Rock at the Oscars, 2005, part II

Monday, February 28. 2005

Posted by Nate Johnston in Television at 19:36 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

We finished watching the Oscars last night upstairs in bed. Here are my recollections of what I thought:

Only ten minutes over the allotted time! That's not bad at all, by oscar standards.
Jamie Foxx's tribute to his grandmother was very moving. His emotion seemed so much more genuine than Halle Berry's did not too long ago. He has a genuine quality, and earnestness that is a part of what makes him so watchable.
Clint Eastwood's mother, however, was one of the surprises of the night. I wonder what she thinks of Clint's face tightening (which made him look somewhat skeletor-ish, by the way).
Mrs. Warren Beatty there looks like she should cut down on the tightening too. There was something very atrificial about her appearance.
Heather made a good point about Josh Groban. She said, there are ways to sing that let your voice blend with others, and Groban doesn't do that. It seems like he sings everything like it's from Les Miserables. Also, he seriously looks geeky.
Hilary Swank's dress just looked worse and worse the more the evening wore on. Now, I think that Hilary Swank is prima facie proof that Hollywood isn't just pretty faces, but sweet jebus couldn't she at least have worn something other than a glorified smock? It looked like a medical gown, open in the back but in a clinical way. I noticed that the movie poster for Million-Dollar Baby also features her from the back, so maybe she thinks that is her strongest feature. I would concur to the extent that "not her front" is a good idea.

There was also a lot of reaction to the oscars:

Althouse thought Jamie Foxx romanticized child abuse.
Check out the pro-Bush rally in front of the Oscars.
Courtesy of Captain Ed I see La Shawn Barber has some words for Chris Rock.
Sic Semper thinks the academy got it mostly right.

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