Oscar LiveBlogging! (Part II)
9:03 - It was torturous how they made Amy Adams go out there, alone, in the middle of the stage, to sing this cheerful song. That made it sort of enjoyable.
9:09 - The Golden Compass winning over Pirates of the Caribbean and Transformers: an organized atheist conspiracy?
9:12 - Sweeney Todd won art direction, because none of the voters had seen a Tim Burton movie before. And how about this plastic woman?
9:16 - That was a Designing Woman, right? In the audience.
9:19 - Jarvier Bardem wins an expected but deserved victory, which he sullies with another joke about the Prince Valiant haircut. And what was that jibberish he said at the end?!
9:24 - These joke montages would be going over a lot better if the actual joke montages weren't so grossly similar.
9:29 - The Mozart of Pickpockets wins, but the real winner is presenter Owen Wilson--for surviving. Seriously though, did anyone else feel a palpable discomfort when he went up there?
9:31 - Nothing--even theatrical release--will stop Jerry Seinfeld from advertising for Bee Movie. When he dies, he will be buried in a bee costume.
9:33 - When this guy walked into the auditorium with a doll of a boy cradled under his arm, do you think anyone questioned that?
9:39 - Tilda Swindon wins, dressed as half a wizard. Or possibly as an art piece: "Woman Emerging From Satin."
9:48 - I stepped out for a moment, but apparently the Coen Brothers won Best Adapted Screenplay.
9:50 - Did you know it's really hard to run the Oscars? You might think it's just watching some free movies, deciding your favorite stuff, and giving the ballots to an accounting firm, but its actually...
It's basically that.
9:52 - "Wow, that was amazing!" - The best thing Jon Stewart has and probably will say all night. And is this really Miley Cyrus, or is this Hannah Montana?
9:55 - OK, I'll admit I didn't see Enchanted. This was seriously a song, and it's now being considered for an award? This is really terrible, and increasingly confusing as more costumed characters enter.
Continued in Part III! (And the Designing Woman was definitely Dixie Carter.)