Morning After

I hope everyone watched the Oscars last night. I got to watch the rehearsal before the show because the company I work for was working on the behind the scenes stuff on the internet so we could see everything that was happening in the theatre and the rehearsal was probably better than the show itself. James Franco and Anne Hatahway both came out on stage and they both looked like they just rolled out of bed. Franco's hair was totally messy and his sweater was 2 times too small and he just looked high. Hathaway was very giddy, but she just looked exhausted. Then, the stand ins who were doing the fake acceptance speeches and what not were just awesome. They really got into it. One guy even got up there and was fake crying. Just hilarious. I saw the reharsal for the Grammy's a few years ago, but those people were taking it seriously. This was just the best.

Anyway, even though I haven't seen The King's Speech yet, I had a feeling it would walk away with the most awards. I kept hearing amazing things about the movie. I'm super happy that Natalie Portman won for Black Swan. She totally deserved that! Here are the rest of the winners:

BEST PICTURE

The King’s Speech

BEST ACTOR

Colin Firth, The King’s Speech

BEST ACTRESS

Natalie Portman, Black Swan

BEST DIRECTOR

Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech

BEST SONG

“We Belong Together,” Toy Story 3, Randy Newman

BEST EDITING

The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Inside Job, Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT

God of Love, Luke Matheny

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Strangers No More, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood

BEST MAKEUP

The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

BEST SOUND EDITING

Inception, Richard King

BEST SOUND MIXING

Inception, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novick

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

The Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Christian Bale, The Fighter

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

In a Better World (Denmark)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The King’s Speech, Screenplay by David Seidler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Social Network, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Toy Story 3

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Melissa Leo, The Fighter

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Inception, Wally Pfister

BEST ART DIRECTION

Alice in Wonderland, Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara

Monday Night Movie - Black Swan

Ok, I did it. I saw Black Swan last night and all I have to say is AMAZING!!!! I think this movie is my new favorite psychological thriller. The script is so well written and the acting is so amazing. I heard this morning on the radio that the movie, Natalie Portman, and the director are all nominated for Golden Globes and they better win dammit! I've never been a big fan of Natalie Portman and I never knew why, but she is so incredible in this movie. It's so rare to see actors like her. The character arch she has to go through is just incredible. She goes from a soft spoken girl to a very edgy, hardcore person.

Also, who knew Winona Rider was in this movie? Her name/face was never in any previews. Her part was small, but she still could have been shown in a preview or two.

The story is basically a story within a story. A ballet company in New York is putting on Swan Lake of course and Natalie Portman's character, Nina tries out for the role of Swan Queen who plays both the white and black swan, which is not normal for this show. Normally, there are 2 different dancers portraying each role. The director thinks Nina has what it takes to be the white swan, but doesn't think she's edgy enough to play the black swan and Nina is on a mission to prove him wrong. Nina takes her character on a little too much and it all kind of spirals from there. Sooooo good!!!! Mila Kunis is pretty amazing as well. I think she could really go far if she sticks with roles like this. She plays the cool dancer friend.

The movie gets pretty gruesome at some points. There's more blood than I realized there would be and there's a lot of sexual stuff. In order to get Nina to feel something, the director of the show kind of forces her into sexual moments. After the movie ended, I seriously wanted to run home. I was so pumped. So if you're in the mood for artsy awesomeness, this movie is for you. If you squirm at the sight of blood, vomit and/or shaky camera angles, than maybe you should just live vicariously through me.