Oscars 2008

[Ten/Four]

Originally Posted by Obsession8

I loved that jab, too (lol)! ;o)

I'm loving the format so far, even though I picked "Sweeney Todd" to win for Costume Design.

ETA: George is looking quite delish tonight.

He always looks good.

The format/flow worked better this year. But it was still boring only because the winners didn't give dramatic speeches.

[darling1]

i thought it was good. was it the best, well, nope, but it was certainly consistent and ran smooth. i think jon stewart did a great job!

something i noticed during the montages, whoopie goldberg was not 'noted' for having hosted the awards 4 times. you saw her when she won her award. i thought that was kinda weird.

[WenD08]

Originally Posted by darling1

i thought it was good. was it the best, well, nope, but it was certainly consistent and ran smooth. i think jon stewart did a great job!

something i noticed during the montages, whoopie goldberg was not 'noted' for having hosted the awards 4 times. you saw her when she won her award. i thought that was kinda weird.

i agree to the above. plus, it was talked about on The View Whoopi being overlooked. she seemed disappointed to have been overlooked and moved that her "co-workers" pointed it out and were mad about it.
i really liked that Jon Steward brought out the co-winner of the Best Song award so that she could give her acceptance speech having been cut off before. plus, him playing the video game w/the young Black singer was really cute

[DSTMystique]

Originally Posted by Ten/Four

He always looks good.

The format/flow worked better this year. But it was still boring only because the winners didn't give dramatic speeches.

The winners didn't really have time to give the heartwrenching dramatic speeches, the orchestra would have started playing them off. I think "helping" people wrap it up is a good idea, but I think they should lengthen the time that they do give them.

By the way, I loved how Javiar Bardem did the last part of his speech in Spanish, speaking directly to his mother!