The Oscars last night were a standard accountance of the usual fare. I thought the best acceptance speech was given by Reese Witherspoon (who, despite having lived in LA for however many years now, still strikes me as one of the more down-to-earth people among them). Sure, appearances -- certainly those made by an actress -- can be deceiving, but I prefer to believe not.
I was very glad that a movie as important as Crash won for best picture...and frankly, amongst the other contenders in the Academy's popularity contest, I didn't really see it coming. Crash probably goes down as my favourite movie from 2005.
I am miffed however at the "In Memorium" montage this year. I don't know if any other geeks have latched onto this yet, but I suspect they will. Conspicuously missing from the presentation this year was James Doohan, the actor who played Scotty in Star Trek for well over 30 years. In fact, his IMDB filmography listing has some 80 entries, most of which are not for Star Trek. I don't understand why such a seemingly glaring omission has been made, but I hope to hear why in the coming days.
Monday, March 06, 2006
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