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Anne Hathaway, James Franco to host Oscars
southendmd:
--- Quote from: Meryl on February 28, 2011, 02:58:25 pm ---Overall not great, not bad. Actually, one of my favorite things was the montage of those who'd passed away played to "Smile." They all had really beautiful smiles, something we so often take for granted.
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Yes, except it was sung by Celine Dion. :-X
Front-Ranger:
Whipping back and forth between twenty-somethings and the pre-War generations was difficult, IMO. I really thought the Oscars should be about NOW, or at least not go back before 2010. There were a lot of good performances, movies, etc. from 2010 that were overlooked because of the schizophrenic approach. I wish Julianna Moore and Andrew Garfield had been recognized as supporting actors. JM was the supporting actor in The Kids are All Right, not Mark Ruffalo.
Anne and James had chemistry to spare in the promos that were leaked on YouTube, so what happened at the event? Stage fright? I doubt it. Maybe James got some bad news just before going on stage, like the Brokeback Mountain cast got an hour or so before the announcement that Crash had won.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: southendmd on February 28, 2011, 04:10:03 pm ---Yes, except it was sung by Celine Dion. :-X
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You could have put the TV on Mute. ;D
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Meryl on February 28, 2011, 02:58:25 pm ---I thought Anne was charming, and stunning in each dress. The lack of chemistry between her and James Franco is something I agree with the reviewer on. Too bad. :(
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Maybe next year they should get Ricky Gervais. 8)
serious crayons:
Somewhere I saw separate suggestions of Robert Downey Jr. and Sandra Bullock. I think they'd be great together -- both are funny and appealing, relaxed on stage, young(ish) but with plenty of history and experience, totally Hollywood but with the right amount of ironic distance. They're hip enough not to seem like they're trying too hard, but not so hip they don't seem invested in the ritual.
James and Anne were too young for a ceremony that is intrinsically un-young. And as for hipness, one is too hip for the gig and the other's really not quite hip enough (I mean in terms of their image and chemistry, not so much their actual outlooks or level of sophistication or whatever the heck hipness is).
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