Thanks for the link, MNL...Craig didn't come off badly at all IMO. Quite professional and well-spoken. He spoke a little fast, but when is that a bad thing during the Oscars?
Indeed, darenhat. Craig didn't come off badly at all. Perhaps a little too serious and not relaxed enough because of nerves. Which I'm sure accounted for him speaking a little too fast.
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I thought he did pretty well, also---I was surprised when he and Nicole were the first out of the gate...
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Many thanks, MNL. I didn't realize Kidman and Craig were the first presenters. As for Craig looking stiff--well, he looked a bit like his tux was a size too small. Perhaps he's been working out even more and his shoulders are about to burst the seams? And, shame, shame, Nicole--no one is supposed to say "And the winner is--" anymore.
Craig looked stiff and uncomfortable -- you get the sense he just feels vulnerable being DC and would rather disappear behind a character. Didn't help that Nicole looked like a botoxed Barbie Doll -- what has happened to her? Is she taking the same rehab meds as hubby Keith?
Eva Green looked fine to me, but her accent is absolutely one of the oddest I have ever heard -- impossible to pin down, but certainly doesn't sound French to me.
Loved Ellen D -- she's a hoot. I died when she started giving Spielberg instructions on how to frame a shot!
Seinfeld's monologue was great, but also contributed to the overly long runtime.
The Al Gore love-in was hilarious. Nothing like watching Hollywood fawn over its heroes...I thought Melissa Etheridge was about to announce her newfound straightness and then try to steal him from Tipper! To his credit, however, Gore himself played it down and actually had a funny bit in pretending to announce his 2008 candidacy.
Does Nicholson rule these events or what? He wanders around wherever he wants, gets more camera time than the host, and then makes Diane Keaton do all the hard work announcing the Best Picture nominees after which he mops up by reading the winner. "Piece of work" doesn't even come close to describing him...
More winning speeches were read from cards than I can remember in the past. I can understand writing down the 200 names you need to thank, but was surprised at how many people needed notes simply to express their feelings...strange.
Craig looked stiff and uncomfortable -- you get the sense he just feels vulnerable being DC and would rather disappear behind a character. Didn't help that Nicole looked like a botoxed Barbie Doll -- what has happened to her? Is she taking the same rehab meds as hubby Keith?
Eva Green looked fine to me, but her accent is absolutely one of the oddest I have ever heard -- impossible to pin down, but certainly doesn't sound French to me.
Loved Ellen D -- she's a hoot. I died when she started giving Spielberg instructions on how to frame a shot!
Seinfeld's monologue was great, but also contributed to the overly long runtime.
The Al Gore love-in was hilarious. Nothing like watching Hollywood fawn over its heroes...I thought Melissa Etheridge was about to announce her newfound straightness and then try to steal him from Tipper! To his credit, however, Gore himself played it down and actually had a funny bit in pretending to announce his 2008 candidacy.
Does Nicholson rule these events or what? He wanders around wherever he wants, gets more camera time than the host, and then makes Diane Keaton do all the hard work announcing the Best Picture nominees after which he mops up by reading the winner. "Piece of work" doesn't even come close to describing him...
More winning speeches were read from cards than I can remember in the past. I can understand writing down the 200 names you need to thank, but was surprised at how many people needed notes simply to express their feelings...strange.
OK, gossip column over.
Agree with most of what you said, except Eva Green looked awful, my wife wondered what was with all the eye make up.
He does sometimes look a little nervous to me. Haven't seen the oscars. But when he was on parky I thought h looked a little nervous. The oscars is quite a big deal so I think most people would be a little nervous there.
I thought he did just fine. He looked great and I dont think he was particularly nervous.I dont think he spoke to fast at all. The commentary matched the nominations perfectly. Infact was that pre recorded because he was obviously talking to Nicole when the clip finished?
As for her accent, there was an interview with her in the Guardian which said that though she was born and raised in France, she was actually educated in England; hence her mid-Channel drawl.
Sorry I missed it. Had to work that night. Would've been great seeing Clint and Morricone together.
It was awesome! It was a fantastic moment to see Clint Eastwood (one of my idols, and arguably among the coolest guys going around) walking out with the theme music from A Fistful of Dollars playing, to deliver an Honorary Oscar to one of cinema's great composers! {[] It was a magnificent moment.
