97th Academy Awards Recap
Another one down.
This was an interesting year because in the end, there was a consensus, even if it didn’t feel (to me) like there necessarily was one throughout the process. But they got there.
Also another year absent any major surprises. The biggest surprise was, “Oh, so they went all in on Anora.”
Otherwise — not a whole lot of note for me about the awards or the show. Felt like it went crazy long again, even with the earlier time slot. Conan did exactly what Conan does. They went for a more classical ‘movies are magic’ feel. Definitely doesn’t feel as innovative as last year’s ceremony, though they did a few things that felt like they were trying to be innovative (having one presenter talk about all the nominees — though notice they distinctly didn’t do that for the lead acting categories — or having the filmmakers discuss aspects of the film during the video packages).
Mostly this is just a ho hum kind of ceremony to cap a ho hum kind of year. (more…)
Pic of the Day “You were jealous that your husband was schtupping Yvette. That’s why you killed him, too!” “Yes. Yes, I did it. I killed Yvette. I hated her, so much… it-it- the f – it -flam – flames. Flames, on the side of my face, breathing-breathl- heaving breaths. Heaving breaths… Heathing…” (40th Anniversary)
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