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(04/21/11 1:37am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>This will be my last column as a student at this fine institution. At first I was thinking about writing about topical issues, but in the end I settled on something a little more universal. (Believe me, I would love nothing more than to talk about how “Hop” is a signal of the apocalypse.)These columns usually focus on films or music, as those are two things I care a great deal about, so I’ll do the “things I learned in college” column, but restrict it to one of those domains: music.College was a time for discovering important music that I wouldn’t necessarily hear on the radio. Freshman year was a glorious time. I would sit in the first floor lounge of Forest Quad and while I should have been doing homework, I would usually just listen to great albums I had somehow missed. My first experience with The Velvet Underground happened in that lounge. I discovered Sonic Youth’s “Daydream Nation” there, an album that’s now my favorite ever.Sophomore year presented new musical possibilities. I was living in a house not too far from Kirkwood, which meant plenty of exploring, culminating in my first visit to an independent record store. It was then that I realized there were new, young bands that were actually making important music. I didn’t have to surround myself with the music of aging baby boomers anymore (not that their music isn’t great). It was refreshing to realize great albums were still being made after 1988.Junior year was a bit of a detour, when a crisis of musical faith led me to give up rock for the most avant-garde classical and jazz music. I was more interested in hearing the earth ripped apart by Krzysztof Penderecki or hearing the chaos of the universe from John Cage. Eventually I mellowed out, but I never abandoned this music, just better integrated it. Stockhausen makes a great companion to Sonic Youth and Radiohead.This year was when I finally made use of live music. At a great Toro y Moi show with some great people a few weeks ago, I couldn’t help but think that a few years ago, I might have chosen to just stay home.My advice to people who still have a few years left: Dive in. These four-ish years are a time for discoveries. Make them while you still can.
(04/21/11 12:54am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Little Scream’s debut album, “The Golden Record,” has been receiving a lot of buzz, but mostly because of the famous people peripherally connected to the album. This is a real shame because Little Scream makes a very promising debut, not just some gimmicky guest-fest.Little Scream is the stage name for Laurel Sprengelmeyer, who sings and plays guitar, violin and keyboards on the album. She has a voice that sounds fragile one second and rock solid the next.“The Golden Record” has a big, sometimes epic sound, but it doesn’t achieve it through traditional means. Bands like Arcade Fire achieve that feel by packing a zillion instruments on stage. Little Scream gets a similar result through reverb and constantly shifting instrumentation; the album sounds like it was recorded in a canyon.The album rarely rocks out, instead focusing on haunting melodies as best exemplified by “The Heron and the Fox.”Many of the songs on “The Golden Record” are achingly beautiful. Hopefully we won’t have to wait too long for more of them.
(04/14/11 2:08am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Ah, Little 500. That glorious time when students party all week long, occasionally breaking things up with classes (maybe) and the actual bike race (do people still go to that?). Music is an essential component of any party, so building a playlist is not something that should be taken lightly. Here’s 10 picks sure to bring down the house:1. “A Milli” — Lil Wayne Lil Wayne headlined the official Little 500 concert, so it’s pretty much required that he show up somewhere on this list. This song has the advantage of having been made before all of the crap he’s released recently. The stark open will get everyone’s attention, and Lil Wayne’s best wordplay will interest anyone who’s actually paying attention.2. “Suffocation” — Crystal Castles This band specializes in dance music that breaks apart into bursts of white noise. “Suffocation” leaves the noise at the door, instead relying on great beats and haunting vocals.3. “Imprint After” — Toro y Moi This song will lighten things up and chill out the party.4. “Golden Age” — TV on the Radio And this one will get the energy going again. The muted bass and synthesizers work perfectly with the fragile vocals.5. “O.N.E.” — Yeasayer Something about this song is vaguely tropical and exotic, but it’s undeniably danceable.6. “Monster” — Kanye West featuring Rick Ross, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj and Justin Vernon This is probably the most fun track on Kanye’s latest album. Minaj’s verse steals the show, and since she also performed for Little 500, it’s another essential.7. “Teen Age Riot” — Sonic Youth After the darkness of “Monster,” it’s nice to cool things down a bit with something undeniably joyful. If your spirits aren’t lifted by this song, perhaps you’re not human.8. “Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel” — Grandmaster Flash Since we’ve already made a detour into the 1980s, might as well make it official with this classic. This early hip-hop track compiles some of the funkiest bass lines ever.9. “Helter Skelter” — The Beatles This is a quick detour into hard rock. Few songs are as nihilistic (or catchy).10. “Brother Sport” — Animal Collective Time to end this mix with something grand. “Brother Sport” is a perfect, exuberant way to end a perfect party.
