Live Blog...

R: OK, maybe there's some small stuff to think over. I'm kind of surprised that Andre Wajda didn't win for Katyn, if only because these are sometimes "lifetime achievement" awards, and I hear he's a good candidate for one of those. Also, it was nice that Marketa Irglova got to say her bit. An original sentiment, I know.

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R: Well, why fool around with the small stuff. Here comes best picture... Well, that was well-deserved.

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K: Daniel Day Lewis won best actor. No surprise there. His earrings are so crazy. Listening to him talk, his performance in There Will be Blood is all the more amazing.

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K: Oh thank god. The song from Once won the best original song.

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K: This song from Once is so lovely. I'll be so disappointed if it doesn't win.

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K: Whoh. Marian Cotillard. Another woman who clearly didn't expect to win. I really wanted to see Ma Vie En Rose before--now I want to see it even more.

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Best Actress is coming up. We're both bracing ourselves for disappointment.

Of course, as in most of the categories this year, there are really too many good options.

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K: How exactly do they choose the best sound editing person anyway? And how is that different than sound mixing?

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K: Ooo...another bad earing on the sound editing winner. It looks like some kind of fishing lure.

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K: Well between the short animated films and best supporting actress, I'm pretty unhappy so far. At least John Stewart is pretty funny tonight.

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R: Now I'm even more unhappy, because I think I figured out why Cate Blanchett didn't win supporting actress, and it must be because Ellen Page isn't going to win best actress. Fuckity fuck fuck.

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K: Holy Crap. Even Tilde Swinton was surprised. She was clearly not expecting to win. And I'm not usually one to be snarky about clothing, but her dress is so weird. She is wearing a sack.



Tilde Sinton?! Really?!
Cate Blanchett was so good in I'm Not There. This is a crime.


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R: Tilde Swinton? OK, clearly Hollwood read this, and decided to not give the awards where they were deserved this year. Either that, or there's been a big drop in the price of hard drugs.

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K: Cate Blanchett is so freaking good. It's unfair. Her Dylan performance is legendary.

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K: I can't believe that our THIRD choice animated film won.

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R: Here's live animated short. Peter and the Wolf? Seriously? Whatever.

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K: Oh wait. I forgot about Once. Why are we listening to all of this crap when Once could have easily been nominated three or four times? It was only nominated for one song, but if there is any justice in the world, it should win.

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K: The songs are really bad this year. Were there only 5 songs TOTAL this year?

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R: Wait a minute -- did Transformers not just win best Visual Effects? Seriously? They were beat by "the bear from 1999?"

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R: Here comes best animated feature -- we're not particularly well qualified to comment on this, since we didn't see Ratatouille (which just won). We did see Persepolis, which was good, but not "has to win" good. Our full post on this will go up later tonight.

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R: We're going to update this from the top, and "liveblog" the Oscars. Can you handle it? I can't.

We're still in the red carpet phase, and what have we noticed? Both Harrison Ford and Daniel Day Lewis have earrings. It's almost forgivable for Daniel Day Lewis, who seems generally silly. But for Harrison Ford, I have a heartfelt plea:

Harrison Ford, you are the living, breathing embodiment of masculinity. Lose the fucking earring.

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