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So, what did everyone think? I missed most of it, can anyone tell me who won best supporting actor and actress and best actor (was it Russel Crowe? If so, what was his speech like?)

I thought Julia Robert's speech was kinda cute, but then again, her win was anti-climactic.

I was also kinda disappointed that Gladiator won best pic because it was really good, but not as profound or deep as some movies.

And what about Steve Martin as MC? I love him, but wasn't too impressed with the opening. Wasn't it sad how he kept making Gladiator/ Russell Crowe jokes and the camera would go to Crowe and he would look pissed off?

Let's hear it!

I liked the awards. I missed a bit in the middle tho. I was kind of upset that Kate Hudson didn't get best supporting. That was a huge surprise.

As for Mr. Crowe. He is nortorious for having a pickle up his butt. He looked completely unimpressed by Steve Martin's joke, which was, albiet kinda mean, only respresentative of his behavior with women. (he's known to be QUITE the ladies man). Laugh it off buddy. He was like that at the awards last year too. He comes off very stuffy. It was all over the radio this morning too....the look on his face when Steve Martin made that crack about him http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif . It was classic. I was at an Oscar party and we were all laughing our butts off.

What did everyone think of how Princess Julia looked? I'm finding that all women think she's beatiful and guys think she's gross. This is the general consensus among all the guys and girls i know anyhow. Weird. I thought she looked AMAZING.

That's my 2 cents.




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I thought some of Steve Martin's jokes were on the rude side...esp since russell crowe is not known to have the worlds best sense of humor. if it had been me, i would've steered clear of jokes with him as the punchline. But, they didn't ask me to host, this year, so... ha ha

SO HAPPY Steven Soderbergh got best director!!! I had the pleasure of working with him a few years ago and he is a really cool, really nice, down to earth guy. The look on his face when they announced it was priceless--he was stunned.

And SO HAPPY to see Cameron Crowe get best original screenplay. He is, IMHO amongst the most talented screenwriters in the business. And as Almost famous was based on his life, all the sweeter that he get the award for that!

And I think Julia looks gorgeous. But she always does, IMHO. I don't think there are prettier women who can pull off their beauty with as much style and grace and warmth and intelligence as she does. She seems real, seems like she'd be a fun girlfriend-- I think that approachability makes her all the more beautiful.

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As for the Russell Crowe jokes, yes, perhaps he is a bit of a skirt-chaser, but I thought the making light of the kidnapping situation (.e. that Tom Hanks was behind the whole thing) was in extremely bad taste and not funny at all. (When they honed in on Tom Hanks' face, Tom Hanks didn't seem to think it was funny either, and he was mentioned in the joke).

Julia Roberts looked gorgeous, and her speech made me laugh.

The Kidnapping thing was hilarious! Tom Hanks wasn't looking pissed, he was pretending to be ashamed! Like he had been caught.

As for Russell Crowe, I'm glad he won. He's really talented. He's tried to keep his private life private and doesn't like people making jokes about him, but come on! He's in show business - if people didn't care, he wouldn't make any money acting!

Julia Roberts... she's cute more than pretty. I think that her dress was stunning last night (vintage Valentine) and she looked very classy. No suprise that she won, but her speech was kinda overly peppy... but I know I wouldn't be real cool if I won!

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Leslie, I have to agree I loved Julia's look last night, especially her dress. I really enjoyed Steve Martin as host, he has always been one of my favourite actors. My fave part of the evening though was when Danny Devito was eating his carrot sticks and Steve Martin brought him some dip.

I think Traffic should have won best picture.

I also think Traffic should have won best picture.

Its always funny to me when it happens that a Pic is named Best Directed, Best Written, Best (Supporting) Acted -- but its not the best picture?

Traffic, IMHO, is a more important film in its message than Gladiator. Its more representative of the year and the era. But again, its just my opinion, I did not care for Gladiator--thought it was basically an action movie with no script. It took three people to write that? Come on. It was largely visual. Again, JUST my OPINION. Not looking to start a fight. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif My fav movie last year was Almost Famous, so that will tell you where my tastes run.


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I didn't watch anything but the ending...
GO JULIA! You da woman! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

I have to say that I though Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon should have won Best Picture. Before I'm jumped - it had all the makings of a classic. Wonderful protagonists, an antagonist that you want to love, lots of action, a touching and deep storyline, beautiful acting, amazing special effects, and great music. It has been a long time since I have gone to see one movie three times. I loved it more each time!