(04/13/11 9:28pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Jim Carrey is a frustrating actor. Just when I think he’s completely
washed up and not worth paying attention to, he makes an excellent film
like “I Love You Phillip Morris.”
Carrey plays Steven Russell, a gay man who has been married with
children for years. Eventually he decides to leave his wife and live the
life he wants. However, things don’t go well for long. Russell wants to
treat his boyfriend to every kind of luxury, to the point that he has
to commit credit card fraud to continue to live extravagantly.
During a stint in prison, Russell falls in love with Phillip Morris
(Ewan McGregor), a man he will break out of prison multiple times. It’s
an amazing story, all the more interesting because it’s true.
Carrey sometimes seems like he’s just playing a stereotype, yet there
are some incredibly poignant moments in the film that rank with his best
work and elevate the film above a simple comedy.
“Phillip Morris” is a complicated film worth seeing if only for Jim Carrey’s excellent performance.
(04/13/11 9:17pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Cold Cave is usually referred to as a goth band, a label I reject. The lyrics are usually glum, but the music is often exciting and danceable.The band’s new release, “Cherish the Light Years,” might fool the listener on the first track. “The Great Pan is Dead” opens with thunderous guitars that assault the listener, but Wes Eisold’s voice quickly enters and reveals a new tenderness in the song.The rest of the album is a tribute to 1980s synth pop. It’s reminiscent of The Cure at times. Like that band, Cold Cave knows how to write some great pop songs, even if they’re dressed in dark trappings.The album does have its failings. Sometimes Eisold’s voice is too cartoonish, like a caricature of vacuous, hollow ’80s pop music voices. Also, the dynamics have been compressed to the point that the album has two volumes: loud and ear-splitting.Still, whatever genre this ends up being, it’s catchy as hell.
(04/09/11 4:49pm)
On Wednesday, Toro Y Moi played The Bishop, creating one of the best shows I have seen in a long time. Before I continue, I should apologize for the blurry pictures - low lighting and projected screens do not make for a well-focused picture.
(04/06/11 10:49pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>I have always been a Woody Allen fan and have been proud of it. Something about his films has always registered with me. A viewer can usually identify with his characters on an emotional level. Their relationship problems always seem reality-based and identifiable.On top of that, Woody Allen is an intellectual and a film scholar. He packs even his simplest films with allusions to philosophers and artists, plus shots done in homage to Fellini, Bergman, Antonioni and other great art film directors. I don’t think any other person has been as successful at turning comedies (and sometimes dramas) that most people can identify with into art.So it was with great excitement that I watched his newest release this weekend, “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.” And it just wasn’t very good. The members of the ensemble just seemed like ideas for characters, rather than fully fleshed-out, thinking beings. The film’s voiceover narration was more like a parody of the narration in recent films than a useful supply of information.Some of Allen’s recent films have been among my favorites: “Match Point” and “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” come to mind, and others have been pretty good. But there have also been some clunkers, and this film fell in that category. My disappointment led me to think about other directors who have continued past their initial fame. Are all directors who continue to work into old age doomed to produce work mostly below the quality of their earlier output?Other directors I admire came to mind. Martin Scorsese is still capable of making great movies, but his films lack the excitement and necessity of his first two decades. Francis Ford Coppola hasn’t made a great (good?) film since 1979’s “Apocalypse Now.” Even a younger filmmaker like Steven Soderbergh continues to make interesting films but hasn’t been able to blend his popular and artistic instincts since “Traffic” in 2000.Is it fate that directors will not be quite as good as in their heyday? And is the drop in quality just because of age, or does it have to do with the number of films they have made? Perhaps the more prolific directors have used up their most exciting ideas.I’m reminded of a line that’s constantly repeated in Allen’s wonderful “Stardust Memories”: “I prefer the early, funny ones.” Perhaps I’m just afraid of these directors changing. But probably not.
(04/06/11 10:29pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Listening to “Belong” from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart made me want to want to break out all my great alternative albums from the 1990s. It wasn’t because this album is lacking at all (it’s great), but it did such a great job of recreating the emotional state those albums gave me.Part of the band’s sound might be due to the choice of producers: The album is helmed by Flood and Alan Moulder, who produced Smashing Pumpkins and Nine Inch Nails, plus countless other acts. However, the seeds of “Belong” had already been planted on 2009’s self-titled debut.The band displays an incredible knack for hiding beautiful hooks behind walls of fuzz. My Bloody Valentine comes to mind most strongly. The bits of pop music that manage to fight their way through the grime are all the more precious. Standouts include “Heartbreak in Your Heart” and the title track.This is perfect summer music. As such, I recommend listening to “Belong” while driving with the windows down and the wind in your face.
