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So the Oscars... why is everyone so up in arms about Seth McFarlane? His boobs song? Pay attention, ALL the women were pre-recorded, they participated in the song.
My bigger "issue" is that this was Music in Movies year, unofficially or whatever, they even did it on The Acoustic Storm radio show on Sunday. Five great performances of really good songs, Babs was there (gag) to pay homage to Marvin Hamlisch (not the only musician, or movie person, who passed away)... fun song and dance numbers, those were great.
But why this year, just because of "Les Mis"? I'm STILL irked at the 2008 ceremony, when WALL-E was up for Best Animated and Slumdog Millionaire won Best Picture (ugh)... it was the Hugh Jackman Song & Dance show, rather than feature the 3 songs up for Best Song (and how about featuring the Best Score nominees?) they made a medley that was such a poorly representative afterthought that Peter Gabriel refused to participate. I "get" that they go for different emphasis or whatever, but a snub one year to an all-out love-fest another is a bit uneven. Music MAKES movies (do you know that Thomas Newman has been nominated *11 times* and never won? Shawshank, WALL-E, American Beauty, Skyfall and more...)
I still love music more than just about anything else, and this sticks in my craw.
BTW, if you get the chance to see the Short Films (animated, live-action, documentary), GO - they're really splendid. I skipped the documentaries this year, TOO emotional, but now I'm sorry I did.
Gowns were spectacular, loved Jennifer Lawrence and Halle Berry, and Clooney needs a haircut.
Still love the Oscars, they're my favorite first-world problem :-) Let's go to the movies!
My bigger "issue" is that this was Music in Movies year, unofficially or whatever, they even did it on The Acoustic Storm radio show on Sunday. Five great performances of really good songs, Babs was there (gag) to pay homage to Marvin Hamlisch (not the only musician, or movie person, who passed away)... fun song and dance numbers, those were great.
But why this year, just because of "Les Mis"? I'm STILL irked at the 2008 ceremony, when WALL-E was up for Best Animated and Slumdog Millionaire won Best Picture (ugh)... it was the Hugh Jackman Song & Dance show, rather than feature the 3 songs up for Best Song (and how about featuring the Best Score nominees?) they made a medley that was such a poorly representative afterthought that Peter Gabriel refused to participate. I "get" that they go for different emphasis or whatever, but a snub one year to an all-out love-fest another is a bit uneven. Music MAKES movies (do you know that Thomas Newman has been nominated *11 times* and never won? Shawshank, WALL-E, American Beauty, Skyfall and more...)
I still love music more than just about anything else, and this sticks in my craw.
BTW, if you get the chance to see the Short Films (animated, live-action, documentary), GO - they're really splendid. I skipped the documentaries this year, TOO emotional, but now I'm sorry I did.
Gowns were spectacular, loved Jennifer Lawrence and Halle Berry, and Clooney needs a haircut.
Still love the Oscars, they're my favorite first-world problem :-) Let's go to the movies!