not exactly memorable but he didnt embarrass himself. none of his comedy budies: stiller, carrell, farrell or the wilson brothers were particularly funny either. it was a worthwhile to attempt, though, to "humorize" the generally uninteresting categories, except it almost seemed to diminish the awards given in those categories. as if they were saying, we dont even have enough respect for this award to treat it seriously. (although better to put on a good show than have any self respect.) also, you kept feeling they were begging people to go out to the theatre to watch movies; never let them see you sweat, hollywood. but it was better than last year when a number of oscars were awarded from somewhere out in the middle of the audience. that was classy. i enjoyed lily tomlin and meryl streeps altmanesque exchange. good to see streep attempt some comedy after that she-devil debacle. though im sure it wasnt death to smoochy bad. back to you, john.
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- dave 3-06-2006 6:48 pm