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That's How, You Know? (Live Blogging #18)

Posted Sun, Feb 24, 2008, 7:20 PM

A very well-deserved award for Best Adapted Screenplay for "No Country for Old Men."  I think it's easy to forget that a screenplay is more than dialogue.  What is so brilliant about this film is how much of the story is told by showing and not telling.  Especially in the first 35 minutes, as there is little speaking, music, or action, there still is a whole lot of plot that gets revealed through the visuals.  And where did those visuals come from?  The screenplay.  That's even more of a striking accomplishment when the source of that screenplay was a book.  Many screenplays adapted from books (I'm looking at you, "Atonement") can't help but meander, linger, and talk talk talk their way in, out, and through every situation.  And if the scenes don't tell the tale, a narrator will.  Just ask "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" (or better yet, don't).

Moving on, it's Kristin Chenoweth, presumably answering Lisa Rinna's prayers with a cheery performance of what should win the award for Best Original Song, "That's How You Know."

More montages, some nice quips, jocular joshing with Seth Rogen and his doppelganger, and on to... wow, already?!  Best Actress!

This is getting to be big!

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  • Go Cate and Julie Christie!

    Posted by: pyeman73 on Sun, Feb 24, 2008, 7:31 PM   [ Report Abuse ]
  • I thought the whole telecast was boring...Jon Stewart is NOT I repeat is NOT funny. However what i've been hearing til I'm sick of it is how no one has gone to see these movies...well the reason for that is the general movie going public are not film fans...they just wanna sit not exercise their brains at all and watch stuff like Transformers, Superbad and Knocked Up. That's the kind of stuff the mainstreeam moviegoer seem to want. I don't understand how Michael Clayton got nominated and American Gangster didn't. Or how a song called "I love my work" ever got nominated for an Oscar! or How In the Valley of Elah didn't get nominated. All the winner's deserved to win. Tilda Swinton was great in Micheal Clayton, same with Javier Badem and Marion Cotilard who was fabulous in La Vie En Rose. The Oscars will continue to contain films like these because the people in the industry are the ones doing the voting...thank god...or we'd be watching the People's Choice awards all over again Yikes!!

    Posted by: christine2905@rogers.com on Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 8:45 PM   [ Report Abuse ]
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