http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:43:48 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/03/06/064911.php#comment-331799 On the Streep/Tomlin intro: Forget their intent to represent Altman's style; I loved it for its own sake! It was the highlight of the night for me: very fluid and well choreographed, which is a whole lot more than I can say for 80% of the other presentation sequences. On a purely visceral level it had me grinning with delight. A+ 331799@blogcritics.org Thu, 9 Mar 2006 00:43:48 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/03/06/064911.php#comment-330356 the overlapping dialogue is exactly what all of Altman's films are like. There are times where it is incredibly hard to understand a single voice in his films because there would be far more than two people speaking over each other. I thought it was a pretty genius way to introduce that award to Robert Altman. Plus, Garner has been in films as well. Perhaps not as well received or known as Aniston, but she's been in them. 330356@blogcritics.org Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:48:11 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/03/06/064911.php#comment-330350 On "overlapping dialogue" not working. Yes it paid tribute to Altman's style, but it went on too long last night. For a director who says he never wants to make the same kind of film twice, was this what they wanted to people to think his films were all like? Tomlin and Streep probably do it better on film, with some semblance of good writing, than on their own live in front of an audience. Parts were funny and the effect was "cute" but too rambling and babbling. Kind of like an Ellen DeGeneres stand-up performance. 330350@blogcritics.org Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:38:21 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/03/06/064911.php#comment-330335 "Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep's overlapping dialogue," That was a perfect tribute to the work of Robert Altman. 330335@blogcritics.org Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:06:02 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/03/06/064911.php#comment-330304 Thanks for making a reference to John Travolta's hair. What the hell was he thinking? I bet he's going gray and dyeing his scalp, YUCK! 330304@blogcritics.org Mon, 6 Mar 2006 11:19:51 EST