It was fucking abysmal, the entire affair. At least I wasn't so offended as last year's, just mostly bored to tears. But there were three parts that I can't stop watching over again and again:
I know that this has gotten a lot of flak for making it so obvious that The King's Speech was going to win, but at the same time, this montage is just really well-made and I liked the fact that they tried to parallel parts of the speech to themes of the other nominees, at least.
Oscars Autotune
Ok, I'm not ok with this being at the Oscars - I just cringe at the thought of the audience seeing this - it's just embarrassing. But it really does make me laugh. Andrew Garfield's head bopping back and forth, oh my god.
My ovaries did backflips while watching these clips. The clips are fucking. hot. This is my idea of porn, basically.
The first is after Jane saves Rochester from the fire. One of my favorite scenes from the book and it's a bit altered but OH SO SHMEXY (though my friend disagrees, calling it sinister, but what the hell does she know?) When she leaves him, I was like "FOOL" but of course, hers is the smarter move. Not that she planned it - she's just naturally good and morally upright - but it's still a smart tactic that can be employed in any modern romantic situation. It makes her so that much more tantalizing to Rochester (and respected by him too, of course). Men enjoy chases and stubborn girls.
"I am cold"[/But my insides are melting with steamy, scintillating desire]
Mr. Rochester proposes to Jane. Wow, this is a huge clip to show beforehand, obviously, but I guess they want to stir up as much interest as possible.
Mia's delivery is a bit stiff here. At times she *kinda* feels like she's reading off a page, which is disappointing, but overall it's effective. The Rochester voice is JUST PERFECT! Sigh. I like their chemistry. Gawsh I wanna see them make out.
Cousin Diana shows one of Jane's drawings to St. John.
Jamie BELL! Man it looks like he totally nails the whole repressed proper English thing. His voice is also schmexy (TOO MUCH SEXY IN THIS MOVIE!) and he kind of reminds of Christian Bale when he was thirteen, if that makes sense at all. Either way, he is really attractive in this video and I've never found Jamie Bell attractive. Which is important because he needs to be a strong foil to Rochester and though it never occurred to me while reading the book, the audience should feel some tension around the pair and suspect the potential of their relationship just alighting from the fact that they're both young, good-looking, and in close proximity, which is what Rochester does after he learns of St. John.
