Because I want to see if he holds the Oscar in his hands, strokes it, and murmurs, "My precious."
PAD
Posted by Peter David at February 29, 2004 09:13 PM | TrackBack | Other blogs commentingThat would be great. I'll make sure I don't have a drink in my hand when they anounce the winner.
Haha. That would be incredibly amusing. And there is, of course, the flip side, muttering psychotically under his breath as someone else takes the Best Director Oscar: "Tricksy hobbit...stupid, fat hobbit."
Here's hoping that Return of the King will take another!
Oh, that'd be marvelous.
LotR is 2 for 2 on the night so far, so we'll see!
TWL
strokes it, and murmurs, "My precious."
Hmmmmm....Don't think I want to see anyone do that. :)
ahhhh...to dream.....if only peter jackson had done hulk!
aw heck, if anyone else other tahn ang lee would of done hulk!!
Hulk became a much better movie after reading the movie adaptation. I would have given Ang Lee an extra thirty minutes to an hour to flesh out the beginning better.
>>ahhhh...to dream.....if only peter jackson had done hulk!
aw heck, if anyone else other tahn ang lee would of done hulk!! <<
I just realized that Hulk didn't even get a nomination for SFX.
...That's just wrong.
( not that I'm unhappy that Lord of the Rings: Return of the King won it.)
Dale
Did anybody see that commercial with Tiger Woods as Bill Murray from Caddyshack? I effing LOST it!! ROTFLMAO!
10 for 10! (Just picture to go.)
No "my preciousssss", though. Damn.
TWL
I have to admit Best Song seemed to be the biggest travesty.
Has any film won every single nomination it got before?
Has any film won every single nomination it got before?
Sure, especially the ones that only got one or two nominations.
Ok, ok, I know what you mean...seems to me there were a few that were both heavily nominated and managed to pretty much clean up.
Highlight for me so far--Michael Moore getting squashed! Give the man props for being a Shatneresque good sport about it.
I want to see if he holds the Oscar in his hands, strokes it, and murmurs, "My precious."
Actually, I'd rather he sent out a fake indian to decline the award and then she yells out "I'm the king of the world!" Just to, you know, dick around with everyone.
Moore getting squashed was a cute moment in an intro montage that went on way, way too long for my tastes.
Anyone know how well "Titanic" did in terms of #awards vs. #nominations? I'm thinking it may have swept everything it was nominated in.
(I did like Crystal's "it's official: every single person in New Zealand has now been thanked" line quite a bit.)
We'll see if LotR breaks the genre barrier in a few minutes...
TWL
Titanic was nominated for 14, won 11, Tim. (Missed both Actress awards and Makeup)
Ben-Hur was nominated for 12 and won 11. (Missed Adapted Screenplay)
And LOTR will either go 10 for 11 and piss a lot of people off, or tie the record in a few minutes...
Titanic was nominated for 14, won 11, Tim. (Missed both Actress awards and Makeup)
Ben-Hur was nominated for 12 and won 11. (Missed Adapted Screenplay)
And LOTR went 11 for 11...
And here I was hoping that if Sean Penn won, he'd end his speech with a return to his roots: "Hey, bud ... let's party!"
And now, as Mr. Kate Capshaw reads the nominees, opens the envelope...
HOT damn!
11 for 11.
TWL
Whoa, sorry about the near-doublepost. Browser hung, I didn't know if the first had gone through.
Thanks for the info on Titanic and Ben-Hur -- I still suspect there are other films who've won a whole lotta awards and made a clean sweep, but it looks like LotR seems to have trumped things for now.
Delighted. 'Night, all.
TWL
Maybe this'll convince them to film the Hobbit. I loved that book, but I could never force my way through he LOTR novels.
Plus it's got more dwarves in it. How can you go wrong with dwarves?
Well I guess RotK has the best winning percentage of all time if nothing else.
It looks like they pretty much rewarded them for the entire trilogy, not a shock but...
I guess after the surprising Nominations the Academy played it safe.
