Well the night is over. It was a great night for the movies.
I predicted 17 out of the 24 winners correctly. Not great, but I'll take it...at least I outguessed my brother, dad, and most of my other friends.
The highlight of the evening for me was Pete Docter's acceptance speech for Up. His heartfelt speech brought me and Alee to tears. I can't find the video for the speech online, so I'm just going to post the end of the speech:
"It was an incredible, incredible adventure making this movie, but the heart of it came from home. And to our families, in my case, to my wonderful parents, they were so supportive. My kids, Nicholas and Ellie, and my amazing wife Amanda, you guys are the greatest adventure. Thank you."
-Pete Docter
Showing posts with label Oscars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oscars. Show all posts
Tonight's the night. Tonight's one of the only nights where I consider myself a competitive person.
Tonight's kind of like a second Christmas for me.
Tonight's the kind of night that dreams are made of.
Tonight's Oscar night!
My ballot is filled and I'm ready to let Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin help me laugh away my troubles.
I'm predicting The Hurt Locker will take home the statue for Best Picture although my heart is wishing Up would take it.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
I realize this is about a week late, but you must know that I love the Oscars. They're my Super Bowl, my World Series, my...I don't know of any other big sports games.
To say I was disappointed with the nominations this year would be an understatement. Here's what I personally think should have been up for Best Picture:
Slumdog Millionaire
Frost/Nixon
The Dark Knight
WALL-E
The Wrestler
However, I'm not in charge of the Academy. People who are a lot richer and a lot more Jewish than me are.
Regardless of my disappointment in most of the nominations, I will still say I think it was a great night. I was so glad that an actual feel good movie took home the trophy for the first time in a long time.
I loved the Oscars even more when I woke up the next morning and saw these pictures of the real 'slumdogs' of Mumbai watching the biggest night in Hollywood:
To say I was disappointed with the nominations this year would be an understatement. Here's what I personally think should have been up for Best Picture:
Slumdog Millionaire
Frost/Nixon
The Dark Knight
WALL-E
The Wrestler
However, I'm not in charge of the Academy. People who are a lot richer and a lot more Jewish than me are.
Regardless of my disappointment in most of the nominations, I will still say I think it was a great night. I was so glad that an actual feel good movie took home the trophy for the first time in a long time.
I loved the Oscars even more when I woke up the next morning and saw these pictures of the real 'slumdogs' of Mumbai watching the biggest night in Hollywood:
Saturday, February 28, 2009
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