Kick-ass action movie montage, but I bet half the viewing audience just headed for the toilet when they realized the category was best visual effects.
Okay, for all you guys who just got back, another ho-hum accolade for Benjamin Button... you can stop applauding now, because you won't want to miss best sound editing.
Let me clarify: I respect the tremendous craft and dedication brought to bear on these aspects of film production. Film is the ultimate collaborative medium, and the work these guys do is seriously important. I've worked with world-class sound engineers and I'm in total awe of what they do. But think the average film goer gives a flying fig that The Dark Night was just honored for sound editing, let alone that Slumdog Millionaire got the nod for sound mixing.
And we're still not done... now it's time for film editing. Okay, I now totally see the wisdom of hauling megastar Smith up there for these awards. And it's Slumdog Millionaire... the awards are staring to add up.
And the tribute to Jerry Lewis is next... I think I'll go make a pit stop and freshen my drink.
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Best art direction and costume design...
Sarah Jessica Parker wears a ridiculous princess dress with admirable conviction. Daniel Craig looks great in a tux and flubs his second line (and his third one, too). Got it: They look great and they're giving out the design awards. Next.
Benjamin Button wins art direction and make-up, and it's my suspicion that these are the first of many not-so-high profile awards the film is going to take. Nice for Greg Cannom, though, who's been doing great make-up effects work in the horror genre since I first started writing lo these many years ago.
Costume goes to The Duchess, proof of Hollywood's all-but-obligatory reverence for period design. Like we'd know if it's authentic? Show me a film set in the 1970s that actually looks like the '70s rather than a magazine spread form a '70s magazine and then I'm impressed.
Benjamin Button wins art direction and make-up, and it's my suspicion that these are the first of many not-so-high profile awards the film is going to take. Nice for Greg Cannom, though, who's been doing great make-up effects work in the horror genre since I first started writing lo these many years ago.
Costume goes to The Duchess, proof of Hollywood's all-but-obligatory reverence for period design. Like we'd know if it's authentic? Show me a film set in the 1970s that actually looks like the '70s rather than a magazine spread form a '70s magazine and then I'm impressed.
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