and Bradley Cooper met with Biden to talk about mental health in America on behalf of Silver Linings Playbook and that was the comedy film up for an award with a Presidential biopic and two movies centered on the CIA. But from Jack's perspective, I am sure he loved it, was above all of the noise between Washington and Hollywood among the nominees.
#399Oscars 2012
Posted: 2/25/13 at 7:55pm
But Michelle's not the first: FDR, Reagan, Laura Bush have all participated.
For good or ill, Washingtona and Hollywood have always been connected ("Happy birthday, Mr. President . . . ")
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