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--- Quote from: Linds on 23 Feb 2009, 20:13 ---Goldie Hawn was easy to ignore whilst on stage with Sophia Loren, who looked positively terrifying.
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QTF.
Here's my main beef - Why Charlton Heston snubbed?? During the tribute to the people who passed on this year, two things struck me.
1) Hardly anyone clapped. What the hell? What, you people gonna let a little politics get in the way of giving Heston his well-deserved due? Ridiculous!!
2) The montage itself was a disgrace. Paul Newman get a special section of clips, but nothing for Charlton Heston?? Not one clip of Heston with his face in the net, yelling "Get your hands off me, you damn dirty ape!!"? Nothing from Ben-Hur, which won 11 Oscars?? I mean, come on, this man helped MAKE Hollywood! It's a disgrace.
KvP:
IIRC, they said they were going to reduce edit audience applause during the "In Memoriam" segment.
RallyMonkey:
If you're interested in the bureaucratic hell that is Oscars behind the scenes, here is a post from the very talented filmmaker who was hired to edit the In Memoriam sequence.
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=156658
It starts to get interesting on the third page.
Alex C:
I have a few friends who are all whiney about Ledger because they insist he won just because he's dead. Personally, I don't give a crap; I think his performance was good enough where it's a decent call either way in light of the competition. It's not really as egregious as Peter Finch's win for Network was anyway. This btw, isn't intended as a slight against Finch. It's intended as a slight against the Academy for snubbing Robert God Damn De Niro as Travis Bickle. Honestly.
Neebin:
I though Ledgers Performance was great in TDK however, I really didn't like that he won.
The reason is that I don't like how everyone glorifies someone who is dead. Death does not make a person a saint.
Plus I found that it brought the whole mood down. It just seems so morbid imo.
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