Post Oscar Depression

yesterday began the malaise of my post oscar coitus.

it comes from a mix of several things.... the long and hard weekend of preparation for the big oscar to-do. too much wine on oscar night, to be sure. and the realization that the build-up to the oscars...the whirlwind delight of watching as many nominations as possible in theatres and on dvd...is over.

i also took a really, nice pill yesterday evening to ensure i would sleep through the night. so some grogginess is probably associable.

the oscar show was good.... not as thrilling as i would've hoped... but it was a good night for me. not only did the vast majority of my predictions win.... (if they didn't my spoilers won) but the majority of individual nominees i wanted to win actually won.

a quick rundown of the big winners:

best picture: no country for old men. i wanted and thought this picture would win. made me very happy.

best director: joel & ethan coen, no country for old men. i also wanted and thought they'd win...and what a delight to listen to their acceptance speeches. they also won best adapted screenplay (i predicted and wanted this on my internal oscar ballot, as well).

best actor: daniel day-lewis, there will be blood (wanted and thought). i'm always amazed at how timid and introverted he seems in person when he's such a powerhouse in his performances. an amazing actor...one of the best.

best actress: marion cotillard, la vie en rose. i wanted her to win but predicted julie christie. marion was my spoiler, however. and she looked radiant.

best supporting actor: javier bardem, no country for old men. i wanted and thought he would win and fuck me, he looked yummy!

best supporting actress: tilda swinton, michael clayton. i predicted ruby dee but wanted cate blanchett. i had put swinton down as a possible spoiler if the academy wanted to find a way to reward michael clayton. clearly they did and swinton benefited. i love her as an actress.... she is consistently amazing... but probably not the most deserving winner here.

best original screenplay: diablo cody, juno. as usual...the only award given to the quirkiest and most original movie of the year is best original screenplay. another prediction i made on my internal ballot and i clearly wanted her to win.

diablo is an ex-stripper turned screenwriter ("i hope you're enjoying the pay-cut," quipped jon stewart. one of his better lines of the night) and i expect great things from her. diablo is pictured above experiencing her own post-oscar come-down.

the other highlight of the evening for me: "falling slowly" from once winning best original song. i watched that scene in the movie probably close to ten times in the two viewings i had of the movie. it's an amazing moment in the film and a great song and the academy clearly had strong emotions about it. (and what a class act jon stewart was to bring marketa irglova back on stage to give her thanks.)

other interesting notes:
--i loved the long acting clips for the nominees (i'm big on clips).
--jon stewart was funny but i miss steve martin (or billy crystal).
--how gorgeous was katherine heigl?
--seth rogan & jonah hill were very funny... maybe they should host?
--i thought jennifer hudson wanted to deck somebody.
--does anyone have more fun at these things than jack nicholson?
--clearly the long montages before each of the major categories were created for a possible non-writers show. still...i enjoyed them.
--brad renfro was conspicuously missing from the "in memoriam" tribute.
--i can't wait for march 4th so i can watch into the wild.

well...only 364 days until the next oscar telecast.

maybe chocolate will make me feel better?

e.

p.s. what was your favorite oscar moment....?