IMO, the Academyt did NOT play it safe. They did something that I certinaly NEVER expected (and I think many people didn't expect). LOTR won BEST PICTURE. This just VERY amazing, imo. Not only is Return of the King an amazing film, but its a FANTASY movie. Do you guys know how amazing it is that this movie won?! I mean it was going up against a Clint Eastwood film, a Russel Crowe film, an indentent type film (Lost In Translation), and Seabiscut.
I would have though Seabiscut would have won before Return of the King. Just amazing.
I like the other movies a lot, BUT Return of the King deserved it the MOST, imo. It was just the most amazing movie I have ever seen. Really. No doubt about it.
They deserved every Oscar they got, imo.
Wow.
DF2506
11 for 11
Not bad, eh? I looked it up, and it ties Ben-Hur and Titanic at 11, but they got more noms. A couple other films went 100% at 9 and 5 noms (I've already forgotten the 9, the 5 was "It Happened One Night").
Shame that Sean Astin didn't get the nom, I'm betting it was close on the voting.
The real surprise (outside of sweeping through Adapted Screenplay) was Best Actor. I was pullin' for fellow Chicagoan Bill Murray, and I thought Depp had a chance after the SAG award, but I'm happy to see Spicoli get it too.
Lamest presenters: Stiller and Wilson: it's an old shtick, and they've beaten the dead horse with it (sorry). Best Dressed? Hard to say. Nothing really stood out (except maybe Angelina Jolie's nipples - a wardrobe malfunction waiting to happen). Possibly Catherine Zeta-Jones. Liv Tyler probably had the coolest hair, and Nicole Kidman the best necklace. Supposedly Alison Krauss was wearing $2M shoes, but you couldn't see them under the dress! The designer must be steamed.
I thought that Catherine Zeta-Jones and Jennifer Garner (Jennifer Garner especially, imo) were the best dressed!! Though Liv Tyler looked good too.
I thought Stiller and Wilson were ok. Not bad. Not great though..
I think one of the most suprising people on the Oscars tonight (other then Lord of the Rings winning so much, imo) was Jack Black & that guy from Elf..I was suprised with how funny they were (I never really thought of them as funny before..)! Especially the 'words' to the Oscar hurry-up theme ('Your boring! heheh). Also thought the bit from the Pink Panther director was pretty cool.
Also I think Billy Crystal was the PERFECT host. Just hilarous. The spoofs of the movies at the beginning was really good (hilarous really) and the songs he did were all good, especially the Clint Eastwood song!
And I do agree. Sean Astin should have got a nom for supporting actor (though many of the the actors & actress in the movie deserved to get noms!)
As for Bill, I thought Lost In Translation was OK, but not great. I think theres much better movies that he could have got it for. I did feel sorry for him though! He was so upset about not winning. :( I hope he gets another chance at the award & hopefully it'll be with a much better picture (imo, of course)!
I'm so VERY happy about Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King winning. Its such an AMAZING film. Deserved it. :)
DF2506
" Thought the Oscars tonight were the best of all the Oscars I've seen. Just a great night. From the carpet stuff to the very end, I really enjoyed watching them tonight. I'll definitly be back next year!! (I swore if Return of the King didn't win Best Picture that I wouldn't watch the Oscars again!!) "
Two movies took home the gold in every catagory they were nominated for: Gigi and The Last Emperor. Both went 9 for 9.
With that kind of lopsided performance, it seems fairly obvious:
Someone slipped in a ringer.
PAD
Okay, That pun was painful!
Oddly enough, though, it rings true.
Peter, I was wondering if you seen this :
http://veepers02.budlight.com/service/RetrieveCard?id=0023BF2E-626C-11D8-99E1-B3EE4054966E
You get a mention there.
Don't click on that link above. It's just spam. Tried to put spybots on my computer and attmepted to stick all these cookies there, but thankfully, I have them blocked.
That'll teach me to click on random links when I've only had four hours of sleep.
After last nights Oscars I find myself a little lost... Over to decades of dislike for the Academy went right out the window... Now I have to find something new to complain about...
I'm surprised someone hasn't written in a Spinal Tap joke about LOTR going to 11.
