Comments on: Pre-Oscar Podcast

By: 3R!C

3R!C — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:37:32 +0000

295 comments? Whew! It’ll probably hit 400 in the next hour.

By: Meli

Meli — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:47:46 +0000

In reply to Justin. I saw three of the nominations and though only saw clips of This Way Up I was really hoping it would win.

By: Darren J Seeley

Darren J Seeley — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:29:56 +0000

In reply to Justin.

JOSH Brolin ‘scuse me.

need some shuteye.
night

By: Darren J Seeley

Darren J Seeley — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:27:32 +0000

In reply to Justin. James Brolin's fmr co-star on the late 80's TV series The Young Riders! She's best known for her TV work (Homicide: Life On The Street)

By: Darren J Seeley

Darren J Seeley — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:24:09 +0000

In reply to Ray.

I HATED this.

The worst part of the entire show.
Why? I could hardly see the tributes! ARrrggghhhh
I had to friggin’ SQUINT to know that James Whitmore passed!

And NO appluse for Chareton Heston. What’s up with that?!

By: MoriaOrc

MoriaOrc — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:41:12 +0000

Why waste time with a long and unnecessary top hat and tails routine which creates the train wreck of the Wall E song being raped by 2 slumdog songs?
Was there really no time to perform a song or nominate more than 2 movies in that category?
The whole panel of previous actors giving mini reviews of each nominee was beyond awkward.
The montage of deceased actors and filmakers was terrible.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:52:06 +0000

Mickey should have won. Penn was incredible, but this role was made for Roarke.

By: justrobby

justrobby — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:46:12 +0000

WOW, Mickey didnt win..

By: Mr. Chris

Mr. Chris — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:39:20 +0000

What really baffled me was that montage of animated films. The whole thing was like a tribute to “Clone Wars” and “Space Chimps.” I can’t wrap my head around that.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:26:01 +0000

I think Jackman was fantastic. The set looked gorgeous, and for once, people genuinely looked like they were having a fun time. Job well done, as I predicted.

And Jai Ho is trapped in my brain.

Jai ho, Jai HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:18:23 +0000

In reply to Phil Gee. agree'd on the montage. Same as Justin said before, very poorly done.

By: Phil Gee

Phil Gee — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:13:08 +0000

Well I don’t have the luxury of watching the show next to my computer.

Overall, very happy with this show this year. They made a lot of improvements, it was much tighter and Jackman was a great host (I just could have done without the musical number in the middle which nearly destroyed the whole show).

On the downside, it was the most predictable oscars in ages and what they did to the ‘in memorium’ montage (usually my favourite part of the show) was an absolute travesty.

What better way to pay tribute to this year’s losses to the world of film than have, what appeared to be, an over-excited Wall-E operate the camera and constantly glide past the screen of the deceased so we can’t even make out half the people being honoured. That really made me mad.