Well, I had my annual Academy Awards party, this year was an interesting different year from years prior, I thouight the pacing of the awards was slow this year and then would feel rushed, sure it was fun when Blake Edwards shot across the stage in a wheel chair with a leg in cast sticking out front, un expected was fun, but this years awards were so concerned that they would use up their 11 second delay with something potentially offensive that they forgot to have fun, I thought it was strange that they put all the music together in 2 segments instead of using the song performences to break up the evening. I also have to get on my soap box and say how upset I am that the song for Lord of the Rings "Into The West" won for best song, not that I am complaining about the song, but I think that for a song to be nominated it should at least be part of the movie, not something stuck in the credits at the end of the movie, the song had nothing to do with the movie. If we look at past winners like Randy Newman or Elton John or Phil Colins, those songs were integral parts of the movie and not just something tagged in, Heck Even Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote new music for Evita that won and I'm fine with that, but having a song just stuck in the credits which to me stood out like a sore thumb compared to the score for the rest of the entire 3 movie set. OK, I have said my peace
Academy Award Food: Chili, Popeyes Fried Chicken, Fruit, Veggies, Popcorn, Cake.
Music listened to Setting up for Party: Duran Duran, Love and Rockets
Moral of the Awards: If you aren't Lord of the Rings, go home.
Posted by bilzabub at March 3, 2004 10:42 PM