I'm ecstatic that LOTR and the fantasy genre in general is getting the kudos it deserves.
Well, Roger Ebert titled his Oscar wrapup article Precious cargo.
And, for the record books, he explains:
"LOTR" tied with "Titanic" (1997) and "Ben-Hur" (1959) among all-time Oscar champions. It also became only the third movie to sweep every category in which it was nominated, after "Gigi'' (1958) and ''The Last Emperor'' (1987), which both went nine for nine.
I don't get all the Billy Crystal love. He's sometimes funny, but way too inconsistant to justify all the outpourings of near-worship he seems to get from people. I liked Steve Martin much more as a host (although you could even see the exact moment when the audience at last year's awards turned on him, when he made a Roman Polanski joke in his opening monologue).
Historical Question:
Has any movie before ever won Best Picture without having received any nominations for the four acting categories?
So? The Anti-War actors got their awards big deal. I boycoteed this show and dont ever plan on watching it ever again. Hollywood does not go by talent anymore. The only good thing is LOTR actually won it.
Crystal's my favorite host, followed by Whoopi.
As for Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, I dunno, I think they were okay. Maybe I'm biased because I saw Starsky & Hutch a few months ago at a screening, and thought it was funny seeing Stiller in that getup again.
I am not amazed, however, at Return of the King sweeping. It was pretty much the scuttlebut two years ago that Fellowship and Two Towers would not win major awards because the Academy wanted to wait until the final installment to reward the entire trilogy. It's also not surprising for the same reason it wasn't surprising that Titanic won all its awards: When you have such a huge production, you tend to have greater representation in the Academy. So many people in the voting pool may have actually worked on those films, that they naturally voted for their own work.
Personally, though, Fellowship was my favorite of the three films.
So? The Anti-War actors got their awards big deal. I boycoteed this show and dont ever plan on watching it ever again. Hollywood does not go by talent anymore. The only good thing is LOTR actually won it.
Calling Sean Penn an "anti-war actor" is kind of missing the point. He's generally considered one of the two or three best actors of his generation. The fact that it's taken him this long to get an Academy Award just underscores the fact that the Oscars have had a problem identifying talent for a LONG time.
That said, the "presumed frontrunner" (per critics and sources like Entertainment Weekly) won in EVERY major category this year. The biggest surprise was Salvador Dali losing Best Animated Short...
With that kind of lopsided performance, it seems fairly obvious:
Someone slipped in a ringer.
That smacks of tolkienism!
The Anti-War actors got their awards big deal
I know this has been said many times, but I gotta ask. If Anti-War actors are bad... then being a Pro-War actor is good????
Travis
Has any movie before ever won Best Picture without having received any nominations for the four acting categories?
Yeah, An American in Paris ('51), The Greatest Show on Earth ('52), Around the World in 80 Days ('56), Gigi ('58), The Last Emperor ('87) and Braveheart ('95). I'm pretty sure about those, but I'm prepared to be corrected. I should think there's probably a few more in the early days of Oscar as well.
How can you go wrong with Dwarves? Guess you've never seen Under the Rainbow.
Has any film won every single nomination it got before?
Pretty much every 'Foreign Language' winner.
So? The Anti-War actors got their awards big deal.
Gotta throw 'em a crumb sometime. Their ideological opposites tend to win things like California governorships, presidencies and Oscars for best director.
Gorgonfoogle wrote: I don't get all the Billy Crystal love. He's sometimes funny, but way too inconsistant to justify all the outpourings of near-worship he seems to get from people. I liked Steve Martin much more as a host (although you could even see the exact moment when the audience at last year's awards turned on him, when he made a Roman Polanski joke in his opening monologue).
I tip my hat to anyone who has the skills and moxie to host a tough, highly scrutinized gig like the Academy Awards. Only a handful of Hollywood folks can pull it off successfully, and Billy Crystal is one of them, in my opinion. And considering I'm not a big fan of awards shows, I thought Crystal did just fine.
