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I agree entirely that Drive should have been nominated, unfortunately the 'Most Boring Movie', 'Greatest Waste Of Great Actors Talent' and 'Longest Time Before Ryan Gosling Gives A Response To Something Said To Him' categories don't exist.

YAY CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER.
That is all.

So she did that pose more than once? HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

Props to Mr McKenzie. Loved the song. Kiwiland will rave, yes. But there wasn't a whole lot of competition, really, was there?
Seeing as the ceremony doesn't seem to be on free-to-air TV in New Zealand (couldn't possibly displace Coronation Street, the white-hairs would revolt), guess I'll wait for Dustin's best bits to appear on YT (excuse the pun).

- Britt?
- Prisent

I'm just sad that Puss in Boots didn't win.

I'm still trying to figure out why George and Brad was nominated over Leonardo DiCaprio. Maybe next year, Leo, maybe next year.

Principle, Dustin. Sheesh.

I am pleased to see Plummer and Allen win awards. And Cohen's "pranking" of Seacrest should have earned him a solid kick in the nuts just for laughs - in fact, it would have earned some respect from me for it.

Otherwise the entire orgy of downers and BS was ignored.

Was Leo in a movie last year? I honestly can't remember what it was if so. I thought the telecast was fine, if a bit stifled or something. Right after the show I watched Meryl's Cinderella moment at the BAFTAs again, and was struck by the difference in tone and charm. Their party just seemed like a lot more fun. I was rooting for The Artist anyway but I think I would have been won over by that team anyway. They seemed to be genuinely happy and enjoying themselves. It was nice to see some fresh faces up there.

Also, I'm a little in love with Jean Dujardin. It's definitely a shame to live in a world where Gary Oldman doesn't have an Oscar, but I have to believe he'll get there eventually.

happy for the deserved Oscar to Plummer, Rango and Woody Allen...everything else BOOORING

I see Jolie can't keep her legs closed. She tried to keep her inner slut hidden for too long and now spreads them and gives every man an invitation.

Sooo all the short animated films won?

Yes. In my book. -- DR

Didn't watch, but flipping thru news photos to see if any of the following attended:

Daniel Craig and his usual sartorial elegance
Gael Garcia Bernal (I need a sighting; the man has gone missing, I tell you)
VIGGO

Anybody? Did these tigers attend?

War of the Gargantuas mentions - 1

Citizen Kane mentions - 0

And where was Nicholson?

Sorry to get existential on you, E Lee, but does anything really matter? Do any awards shows really matter. The Super Bowl and the World Series and the NBA Championship don't really matter. In the total sum of the universe, who you voted for in the last election, or how you part your hair in the morning, or the comment that you leave on a pop-culture website doesn't really matter, either. Matter is merely vacuum fluctuations, anyway. So, nothing really matters.

But on a microcosmic level, if the Oscars meant something to you, if you tuned in and you cared about who won or whether you'd be entertained or how the dresses looked and if they mattered enough for you to leave a comment to say that they didn't matter, then just like anything else that you might feel something for -- maybe televised bowling, in your case? -- the Oscars do matter.

They certainly matter to me, enough to devote 15-20 posts a year on the subject and to devote 4 hours of my life one Sunday in February every year and to grouse about it afterwards. But then again, I write a meaningless pop culture blog, so I don't matter much, anyway.

Sacha Baron Cohen is a pathetic miserable fuck of a performer and shouldn't be allowed on anyone's red carpet as a human, much less in character promoting a new movie.

So there's that.

Say what you will, that was a spectacular leg Angie was showing off, and the fact that she had to keep striking that pose all night was hilarious. (I think she may have thought so, too.)

Yay to Jennifer Lopez for the best dress of the night.

They gave out some awards last night too, right?
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Please add my voice to the Drive antipathy.

