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Water Water Everywhere...

Okay, I can almost forgive the OSCARS tonight for determining that the screenplay for Infernal Affairs was Japanese not Cantonese when announcing The Departed as best adapted screenplay, or placing the country of origin of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in Taiwan not China (or... er, the amalgamation of countries involved with that production). I mean, for self-proclaiming this year's schmooze-fest as being the most International ever, you'd think they'd at least google or check the films' facts on the IMDB first. Small quibbles, I'll admit.
However, I will never get over the fact that Deepa Mehta's Water, one of the best movies I've seen in the last so many years, was overlooked not by Pan's Labyrinth as I suspect everyone expected to win in the Best Foreign Language Film category but by Germany's Das Leben der Anderen, which seemed to be a pick way out of left field. But perhaps I just say that because my adoration for Deepa Mehta blinds me to any other contender.
Go Deepa, go Deepa....
(I change my mind: the Infernal Affairs blunder was unforgivable.)


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(also, I am assuming it was written in Cantonese; if it was written in Hakka or another dialect, please forgive) :)
The Lives of Others wasn't a pick out of left field. It won a ton of European awards and was the darkhorse to win this category. It's an amazing film. Have you seen it?
*runs away quickly
Yeh, Carrie, Infernal Affairs was in Cantonese. And Tawain was one the many Countries where Crouching Tiger was produced, and Ang Lee is from Tawain.
High point: NFB short film DID indeed win Best Animated Short.
Low points: Pan's Labyrinth getting turned away for Foreign Language, Peter O'Toole losing Best Actor.
Most amusing: Beyonce Knowles rising up out of the stage to upstage Jennifer Hudson. "You wanna hear what a real singer sounds like, kitten?"
And I'm glad as anything that Scorsese won (and how adorable were George, Steven and Francis?) but I wish it had been for a better movie!
Peter O'Toole losing sucked. Hard. The man doesn't have an Oscar, and he was Lawrence of FRICKIN Arabia! Thats broken.
I loved the line when Ellen wanted to take a picture with Clint Eastwood "for Myspace", and the look of genuine joy when she looked around and asked "Can someone take this? Oh, Steven Speilberg, YES!"
I'm usually not an Ellen fan, but I think she was perfect last night...
Pedantry aside, my expression was one of "Oh no they din't" when I heard the <i>Infernal Affairs</i> flub.