Amy, i definitely agree!! I love Julia Roberts, and she looked wonderful last night! I missed her speech, but im glad she won!

Well I thought Russell Crowe looked good in the Gladiator, but he didnt look so hot to me last night. What was up with his hair?! He looked so arrogant too!!

Anyway, Gladiator won best picture, julia roberts won best actress, who won best actor??

By the way, i didnt like Britney's Pepsi Commercial, but no surprise there. I cant stand her anyway!

Russell Crowe won best Actor.
Benicio Del Toro Supporting Actor
Marcia Gay Harden Supporting Actress

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Russell Crowe - what was with the Colonel Sanders outfit?

Best Dresses by far:
Julia Roberts and Joan Allen. WOW.

i thought Renee Zellweger looked gorgeous in her yellow gown, and i really like Catherine Zeta Jones corset type dress... i really think she is a classic beauty. I just saw Traffic on saturday... wow, what a powerful movie - it totally left me thinking. that movie was right on target with how life really is, i know so many teenagers just like those in the movie... its really scary!

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I agree with you totally, in terms of being more important, and i'm not gonna 'jump' you or anything - but all i'm asking is if social/cultural importance makes for a better movie? And when writing a movie, the visualization plays an important role (much like shakespeare's "exit, chased by bear", on a more grand scale) . . . plus, traffic's message is pretty wide-spread - the 'drugs ruin lives' message is pretty common-knowledge, and many people that use know the dangers of use. Meanwhile, who knew the dangers posed by gladiators?!? ; ) i'd vote for the 'best picture', ie the one that made for the best overall experience (not telling which one). anyway - i'm one of those 'analyze movie crap too much' kids . . . and how crazy is the crack-whore scene in traffic? i loved both those movies though -

Rob

I don't think social importance necessarily makes for a better movie, but let's think ahead 20 years and look back on traffic and gladiator.

Gladiator will be outdated in terms of the visual effects and be what it is at its core--a thin storyline supporting some wild visual effects. when the effects are dated, the story will seem even thinner. Not that this was a BAD movie by any means, I just didn't think it was all that.

Traffic will hold up to the test of time. Stylisticly, it will be marked as early 21st century. Structurally, the same. Story, the same. But it will still be powerful and not diluted by time as I believe Gladiator will.

when the Academy is looking for best picture-- it is not only looking for the best picture entertainment wise--but what will continue to be the best picture of that particular year? What will stand the test of time and not leave audiences wondering 20 years from now how the 2000 academy could have voted a certian way...

Again, all IMHO.

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Why's everyone knocking russell crowe? If he appeared akward then he was probably nervous as hell. If I was him I'd definitely knock steve martin out for that first comment. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

She looks okay. There are prettier girls though. I could only watch a little, had a bunch of homework to do. Did William Dafoe win best suporting actor?

Time for me to throw my opinion in and stir things up a bit http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

I thought Julia Roberts embarassed herself with the speech. It reminded me of Sally Fields' "you like me, you really like me" speech. Her dress was okay, but it didn't move me too much.

Catherine Zeta Jones looked stunning. I find her to be 10 times more beautiful than Julia Roberts. And her dress was amazing - totally classy.

Renee Zellweger looked great too! I love yellow!

Bjork....what the hell were you thinking?

Yay for Steven Soderbergh - he used to live in Baton Rouge.

Honestly, ever since Titanic won best picture, I've taken the Oscars with a grain of salt. I'm also still not over the fact that Evita was shut out of so many of the main categories.

Benicio Del Toro won Best Supporting for "Traffic".

Anyways, I enjoyed Steve Martin as the MC last night. In recent years I haven't really cared much for Billy Crystal, so this year was the first year in a looong time that I watched it in almost its whole entirety. Steve Martin always cracks me up, and it's true...Russell Crowe always looks like he got something up his @$$. Awards show hosts need to poke fun at the people. I mean, how else are you going to be entertained for 3+ hours?

Julia Roberts looked absolutely beautiful last night. I knew she was going to win, and I thought her speech was awesome. I've always thought she was down to earth, and you could totally tell by her speech that she deserved to win.

Marcia Gay Hardin's win last night came by surprise. I've never seen "Pollock", but hey--obviously the Academy thought she was better than Kate Hudson.

