Oscars Live Blog — Part 2

• Art Direction: Benji Button. I can’t even remember what i predicted here…let me check… Bam. 4 out of 6. That really was a pretty-looking movie. It’s just such a shame that they wasted so much prettiness on such a bad movie. You don’t hire Van Gogh to paint a turd pink.
• Costume Design: The Duchess. 5 out of 7. You know your awards show has become predictable when I can predict a category’s winner solely by knowing in which century the nominees are set.
• Makeup: Blah…blah…blah… Benjamin Button… 6 out of 8. On a side-note, Brad is not looking too hot in that goatee. He’s supposed to look like Robert Redford, not a UFC fighter.
• Cinematography: Slumdog wins another. 6 out of 9. This guy seems to think that we should all already be aware of whom he wants to thank, “of course.” That was a classically bad acceptance speech. Danny Boyle’s had better raise the bar.
• Black hair makes Jessica Biel look depressingly ordinary.
• Just saw a preview for The Soloist. Robert Downey, Jr…. Jamie Foxx… hmm… sadly, something about it doesn’t really scream quality.
• Awesome Pineapple Express short. “I like to be intellectually stimulated when I watch movies… or watch little boys have sex with Nazis.” Too awesome. Brilliant. I should just stop now… BUT I CAN’T!!!!!!