Comments on: Excellent Oscar-Related Sentences

By: dgmartin

dgmartin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:32:28 +0000

It’s March 1st. You haven’t posted in two weeks.

I’ve even checked Will’s blog looking for a clue.

Are you OK?

By: Doug C

Doug C — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:02:12 +0000

Unrelated – but my RSS reader shows a post of Feb 11 that says “Have you received you presidential sex directive today” but it is not here. Why was it removed.. it seemed harmless.. interesting. I get a 404 message kind of “hipped” up.

By: aaron

aaron — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:58:55 +0000

A commentator on Sunday said, “The most exciting thing about the Oscars is the Red Carpet.” What does it say about an event that the most exciting thing is watching people walk into it?

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:20:24 +0000

Wait, let’s try that again explicitly:

http://www.nplusonemag.com/oscar-preview

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:19:45 +0000

Kerry,

You did read last year’s column, right? If not, there’s your “twice as long” right there.

By: Milena Thomas

Milena Thomas — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 04:53:13 +0000

” ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’, one-ups ‘Forrest Gump’ by being about a boy who lives backward through the turmoil of recent history.” (Ty Burr)

A great article about the role of the Oscars, and their original purpose.

http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/02/22/what_do_the_oscars_mean/

By: dgm

dgm — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:33:37 +0000

That blurb on Revolutionary Road was spot on, and I’ve never even seen Titanic.

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:01:24 +0000

Kind of a lazy quote though, since Herzog makes a big deal (in a silly kind of way) out of not having any cute penguins in the movie. Anyway it’s very far from the “heart-warming” nature epic the Oscar jury usually prefer, he’s extremely bleak about the future of humankind

By: Doug C

Doug C — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:44:19 +0000

I actually liked most of the nominated movies this year, but I do have a sense of humor, and that was pretty funny.