The Oscars

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Originally posted by wolf
With the exception of the opening film montage with Billy Crystal, I sat through the Oscars last night in a kind of bored silence.

Oh, I liked the Dead Guy Montage. I consider that one of the more important highlights every year.

They *were* sort of flat, weren't they? Strange, because the performances and films, even the music, was overall of very high quality this past year. My wife thinks that it is because everyone knew who was going to win (LOTR, Sean Penn, Charlize Theron), so there was no anticipation to speak of.

I, too, get into the tributes to the performers who have crossed over. So many of the absolute cream of the crop last year...Hepburn, Peck, Hope, O'Connor. With the magick of film, I can still enjoy their gifts far into the future, though.