On a final note...I didn't especially enjoy seeing Britney Spears' Pepsi commercial every hour on the hour (okay, so I'm exaggerating). However, I am suprised that she had that many clothes on. That little girl (Halle something) should've done that commercial.

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See, now that's why the world is cool. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif We all have our opinions.

CZJ just doesn't do it for me. Yeah she's pretty but...eh.

I think Julia was geniune and real and just so flipping excited. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Lil_G you are right-- I totally attributed Russell Crowe's mood up to nerves. Damn I would be nervous as hell. Julia's too. She couldn't stop grinning-- also nerves. Did you see Steven Soderbegh's face--completely stunned when they called his name. I loved that, it totally captured the experience.

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Okay - was Bjork's dress a real freaking dead swan? Like head and all? I couldn't see it all that well -- mainly because I was making fun of her sorry butt singing -- I can howl at the moon better than she can and no one's lining up to pay me big money -- of course I don't own a dead swan...or a dead anything for that matter...but I do have a couple in the pond here at work -- do you think a live one would give off the same impression?! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

Also - Julia -- love her...love her....love her. She is not "It's all about me" like today's people are -- ie, Jennifer "What do you mean that not everyone wants to be me" Aniston...Brittany-See-My-Boobies....or J-Ho -- she is genuine and very loving of the people that surround her. In fact, did you guys hear, that there was a guy that worked for one of the big popular Hollywood scene limo service -- he drove Julia somewhere, and was so impressed by how sweet and nice she was, that he sent her a rose to say "Thanks" for treating him like a real person (by the way this same service said that Whitney Houston is the absolute WORST to drive because she is just nasty to them and to the people that work for the company) anyway -- the limo company fired the guy for sending her that rose and Julia found out about it and got his job back. Now that is just the nicest thing - she didn't have to do that - he was nothing to her, but she did because that's what makes her "America's Sweetheart" (not my phrase - just what everyone calls her).

Anyway - I didn't get to see too much of the Oscars and I hate I missed all the commercials that everyone (including the morning show on the radio) were b%&*@#$g about. But I love Billy Crystal, and he is just Mr. Oscar for me -- when he did that opening several years ago, where he sang all the titles of the movies up for best picture, and came out pulling that big oscar singing "Mr. Saturday Night", I thought I'd die - it was so funny! I like Steve Martin too, but he just isn't Mr. Oscar.

I have not seen Gladiator, Traffic, or Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon (or whatever it is) -- I am a huge animal lover, so my brother said not to see Gladiator (yes I know they don't hurt the animals, but I still hate movies that show that stuff!). I don't want to sit through sub-titles with the other two either. I just worry that it would be a big waste of time -- but its helpful to hear what you guys think. So far on Traffic, people have either absolutely loved it or hated it, depending on who you ask.

And I don't know much about Russel Crowe (and just CANNOT see why Meg left Dennis for him) he is just not handsome or sexy at all to me. I think he acted all stuck up like this whole affair was beneath him. Oh well. Like the rest of you, I didn't get my oscar this year either...LOL http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif!

Hey--Traffic doesn't have subtitles, or many subtitles that is. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif Its an American film. Only a few scenes in the Mexico sequence have subtitles when the characters are speaking Spanish.

Ok, I'm bored at work, so I'm jumping in here...
- Russell Crowe: needs to lighten up (maybe he's still upset over Meg?), but I thought his speech was kind of cool..
-Bjork: WHAT THE HECK??? The animal rights folks should say something about her making fun of dead swans. Did she even LOOK in the mirror??
-Julia: Fake, fake, fake (sorry, Julia Fans, but she seemed like she was, *um* acting)
-Gladiator v. Traffic: While I enjoyed Gladiator, it struck me as Braveheart set in Roman times... Traffic was thought provoking, original, and definitely should have taken it.
-Steve Martin: I liked him. Plus it seemed like the last few years the host's part has been too drawn out; this year it seemed like they cut down time there, which is good.
-Best moment: the Tom Hanks kidnapping thing
-Funniest part of the whole thing: the Fox TV reporters on the pre-Oscar show with the altoids.. did anyone else see this? It was hilarious. They were asking the DUMBEST questions!! Sigourney Weaver walked away while they were still talking, and several other stars were looking at them like they were freaks. It was quite amusing!!!

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Actually, I have a question about something:
Why was Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon nominated in both the Best Foreign Picture and Best Picture Categories? It seemed that the Academy should have picked one category or another for it to be in, but not both.

