Best Picture 2009
It’s no secret I am a huge fan of Slumdog Millionaire. After I saw the movie, I shouted: Bring on the Oscars! Needless to say, I loved this year’s Oscars show, and here an overview of LTV Mom’s highlights and lowlights:
Highlights:
- Two words: Hugh Jackman. I though he was great! Loved the opening number, loved the song-and-dance routine (even if my lame brother-in-law disagreed!)
- Loved Ben Stiller’s spoof on Joaquin Phoenix. Instant cult-classic.
- Loved Tina Fey and Steve Martin’s presentation. It was smart and witty. (And Tina Fey looked beautiful.)
- Best dressed: Anne Hathaway, Natalie Portman and Alicia Keyes.
- Loved the personal touch when they “big awards” were nominated. Especially loved Robert DiNero’s tribute to Sean Penn.
- Watching the Oscars with dear friends and my family. We always have a feast, some wine, lots of laughs, and a fierce competition to see who can get the most picks right! (Um, I did not win.)
- My four-year-old daughter, who could clearly “get” that mommy loves Slumdog Millionaire, asked if she was old enough to see “Slum-aire Million-dog.” How cute is that?!
Lowlights:
- No Bruce?
- Mickey Rourke’s career is back, but his fashion sense is not.
- Four words: Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s outfit.
- Sorry, I did not like Marisa Tomei’s dress. I agree with Randolph Duke who said it looked like 100 napkins folded into a dress.
- I hated Miley Cyrus’s dress. Young or old, I don’t care… it was ugly.
- I wish the production for Best Picture included clips of each movie that was nominated.
Anyone else have highlights (or lowlights) to share?
In the meantime, I am a working mom with few babysitters… back to watching movies on-demand or on TBS.
Just trying to squeeze in some television between mothering, working and crashing.