Finally Scorsese gets his oscar, but it's a hypocritical affair since this feels like make-up-time for his previous entries. He should have won for Taxi Driver, not for Departed, which to be honest isn't all that, Imo.
He should have won at least three Oscars. But, while I don't love The Departed (although I do like it alot), I am happy that he has finally got the Oscar he so deserves.
Congrats to Forrest Whittaker, I've liked him for a long time, as well as the great Alan Arkin, who definitely deserved it.
I'm delighted that Whittaker won, although if Peter O'Toole had won (nominated seven previous times for no wins), I wouldn't have complained. Nonetheless, I am extremely happy that Whittaker won as I thought that he was truly magnificent as Idi Amin. As for Arkin, I'm also happy that he won (I think he was terrific), although I also would have settled for Mark Wahlberg (I thought he was brilliant in The Departed.)
I was quite suprised that Arkin won, but pleasantly so. Although I believe that Eddie Murphy deserved to be nominated, I don't think he deserved to win, as I consider his performance (and Jennifer Hudson's) to be quite overrated. Eddie can keep his nomination (he deserves it), but I'm really happy that Arkin won the Oscar.
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Arkin played a crusty old man who swears a lot and does drugs. Total time on screen was probably 15 minutes tops. Djimon Honsou in Blood Diamond was easily the best supporting performance I saw last year. He had almost as much screen time as DiCaprio and he had to show a huge range of emotion. His performance was simply outstanding.
Oh I totally agree. Not really the same role at all, it's like Martin Landua beating out Samuel L Jackson for best supporting actor some 10 or more years ago... still, with Whittaker beating out old guy O'Toole, maybe they thought once was enough...
Fans of Harry Hill... did they ever have a mock fight before the commercial break, with lookalikes of Dame Judi and Dame Helen swinging punches at each other?
Arkin played a crusty old man who swears a lot and does drugs. Total time on screen was probably 15 minutes tops.
He did play a crusty old man, but I thought that a tremendous amount of warmth came out in his performance. I haven't seen Blood Diamond but I think that Arkin very much deserved his Oscar (although I was actually hoping that Mark Wahlberg would win.)
BTW, although I think Arkin was on screen for longer than 15 minutes, if you're saying that he shouldn't have won the Oscar because of his time spent on screen, then Anthony Hopkins might not have qualified for a Lead Actor Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs as he was only on screen for 22 minutes.
Oh I totally agree. Not really the same role at all, it's like Martin Landua beating out Samuel L Jackson for best supporting actor some 10 or more years ago...
It's interesting that you brought that up. I loved Jackson's performance in Pulp Fiction. It stunned me when I first saw the first film, and it still stuns me. I would have loved for Jackson to have won the Oscar. However, not so long ago, I saw Ed Wood and I have to say that, although his wasn't necessarily the best performance of the year, I do think he was fantastic and I don't begrudge him the Oscar at all.
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Another thing about Arkin is that he was absolutely hilarious and he stole the show from everyone else. When you consider the talent involved in Little Miss Sunshine, that's no small feat.
As for her accent, there was an interview with her in the Guardian which said that though she was born and raised in France, she was actually educated in England; hence her mid-Channel drawl.
"Emissary of the Undead" ) Poor Eva...
Hopefully, at some point, she will eschew the Goth influence, scale back on the eye makeup and 'pose' a bit less, but then again maybe not...pity, because IMO there's a really pretty and sexy woman underneath.
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"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
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Hopefully, at some point, she will eschew the Goth influence, scale back on the eye makeup and 'pose' a bit less, but then again maybe not...pity, because IMO there's a really pretty and sexy woman underneath.
There is a really pretty and sexy woman underneath as we saw briefly in Casino Royale. So why all the make up?
1. It's a confidence thing
2. Because she really does want to look like Morticia Addams
3. Publicity
4. Publicity
5. Publicity
As for Craig looking stiff--well, he looked a bit like his tux was a size too small. Perhaps he's been working out even more and his shoulders are about to burst the seams?
This may come as a surprise, Hardy. Esquire Magazine has voted Daniel Craig as the best dressed man at the Oscars.
The Best Dressed: Daniel Craig
"He looks perfect. He had a great tailor--it's actually tailored--and the proportions are spot-on. He looked comfortable in it. All that time spent in a tux as James Bond clearly paid off."
