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4 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
Woody Allen makes the night Hollywood history!, 11 April 2003
Author:
Scott Adams from Pittsburgh, PA
No awards show can please all the people. Clearly if your favorite
movies
didn't win, you will say the show wasn't very good. That's
understandable.
However, the 74th Annual Academy Awards will be remembered for one
magical
moment of Hollywood history:
Woody Allen's first appearance ever at the Academy Awards.
Allen has often shunned the awards as being self-aggrandizing and
pointless,
and has never attended -- even though he has won several of the coveted
awards.
When the 74th Academy Awards were held, the nation was still mourning the
loss of life in the collapse of the World Trade Centers in New York.
When
it came time to pay tribute to the city of New York, they decided to show
a
video of the great movie moments form the city of cities. Then the
announcer simply said:
"Ladies and gentleman, Oscar Award winning Director Woody
Allen."
The place erupted in an extremely long standing ovation. The
entertainment
industry finally got to give their applause to the Man from New York who
usually avoids the Hollywood scene. As the applause died down, Woody
applied some of his legendary wit to the situation.
SOME HIGHLIGHTS:
"Thank you very much - that makes up for the strip search."
"I thought they wanted their Oscars back," he joked. "I panicked because
the
pawn shop has been out of business for ages and I had no way of
retrieving
anything. "
"But that wasn't it. I couldn't work it out because my movie wasn't
nominated for anything this year. Then it hit me - maybe they were
calling
to apologise."
Allen also disclosed why he had overlooked his lifelong Oscar-aversion
for
this one special night.
"For New York City, I'd do anything. So I got my tux on and came down
here,"
said Allen.
"It's a great, great movie town. It's been a great, moving and exciting
backdrop for movies and it remains a great, great city."
1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
good year, 5 July 2007
Author:
duckmanfanatic from United States
This year was pretty good. I liked the surprise performance of Cirque
du Soleil. I'm glad Jim Broadbent won best supporting actor. I haven't
seen Iris yet, but I know he's always a terrific actor in all his
movies.
Plus, it's good to see Woody Allen finely made it, in person, to the
Oscars this year.
But there are some things that I didn't like. Sean Penn should've got
the Oscar for Best Actor, not Denzel. The Monsters INC song shouldn't
have won Best Original Song. Plus, A Beautiful Mind winning the Oscar
for Best Picture?!! Lord of the Rings should have won. That is one of
the best adventure films ever.
Overall, this year was good.
1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
Wrong best actor award, 8 July 2002
Author:
Mary Vaiden (mvaiden) from United States
As much as I admire and always see any movie that Denzel Washington is in, and agree that his portrayal of the "cop gone bad" in "Training Day" was EXCELLENT, and totally different for Mr. Washington, proving his incredible acting skills, I have to say that Russell Crowe deserved that Oscar more. It's not because of Russell's "looks". Russell Crowe delivered an INCOMPARABLE performance of the portrayal of Dr. John Nash. All you have to do is watch the movie and see the acting skill that Russell Crowe tapped into to deliver such a realistic and unbelievable character. It was out of Russell Crowe's normal type of role, too, just as it was for Denzel. I wish they both could've received Oscars, but, having to choose only one, I would've chosen Russell Crowe's acting performance in "A Beautiful Mind" as much as I love any move Denzel Washington is in. I wish this email could be sent to the Academy Awards, and to Russell Crowe. Thank you.
Great Show!, 13 October 2002
Author:
flyswat16@aol.com from Boston, Massachusetts
Although the 74th Awards was the longest in history, literally, it was the best of them all. I found Whoopi Goldberg a great host, mainly because I didn't like Steve Martin and I was sick of Billy Crystal. I found the winners debatable, especially for Best Actor. I was rooting for Russell Crowe, even though he won the previous year for Gladiator. The highpoint of the evening was the surprise performance by Cirque du Soleil. What an incredible segment! Overall, I enjoyed the show a lot.
Facetious Whoopi, Zingers, Emotion!, 28 April 2002
Author:
Marcus James (pikespeak) from Los Angeles, California
The 74th Oscars was a very good one. Whoopi's work as EmCee was very
funny,
and light. I personally loved her last apperance, which garnered some
frigid reviews due to coarse language and salacious jokes, but that's
fine.
The audience seemed to like it. Halle Berry, Denzel Washington, Ron
Howard,
Woody Allen, and Sidney Poitier made this an Oscar telecast to remember.
1 out of 2 people found the following review useful:
The Shadow Of 9/11 Hangs Over It, 6 February 2003
Author:
Theo Robertson from Isle Of Bute, Scotland
The events of the 11th of September 2001 cast its shadow on this Oscar award
ceremony with a one minute silence before the in memoriam montage and there
was little in the way of the all singing all dancing comedy extravaganza
that we`d come to expect of this award show but this was by no means a bad
thing . Entertainment was more or less curtailed to a LOTR send up with Ben
Stiller and Owen Wilson and that was it . The rest of the show was taken up
with clips from the nominations and I have to admit this was actually more
enjoyable than the overblown song and dance numbers we`ve seen over the
years and Whoopi Goldberg was by no means a bad presenter unlike the very
esoteric David Letterman from a few years ago and the one minute silence for
the victims of 9/11 was haunting and dignified
As for the awards New Zealand was absolutely robbed . FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
went home with four minor awards while A BEAUTIFUL MIND undeservingly picked
up most of the major prizes except for best actor which should have gone to
a tough guy New Zealander but went to an An all American nice guy instead .
