Remember last year's Oscars, when host Jon Stewart, who was keeping score, announced that in the Oscar tally, Three 6 Mafia had one; Martin Scorsese had zero? Well, all that changed last night when Martin Scorsese received a long-deserved Oscar as Best Director for The Departed -- a movie I didn't see, but hey, that's what DVDs are for, right?
With the exception of Borat, I hadn't seen ANY of the movies nominated this year. I remember the days when my sister, Chrissie, and I would take a fistful of dollars and spend the entire day at the movies. Flash ahead ten years. With responsibilities of The Plantation, trying to find time to write, and my duties as co-host of The Book Squad, I hardly have time to clean my house (which is a mess) or play with my dog (who, God bless him, is patient with his owner).
I thought Ellen DeGeneres was hilarious! When she came out with that vacuum and started cleaning up, I thought my hour had come. I also did think all the right folks won (Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Al Gore, etc.). I thought that Eddie could've cancelled Christmas the moment that P.O.S. Norbit hit the screens. I was especially excited when Miss Jennifer Hudson got her Oscar. I could just hear her saying in her head, "F*ck you, Simon Cowell!" I want to have the year she's having. From discounted and down-and-out to Oscar winner. I wonder what the equivalent of that would be in the book world?
Now I'm bleary-eyed from a lack of sleep, because, typically, the shit ran over. They could've cut that crappy Road to the Oscars mess and started the show a half-hour earlier, so that those with us with jobs could still get our pop culture groove on and still been able to function on the J-O the next day.
Every year, I swear I won't be taken in by Awards season. Every year, I'm wrong. I think I keep watching, because it helps me keep my eye on my prize... and my focus squarely on my own dreams. There's no way I can look away from that!
Until next year...
4 comments:
Yes, I'm still tired right now and I have to teach in an hour. But I had to stay up and watch the Oscars... You're right, Eddie lost his chance when Norbit was released. And I laughed so hard when he didn't win. I know it was wrong. But Hey, that's what he gets. And I love that Jennifer Hudson and Beyonce were trying to out sing each other on stage. Funny stuff..
Gwyneth
Wasn't it all so funny? On purpose and inadvertently. Did they show Eddie's face get cracked when he lost? I don't remember. And I do agree: Anika Noni Rose was the unknown meat in that diva sandwich last night. Poor lady -- she was hitting some of those "I'm hemorrhaging" notes herself, BTW. We may hate, but we can't stay away. ~sigh~
I'm an Oscar fan too. I saw the Departed, strange film. I'm glad Martin won, he deserved one. It was a nice to see Jennifer win. I haven't seen the movie yet.
The movies have gone out of the movie goers budget. For what you pay now you could get three movies back in the day. Don't try to take the kids, you're out of big bucks if you buy snacks too.
Amen! On all counts!
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