77th Annual Academy Awards.
Let's see, here's the ones I got right.
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - Jamie Foxx
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - Morgan Freeeman
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE - Hilary Swank
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM - THE INCREDIBLES
BEST PICTURE - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
COSTUME DESIGN - THE AVIATOR
DIRECTING - Clint Eastwood
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - THE SEA INSIDE
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)- ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE
SPOTLESS MIND (man, Charlie Kaufman rocks, did you see
how simple he was when he came up on stage, funny too,
how he was counting the seconds, "29, 27"
VISUAL EFFECTS - SPIDER-MAN 2
Oh man, I was so glad when Morgan Freeman got the
award! I was all excited sitting on my bed. Chris Rock
was the best host I've seen for the past 4 years. In
his opening monologue, he actually made me laugh. Good
stuff. Im bummed out that The Passion hasn't won any
awards, I felt the cinematography was strong in that
film, and when they lost music I was pissed off, but
then..I'll have to check out Finding Neverland to see
which of the two was really better.
I liked how before the show they showed 3 best past
oscar speeches, Tom Hanks' one was REALLY good, Im
going to hunt down the full thing, cuz from the blurb
they showed it felt moving.
Overall, this year's awards weren't that great though.
It lacked something. It lacked greatness.
Oh I liked the performance of Anotnio Banderas and
Santana, that was good, and when they won the award
for best song, I felt happy for them..and the composer
of the song made a nice little thank you speech..i
thought that was simple and down to the point. Just
sing a verse!
I really liked the Sydney Lumet tribute, with the montage of his movies,
nice choice of music in that one!!
Here's Sydney Lumet speech.
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
Thank you. Thank
you. Thank you. Thank you. You're very kind.
And I thank you. From the time I did my first movie, I, needless to
say, like everyone else, started to fantasize about Oscar. And
I was lucky enough to be nominated on the first movie so I started to
fantasize about the speech. And I was a real smart aleck, and I thought
I would say something like, "I don't want to thank anybody. I did it
alone." It wasn't true but I thought it would be a way of getting a
little attention.
When Frank Pierson called me about receiving this one, of course I
started thinking about the speech again. And I realized that if I
totaled up all the "thank yous" I've heard in all these years, I
wouldn't be able to thank all the people that I really want to. I'm not
just talking about the glorious talents I've worked with on both sides
of the camera. But there are so many with whom I've never even worked,
that I owe so much.
I mean, how do I thank Spielberg and Scorsese and Coppola? How do I
thank Jean Vigo, Carl Dreyer, Willy Wyler, and Kurosawa, and Buster
Keaton? And I'm not mentioning the ones I really stole from.
What about the Epsteins for writing a line like, "Here's
lookin' at you, kid"? Or Wilder and Diamond for, "Well, nobody's
perfect." Or Faragoh for, "Mother of god, is this the end of Rico?"
So, what I guess it comes down to, I'd like to thank the movies.
I know that sounds general. But it's very real to me. I've got the best
job in the best profession in the world. So, I just want to thank all
of it. And, of course, the ones who've paid more dues than I have.
Thank you Piedy, Amy, Jenny. See you later.
How awesome huh? the man has such a great passion and love for movies!
that's a great man, respect!
Now all I have to do is watch all the movies that were nominated!
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