The only Oscar awards I agreed with apart from the ones presented to
FELLOWSHIP were the awards for best supporting actress and best supporting
actor , both correct calls .
0 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
looking back on things, 5 January 2007
Author:
Lee Eisenberg (eisenberg.lee@gmail.com) from Portland, Oregon, USA
OK, so the Oscars seem to get hyped just a little more each year. And I
was rooting for "Gosford Park" to win (come on, Robert Altman had
deserved an Oscar for years!). That said, I guess that it was high time
for an African-American to win Best Actress. Contrary to the previous
reviewer, Halle Berry's role in "Monster's Ball" was far more original
than Nicole Kidman's in "Moulin Rouge"; I never would have thought to
nominate the latter for anything, especially in a year that saw
"Mulholland Dr.".
Among the things that I had predicted was the stuff about the September
11 attacks; I knew that they were going to say something about freedom.
Yeah, yeah. Robert Redford should know better. But contrary again to
the previous reviewer, Whoopi Goldberg is not the worst host (among the
past hosts was Bob Hope, for whom I have no respect); I really liked
her jab at John Ashcroft.
So, although I wouldn't have given "A Beautiful Mind" Best Picture,
"The 74th Annual Academy Awards" still pleased me (I have to admit, I
enjoy the Oscars more than my own birthday). And the day after, as my
parents and I were hiking around the dwellings in Bandalier, New Mexico
- it was spring break - I was thinking to myself that when Jim
Broadbent won his Oscar, that most people watching were asking "Jim
who?!" I wonder whether or not Woody Allen will ever attend the Oscars
again.
0 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
landmark award show, 15 August 2006
Author:
makukhany from South Africa
TO all of yall who think 1.This was a boring telecast 2.Halle berry and
denzel Washington did not deserve their Oscars
SHUT THE F**k UP!! This was one of the best Academy awards show because
1.It was a moment in history to have a black yes "Black actress" win an
academy award for Best actress so many of our black sisters have been
ignored by the academy for many years.To be honest I had stop watching
the academy awards because of a lack of diversity in either the winners
or nominees.To me it was nothing but a bunch of white people patting
each other in the back.the academy had many chances to vote black
actresses that were brilliant in movies eg Alfre Woodard,Whoopi
Goldberg,Diana Ross,Mary jean Babtise, but it did not 2.Halle berry
deserved that Oscar no competition the academy was under pressure to
vote for her so long have deserving actresses been ignored by the
academy the majority of which is comprised of white voters yeah yeah
Nicole kidman sang very prettily in muling rouge!but it was time black
people were accommodated in these awards shows.As for Mr Washington the
academy owed him big time after that unfair loss for MalcomX.To all of
you who think race is not an issue"probably white people"in the movie
industry,well it is many of the most talented black actresses around
have either been reduced to stereo typical made by white people roles
of what they think is a black women or are not existence"Angela
basset". I do not expect many of the white people to understand any of
this because they never had to deal with any of it.Come to think of it
they are the one who been inflicting it
0 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
Whoopi was FANTASTIC!, 16 November 2005
Author:
RagtymeGal from United States
Whoopi was the only reason I watched the Oscars that year. She is hilarious. Of course there was a major serious side to the show. She was great not only because she's funny, but because she said some things that needed to be said in a public forum. White folks need to be reminded that Hollywood awards' ceremonies, employment, and representation are WAY out of balance racially. There should be no need for "black" awards shows. The white-bread, milquetoast nominators and judges need to bring their heads into the sunshine and see that great material is not limited to "white" directors, producers, actors, etc. Allowing Woody Allen on the air was the depth of poor taste. He had no business being there. The fact of the matter is, this is the first Oscar presentation I've watched since "The Color Purple" was up for awards. That miscarriage of voting soured me on watching the shows until 2002. Which is not to denigrate other presenters. Billy Crystal is a riot.
0 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
It was okay, 10 June 2002
Author:
NDStricken84 from Plantation, Florida
There were so many films left out this year (not surprisingly, considering it happens every year. The Academy must be blind, deaf, dumb, and stupid), but it was still fun to watch. I was shocked to see the high and mighty academy actually give awards to people who deserved them (Halle Berry and Denzel Washington),at least out of their nominees, of course, they didn't give nominations to people who deserved them. Here's my I deal Nominations (my winners in caps): PICTURE: Monster's Ball, Ghost World, MEMENTO, Life As A House, Bridget Jones Diary ACTOR: Denzel Washington(Training Day), Kevin Kline(Life As A House), Russell Crowe(A Beautiful Mind), GUY PEARCE(Memento), Brad Renfro(Bully) ACTRESS: Halle Berry(Monster's Ball), THORA BIRCH(Ghost World),NICOLE KIDMAN(Moulin Rouge)-tie, Renee Zellwegger(Bridget Jones Diary), Tilda Swinton(The Deep End) SUPPORTING ACTOR: HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN(Life As A House), STEVE BUSCEMI(Ghost World)-tie, Jim Broadbent(Moulin Rouge), John Leguizamo(Moulin Rouge) SUPPORTING ACTRESS: SCARLETT JOHANSEN(Ghost World), KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS(Life As A House)-another tie, Jena Malone(Life As A House), Jennifer Connelly(A Beautiful Mind). Other than the fact that the academy has its head up its ass, the awards were almost enjoyable too watch, Halle Berry's acceptance speech didn't allow anyone to have a dry eye, and everybody had to appreciate the homage to black people that ran through the whole night. Overall, could have been better, but still enjoyable.
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