Oscars

[tahnan]

How clever of Garrett, to type running commentary; all I have are remembered reactions. But:

Dear god--an Oscar for Eminem? Eminem just won as many Oscars as The Hours?

Clearly I need to see Frida, which someone out there in the Academy liked a lot more than I would have expected. Clearly I also need to see The Pianist.

There was, in some ways, less politics than I expected: or rather, most people kept their political statements to saying "Let's all pray for peace" or the like. With the exception, of course, of Michael Moore, who I like less than ever. I continue to find him needlessly infuriating--I suppose he feels it's needful, although whether that's "needful to bring about change" or "needful to keep the spotlight on me me me," I'm not sure. It's my feeling that politics has no place at the Oscars; it's just not the forum to start discussing "fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president." (More at this set of comments in colorwheel's journal.)

So I was annoyed to see him win--I admit, I didn't see his documentary, nor the others, but I feel he's more demagogue than documentarist (someone else relayed the opinion that Bowling for Columbine was a documentary the way Jackass was a documentary). The only other award that I particularly minded was Chicago for Best Picture; it just wasn't that good, certainly not as good as The Hours.

So there you go. Nothing exciting, only a little infuriating.

But: the food was excellent. Hooray for Chris Morse!