SPOILERS

We watched it Friday night and it went like this: Loved it, awesome, it's called Drive, but the first thing he did was pull over, loved it, adore Gosling, he's amazing, loved it, I'm smitten with Carey Mulligan too, I love it in movies when they show men quietly falling in love, oh, Albert Brooks doesn't have eyebrows, loved it, this is gonna be good, Mr. Julien, "Steve McQueen would have killed for this role,', WHAT THE FU*K? JESUS! IS THAT NECESSARY? WAS THAT HER --- I like that he's covered in blood. Calming down, calming down. A HAMMER? Moving on. THROW PILLOW! WHERE IS MY THROW PILLOW? They are so sweet.He is gonna take him down. Now that is how you kiss a woman. OH HOLY HELL! JESUS! AGAIN? I DID NOT NEED TO SEE THAT! IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE WITH THE FRAGMENTS AND THE --- Trying to calm down. Losing me. Wouldn't he change his jacket or turn it inside out. Oh, a quick one. Kind of poetic. Nice juxtaposition. How on earth is he going to...well, he has to die. Fantastic, really cool work. Love the shadows, I don't remember seeing that before. That's fair. The End.

And then 30 minutes of discussing the appalling, 4th wall shattering ultra violence that took me out of a movie I was loving.

There ya go Dustin, my thoughts exactly. Movies, sports, tv, clothes...nothing really has to "matter" to be enjoyable.

I was disappointed in the dresses, nothing really popped out to me and I sincerely hope that Angelina was riffing on herself, otherwise, what a twat.

Very disappointed that Paradise Lost didn't win as it would have shone a little more light on the corruption in the judicial system.

Dissapointed that Bridesmaids didn't win for screenplay. That movie really brought women into the forefront of comedy this year, Midnight in Paris was just another Woody Allen movie.

RDJ usually makes me laugh when he presents. Last night he was lame.

The women should really wear flats when they present with men. Women "towering" over the guys looks odd.

Though I was hoping that Viola Davis would win, Meryl Streep's speech was the best of the night next to Plummer's.

Tom Cruise looks like he's been to the CoS Body and Face shop. He looked a little off.

It must be hard to be the frontrunner for an award and then not win. All of the hype and exposure and then no statue at the parties.

I love Colin Firth

I'm always shocked when Christian Bale starts to talk and he has an accent. He just seems American to me.

Melissa McCarthy's dress was hideous. Instead of a bunch of flowy frou frou in a light color that made her look even bigger, she should have gone with a more tailored look in a darker color with minimal embellishments.

That is all

Emma Stone for host next year. But with someone taller than Ben Stiller. And less of a sourpuss.

I have never seen a black evening gown come with a fleshy kickstand before. Jolie must be wearing the new Red Carpet Line by Schwinn.

Posted by: bleujayone at February 27, 2012 9:35 AM
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

EE my friend, EE

Angelina looked a little like the Cloverfield monster, only pinker and with lips.

That Sarah Palin movie won?!

No, Undefeated is about high school football. The Undefeated is the Sarah Palin movie.

So once again the makeup department can take credit for an actress winning the best actress award.

Did someone really just write this? In 2012?

This is why I always refresh before hitting post. Another commentor frequently, and more succinctly, will make the exact same point I'm typing out.

Bleujayone should start marking the comment he wants in EE each week with a star. There's always a couple that can go in.

Jim Rash doing The Angelina as he accepted his award made the night for me. Though Natalie Portman's formal Minnie Mouse look was a high point as well.

Love the commentary. Glad I didn't watch but can count on Pajiba to provide enough fodder to make me feel like I did!!

Jim Rash doing The Angelina as he accepted his award made the night for me.

Exactly! Silver linings, people. We can now use the phrase "Academy Award winners Jim Rash and Bret McKenzie."

I fully expect NBC and/or Dan Harmon to use this new cache to promote the hell out of "Community" when it comes back. John Goodman's won a few Emmy's, too, right? Get on it, NBC marketing department!

I tried to watch the ceremony, but I couldn't. For one, a new episode of "The Walking Dead" was on, and it's actually getting pretty not-terrible! But, also, the parts of the show that I did see couldn't keep my interest for more than a minute -- and that includes the Cirque du Soleil bit. I'd rather have the Franco/Hathaway train wreck every year, personally.

