Oscar Recap Mix

February 25, 2008

I’ve always been a big fan of The Oscars. Not because I love watching movie stars or have any sort of celebrity obsession, just because it seems like it is the one award show that consistently gets it right. I remember totally geeking out when Lord of the Rings: Return of the King swept the awards a few years back, and seeing other favorites of mine like The Departed, Crash, Walk The Line, Little Miss Sunshine, take Oscars recently has always been nice. This year my favorite film, No Country for Old Men, deservingly took home the biggest awards, Juno got a nice little screenplay award, and the guy/gal from Once represented for indie artists and making art in general. So, yea, it was a good night, and as always there was a few surprises.

MP3 Okkervil River – Our Life Is Not A Movie or Maybe

Best Supporting Actor: Ziggy Stardust?

I was really surprised that Cate Blanchett didn’t win for her portrayal of Bob Dylan in I’m Not There considering the Oscars love affair with the actress. I was even more surprised, though, that David Bowie instead won the award in full Ziggy Stardust attire, and he didn’t bring his Spiders from Mars! Although to be my fair, my fiancee thought Tilda looked more like Conan O’Brien. I also haven’t seen Michael Clayton, but I guess she was pretty decent in that Narnia movie, so maybe I should let her freaky alien look slide.

MP3 Belle & Sebastian – Dylan in the Movies
MP3 David Bowie – Cracked Actor

Best Song: That guy from that indie band!

Probably the best moment of the night was seeing a legitimately talented artist win the Best Song award. And although Marketa’s moment was cut short by the orchestra it was really cool when, John Stewart, doing his Mr. Nice Guy thing, brought her back for a very memorable indie-appreciating speech. Very classy. I’ve heard this is the first time in history this has happened. Anyone know? Either way, Colin Farrell sure was smitten by the duo, led by Irishmen Glen Hansard. If you didn’t already know, Glen is the singer/songwriter from the band The Frames who are pretty great. Here’s their version of last night’s Oscar-winning track.

MP3 The Frames – Falling Slowly

Best Joke of the Night: It was a tie between John Stewart’s asteroid-hitting-the-Statue of Liberty joke and Jonah Hill/Seth Rogen’s “Halle Berry/Jame Judi Dench” intro. I loved when John Stewart mentioned that the only time we see a women president or black president is when a natural disaster (asteroid) is occurring primarily because it reminds me of The Onion article: Do We Really Want Another Black President After The Events of Deep Impact? The Seth Rogen/Jonah Hill thing was mainly funny because of Hill’s ad-lib, “it’s these Halle Berry hands” when he had trouble opening the envelope.

MP3 The Shins – A Comet Appears

Finally, did anyone see the crazy red carpet antics of Gary Busey at the pre-show. Busey storming into Jennifer Garner’s interview and yelling nonsense at Ryan Seacrest was both hilarious and kindof frightening. I loved Garner’s “who was that man?” thing too. What a charmer he is…

MP3 SOUND Team – Movie Monster

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