rec.arts.movies.past-films

(And no, I didn't guess a single one of them either, except for the
Animated one and the Song, no duh...SO SHADDUP ALREADY! >_< )

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Best Jon Stewart monologue lines:
- "Saluting this year's psychotic-killer movies...Does this city need a
hug?"
- "Usually when there's a female or black president, that's when you
know an asteroid is about to hit the Statue of Liberty...How else do we
know it's the FUTURE??"


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- Aside from Stewart, there's only *one* staple I tune into the Oscar
ceremonies to watch--After a year's absence, Chuck Workman's montages
are BACK, baby!
(Yes, even the "binoculars" one.)

- Nice to see the "Bee Movie" joke keeping alive the new Oscar tradition
of "Animated-character presenter being safely given to the one
non-disqualified loser who didn't make the cut because it didn't have a
*prayer* of being nominated, even through the segement still tries to
pretend we all thought the movie was funny and popular anyway, making
everyone at home cringe".
[Qv. 06's Chicken Little]

- For a while, the host intros were so smooth, I'd thought they'd
finally taken our advice and kicked Bruce Vilanch out on his fat gay
70's-variety-cliche' hinder...
And for a while, it seemed like they had--Until we got that train wreck
of a "Adapted Screenplay" intro. Er, guess not. -_-

- Um, that's IT? I'm already at Actress (and missed that one too), and
that's freakin' IT??
Okay, I've heard all the jokes about "long ceremonies", and I'd rather
have a long one, than the "Hi-speed sprint version".
Stewart seems to be doing such a good *working*-host job of keeping
things moving, we don't have to skimp on the perks...I want a
lifetime-acheivement winner, I want the obits, and I want my damn Stomp
and/or Cirque du Soleil, as long as they all come with Chuck Workman
montages!
C'mon, I want a ceremony that makes movie-illiterates feel like dopes
for all the classic scenes they don't remember, and sends them running
to Blockbuster the next Monday! Is that so WRONG??

Derek Janssen
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