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Cool I guess. Acting was great, but beyond that nothing really grabbed me. Also I really enjoyed Infernal Affairs so that probably factored into my enjoyment level.
Pan's Labyrinth does not win best foreign film.
Odd to me, very odd. And Germany had 3 Oscar's already. I just wanted Guillermo to go up there. He seems like such a cool guy.
No Children of Men love?
Fantastic film, I'm glad Thelma won for editing but come on.
Costume, Art, Sound, Effects...
All seemed like worthy winners in my eys, but CLICK nominted....really?
SCORE!!!!! ACH!!!!
this makes me so mad lol it outrageous, so I'll just list.
a) Gustavo Santaolla won last year for Brokeback, pretty theme, but I only think it won because it was used in all of those parody trailers. Geisha should have one last year.
b) NO ONE WILL REMEMBER THIS MUSIC A YEAR FROM NOW
c) John Williams doesn't even have back-to-back wins.
d) Jerry Goldsmith had ONE Oscar. This guy has TWO?!
e) Guitar twanging does not a score make.
f) All of the Japan portions were score by a different guy!
g) Thomas Newman has been nominated 8 times- no win.
h) Okay I'll admit, I'm all for atmospheric scoring, heck I even liked the guys music from North Country, and I have yet to see the movie (its sitting on my shelf in spite I guess) BUT I have heard the score and it does not represent the BEST of what has come out this year. It is amazing with the new talent nominated (Navarette, Desplat) that this guy wins.
Okay so there's all that but one thing realllly mad me mad.
The In Memoriam segment.
Besides the fact that I hate the applause levels. They did not recognize Shirley Walker, granted she was not a well known composer (Final Destination 1,2,3 Black XMas) but she orchestrated/ conducted for SO many people its outrageous. Also she was a WOMAN composer, a very rare thing to be in film music, there are only about three that I cnaname of the top of my head where there are 100's of male composers. It's amazing she was at least semi-successful. You can read the article about it here from soundtrack.net
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News Article
Shirley Walker to be overlooked at the Oscars
Release Date:(02/23/2007)
SoundtrackNet has learned that a pioneer in the film industry will
be absent from this weekend's Oscars telecast. Shirley Walker, the
first female film composer to score a solo studio project, passed away
last November, but won't be recognized during the "In Memoriam" segment
on Sunday evening.
Walker, who had worked orchestrating and conducting with such
composers as Hans Zimmer and Danny Elfman before scoring her first solo
effort, the studio feature Memoirs of an Invisible Man, is
best known for her work on the "Batman: The Animated Series" television
show. She died on November 29, 2006 of complications from a stroke.
Earlier that same month, composer Basil Poledouris died from cancer,
and he will appear in the montage segment honoring those film industry
professionals who have passed away in the past year. Sources in the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences say that Walker's absence
from the segment was a difficult decision - it's not that they forgot
about her, but rather they had time considerations and after much
wrangling, she didn't make the cut. One can only hope that they will
change their minds, but with only two days before the big night, it's
unlikely that Walker will appear in the segment.
Not everyone is ignoring Walker's contribution to the industry,
however. A special Memorial Tribute will be held at the Eastwood
Scoring Stage at Warner Brothers in a few weeks, where a special
presentation of film clips, photographs and memories from her friends
and co-workers will be shared with other industry professionals.
So when you watch the Oscars telecast this weekend, and the "In
Memoriam" segment shows up, take note of who they feel was more worthy
of making the cut than Shirley Walker. It's a shame, since she was
truly a pioneer of the film music industry, and a role model for female
composers worldwide. In life she was constantly overlooked because of
her gender, and it's truly shameful that even in death, she can't get
the proper recognition she deserves."
Ellen was hilarious as always, the dancers melding into movies was cool. Ennio's honorary Oscar was great. Although they should have gotten a real translator instead on Eastwood. An entertaining ceremony, it never really dragged. But besides those missteps noted above it was pretty good. I still like Little Miss Sunshine the most though. But I did not see The Queen, Babel, or Iwo Jima.
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