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Killer night for Coen brothers

GAYLE MACDONALD

From Monday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 8:51 AM EDT 25/02/08

No Country for Old Men takes best picture; Bardem, Day-Lewis, Cotillard and Swinton take the golden boy for their bleak roles ...Read the full article

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  1. Robert Miller from Halifax, Canada writes: Maybe, you will be third time lucky, G&M editors...

    Still, who really cares? This is still not really worthy of being the top story in Canada...
  2. Justa Guy from Toronto, Canada writes: the funniest part of the evening was when Gary Busey went after Jennifer Garner on the red carpet.
  3. J W from Canada writes: Congrats to the Coens it was a truly great movie. Still I think Atonement and There Will be Blood deserved more than they got.
  4. A non-Imus from Canada writes: "In his monologue, Mr. Stewart noted there's never before been a slate of best picture and best actor nominees focused on so many demented misfits at odds with society." It's cute how they dress up in black tie and pearls to hand out trophies to each years crop of rapists and serial killers. Makes on wonder why Marilyn Manson and death metal don't win more Grammys.
  5. True North from Canada writes: Thankfully this exercise in self-glorification is over for another year.
  6. Antoinette Dupuis from Sworn to Secrecy, Canada writes: How bizarre!

    I posted a thoughtful and polite critique of No Country and the Globe has removed it for some reason.
  7. whatevah D from Canada writes: A non-Imus from Canada writes: "In his monologue, Mr. Stewart noted there's never before been a slate of best picture and best actor nominees focused on so many demented misfits at odds with society." It's cute how they dress up in black tie and pearls to hand out trophies to each years crop of rapists and serial killers. Makes on wonder why Marilyn Manson and death metal don't win more Grammys.

    They're not really serial killers... it's called make-believe. Javier Bardem was phenomenal in No Country For Old Men.
  8. Duh Work Farce Virtually Alive from Canada writes: If it kills it thrills. Supercalafragilisticexpealagocious.
  9. al goguen from victoria, Canada writes: I was happy with the choice of the Oscars. Acting is to play the role of a character and not himself or herself. Cotillard won because she played and sang just like Piaff. Those of us who have seen Piaff, loved every minute of the film. Daniel-Day Lewis is a genius. The best actor in the world these days. At the end of the film, when he is crazy and starting throwing bowling balls and pins at the phony evangelical preacher, 85 % of the audience were clapping and laughing. I have read Atonement and it was such an excellent book, but the movie was a disapointment. Obviously I was not the only one to think that way. The whole thing was to grand or badly done. The war scenes looked as it they had taken part and pieces from old movies - much too long.
    Of course who was not pleased to see Javier Bardem won best supporting actor? No other actor could have done it better. The Coen Brothers were finally recognized as experts as film makers.
  10. R. M. from Regina, Canada writes: Horrible spectacle. And while the host tried to make lame jokes about how boring it was, he truly looked bored!!!

    Gets worse every year. I did enjoy the music but the only highlight for me was the honorary award to the 98 year old designer. He delivered the clearest, sanest, speech of the night and without a note!

    Was that a chandelier that one of the presenters (Kidman?) was wearing?

    It quickly turned in to the Jack Nicholson show. I lost count on how many times they flashed to him sitting in the audience, yelling out quips, etc. just like he was at centre court at the Lakers game. Is he is the best and only Hollywood star that they could drag out on a night like this? And the quip about him getting women pregnant...that's supposed to be funny?

    I did keep waiting for someone to fall from whatever was causing the stage to be slippery in front of the podium. Surely they all remembered deodorant so it couldn't have been perspiration. Maybe one of the winners p*ssed themselves!

    I give it a 1 out of 10; thumbs way way down.
  11. boz dobbs from toronto, Canada writes: I guess George Clooney,s gig as a UN peace envoy was no match for
    Daniel Day-Lewis,s same day shoe repair.
  12. whatevah D from Canada writes: R. M. from Regina, Canada writes: Horrible spectacle. And while the host tried to make lame jokes about how boring it was, he truly looked bored!!!

    Gets worse every year. I did enjoy the music but the only highlight for me was the honorary award to the 98 year old designer. He delivered the clearest, sanest, speech of the night and without a note!

    That's funny. I always hate the music!
  13. Blissed Old Man from white Rock, Canada writes: Grumpy Canadians mumbling into their porridge.

    I thoroughly enjoyed the whole show including Diablo Cody, the wonderful Irish couple who won for some short movie, the Coens, some red hot women .... but I was drinking a nice bottle of wine, eating BBQ lamb and salad and enjoying life.

    Totally un-canadian ... should have debating carbon taxes, Charter rights, minority goverfnment, poverty (ha, ha, ha ...) in Vancouver ....
  14. boz dobbs from toronto, Canada writes: Tilda Swinton?Everything about Micheal Clayton was overrated.It was just
    a better then average episode of countless lawyer shows.Jennifer Garner
    deserved to take the Oscar home.
  15. Bill Needle from Canada writes: Z-z-z--z-z-z-z-z-----z-z--.
  16. Kevin Wells from United States writes:
    I had a choice between cleaning the bathrooms or watching the awards show. I cleaned the bathrooms.

    All awards shows bore me, though.

    To Blissed Old Man, who wrote: "...I was drinking a nice bottle of wine, eating BBQ lamb and salad and enjoying life".

    I have to say, I could have tolerated the show under those conditions. Sounds like you know how to enjoy life.
  17. Bart Farquart from Calgaria, Canada writes:
    Don't care for watching the oscars.

    Do, however, think No Country was a very unique film. The Coen Bros. make most of my favorite movies.

    You either like Coen Bros. movies and their quirky, dark style and humor or you don't. It's like Louis Armstrong's quote about asking what jazz is.
  18. J K GALBRAITH from Canada writes: Some random comments on the evening.

    1 Did anyone notice that Ellen Page was the only actress on the red carpet where an actual question was asked about her movie and not which designer dress she was wearing? Should Barbara Walters finally fully retire and save everyone from her strange interviews?

    2. Has there been a worse year for best song?

    3. Jon Stewart was generally very funny but a few times demonstrated some bad taste in his jokes.

    4. Does the 80th version of the Oscars require a three second clip of every best picture winner?

    5. Thankfully, the winners for the most part were far better prepared this year and did not just give thank you speeches that thanked everybody they worked with, their agent, lawyer, lackey and every relative under the sun.

    6. The Coen Brothers demonstrated how less can be so much more in their acceptance speeches.

    7. Are Daniel Day - Lewis and Michael Ignatieff really long lost brothers?
  19. Blissed Old Man from white Rock, Canada writes: Bozz Dobbs ... it appears George Clooney is switching his focus from Darfur to his 29 year old squeeze.

    I had so much hope for him as the ultimate bachelor choosing movies and causes of import.

    Now, he has that cow hit between the eyes look.

    After all the debate on these boards, it's fun to get stupid.

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