(04/05/11 1:16am)
Toro Y Moi w/ Braids and Adventure
(03/30/11 8:46pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians ever elected, was assassinated in 1978. “The Times of Harvey Milk” explores his political and social feats, all leading up to that final day.The film reveals that Milk’s quest to become a San Francisco supervisor wasn’t easy; he ran for office multiple times before finally being elected in 1977. It also makes it apparent just how accurate Gus Van Sant’s 2008 film about Milk is. Here, the real Milk is seen in many of the same public settings, equally charismatic and friendly.It is important to note that the filmmakers chose not to call it “The Life and Times of Harvey Milk.” The film avoids anything but bare outlines of Milk’s personal life before or during his political career. Instead, its focus is on Milk’s accomplishments, where it should be.The politics of this country are constantly moving toward acceptance of gay people, despite daily hurdles. Harvey Milk was one of the first to start the country moving.
(03/30/11 8:30pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>On its newest release, “Tan Bajo,” Davila 666 often sounds furious and out of control. Fortunately, the band still manages to throw in the hooks among all the fuzz.First, it should be mentioned that all of the Puerto Rican band’s songs are in Spanish. For people who focus more on lyrics than the music (and don’t know Spanish), that might be a deal breaker. Although occasionally frustrating, most garage rock doesn’t have particularly insightful lyrics, so there’s no reason to assume this would be different.“Tan Bajo” displays a huge range of styles, from fuzz pop reminiscent of The Jesus and Mary Chain on “Yo Seria Otro” to girl-group harmonies on “¡Diablo!”Davila 666’s main failing is an occasional sense of monotony. Some of the songs start to run together and not in a good way. Maybe it’s just because they don’t have lyrics to distinguish one from another.“Tan Bajo” is still an exciting album, even if you have no idea what the band is saying.
(03/23/11 9:14pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A few years ago, I bought a DVD set of the first season of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.” The show featured a new suspense story each week, with Hitchcock contributing a droll introduction to each story. The episodes were great, even though Hitchcock’s involvement was usually limited to his name and a brief appearance.One thing about the set seemed particularly strange: It was incredibly long by today’s standards. Most seasons of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” averaged 39 episodes, in stark contrast to the standard 13 that is more common today (or 12 or 10). There are some shows that get up toward 23 episodes a season (“The Simpsons,” for example), but that is quickly becoming a rarity. So why have TV seasons been shrinking in recent years?I might as well start with the single legitimate artistic reason: For some shows, 20 or so episodes would simply be too long to properly sustain a story arc. Some of the higher quality dramas, such as “Mad Men” and “Boardwalk Empire,” would not be able to remain at a high level of quality if they had to put out more episodes. There needs to be time to reboot before the next season. And that’s where the legitimate reasons for shrinking seasons end.Although smaller seasons may be better for certain shows, the length is most likely a symptom of economic pressures that just happen to work in their favor. Most of the time, short seasons are just a way for networks and production companies to save money.Shooting 10 episodes instead of 20 episodes means spending considerably less on a show. Sometimes an actor’s salary inflates the cost of an episode; other times, it’s special effects’ doing.Shorter television seasons also point toward the way new shows are left for dead after the tiniest dip in the ratings. Instead of giving a series time to develop and establish a fan base, promising shows are yanked before they have time to mature. With only 10 episodes, it’s easy to pull the plug. And since there are so many short seasons, networks have a million choices to help plug the hole in the schedule in hopes that at least one show will stick.At some point, a TV season may look like the standard six-episode BBC series. What a horrible fate.
(03/23/11 8:48pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>“Waste Land” tries to be one kind of film and, failing at that, shifts course. It starts with a focus on an artist and his work, but it quickly changes its focus to a group of inspiring landfill pickers.“Waste Land” is nominally about the work of Brazilian artist Vik Muniz, who uses garbage as painting material.At the film’s turning point, Muniz goes to a massive landfill in Rio de Janeiro, where pickers remove recyclables from the muck. These items are used for the newest set of paintings, and pickers help to assemble them. Muniz eventually auctions off the paintings and gives the profits to the workers.The pickers are as compelling as Muniz is boring, and thankfully they commandeer the film. Too bad the film wastes time with such an uninspiring subject before changing its focus.