Because the movie was foreign, and outstanding, thus, the nod in that category. But as a movie internationally released and acclaimed, it was duely nominated in the best picture category as well. And it should have won in BOTH categories IMHO http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/mad.gif . It was definately better than Gladiator. Again, IMHO.

At the Golden Globes you cannot be nominated for best pic in two categories.

The Academy has no such distinction. However, I would doubt they Academy would ever give best pic to one film in both categories. When Crouching won Foriegn Film, it was a LOCK that it wouldn't win Best Pic.

Well didn't a year or two ago that one guy from Italy won in both?

No,
Life is Beautiful won the 1998 Oscar for Best Foreign Film and Best Actor.

Shakespeare in Love won Best Picture.

You cannot be nominated in both the Foreign and Best Pic categories under current Academy rules.

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I've been away for a few days, but time for me to catch up on all the Oscar talk:

I saw Crouching Tiger and thought it was pretty good, but I'm glad it didn't win Best Picture. All the critics and everyone have been talking about how it's one of the greatest movies ever, how it makes Citizen Kane look like a pile of dog crap, etc. Honestly, it was good, but WAY overrated.

I think Traffic deserved to win the big one, especially considering it won several other major awards. I have no problem with Gladiator winning though. Some people have likened it to Braveheart, which I predicted would at least be nominated for Best Picture when I first saw it 6 years ago. Gotta love those old-fashioned war epics.

Russell Crowe should have had a better sense of humor. True, Steve's zingers may have been a little rough, but who cares? You have to be able to take a joke, especially at awards shows when so many people are watching. I thought Russell was totally shocked when he won. He gave a good, fairly humble speech, so that was cool. At least he didn't pull a Marlon Brando or anything like that.

Julia Roberts...obviously it was no surprise that she won. I'm still waffling back and forth over how I felt about her speech. Part of me says "give her a break, she was so overjoyed that she won, she should be allowed to speak for as long as she wants, etc." Then part of me says she got up there with the attitude, "I'm Ms. Julia Freaking Roberts, and I'm going to stand up here and talk and you're going to listen to me whether you like it or not, because I'm Julia Roberts." That same part of me is also saying, "Hey Julia, the guy holding the stick is called a conductor, and the stick is called a baton, and he uses it to lead the orchestra."

And finally...Benicio Del Toro is a stud and has been since The Usual Suspects. I'm pumped that he won.

Alumnus, did you see Julia's post Oscar interview where she was totally humbled by realizing the "stick man" is Oscar winning composer Bill Conti?

I think she was overjoyed and nervous and probably had no idea how long she was up there. People who win Oscars have generally dreamed about it their whole lives. I know should I ever win my Oscar for screenwriting, I will be up there smiling my a$$ off and thanking everyone who's inspired me along the way too. And hopefully looking fabulous in my Valentino and Jimmy Choo's as well! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

LOL...Inside Edition said that he sat with Giorgio Armani and he helped design his own suit.

Good for him that he won the Oscar, but I think he should stick to acting.

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Nope, I didn't see Julia's post-Oscar interview. I guess the whole "guy with the stick" thing is not really a big deal. Being up on that stage has to be nerve-wracking, and there have been plenty worse slip-ups during acceptance speeches. For example, Hilary Swank forgetting to mention her husband last year. Hopefully, we will never see another speech like Jonathan Demme's painfully long one when he won for Silence of the Lambs:

"...um, uh, uh, I would, uh, like to thank, uh, Jodie um Foster, and er, um, uh, Anthony, uh, Hopkins..." UGH!

Not that I'm a Oscar fashion expert (leave that to Joan Rivers and her coattail-riding daughter), but I thought it was cool how a lot of guys steered away from the tradtional tux this year. Soderbergh looked sharp in just a jacket and tie. Russell Crowe's "tie" was a little goofy though.

Yeah. Hopefully when I win for Best Actor I'll be able to say something intelligent. Put my speech will probably be "Oh my god...wow...thanks." http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif Hey Amy! Write a script for a guy who's 19 and in college http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

I was kinda disappointed...I mean, Gladiator was cool, but I don't think it was Oscar quality..and I definitely think that Almost Famous should have been nominated and that Cameron Crowe should have been nominated and won for director. Steve Martin was a good host, but besides that, I was definitely disappointed.