Marion Cotillard: I LOVE YOU

I am now convinced that Marion Cottilard isn't only the most talented actress from France. But she is one of the most beautiful ever to walk on the Oscar Red Carpet and probably the most beautiful Best Actress winner. She is a goddess and so damn beautiful. Marion, you are the bestest, most amazing, most hotess, most beautiful girl EVER (next to Vivien Leigh off course).

80 Academy Academy Awards.

I know I'm late but how can you blame me? I was in Singapore.
Anyways, the Oscars showed and YES I watched it! It was joyful night, especially for brothers Joel and Ethan Coen who won 3 Oscar...EACH. However, its not a surprise at all. Though throughout the night, we had a few disappointments...Here is a little comparison and my comments about the winners and the show itself...

Best Picture
Winner: "No Country for Old Men"
Prediction: "No Country for Old Men"

Best Director(s)
Winner: JOEL AND ETHAN COEN - "No Country for Old Men"
Prediction: JOEL AND ETHAN COEN - "No Country for Old Men"

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: JOEL AND ETHAN COEN - "No Country for Old Men"
Prediction: JOEL AND ETHAN COEN - "No Country for Old Men"

Though I have not seen "There Will Be Blood", with Daniel Day-Lewis' Golden Globe, SAG and numerous critics awards we all knew he would win. Wasn't it obvious. We all knew it making the catagory not as exciting...still I shant judge him for I haven't seen the movie.

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: DANIEL DAY-LEWIS for "There Will Be Blood"
Prediction: DANIEL DAY-LEWIS for "There Will Be Blood"

Right before the BAFTAS, I changed my prediction to Marion Cotillard from Julie Christie. I really knew she would win deep in my gut. When she did, I was more then glad. Cotillard's performance in "La Vie en Rose" is so outstanding, I can say she's one of the most deserving wins this century. And her speech! What an exceptance speech! Not only was she super, duper beautiful, but her speech was heartwarming.

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: MARION COTILLARD for "La Vie en Rose"

Prediction: MARION COTILLARD for "La Vie en Rose"

Too obvious to be true. I can't even say anymore...Everyone knew it so all the nominees were all cool and enjoyed the night...His Spanish speech to his mother was really sweet. (I Wish) I Wish I could do that some day...LOL.

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: JAVIER BARDEM - "No Country for Old Men"
Prediction: JAVIER BARDEM - "No Country for Old Men"

I got a little freaked out with her dress...and her win. I don't know. I haven't seen "Michael Clayton", but with all the feedback it's getting, I wonder why Tilda Swinton won. This ruins my streak of good predictions...her speech was dull and it seemed like people weren't listening to her...awww Cate lost in both categories...

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: TILDA SWINTON - "Michael Clayton"
Prediction: CATE BLANCHETT - "I'm Not There"

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Best Original Screenplay - Predictable from the very start...

Winner: DIABLE CODY - "Juno"
Prediction: DIABLE CODY - "Juno"

Best Cinematography - Actually very, very difficult.

Winner: "There Will Be Blood"

Prediction: "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"

Best Film Editing - Annoying...

Winner: "The Bourne Ultimatum"
Prediction: "No Country for Old Men"

Best Art Direction-Set Decoration - Clear winner.

Winner: "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

Prediction: "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

Best Costume Design - Gross win. The other 4 were better. MUCH MUCH.

Winner: "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"

Prediction: "Atonement"

Best Makeup - Makeup is tooo good to be true

Winner: "La Vie en Rose"

Prediction: "La Vie en Rose"

Best Original Score - The only memorable score and the best score. Great choice.

Winner: "Atonement"

Prediction: "Atonment"

Best Original Song - The only reason I got it wrong is cause I loved "Enchanted"...biasness.

Winner: "FALLING SLOWLY" - "Once"

Prediction: "THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW" - "Enchanted"

Best Sound Mixing - Disgusting...

Winner: "The Bourne Ultimatuim"

Predction: "Transformers"

Best Sound Editing - Also disgusting...

Winner: "The Bourne Ultimatuim"

Prediction: "No Country for Old Men"

Best Visual Effects - Crap was alive. I'm not at all happy with this...

Winner: "The Golden Compass"

Prediction: "Transformers"

Best Animated Feature - Yup...

Winner: "Ratatouille"

Prediction: "Rataouille"

Back from Singapore yesterday and I got to watch the Oscars!

Loved Singapore. Loved the Oscars. Love the DVDs...

In the Spirit of Valentine's Day: 10 Great Movie Couple

1. Jack Dawson & Rose Dewitt Bukater - "Titanic" (1997)
Portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet
Love Points: Freezing to death for her. Leaving you hella rich fiance for him. Breaking social class rules. Looking out for each others backs. Young "car" love. WOW. Now this is the absolute and truest first love I've seen in a movie. Aww.

