Tochi's Hut

It was a tough night. The great folks at Global decided to air this week's episode of Heroes at 9pm on Sunday, so the biggest question of the night wasn't what would win best picture. It ended up being whether I would watch people getting little gold statues or save the world. Well, my fellow Americans, as a hero, saving the world is more important, especially when someone goes nuclear. I managed to catch the last 3 hours of the Awards though (the important parts anyway).

The Academy Awards wasn't that bad this year. As usual, there were a few surprise winners, some pretty horrific speeches and no important announcements. Some random thoughts on the night. Pan's Labyrinth started the night strong, but somehow managed to lose to some German film and Little Miss Sunshine?!!? (To be fair, I didn't watch either of the latter films, but still... ). Leo and Al Gore's little act was one of the best of the night. Gore didn't win the White House, but he won his Oscar. Good for him. Ellen DeGeneres did better than I expected. Her little in-the-crowd antics were a little over the top, though getting Spielberg to take a picture for her was quite funny. The silhouette dance troupe was so awesomely amazing. Jennifer Hudson's pure "I didn't expect to win" speech was actually quite convincing. A quick rise in AI, now her own Oscar. Wow. Celine Dion's new song (I forgot what it's called) was pretty good. Celine is a great singer, but I had trouble making out some of her lyrics. Finally, I really didn't get Jerry Sienfeld's joke about leaving garbage in theatres. I bet so many movie theatre owners were cringing when one from their own industry is telling billions of viewers to leave garbage in their seats.

I need to watch The Queen, Last King of Scotland, and Babel now..... and maybe English version of Infernal Affairs.