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> For a year when the Oscar promoted screenwriters and > famous quotes: where was the love during the > ceremony. They couldn't spare a montage? But there was a montage about writers in the movies, wasn't there?

And you'll remember those two movies long after you've forgotten this year's Oscar telecast, because that's just what it was (the awards themselves notwithstanding) forgettable ! . Criticism seems to outweigh praise by a wide margin. If I'm being judgmental, I seem to have a lot of company! Well, if there's a lot of people who find fault in everything then perhaps I can get some Prozac and hand it out! But seriously, you are saying that you didn't watch the Oscars but that they were forgettable?? How can you forget something you didn't watch? If you think you're better off ignoring the Oscars, then by all means that's your prerrogative, but why are you criticizing something you didn't even watch? If others enjoy it, then why feel compelled to point out how much you dislike something you don't even watch? Isn't that a bit like if I was to go into the Fred Astaire thread and just say horrible things about FA? Well, if I didn't like FA, I'd just stay out of the FA thread.

They could have done away with the whole first hour, and to sink to Seinfeld as a speaker was sad. I know I'm gong to hear a lot of grumbling from all of you, but when more than half of the show should have had subtitles, that's a little much for me. I actually enjoyed the first hour quite a bit more than the middle. What did you think was wrong with it? And what's wrong with Seinfeld? I never watched his sitcom regularly so I know relatively little about him, and in spite of some reservations, I've to confess he made me laugh. Your comment about subtitles is very interesting... I hope I'm not grumbling, but I do feel a bit of concern that it might be interpreted as a bit xenophobic (even if that wasn't your intent). People from other countries have contributed a lot to cinema, both behind the camera and in front of it... we were very lucky in the 20th century that a lot of emigres who had to flee Europe because of WWII came to America and decided to work in the movies. I think it's great that the film business is becoming more globalized -- just as all of our world is becoming more globalized, for better or for worse (and sometimes it's a bit of both). So I think it's great that peoples from all over the world are represented in the Oscar, both those who are still living and working mainly in their countries of origin, and those who have immigrated to the U.S. to continue their film work. It makes for a richer industry, culturally, and a less ethnocentric film industry. I don't mind that some of the people might have spoken in foreign languages during the ceremony, in fact I think it's a great testament to the global power of movies, one industry in which the U.S. still could be considered the world leader in most regards.

Does everyone have to be sooooooo judgemental? If you feel like watching the Oscars, you watch 'em, if you don't, you don't. Everybody is happy watching what they like best, right?

When you say "Selznick's equipment", are you including the Technicolor cameras? Because I thought those were leased...

When you say "Selznick's equipment", are you including the Technicolor cameras? Because I thought those were leased...

> Hi, > > The dirty dogs left out Yvonne De Carlo. I know they > can't get everyone in but how can they leave out > beauty?????? > > Larry Um, don't they go by the calendar year? De Carlo died in 2007...

And yey for The Departed!!!!!!!!!!!! final tally --- The Departed 4 Pan's Labyrinth 3 Little Miss Sunshine 2 The Departed 2 An Inconvenient Truth 2 Dreamgirls 1 Letters from Iwo Jima 1 Marie Antoinette 1 Happy Feet 1 Babel 1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 1 The Queen 1

YEY FOR MARTY! YEY FOR MARTY! YEY FOR MARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yey for Forest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland

Pan's Labyrinth 3 Little Miss Sunshine 2 The Departed 2 An Inconvenient Truth 2 Dreamgirls 1 Letters from Iwo Jima 1 Marie Antoinette 1 Happy Feet 1 Babel 1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 1 The Queen 1

Yey for Helen Mirren and The Queen !!

Yey for Thelma Schoonmaker and The Departed!

Ah, tnx for the link, I'll look at it after the Oscars

Yey for Melissa Etheridge and An Inconvenient Truth!!!!!!

Pan's Labyrinth 3 Little Miss Sunshine 2 Dreamgirls 1 Letters from Iwo Jima 1 The Departed 1 Marie Antoinette 1 Happy Feet 1 Babel 1 An Inconvenient Truth 1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 1

Yey for Michael Arndt and Little Miss Sunshine!

Yey for... Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score Winner: Babel (2006) - Gustavo Santaolalla

Oh, that's gotta be the sexiest photo ever of a Hollywood star!

And yey for the amazing Ennio Morricone!

KUDOS TO AL GORE & An Inconvenient Truth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yey for... Best Documentary, Short Subjects Winner: The Blood of Yingzhou District (2006) - Ruby Yang, Thomas Lennon

Is there *anyone* you can stand?

Yey to Jennifer Hudson & Showgirls

Yey for Das Leben der Anderen (Germany)