What are women doing with shoes on anyway?

Reese Witherspoon said before the actual broadcast, "we finally have a host who won't be mean to us." That pretty much sums up the whole broadcast: it wasn't mean to the stars. It wasn't anything else either, but at least no one got their feelings hurt and that's what is important.

Yawn.

The Angelina thing was annoying as all hell - if you have to stick your leg out of your dress that far to make it not look like a very fancy garbage bag, you maybe should pick another dress.

(Although having read some Best Dressed lists this morning, it is clear I know nothing about fashion, so take that with whatever proverbial grain of salt you choose.)

I did not see The Artist, mainly because I don't really want to watch a silent movie in 2011/2012. I am also bummed we did not get to hear the Man or Muppet song performed live. And I may have also played the Scorsese drinking game, because it was the most enjoyable part of the entire blasted thing.

I also cannot wait to see The Soup this week, because I am fairly sure Joel McHale will have a field day with Seacrest covered in fake Kim Jong-Il ashes. My personal opinion on the taste of that bit aside, the look on his face was priceless.

I still can't believe the horrible microphone feedback carried on throughout the entire show. When the Kids' Choice Awards has better sound technicians than the Oscars, you know Hollywood is hurting.

Paltrow owned the cape and the cape made the look. If it had been any other colour, or over-accessorized, it would have been a problem, but it was FLAWLESS. I dream of looking that elegant, just once, just for 5 minutes.

Sorry to get existential on you, E Lee, but does anything really matter? ... Matter is merely vacuum fluctuations, anyway. So, nothing really matters. ... But then again, I write a meaningless pop culture blog, so I don't matter much, anyway.

Dearest Overlord,

To quote The Master: If nothing we do matters, all that matters is what we do.

You sound fatigued more than anything. What's not fatiguing in that empty, self-important, contrived pseudo-spectacle of self-congratulation and larceny, plus being stuck there. Fatigue comes not so much from the suckage, but from being unable to escape- it's science! It seems unfair that the folks committing tedium were there by choice, so suffered less, but such is life.

There's an antidote. Go see your younglings - are they home yet? Spend a little while with Mrs. Pajiba-hyphenate. Read or watch something with some substance. Then laugh, because in your gig you've the poseurs and rubes pay for reporting on the good stuff, and even for the good stuff in your life. You simply need to become a more comfortable elitist.

Meanwhile, if the pretty people can't manage to be entertaining in earnestly practicing their craft, they certainly are entertaining. There's Cameron solemnly reading " ...tight enough to show you are a woman, and loose enough to prove you are a lady." while Jenny from the Block's near-flashing her presentacles. Exposed flesh makes neither the sexy nor the trashy, necessarily, but between J-Lo and Angie we saw a lot of sloppy after hours of prep. Form without substance. Pretty mannequins easily replaces when Japan matures the technology just a bit more.

Lighten up. What you report on ain't you. Go play with your kids.

- Bierce

The Caped Condescender is pretty damned funny!

Thanks God Of Bal-Sagot.

Wait, so Dean Pelton now has an Academy Award? For all that is holy in life, if Community comes back, the trophy better be hidden somewhere in shots of the Dean's office.

Right on, Snake.

I thought it was a pleasant, safe show. Nothing amazing, but nothing terrible -- and in the wake of last year's disastrous ceremony, I'll take it.

The women should really wear flats when they present with men. Women "towering" over the guys looks odd.

I really like the community on this site. Whenever someone posts some stupid shit like this, on a thread about a popular topic, I always check the name. Usually, it's some stranger who wandered in for (a huge surprise about) the review for the newest Twilight movie. It's sad, this time, that I recognize the name of the poster.

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Ok folks, not getting it. Me thinking that women in 6 inch heels standing next to short men looks odd, is quite the polarizing subject isn't it.
Didn't really bother me until I was called sad and stupid. I can only surmise that the men who wrote negative comments are very short and the women who wrote comments are very tall and took major offense, otherwise WHO GIVES A FUCK? Kinda nasty comments for a simple opinion.

So please....BLOW ME!!