2. Christian and Satine - "Moulin Rouge!" (2001)
Portrayed by Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman
Love Points: First of all, they have great singing voices. But battling out a mean, old Duke with lots money and an evil body guard is waaaaaaaaaaaaay cooler. Awww.

3. Tony and Maria - "West Side Story" (1961)
Portrayed by Richard Breymer and Natalie Wood
Love Points: I think seeing Natalie Wood this crazy and hysterical in a character...yes she loved him....A LOT. Awww.

4. Paul Varjak & Holly Gollightly - "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961)
Portrayed by George Peppard and Audrey Hepburn
Love Points: They saw through each others "money-hunger-caged" selves and found one another in the right time. Awww.

5. William Shakespeare & Viola De Lesseps - "Shakespeare in Love" (1998)
(Portrayed by Joesph Fiennes and Gwyneth Paltrow)
Love Points: Duh, he wrote the greatest Romance play in the world for her. She practically backstabbed the Queen of England and other royal blood for him. Awww.

6. Inman & Ada Monroe - "Cold Mountain" (2003)
Portrayed by Jude Law and Nicole Kidman
Love Points: He walks thousands and thousands of miles for her, even though he's just gonna die at the end. She survives the whole Civil War and waits for him the whole 4 year period. Awww.

7. Nickie Ferrante & Terry McKay - "An Affair to Remember" (1957)
Portrayed by Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr
Love Points: They reunite (or at least attempt to) with each other after a year. PLUS, he goes back to her even with that ugly leg and annoying singing children. Awww.

8. Mr. Darcy & Elizabeth Bennett - "Pride and Prejudice" (2005)
Portrayed by Mathew MacFayden and Keira Knightly
Love Points: Despire all their prejudices and social status, they realize that they actually love each other truly. Awww.

9. Rick Blaine & Ilsa Lung - "Casablanca" (1943)
Portrayed by Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman
Love Points: He saved her from the cruel life of Casablanca and gave her back to her husband. Awww.

10. Romeo & Juliet - "Romeo + Juliet" (1996)

(Portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Daines)
LOVE POINTS: They both died for one another. Awww.

HAPPY VALENTINES.

Let's share the love.

Poopie...at least I'm back.

With the crashing of my computer, I missed so much things. IT'S SO ANNOYING. I missed blogging about the BAFTAS and Roy S's death and SO MUCH things. But I'll look at the bright side. At least I got my computer back. :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLARK GABLE!

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to put this post up yesterday, his real birthday Febuary 1, 2008 because of a certain arm injury that happend. But I'm okay. I don't matter, what matters is we're here to celebrate Oscar winner and amazing actor Clark Gable's birthday. Sadly I haven't seen that many (yeah around 3 or 4) Clark Gable movies (if you think that's a lot, compare it to the dozens of movies I've seen of Audrey Hepburn or Gene Kelly or etc.), but after watching this four (I haven't seen "Mutiny in the Bountry" (1935) but I already own it on DVD) I'm really convinced that Gable is one of the greatest actors of all-time. Wanna know why? 9 words: "GONE WITH THE WIND" and "IT HAPPEND ONE NIGHT".

"IT HAPPEND ONE NIGHT" (1934) was practically the movie that boosted Clark Gable's career. Even though he had done 34 movies before that, no one knew who he was until this film. Here, he was pared up with the big-eyed Claudette Colbert and plays rusty journalist Pater Warne. As they boomed the screen, Gable and Colbert made screen magic for their lovely work in this romantic screwball comedy. Winning an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role, everyone knew that Gable was the HOLLYWOOD LEADING MAN of the time and became one of the most popular people - IN THE WORLD!

In "GONE WITH THE WIND" (1939), Gable plays Rhett Butler and not only marks his name as one of the most iconic character's of all time, but also made his best perfornace to date. When they were announcing that this movie was gonna be made, the world screamed Gable's name and he joined later on. In the film, Gable gives us a performance to remember. He laughs, he cries, he whistles, he dances - in this 4 hour biopic, Gable did what every actor wanted to accomplish: BE AMAZING. He was so amazing...all is said.

So this was just my little Clark Gable Birthday Tribute. Happy Birthday Mr. Gable!!!

ONE COOL FACT: Gable is the first actor even to have gotten a song written for him. Download Judy Garland singing "(Dear Mr. Gable) You Made Me Love You" from "The Broadway Melody of 1938" (1938).

For Fun: Picture From My Top 10 of All-Time

1. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939, Victor Fleming)

2. THE GODFATHER (9172, Francis Ford Coppola)

3. THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939, Victor Fleming)

4. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959, Billy Wilder)

5. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952, Gene Kelly and Stanely Donan)

6. THE GRADUATE (1967, Mike Nichols)

7. REAR WINDOW (1954, Alfred Hitchcock)

8. ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (2007, Julie Taymor)

9. THE DEPARTED (2006, Martin Scorsese)

10. TOOTSIE (1982, Sidney Pollack)