02.25.08
Oscar Mania!
Well. Mania might be a bit of a stretch. Apart from a couple of upsets - mainly in Best Actress (Marion Contillion? Coqutteien? Quotidien? You know, that French chick from that movie no one in America saw and whose title reminds me of that other French movie about that little boy who was a crossdresser? Do you know what I’m talking about? No?) and Best Supporting Actress (well, yeah, Tilda Swinton is awesome - if a little off-putting - but I really didn’t think she was going to win. I was pulling for Cate as Bob.) it was pretty tame.
How much did all those Best Songs suck? I mean, Enchanted was cute but three big song productions with no Patrick Dempsey involvement at all? No thank you!
And Diablo Cody won (Oscar party banter: “I wouldn’t pay 10 bucks for a lap dance from that chick.”)
And No Country for Old Men? Oh, I had no idea that it was even nominated for any awards because it’s not like I’ve seen 10 thousand posters with dissertations calling it The Best Reviewed Most Awesome Kickass Great High Brow Oscar Golden Globe Every Possible Award Maybe Even Webby Award Nominated Perfect Movie Ever. It was pretty great, though.
Oh well. Maybe Bjork will do something next year. We can only hope.