Gaslight movie 1944 online9/1/2023 A very touching bit and we'll take it given that that meant fellow Irishman Colin Farrel reaction shots. Worst Choice but an Incredible Speech MomentĪn Irish Goodbye was the worst of the five live action shorts nominated in its category but its win gave us one of the most incredible moments as the audience sang happy birthday to one of its stars. It left a sour taste though Lenny Kravitz sang beautifully. How do you pass over Anne Heche, one of the greatest talents of her generation even if her filmography wasn't all that because Hollywood never knew what to do with her. How do you have an actress leading one of the current Best Picture nominees die and NOT include her (RIP Charlbi Dean, Triangle of Sadness). But once again the exclusions were maddening to the point of ruining it. The producers desperately need to step away from their John Travolta fixation (we have no idea why he's invited every year when so many other huge stars of his generation are not) but since it's apparently mandatory that he be there they made a solid choice to have him introduce this segment which began with Olivia Newton-John ( still hopelessly devoted to her). In Memoriam Blues - Why can't they get this right? So while it might be painful right now to see, say, Angela Bassett lose, or interesting to see how Cate Blanchett responds to a loss people really didn't see coming early in the season but which she probably was happy for, these things will be less raw but still fascinating 20 years from now, provided the earth is still spinning. Oscar nerds live for this and love to relive it and debate it for years. No matter how you felt about Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress and Best Actor this season (and temperatures were high online about all three categories given that they were actual races and not locked up) there's no denying that it's *always* compelling to watch all the nominees in the same split frame reacting to the envelope being opened. Academy voters tend to vote by way of drama and message and narrative more than they love to actually think about what is "best" (if history is any indication) but at least sometimes it results in sobering quality moments like this one which served unexpected friction between the glamour and luxury of this particular event and what this woman's life must really be like with her husband surviving assassination attempts and now in imprisoned. Handing the end of the Best Documentary Feature speech to Navalny's wife was a potent emotional moment. It was both a relief (those monologues are always too long) and a fun and appropriate joke to usher in the big night.īest of all there was no sneering at the nominated films as being boring movies nobody was interested in which has become a terrible-no-good-blech-we-hate-it habit of Oscar joke writers and Oscar hosts none of whom seem to actually like movies and therefore should not have the job at all! There was only one joke even remotely like this all night but it was a good one, as Kimmel suggested that no filmmaker better dare criticize the length of the show given their own padded running times this past year. The ending of the monologue was also a gem as Kimmel threatened people who droned on to long with being danced-off the stage, and off he went dragged by the dancers himself. And the joke of recommending we all try f***ing to the Raiders of the Lost Ark soundtrack was an unexpected risque guffaw. I'll admit that I chortled at "L Ron Hubba Hubba" when describing Top Gun Maverick's beach volleyball scene. But we got a few true biggies last night: First Asian Best Actress winner, first film in half a century to take 75% of the acting prizes, first sci-fi action comedy to win the big prize.īut "it was a good time!" isn't much of a rundown of a three and a half hour glamorous event so herewith 8 things that stuck out for me, for better and worse, in no particular order. Each year of an institutional annual event that is super consistent in its approach (far more so than say the Grammys, BAFTAs, and Emmys which all change rules and category names so often that records and stats end up feeling blurry and mostly meaningless), will necessarily alter at least a few nooks and crannies of statistics and records. Now, in point of fact, history is always made at the Oscars. Did you? Overall it was a well produced, well paced, quite entertaining, and often moving night with good speeches and the requisite history being made. Like, Eric, who felt joyfully optimistic about the Oscars after the 95th Academy Awards, wrapped, I also had a good night.
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