(03/23/11 8:46pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>There have not been many great boxing films since “Raging Bull” in 1980. In fact, there haven’t been many boxing films period. “The Fighter” is the best film in the genre to arrive in quite some time.The movie opens with Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale) speaking for an HBO documentary. Eklund previously achieved some fame after knocking down Sugar Ray Leonard in a match. Now he is addicted to crack and no longer boxes.His younger brother, Micky, is played by Mark Wahlberg. Micky has had little success and is just a stepping stone for other boxers. It doesn’t help that his family only cares about Dicky’s past success, not about Micky’s possible success.Christian Bale and Melissa Leo are masterful as Micky’s family. They understand the line between love and contempt perfectly. The film’s real subject is fame, not boxing. One brother lost it, another one wants it. “The Fighter” is a fascinating journey in search of it.
(03/09/11 11:32pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>“Take Me Home Tonight” is one of the more frustrating films I have seen recently. It seemed for a good chunk of time that it was on track to be a pretty decent film. However, any hope of that disappeared in the film’s last scene.The film features Topher Grace as Matt, who just graduated from MIT but has no idea what to do with his life. Instead, he wastes his time working at a video store. When he awkwardly meets Tori, the popular girl he had a crush on in high school, Matt makes up a Wall Street job to spend time with her.The movie’s success comes from the rare use of ’80s trappings as a joke. Unfortunately, the romance isn’t handled as well. Tori remains a mysterious and shallow person, and there’s no explaining why Matt would want her. The last 15 minutes are jumbled and incoherent, much like Matt.Amid all this ’80s nostalgia, this film could have been nuanced and clever. Instead, it turns into a cartoon in its final minutes.
(03/03/11 2:18am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>“Fish Tank,” from British filmmaker Andrea Arnold, attempts to paint a picture of working-class England with no embellishments or romanticism. The film succeeds and is one of the most brutal I have ever seen.The story follows Mia, played by newcomer Katie Jarvis. Jarvis was discovered by Arnold while she was having a public argument with a boyfriend; she lived in the same kind of housing projects as her character. Mia has been kicked out of school for conduct problems and has no qualms about breaking a girl’s nose just to show off her toughness.When her loveless mother comes home with a new boyfriend, Mia finds herself with conflicted feelings. Connor, played expertly by Michael Fassbender, may share some of these feelings. His performance is a masterpiece of subtlety.What makes “Fish Tank” so fascinating and difficult is Mia’s complete lack of introspection. To get revenge against Connor, Mia does something absolutely horrible with no self-awareness.Nothing about “Fish Tank” is easy, but that is the only way this film can exist.
(03/03/11 1:55am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>“Last Train Home” documents a Chinese family separated by thousands of miles, all for the purpose of finding work. Although parts of the film seem overly dramatic, the family’s struggles with finding employment while staying together are utterly compelling.Directed by Lixin Fan, the film documents Changhua Zhan and Suqin Chen, a couple who have left their children to find work elsewhere. Because of the menial nature of their work, they can only go home once a year, during the Chinese New Year.Their relationship with their children is obviously strained. The daughter, now in high school, feels patronized by people she barely knows when her parents lecture her about getting better grades. Their son has even less of a connection to them. The cycle repeats itself once again when Changhua and Suqin’s daughter leaves to work in the factories.Critics have pointed out that some scenes may be staged, but it only detracts slightly from the film’s power. It’s hard to believe this family can survive on nothing more than a train ride.
