Comments on: There will be schmaltz.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:27:50 +0000

OK, i’ll join Jon Stewart — does America need a hug? C’mon — “No Country,” “There Will Be Blood,” “Sweeney Todd.” Holy abattoir, Mr. Ebert. What’s up with that? Is Lecter one of the primary candidates for President? I’ll say that while preferring some oddly depicted slaughter to hearing while the household 4th grader is doing homework the words from the TV “If erection lasts more than four hours, please contact a medical professional.”

Well, “Ratatouille” got a statue of Uncle Oscar’s bald head! That got my son to bed.

By: Danny

Danny — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:49:15 +0000

Tilda Swinton does not need makeup nor hair. She is a beauty.

By: Dexter

Dexter — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:36:39 +0000

Tilda Swinton said she was not wearing any makeup. I heard this from a friend who heard her say it on one of those post-Oscar E shows , or whatevah.

Diablo Cody’s dress was an embarrassment even to her. She was walking kind of hunched-over, and taking altered steps while walking up to get her Oscar, then she made a couple futile grabs at the dress’s huge slit-gap, and all I could think was “Diablo’s praying to God we can’t see her camel toe”.

Jon Stewart was wonderful last night. I know only about a third of my friends thought so, a couple thought he was awful, some gave him a “C”…but I really thought he was just great.
I am a bit tired of The Daily Show and I am not a Stewart sychophant; I just thought he was good.

By: Julie Robinson

Julie Robinson — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:26:28 +0000

And was Tilda Swinton wearing any makeup? It takes cojones to appear at a big deal like the Oscars looking like that. Amazing cheekbones, though.

By: Danny

Danny — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:09:42 +0000

But I don’t go around saying my personal quirks are right and everyone else is sick.

Why not? That is what the internet is for. Are you some kinda sick weirdo or something?

By: beb

beb — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:13:50 +0000

I, too, was put off by Mitch Albom’s snug certitude for not liking the Oscar nominees. Mind you, I don’t like dark, depressing, violegent or gory films, which is why I don’t go see a lot of films. But I don’t go around saying my personal quirks are right and everyone else is sick.

However I don’t know which upsets me more, Fox running ads for R-rated movies during the 6PM reruns of the Simpsons or the endless ads for perscription drugs during the evening news.

By: beb

beb — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:32:22 +0000

I’m a big fan of Diablo Cody since reading her book, Candy Girl, last month. It’s a memoir of her year as a stripper. It was funny, depressing, insightful, hard to put down and read like something from an Oscar nominated screenwriter. My wife also read it (in record time for her) and love it, so this is a double recommendation.

Diablo won the screenwriting award for her first movie, Juno. Though I’ve got to say that dress she wore….. Whoever designed it should be barred from the red carpet for life!

By: michaela

michaela — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:51:22 +0000

We were transfixed by the lack of movement in Kidman’s face last night. Every once in a while her cheek muscles would twitch, but that’s about it. As my husband said, the wrinkle-less wonder looks good for still pictures, but for actually, like, acting it’s pretty lousy.