Just a heads up to let you know that a liveblog of the Oscars is going to be starting here in a little bit. Follow along as I follow along, if you know what I mean (and I think you do).
7:44a, Feb 25th: The Oscars are over. 20% of the nominees won. The cat threw up on the rug and Ollie's a bit fussy this morning. We'll see you back here next year.
11:42p: Bedtime. Last update until tomorrow morning, when I assume the Oscar ceremony will finally be over.
11:06p: None of the stories on the front page of Digg refer to the Oscars. Unsurprising that they have their heads in the sand on such an important issue.
10:47p: BREAKING NEWS: The program on ESPN2 right now is not Fisting; it's Fishing. Fishing. Also, 1363 unread items in my RSS reader.
10:28p: Fashion update. Just took off my shirt. It's hot in here, it's not just me.
10:08p: Battery life at 31% and dropping.
10:00p: Just checked the movie times at the theater two blocks from my apartment. Juno at 10:50, There Will Be Blood at 10:20, Atonement at 10:30, and No Country for Old Men at 10:15 & 10:55. Michael Clayton is on Movies OnDemand for $4.99 at any time.
9:32p: Is this a good time to go to the movies? Lots of empty seats at There Will Be Blood maybe?
9:07p: My liveblogging outfit this evening: jeans by Banana Republic, long sleeve tshirt by American Apparel, socks by Wal-Mart, boxer shorts by Muji.
8:55p: What else is on right now: The Mummy on Encore, Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Fox Movie Channel, Miller's Crossing on Encore Action, The Departed on Cinemax, episode #8 of The Wire on HBO, the Masterpiece version of Pride and Prejudice on PBS, Bulls vs. Rockets on ESPN, Godfather II on AMC, and Born Into Brothels is just ending on IFC but Spanking the Monkey starts in 20 minutes.
8:43p: Non-ceremonial bulletin: I've turned on the comments.
8:34p: I'm told that the ceremony has started.
7:58p: The Oscars have not started yet.
Have they given out the Oscar for Best Song yet? Did "Once" win? Best low-budget movie ever.
Because if it wasn't funny, it would have to be Lord of the rings or Lawrence of Arabia. It's in the guild rules. Trust me...somewhere in the back...
the dialogue is some of the most forced and annoying ever on a movie screen. i mean the writer’s pen name is diablo cody so you know she makes some seriously over tought / bad decisions.
i’m totally done with this ‘quirky’ genre of film, damn you wes anderson, see what you’ve done? damn you and your clever use of music, and characters that wear uniforms, and your questioning of ‘what makes a family anyway’, and the all rest of it, i’m done with you and all your sorry ass imitators.
if juno wins the best picture i promise now to never watch the oscars again for the rest of my life.
Also, 1363 unread items in my RSS reader.
Hmmm. I wonder how many fewer I would have if I removed kottke dot org from my feeds..??
Thank gawd for the comments...
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Oscar aint got on no underpants
2) letting that chick from that one song from that one movie come back and give her speech is like the only spark of humanity in the entire show. I have a feeling it was stewart's idea.
3) the show gave me a chance to clear my rss reader, i'd like to thank the academy
I loved No Country. Beautiful and any other year I would say it has to win, but not this year. There Will Be Blood is a masterpiece. The Cohen brothers can crank out movies like NoCo again and again, and they will. I think this is PT's magnus opus. I don't know how he could do better.
Poor fella.
How about actually write the best movie of the year? No Country was simply better. Though both should have filed protests if Juno had won.
JT: I think it might be something of an honor to be overlooked by the Oscars. "Best Picture" doesn't always actually mean the best picture, historically speaking.
This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.
