Oscar Night

So first I just want to tell you about watching the Oscars here. They didn't subtitle it, it was dubbed. And they didn't just straight dub it, there was a 2 second delay between Jon Stewart and the guy who would then say something similar to what Jon said, but not really, so you couldn't really listen to one or the other. Actually, it was really funny at first. Like when Jon Stewart made the joke about "Hello ladies and gentlemen, and Felicity (Huffman)," the translator translated the joke, then explained why the joke was funny. I guess because here in BA we have just gotten The Story of the Weeping Camel, to show you how far behind the movie distribution is, so people would need an explanation. Also, when he would say someone's name, like Paul Giamatti, the tranlator would go on "Paul Giamatti is 35 years old. He has appeared in 20 films, including bla bla bla..." the whole while we are trying to listen through his to hear what Jon Stewart is saying. That being said, overall it was a totally boring show, we skipped back to other channels as soon as people started talking, and what on earth was Naomi Watts wearing? It was the exact color of her skin, which was just weird. Levi swears they changed the lights behind her just so that you could see it was a dress!

In the paper today they have all these stories about Brokeback Mountain not winning, about how shocking it was that Crash beat it. Ok, here's my theory. It just wasn't that good. It was slow, and kinda boring in parts. Jake Gyllenhal, or however you spell it, went through the whole movie with a smirk on his face, like even he couldn't take himself seriously as a gay man. So maybe the people who vote on the winners just went on quality of acting and movie, as opposed to the hype that everyone else got so caught up in. It just wasn't that good. That being said, it's not like Crash was so amazing either. Granted, it was a cool way to do a movie, I was moved by some scenes, especially the Don Cheadle plot line with his mom, but overall it was not that good, and for best original screenplay, Robert Altman must be dying...Short Cuts anyone?

I say the best looking dresses: Felicity Huffman, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Hayek, Michelle Williams, Jennifer Anniston

Worst dresses: Naomi Watts, whose rags mathced her skin tone, and Charlize Theron. Did she get that at the big and tall store? It was ridiculous!

I will never understand why why why they do those stupid musical numbers, all the songs suck. I think the orchestra should get to cut them off after 30 seconds, don't you?

Ok that's it for the Oscar coverage, I recommend all the documentaries but not really any of the ones I saw up for other awards. Oh well, maybe next year!