By the way, with each passing year, I gain a little more respect for Sean Penn. I don't agree with some of his political views, but last night I thought the former "Bad Boy of Hollywood" was restrained and actually quite classy accepting his well-deserved award.
Russ Maheras
Actually, I thought there was a fair amount of restraint shown all 'round. I was flat-out stunned at all the things Tim Robbins didn't say, for instance. (Completely agreed about Sean Penn -- I thought his speech was surprisingly good.)
About the only political statement that came up (not counting a few of Crystal's one-liners) was in Errol Morris' acceptance speech for The Fog of War -- but given the film's subject matter, for him NOT to make a comment or two would have been extremely odd. I thought his comments were on point and well stated.
(Of course, Crystal's "Can't wait to see HIS tax audit" just afterwards was lovely, too. :-)
TWL
Plus it's got more dwarves in it. How can you go wrong with dwarves?
What, you didn't see The Littlest Groom?
I thought the sight of Michael Moore getting stomped out of existence by one of Lord: RotK's gigantic elephants would've made up for any "anti-war" statements during the show.
This year, as usual, I played the predictions at oscar.com. I had my highest percentage of correct predictions ever, with only three mis-guesses: Supporting Actress (I thought the Academy would throw a curve as they so often do in this category and went for Shohreh Agdashloo over Renee Zellweger); Best Adapted Screenplay (I thought it was the one category Lotr wouldn't win and chose Mystic River instead); and Best Animated Short (like a lot of people, I thought it would go to the collaboration between Disney and Salvador Dali).
Still, I've won a cappuccino from a friend who swore up and down that LotR: RotK wouldn't win. It was also fun reminding her of why last year's winner of Best Director didn't show up to present the award to this year's winner. (To refresh memories, last year's Best Director was Roman Polanski, and there would've been complications if he'd been there to present an award.)
I think voters got caught up in Ring fever...I mean, was the music for ROTK different than FOTR? And I too thought Mystic River would get adapted screenplay since odds were it wouldn't win Best Picture.
I was kinda hoping Johnny Depp would take best actor like he did at SAG...I figured Murray and Penn split the vote there.
Thanks Kim! I couldn't figure out why Spielberg was there either.
But, there was something...i dunno, passing of the torch-like to him presenting the award to Jackson.
Apparently Ladbrokes in Britain is having to pay out a fair amount of money, due to posting 50-1 odds of TROTK going 11 for 11.
And, since I've not seen this mentioned anywhere else, was it just me, or did it seem like Jim Carrey was wearing Spock ears? Maybe its just that his current buzz cut makes his ears stand out more than ever before, but I'd've sworn his ears were as pointed as Leonard Nimoy's prosthetics ever were.
"My precious", nothin'!! I wanted Jackson to raise his arms and bellow: "I'm king of Middle Earth!!"!
Hooper
Spielberg did not present Best Director (which would have been Polanski's to present were he not a child-abusing scumbag), he presented Best Picture. I can't recall who presented Best Director. Was it Oprah?
Actually, just searched it out on the Web: Tom Cruise presented Best Director.
Best,
Julio
I mean, was the music for ROTK different than FOTR?
If you actually listen to all three soundtracks, yes, they are different.
The FotR soundtrack focuses upon the theme for the Fellowship. And, naturally, that theme is not heard again after FotR.
Tom Cruise presented Best Director.
You know, I never considered - does the previous year's winner always present?
I thought the idea was to prevent the conflict of having to possibly give the award to yoruself (if you would win two years in a row).
Thus, Best Supporting from last year gives to the opposite sex, etc.
That, and it was said in one post-Oscar show last night that Best Director was out of order from usual (it's usually right before Best Picture), so he wouldn't run into Kidman backstage.
Of course, it would just be easier to have him present an earlier award altogether...
One other note I quite liked:
At least 2-3 of the LotR winners made a special point of thanking/acknowledging Tolkien. Given that I distinctly recall Oscar years when the winner of adapted screenplay never bothered to thank the author of the original work, I greatly appreciated the fact that people acknowledged the source material as well and as strongly as they did.
