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5:56 PM<\/b>: I wasn’t sure if I was going to live-blog tonight since I’d exhausted my movie-talk yesterday. But I’ve got nothing else to do. It’s this or just talk back to my TV screen.![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wastinaway.net\/shortfatguy\/images\/gyllenhaal_separated.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\")
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10:13 PM<\/b>: a woman says “dog’s bollocks”. Good thing the TV Guide channel stopped its Oscar coverage.
10:23 PM<\/b>: The Aviator<\/i> gets Cinematography too. I’m too lazy to check the nominees list: is this a Return of the King<\/i> sweep yet? Will we be reading articles about the Academy can only focus on one blockbuster now and can’t evenly distribute its awards any more?
10:27 PM<\/b>: nope. Beat out by Ray<\/i> for sound recording. So much for the maxim that a movie needs helicopters, machine guns, and explosions to sound good. (Note: maxim still stands for home theater demonstrations.)
10:39<\/b>: original score. And a surprise write-in win for Sky Captain<\/i>! Actually, Finding Neverland<\/i> wins, for handily capturing many styles. But—soundtracks update—I’m now listening to Edward Shearmur’s Sky Captain<\/i>. So there.
11:00 PM<\/b>: oh yes, please, refresh my memory on the Best Song nominees. Let’s spend even more time on this useless category.
11:03 PM<\/b>: Hilary Swank knocks out Annette Bening, goes tomorrow’s inevitable headline. She might even get best back, but that award actually goes to Melanie Griffith. I was half-hoping Imelda Staunton would win for Vera Full of Drake<\/I>—not that I’ve seen it, but just because it would upset the predictions and piss off the red states.
11:10 PM<\/b>: maybe The Sea Inside<\/i>’s win will piss off the red states instead (the ones upset by Million Dollar Baby<\/i>, that is). ‘Cept they don’t watch those movies you gotta read.
11:29 PM<\/b>: no surprises with Best Actor. Jamie Foxx wins\u2026and makes a teary acceptance speech that would make me feel bad to make fun of.
11:31 PM<\/b>: soundtracks update: I am now listening to Eric von Korngold’s Adventures of Robin Hood<\/i>. Maybe some Max Steiner’s King Kong<\/i> and Michael Kamen’s Baron Munchausen<\/i> on deck.
11:36 PM<\/b>: Martin Scorsese has once again struck out. At least Clint Eastwood is not undeserving.
11:40 PM<\/b>: wow. The E! guys were right. They said The Aviator<\/i> was the initial frontrunner but of late there has been a groundswell for Million Dollar Baby<\/i>. Did Martin Scorsese do such a bad job that he can assemble award-winning ingredients but can’t pull off an award-winning movie from them? So I’m told, but I didn’t get that feeling when I was actually watching his film. If anything, Million Dollar Baby<\/i> was the one that seemed flawed to me, since its big plot twist makes it feel so much like two<\/i> movies. Obviously the Academy doesn’t have a problem with it. But then again, it’s my blog.
P.S.: producer Albert Ruddy looks like a cross between Frank Langella and Brad Garrett. Not that that matters. I’m just still feeling snippy. I have to say something nice about the production though. I liked the way the technical nominees were grouped together, either in the seats or on stage. It’s like the producers are staging this like a show more than just covering it like a live event. It’ll probably get an Emmy next year. The monitors embedded in the stage and swooping across the ceiling were cool too. And I’m glad to see the big Chris Rock controversy turned out to be a big nothing, as I expected.
Anyway, off to E!’s post-show, more soundtracks off my iPod, some Double, and, maybe, if I’m still awake, a movie. Possibly\u2026SKY CAPTAIN<\/i>!!!\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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