Oscars, 2008

My general, quick-hit thoughts:

- Where was Brad Renfro in the In Memoriam list? He died within the Feb 1, 2007 to Jan 31, 2008 time frame (Jan 15, 2008). Did I just not see him on the list?

- Katherine Heigl looked awesome in her red dress. Stunning, really. The woman in green from Enchanted was also stunning.

- Why don't they ask the audience to wait to clap until the end of any/all of the presentations? It just sounds bad when the audience claps for some nominees or some of the In Memoriam people and not others. Wait until the end.

- John Stewart did a very nice job. Kept things going, had a few killer jokes, and had one of the better moments giving the woman from Once the chance to give her speech (which was one of the best speeches of the night, by the way).

- Tilda Swinton deserved the win for Supporting Actress. She was incredible. And she had one of the better speeches for the evening, referencing George Clooney's turn in Batman.

- I think that any one movie should be limited to one best song nomination. After hearing it, I'm happy that the song from Once won. I have the movie and look forward even more to watching it now.

- I'm happy No Country did so well.

- No one else stood a chance against Day-Lewis this year. No one.

- I'm happy that Bourne won some awards. One of the best all-time action series.

- I still don't completely get why certain people are chosen to present and why people other than the host presents some awards. It would speed things up to have Stewart just present some of them.

- Cream and very light pink dresses don't generally look good on TV on Caucasian women. Cameron Diaz was a prime example (although she didn't look so great herself, either).

- Tom Hanks looks like Tom Hanks again, yay!

- Overall, I thought this was a good Oscars.