(03/03/11 12:48am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>There’s something classy about beer. It may not always seem like it, especially when one lives in a college town where the stuff is pounded back like it’s water, but few beverages are prepared with as much care and devotion to variation.Wine might seem like it fits that bill, but only partially. There isn’t much of a market for experimentation in wine making. Perhaps that says something about wine connoisseurs, or perhaps it just means the process of making wine is too delicate to allow for much variation. With beer, on the other hand, it sometimes seems like the sky is the limit.Last year, Dogfish Head brewery announced that it would be making a replica of a 9,000-year-old Chinese “beer.” The actual drink probably would not have been recognizable as beer to modern consumers; it would have been made with mostly non-standard ingredients and would have featured annoying blobs of yeast floating around. In the beer’s reincarnated form, the process and ingredients are streamlined to create something more recognizable as beer.Although that may be one of the most extreme examples of experimenting with beer recipes, it’s far from unique. Just take a stroll through your local grocery store and it’s possible to find beers that use unorthodox ingredients. There are beers made with fruits, nuts and spices, none of which taste anything like Budweiser. I recently had a chocolate beer, which was more of a dessert than anything. There are also beers that challenge the limits of alcohol concentration. It is possible to find beers with concentrations as high as 16 percent, and some beers even go above 20 percent alcohol, completely changing the way one drinks them. Rather than something to be chugged, these drinks are meant to be savored.So for those who are ready to try something a bit more exciting (and also happen to be of the legal age), it’s time to start exploring different beers. Some nicer stores offer sampler pack options, which allow one to compare multiple brands. Some are bound to be duds (the one advantage of mega-brands like Budweiser is that they have the resources to put out a very homogeneous product), but there may be some winners in the pack. Perhaps you’ll even find something people will want to recreate 9,000 years from now. Maybe.
(02/28/11 11:03pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The Oscar broadcast was so dull on Sunday night, we had to do something to keep ourselves busy. So members of the WEEKEND staff and former editor Cory Barker participated in a live chat throughout the ceremony.We racked up over 500 comments and an additional 100 reader comments throughout the agonizing four hour broadcast.For those of you who missed it, enjoy this sampling of some of the Greatest Hits of our live chat a la AV Club.As Scarlet Johannson is being interviewed on the red carpet:
Cory Barker: ScarJo's date is walking around daring someone to ask him who the hell he is.
As Oscar hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway enter the stage
following a pretty lame pre-recorded segment of them being included in
all the Best Picture nominees:
Matt Lyles : Franco smoked a joint while they were playing that. That's what all the smoke was.As the first award of the evening, art direction, goes to "Alice in Wonderland" over BWelk's pick in the category for the Outguess Ebert competition, "The King's Speech:" Brian Welk: WHAT ALREADY LOST MY $100,000!?As Kirk Douglas presents (eventually) the award for Best Supporting Actress:Cory Barker: Wasn't the goal of hiring the younger hosts to appeal to younger viewers? As the nominees for Best Supporting Actress are announced:Cory Barker: If you saw Animal Kingdom, I'll PayPal you a dollar. (Brian did)As BWelk goes 0-4 early on after "The Lost Thing" upsets Pixar's "Day and Night:"Brian Welk: How did the Academy not choose the one short
film that EVERYONE has seen? I'm not saying that based on quality but
simple technicality and logic. As Lee Unkrich gives his acceptance speech for "Toy Story 3" winning Best Animated Feature:Cory Barker: Hey Lee, you don't have to sell ANYONE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD about the awesomeness of Pixar. As Aaron Sorkin is announced as the winner for Best Adapted Screenplay:Cory Barker: [Enter Sorkin cocaine joke here.] As the music attempts to play Aaron Sorkin off stage:Mikel Kjell: Play him off keyboard cat.As Aaron Sorkin finally concludes his speech:Brian Welk: Good speech Sorkin. But Paddy Chayefsky's movie doesn't have Network in the title. The title IS Network. As they announce the nominees for Best Original Score and prepare to perform them live:Matt Lyles: How is a symphony going to play Trent Reznor?As "Inception" gets its first of three technical awards of the evening:Cory Barker: First thing I thought of when the INCEPTION title card hit at the end: That's some good fucking sound mixing. As the presenters continue to trudge through Sound Editing and Mixing:Cory Barker: Were all presenters required to take and subsequently fail a drug test? As the "Inception" train kept rolling:Cory Barker: I love how the last two winners have made sure to point out Nolan's awesomeness as to tell the Academy to go fuck themselves. After an awful auto-tuned