(And as for "was it different music?" -- same themes, certainly, but a lot of different pieces. I didn't see any problem at all acknowledging Howard Shore a second time -- it was one of the few awards of the 11 I felt was an absolute must, in fact.)
TWL
Craig J. Reis asked: You know, I never considered - does the previous year's winner always present?
I thought the idea was to prevent the conflict of having to possibly give the award to yoruself (if you would win two years in a row).
It's generally traditional for the acting winners to present the same award to the opposite gender the next year, and you'll note that was the case this year (Zeta-Jones presenting Supporting Actor, Kidman presenting Actor, Chris Cooper presenting Supporting Actress and Adrian Brody presenting Actress). Because an actor can easily appear in several films a year, it makes sense to switch genders to avoid any chance of the presenter being a nominee.
Directing, on the other hand, is such a large undertaking that it's fairly rare for a top-name director to have two Oscar-worthy pictures out in consecutive years (and even if they DO, it's easy to get shut out -- you'll note that Jackson wasn't nominated for Director for THE TWO TOWERS), so Director is usually presented by the previous year's winner. One presumes, though, that were that winner to be again nominated, they'd ask someone else to present.
None of last year's nominees for Director -- Polanski, Rob Marshall, Martin Scorsese, Pedro Almodóvar, Stephen Daldry -- repeated their noms this year. In fact, of the nominees in the last THREE years, only one has turned up twice (Jackson for FELLOWSHIP and RETURN) -- the other 2002 nominees were Ron Howard (who won), Ridley Scott, Robert Altman and David Lynch. Most of the nominees from the last three years have not yet made follow-up films (exceptions being Jackson -- who really filmed all three at once -- Howard, Scott and Altman [and of those last three, all were nominated in 2002 for work in 2001, and did not release a follow-up until 2003]).
So it's usually a safe bet to have Director present Director.
I stopped watching awards shows a long time ago. Most of them are pretty insipid anyway. I did however catch the opening that Crystal did, and Crystal hasn['t done anything I consider worth watching since City Slickers and When Harry Met Sally. When I saw that elephant-like creature stomp on Michael Moore, I turned the tv and watched Star Wars. My night couldn't get any better after that.
BTW, I'm almost convinced now that Billy Crystal and Bill Krystol of the Weekly Standard are one and the same. Otherwise, the resemblence is uncanny. they at least have to be related.
Tim Lynch: One other note I quite liked: At least 2-3 of the LotR winners made a special point of thanking/acknowledging Tolkien. Given that I distinctly recall Oscar years when the winner of adapted screenplay never bothered to thank the author of the original work, I greatly appreciated the fact that people acknowledged the source material as well and as strongly as they did.
Winston Groom: Ya think?
I think the funniest Oscar moment this time around was Will Ferrel pronouncing Sting's name in a breathy whisper. It poked fun at a self-important "artiste" and nearly cracked up both Ferrell and co-presenter Jack Black.
I think the funniest Oscar moment this time around was Will Ferrel pronouncing Sting's name in a breathy whisper. It poked fun at a self-important "artiste"...
As a friend of mine who's in the same kind of situation says, "Well, I'm in a position to be made fun of as an "artiste"... Struck me; not a bad place to be in, you know....
Craig J. Reis asked:
*sigh* Only the second time today I've seen my name misspelled...
Sorry about that, Craig. Believe it or not, I double-checked before I posted, too... :(
For a... unique look at the day after the Academy Awards, go to http://www.gamespy.com/comics/dorktower/ and check the March 1 entry. Gotta love the Dorks!
Is there any chance that Peter Jackson would adapt your Sir Apropos books for the screen?
I never, ever, looked at a fantasy book until I started Sir Apropos and I hope there are many more sequels.
I was and still am a tired and true Star Trek fan but I always like to see the Trek authors non Trek efforts.
I was and still am a tired and true Star Trek fan
Freudian slip?
Being a Star Trek fan has made me a little tired of late, myself.
