For once the ceremony itself outshone the brew-ha-ha outside. Ellen, who got our vote for the best host yet, did a bang-up job bringing a sense of earnestness to an awards show that sometimes takes itself too seriously. It was also the show of inspiring speeches, and seemed to highlight a growing respect for the craft of screenwriting.
Best Ellen Moment: when she just happened to have a script on her and handed it to Scorsese
Best Speech: Forrest Whitaker, followed by Morricone, Scorsese, Melissa Etheridge, then Helen Mirren. (I'd give a small shout out to Jennifer Hudson, who thanked her grandmother, since that always makes me cry, if I wasn't so pissed off about her winning. Really? A better performance than Cate Blanchet?)
Most curious moment: Did the screenwriter for The Departed really say, "Wow, Valium really works," then slurr his way through his acceptance speech?
Gore punked us with his bit hinting that he was announcing his bid to run for president. He nailed it. I was convinced he was going to do it. Well, he finally won something, his film An Inconvenient Truth won Best Documentary Feature. And if you have not seen this film, please go rent it asap.
It may have been the best Oscars yet, understated, and intelligent, unlike the Broadway over-the-top ceremonies of the past. Our group had a blast watching, thanks in part to Ellen, and in part to the Oscar-related drinking game the boys brought— you have to drink when a liberal makes a Bush joke, or when Meryl Streep looks bored, we drank often...
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