Thoughts on the 80th Oscars, even though I missed a half-hour chunk of the show while driving:
- For the first time in recent Oscar history, I have nothing to really complain about. "No Country For Old Men" is perfectly worthy, great to see the Coens get three more Oscars (to go with their original screenplay win for "Fargo"), and favorite after favorite of mine won: Diablo Cody, Bardem, Day-Lewis, and best of all, "Falling Slowly," the amazing song from the amazing movie "Once." I would've wanted to see Amy Ryan beat out Tilda Swinton, and if more people watched "The Wire," I'm sure she would have.
- Stewart was excellent, and a huge improvement over the last time he hosted. Maybe it should be the rule from now on that the host and his writers only get two weeks to write the show. The "Norbit" joke was especially hilarious. After last year's awful, awful Ellen DeGeneres performance, it's good to see Stewart more comfortable in the gig. I vote for him or Conan next year.
- That said, just a few too many video montages.
- Sad that "No End in Sight" lost in the Documentary category but hey, at least Michael Moore's grand Castro apologia didn't win either.
- Did Steve Carell accidentally say "shit" while presenting? I thought I heard him do it. Congrats on the upcoming $2 million FCC fine, ABC!
Posted by Stephen Silver at February 25, 2008 04:47 PMAlot of people in Hollywood think Dablo Cody is the "Nickelback of writers".
Posted by: A at February 25, 2008 08:26 PM