Unfortunately, Jackson's victory wasn't appreciated by some. Lisa de Moraes had to malign Mr. Jackson with this piece of filth in her column today in The Washington Post:
And, you have to admit, even 43 million viewers would be an incredible accomplishment for a four-hour broadcast that was monopolized by a fat, rumpled, dreary little man -- given that most people watch the Academy Awards to spend quality time gazing on beautiful, slender, glamorous and, at least superficially, interesting movie stars.
Disgusting.
De
Cuz, yknow, Peter Jackson really had control over how many times he went up to accept an award. And if people are watching an awards show *just* to look at pretty people, that's just plain pathetic. Sounds like this columnist needs a life outside of "the entertainment industry".
Monkeys
Didn't you know? This is an entertainment writer. Thus, celbrities are better people because they're more attractive. Because that's all that really matters.
When you're dealing with pod people, anyway. Creativity isn't valued, it's dangerous. Or relegated to Friday nights and run way out of order. Or put on opposite Friends and Survivor or Law and Order where it doesn't stand a chance.
Freudian slip?
Freud makes slips? I didn't know he was into women's undergarments?
BTW, is a slip considered underwear, since technically you wear underwear under a slip?
I know this is OT, but the Oscars have bored me long enough now.
And if people are watching an awards show *just* to look at pretty people, that's just plain pathetic.
Well, you can tell that to the Rivers, both mother and daughter. :)
Another off topic
COMMENT:
Has PAD given up on this blog in disgust due to the antics of Bendis? Please come back, we'll promise to be good! ;)
I expect that Peter is simply busy with other things. I haven't been around these parts very long, but it's my impression that things haven't been more heated than normal...with the noted exception of one guy who claims to be a noted comic writer but can type nothing but profanity. And Peter's taking steps to deal with the [insert favorite pejorative here].
Besides, if Peter were going to leave this place, I have confidence that he'd inform us of this before he left. He's probably too busy with things happening in the non-virtual world. Let's just hope that it's a good kind of too busy like a story inspiration that he had to get down when it came to him, instead of some sort of Family Emergency thing that would take up all of his time.
if it is work related, he better be doing the next NF novel. Come on!! i'm getting withdrawal symptons here !!!!
Actually, it was his niece who was ill. However, like you, I also hope it has nothing to do with Emma being ill.
Michael Moore got stomped by an Oliphaunt!? And I missed it!?!? Aww, now I’m depressed!
(I caught only the last half-hour or so of the Oscars.)
Frankly, the Oscar statue, especially the Best Documentary one, is forever tarnished by his winning it for that piece of deceptive garbage masquerading as a “documentary.” It didn't even qualify as a documentary by the Academy’s own definition of the term, by their own rules!
If it deserved any Oscar nomination at all, it would’ve been for “Technical Excellence in Editing.” Like how, in the interview with Heston, which Mr. Moore claims on-screen is “unedited,” the clock over Moore’s head traverses 23 minutes of real time in only 6½ minutes of video time. Or how, earlier on, in what is presented as a single speech given at a single event (the NRA meeting in Denver), Mr. Heston’s suit, shirt, tie, the podium he’s standing at, and what’s behind the podium, all mysteriously change color and style after a quick cut to the exterior of a gun shop. Or how, with his cute little South Park-esque cartoon comparing the NRA to the KKK (fact: the NRA was originally formed as an anti-KKK organization!), and due to the editing of the “unedited” interview, reviewer after reviewer came away with the conclusion that “the man is shockingly racist” or “he’s an idiot, and a racist one at that.”
How “racist” is Charlton Heston really? He’s so “racist” that he was one of the prime movers in breaking down Hollywood’s color barrier (and yes, there was one) before it was en vogue to be a Civil Rights supporter. He’s so “racist” that he didn’t merely participate in the actors component of the 1960s Civil Rights March on Washington — because he was too busy leading it. That’s how “racist” Mr. Heston is.
The Academy turned on and spat on one of the best men in Hollywood when they awarded Mr. Moore that Oscar that his film didnœt even qualify for under their own rules.
Note: I am not now, nor am I ever likely to be, a member or even supporter of the NRA. I just don’t like lies, no matter who tells them.