The Oscars

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Yes, I am absolutely the only person I know who will get up at 2:30 a.m. to watch this. And yes, it was one of the worst Oscar shows in history.

I knew that "The Hurt Locker" was going to win everything (gut feeling) even though, just like most people, I have not seen it yet. It came and sank without a trace in France, just like in the rest of the world. It will be on French screens again starting Wednesday when the programs change -- I will see it quickly.

I was happy for Sandra Bullock and Jeff Bridges even though I haven't seen their films either. Certain Hollywood workhorses deserve some crumbs after having put in so many years of faithful service.

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I agree whole heartedly,it was bad...I only watched an hour of it,whereas I'm usually good for much longer. The absence of a couple of girlfriends whom I used to watch it with and "rag' on the various stars...it just wasn't any fun at all. (Eating crawfish was more important!).
I am thrilled for Jeff Bridges as I have always been a fan, going way,way back.
There were some clips that piqued my interest in seeing some films that escaped my previous attention.

[Jazz]

Yes, it was boring. I fell asleep at 10PM and woke up at 11PM. I hadn't seen most of the films, but by a miracle of chance, I saw 'The Hurt Locker', twice. I certainly didn't expect that it would win, but felt gratified that it did.

Perhaps I had a totally different 'take' on this film. I didn't at all see it as pro-american. Ultimately, I understood it as the total waste of war. To me, it was a sensitive and powerfull image of 'a man at war'. Not only the american man, but the Iraqui man. There was no feeling of american superiority, not to me. It is the story of a man who is somehow thrown into war and suffers the consequences. A man who is someone before, and someone afterwards...with no possibilty of control. I was drawn to each moment... in battle(minimal), the shifting relationships between war buddies, the unique and painful human hurt of death and causing death....the special moments, the end and, the beginning. For me, one totally unforgettable moment was his afternoon in the cereal aisle of the supermarket after his first shift in Iraq. Oh my god.

We see so few of the foreign films. 'A Prophet' has not yet come, but I want to see it.

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I would suspect that one of the reasons that so few people saw 'The Hurt Locker' is because the title was badly chosen -- it evokes nothing other than the word 'hurt', which is certainly not an attractive commercial word.

[bjd]

For those who have seen it, what does "hurt locker" mean?

I saw that in French it was called "Les Démineurs" or something similar.

[bixaorellana]

Nobody cares about the really interesting part of Oscar night ~~ the dresses?
www.myfashionlife.com/archives/2010/03/08/oscars-2010-the-dresses/

I'm not on my own computer, and this one doesn't have such good color reproduction, plus I think it makes humans look squatty, so maybe I'm wrong ab0ut some of the dresses I consider absolute beasts. The hairstyles pretty much suck, too, being either too messy or too rigid.

Of the group in the link, I liked Cameron Diaz's look, Demi Moore's, and Helen Mirren's.

Here's a slide show: www.peoplestylewatch.com/people/stylewatch/package/gallery/0,,20332759_20349134,00.html

Meryl Streep looks good, as does Queen Latifah. Jane Seymour's dress is a great color on her, but lacks something -- jewelry? Amanda Seyfried looked really beautiful.

Some of the dresses looked like something the dog threw up. Isn't it time for that front slit/flounce/train thing to go away? It's particularly ugly with the platform shoes.

[lola]

I THINK the title Hurt Locker refers to a collection of bomb defusing mementos the protagonist keeps. And, yes, it is off-putting.

Yes, the dresses are what it's all about.

K, did you ever watch A Single Man? if so, thoughts?

[bixaorellana]

From the imdb site:

Where does the title come from?

To put someone in a "hurt locker" is to physically mess someone up, badly. It is roughly synonymous with causing someone "a world of pain." According to the movie's official web site, "In Iraq it is soldier vernacular to speak of explosions as sending you to "the hurt locker."

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Lola, I haven't seen 'A Single Man' yet but I expect to see it before the end of next week (I took next week off ). A friend of mine saw it and he said it is excellent.

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I finally saw The Hurt Locker on the big screen today, and it definitely deserved its Oscar as best film, even though I am quite surprised that it won. It has absolutely no sentimentality, does not take sides and is hard to "love". The director showed incredible integrity for not making it sappy or tearjerking.

[hwinpp]

I've only seen Avatar, and a crappy, pirated copy at that, on TV.

I didn't see the Oscar night.