Comments on: Nerdies for Best & Worst of 82nd Annual Academy Awards

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:17:47 +0000

Hi Norma,

I’m so happy El Secreto de Sus Ojos‘s was cause for such celebration in your country! I was excited, too, because I predicted it as the winner. Thanks for sharing your joy from down there. It’s always great hearing from you!

By: NORMAUS

NORMAUS — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:49:56 +0000

HI PCN To answer your question about memorable moments, there were a few moments. I´m really happy for all the winners, they deserved their award. I admire every one of them, actors and directors and creative people. There´s so much work in every movie!
But I have to say that in my country it was a special sensation of triumph related to the movie THE SECRET OF THEIR EYES o EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS (orignal name). It´s a good movie and everybody in the media showed images of the ceremony. The people here in Argentina was really proud I think. So many movies in the whole world and this was the recipient of such an important award.
I tell you this also: the days before the ceremony there was some unconfort situation related to the people that were invited to the ceremony. I think there were invitations only for 3 or 4 people. So only the director and his wife, and one of the actors and another woman (his wife also I think) were present at the ceremony. The actors that played the leading role were not present. That was really disapointing.
But still was a happy time for the whole country. I liked when the movie director remembered to send salutations “to our brothers in Chile” who are still having such a hard time. Solidarity in times of sadness or joy.
Well. I tell you PCN I always try to be really brief in my real life too. But I think this took me just too long.
I didn´t comment on the dresses or all the other things about the ceremony. Everything about interests me! All the women were beautiful.
I loved everything about it. I liked all the nominees. It was a great night.

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:34:48 +0000

A producer said Farrah was mostly a TV star but she appeared in a bunch of movies. They had Michael Jackson in the montage and he acted in ONE movie (The Wiz).

I know 3 days isn’t enough to spend with Colin Firth but I’d take them, too. Heck, I’d take 30 minutes!

By: Jen Forbus

Jen Forbus — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:46:21 +0000

Oh and I almost forgot…I’m completely in agreement with Julianne Moore, but hell, I’d give my right arm for those three days!! 😉

By: Jen Forbus

Jen Forbus — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:45:16 +0000

Well, since I didn’t see any moments, thank you for sharing yours, PCN! And WHAT? Farah Fawcett and Bea Arthur seriously were not in the memoiral clip? WTF?

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:55:16 +0000

It’s not just you—I couldn’t understand Christoph Waltz’s previous speeches, either. I’d look at my husband and say, “Huh?” Someone must have pulled him aside and told him to start making sense and the Oscars would be a good place to start.

I liked Bullock’s speech but still think Meryl Streep was robbed. Robbed!

By: Pop Culture Nerd

Pop Culture Nerd — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:51:39 +0000

The actors paying tribute to Actor/Actress nominees rambled as if they were thinking up anecdotes on the spot. I don’t mind it if they’re kept short but when it goes on forever, it’s rather embarrassing for everyone involved, including the nominees.

I like “And the winner goes to…”, too! Did you notice Sean Penn saying it last night?

By: Poncho

Poncho — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:41:55 +0000

I enjoyed a lot of stuff in the show, but I wasn’t so psyched about the whole of it. I was actually bored quite a lot.

I do think Baldwin and Martin were good hosts, but the NPH stuff at the start made me quite uncomfortable, and when B&M got to start I was annoyed and didn’t enjoy all of their jokes on their “opening number”. But they got so much better through the rest of the broadcast.

I loved Sandra Bullock’s speech. She was classy and she’s one of the proofs that there’s still class in Hollywood (I also think of Meryl Streep’s speech in the Golden Globes as a classy one).

I understood Christoph Waltz’s speech so much more than his others, and I think that’s saying a lot (and it’s not that I don’t understand his English, because he speaks clearly, but his speeches are weird).

By: Shell Sherree

Shell Sherree — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:59:22 +0000

Love your take on all of this, PCN!! I enjoyed Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin together much more than I expected to {not sure why I didn’t expect to!}. Tina Fey and Robert Downey Jr were wonderful and it was one of my highlights. Even though I’m not too keen on the format of having actors waxing lyrically about the Best Actor/Actress nominees {it’s lovely, but can go on a bit}, two of my other highlights of the night were Tim Robbins/Morgan Freeman and Stanley Tucci/Meryl Streep. I loved their humour and it brought a lovely ‘real’ touch to it, I felt.

And call me competitive, but I like hearing the presenters say, “And the winner is…”

I cleaned my teeth when the horror package was on. Euwwwwwww!!!!!! No way was I going to watch that. 🙂

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:24:47 +0000

POINT! LOL, you’re right!