version of "Harry Potter 7," "The Social Network" and "Twilight: Eclipse."Cory Barker: So that was this year's Ben Stiller in a terrible costume, right? As a certain African American female media mogul announces the Best Documentary nominees: Brian Welk: Oprah's Banksy. As the cast of "Sherlock Holmes" presents the next category:Brian Marks: Is Jude Law still relevant?And the Instant Poll results: 40% Yes 40% No20% Who's Jude Law?As Billy Crystal makes the one slightly funny appearance of the evening:Cory Barker: Jesus, has Bill Crystal aged since 1992?Brian Marks: He runs on a nuclear powered core.As Jude Law continues to prove his relevance: Cory Barker: And apparently, Jude Law when makes jokes about RJD's past it's cool. When Gervais does it, it's awful. On "Inception" getting snubbed from the Film Editing category:Cory Barker: How stupid is it that Inception wasn't even nominated in this category? Brian Welk: The time shifts and perspective shifts in Social
Network are totally Rashomon. As riveting as 127 Hours was, this
deserves it. Although I am surprised the big action movie didn't get a
nod. Cory Barker: But Inception doesn't work without the editing. (of course, apparently I'm the only person in this chat that likes Inception.) Brian Welk: Well, no movie "works" without the editing.Cory Barker: I HATE YOUFollowing a user comment that claimed "127 Hours" was the "BASIS of Film Editing:"Brian Marks: Yes, the best editing category was created decades ago in anticipation of 127 Hours As Jennifer Hudson introduced the third of four Original Song nominees:Mikel Kjell: Rock man is how hudson pronouced A. R Rahman's name, he should win this just because he is actually mega man I guess. As Gwyneth Paltrow, "Country music's newest star," starts to perform a song from "Country Strong:"Matt Lyles: The minute I come back I have to watch Gwyneth Paltrow singing country music? Fuck you, Academy. On Randy Newman's Best Original Song victory for "We Belong Together:"Mikel Kjell: Randy Numan is terrible Brian Marks: He used to be important. Before he sold his soul to Pixar. Mikel Kjell: Sing more about stuff you see Brian Welk: I thought he was exaggerating, but he really has been nominated 20 times. Matt Lyles: Randy Newman sounds too much like Christopher Walken for comfort right now. Cory Barker: There is no awards show that requires a full
calendar year of distance from it as soon as it's over like the Oscars.
Jesus this makes me want to drink heavily. As 11:00 rolled around:Matt Lyles: We've been doing this for 3 hours. Kirk Douglas took up half that time. As Celine Dion sings Charlie Chaplin's "Smile" over the In Memoriam segment:Cory Barker: Celine is thinking to herself: "I will never be in this montage. I will live forever."As the montage wraps: Matt Lyles: Corey Haim for the snub. Cory Barker: Thank god for the Internet and its ability to make Corey Haim not making the Necrology feel like a big deal. Matt Lyles: Corey Haim left a will. "I do not want to be in the In Memoriam segment if Celine Dion sings." Cory Barker: Matt Lyles, way to steal Tim Goodman's joke right off Twitter! As Tom Hooper accepts his Oscar for Best Director:Brian Welk: One of my friends pointed out that I look like Tom Hooper. Cory Barker: I mean loved The King's Speech, but fuck. C'mon. In 20 years, what movie gets remembered? Mikel Kjell: the damned
united is one of the best sports movies ever made but the direction was
just beautiful image after beautiful image, not a lot more than that. Cory Barker: Twitter hates Tom Hooper. As the Dude presents Best Actress:Cory Barker: Hey, it's TRON LEGACY's Jeff Bridges. As we near the end:
Cory Barker: Also when Dane Cook is making fun of your hosting through TwitPic, something might be wrong.Mikel Kjell: I dont think franco is high, I just think he doesnt give a shit about this anymoreAdam Lukach: I mean he's been hosting for 3 hours now. He's definitely come down if he was high. Cory Barker: I have to imagine that Franco is both high and trying something completely new with his performance. As Natalie Portman wins her Oscar for Best Actress:Cory Barker: Please don't laugh. Please don't laugh. As Sandra Bullock presents the award for Best Actor:Cory Barker: Sandra Bullock is awesome. I don't care. Judge me. Brian Marks: DoneAdam Lukach: Lots of judgment @ Cory As the clip from "The Social Network" plays in which Jesse Eisenberg recites, "You have the minimum amount of my attention:"Brian Welk: His speech is like an analogy for this broadcast. As Colin Firth claims his Best Actor Oscar for "The King's Speech:"Cory Barker: He's totally stuttering his way through this. Is this some sort of performance art? As we begin to make sickening realizations:Cory Barker: True Grit - 0, The Wolfman - 1, Alice - 2As "King's Speech" is declared The Best Picture of 2010:Mikel Kjell: Knew king's speech was going to win when they used it for the fucking narration of the nomineesCory Barker: I hope there's outcry on Twitter like the Grammys. "WHO THE FUCK IS THE KING AND WHAT IS HIS SPEECH." Adam Lukach: whatisakingsspeech.tumblr.com (not a real site) As the PS22 Choir performs "Over the Rainbow" as part of an Oscar finale:Adam Lukach: I hope Roman Polanski isn't there.
(02/24/11 2:21am)
Why they should, might, and won't win