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Indeed, darenhat. Craig didn't come off badly at all. Perhaps a little too serious and not relaxed enough because of nerves. Which I'm sure accounted for him speaking a little too fast.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
I originally found the link over at CBn. The user has indeed removed it but has promised to provide a new one shortly.
As for Eva... when will she stop with the makeup that makes her look ugly?
And here it is. Hopefully, the user will not remove this link.
Daniel Craig & Nicole Kidman Present Oscar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HadfkKfRhhc
Eva Green looked fine to me, but her accent is absolutely one of the oddest I have ever heard -- impossible to pin down, but certainly doesn't sound French to me.
Loved Ellen D -- she's a hoot. I died when she started giving Spielberg instructions on how to frame a shot!
Seinfeld's monologue was great, but also contributed to the overly long runtime.
The Al Gore love-in was hilarious. Nothing like watching Hollywood fawn over its heroes...I thought Melissa Etheridge was about to announce her newfound straightness and then try to steal him from Tipper! To his credit, however, Gore himself played it down and actually had a funny bit in pretending to announce his 2008 candidacy.
Does Nicholson rule these events or what? He wanders around wherever he wants, gets more camera time than the host, and then makes Diane Keaton do all the hard work announcing the Best Picture nominees after which he mops up by reading the winner. "Piece of work" doesn't even come close to describing him...
More winning speeches were read from cards than I can remember in the past. I can understand writing down the 200 names you need to thank, but was surprised at how many people needed notes simply to express their feelings...strange.
OK, gossip column over.
Agree with most of what you said, except Eva Green looked awful, my wife wondered what was with all the eye make up.
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As for her accent, there was an interview with her in the Guardian which said that though she was born and raised in France, she was actually educated in England; hence her mid-Channel drawl.
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He should have won at least three Oscars. But, while I don't love The Departed (although I do like it alot), I am happy that he has finally got the Oscar he so deserves.
I'm delighted that Whittaker won, although if Peter O'Toole had won (nominated seven previous times for no wins), I wouldn't have complained. Nonetheless, I am extremely happy that Whittaker won as I thought that he was truly magnificent as Idi Amin. As for Arkin, I'm also happy that he won (I think he was terrific), although I also would have settled for Mark Wahlberg (I thought he was brilliant in The Departed.)
I was quite suprised that Arkin won, but pleasantly so. Although I believe that Eddie Murphy deserved to be nominated, I don't think he deserved to win, as I consider his performance (and Jennifer Hudson's) to be quite overrated. Eddie can keep his nomination (he deserves it), but I'm really happy that Arkin won the Oscar.
Fans of Harry Hill... did they ever have a mock fight before the commercial break, with lookalikes of Dame Judi and Dame Helen swinging punches at each other?
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BTW, although I think Arkin was on screen for longer than 15 minutes, if you're saying that he shouldn't have won the Oscar because of his time spent on screen, then Anthony Hopkins might not have qualified for a Lead Actor Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs as he was only on screen for 22 minutes.
It's interesting that you brought that up. I loved Jackson's performance in Pulp Fiction. It stunned me when I first saw the first film, and it still stuns me. I would have loved for Jackson to have won the Oscar. However, not so long ago, I saw Ed Wood and I have to say that, although his wasn't necessarily the best performance of the year, I do think he was fantastic and I don't begrudge him the Oscar at all.
"Emissary of the Undead"
Hopefully, at some point, she will eschew the Goth influence, scale back on the eye makeup and 'pose' a bit less, but then again maybe not...pity, because IMO there's a really pretty and sexy woman underneath.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
There is a really pretty and sexy woman underneath as we saw briefly in Casino Royale. So why all the make up?
1. It's a confidence thing
2. Because she really does want to look like Morticia Addams
3. Publicity
4. Publicity
5. Publicity
This may come as a surprise, Hardy. Esquire Magazine has voted Daniel Craig as the best dressed man at the Oscars.
http://www.esquire.com/style/oscars022607-3
The Best Dressed: Daniel Craig
"He looks perfect. He had a great tailor--it's actually tailored--and the proportions are spot-on. He looked comfortable in it. All that time spent in a tux as James Bond clearly paid off."