Re: 79th Academy Awards: Predictions, Thoughts, Rants, Etc! -- Official Thread
So, I typed out this whole, heartfelt thing, and my browser crashed before I posted. Fuck you, Camino.
So in short:
-Yay The Departed. I liked The Queen more, but really liked The Departed, and...
-Yay Marty. It's about damn time, and you deserved it.
-Yay lesbians. Ellen was quite good (not out of the park, but totally nice and enjoyable. love her). And Melissa E . . . nice.
- YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY Helen Mirren!
Still waiting for my 'I'd Go Str8 for Helen' tshirt. And I would. *swoon*
- Why is Jack bald?

I hope it's nothing serious.
- GOD if Nicole Kidman, Kate Winslet, and Gwen Paltrow didn't look absolutely perfect. For that matter, the crowd was, generally speaking, all around better dressed than any time in recently memory. Thank god JHud shed the metallic jacket-thingy before the ceremony.
- Yay Al Gore. He's totally going the way of Carter (x10), and I'm glad.
- I really appreciated the fact that the lifetime achv winner did his speach in Italian. Granted, I'm fluent in Italian [and his speech was so much more heartfelt in Itl than in Eng...], but it just added to the "real" vibe that permeated the evening.
- In closing . . . despite its length, I really believe that this was one of the best Oscar shows in recent memory. There was a lot of extra bells and whistles . . . montages, dance things, etc etc . . . but it all seemed so authentic and real.
Bravo
