The consensus seems to be that he was stoned, or pretty much sucked, or both, and there seems to be an air of general annoyance. I can understand how his ubiquitousness would get on some people's nerves ; the guy has been everywhere. Published a book, had his paintings featured in several art galleries, hosted SNL, got nominated for the Oscars, hosted the Oscars, and established a college course on James Franco, about James Franco, through the medium of James Franco videos, taught by James Franco. So he's either as incredibly talented as his body of work suggests he is, or his head really is that far up his ass, or he's playing some sort of epic meta-joke on us all. Whatever the case, he still looks indecently delicious in a suit.
Yeap. I'd still hit that.
I'm fairly indifferent towards most of the night's big winners, mainly since I have only seen two of the nominated movies. Inception was one that I had been looking forward to for ages, and the whole thing ended up leaving me just a wee bit underwhelmed. Don't get me wrong; I enjoyed it and I still do and I went through that week or so where I hunted down everyone I knew who had already seen it and grabbed them by their shoulders and went all "BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAAANNN??!". I was simply expecting a great deal more, and Inception, while being great and all, just doesn't quite do the job upon repeat viewings.
The Social Network went all opposite on me, though. I was deliberately paying as little attention to it as I possibly could, but then I found out that The Puppydog of My Soul, Andrew Garfield, was going to be in it. So, you know, I had to watch it. It was a very very very pleasant surprise to discover how much I enjoyed watching this film. It's not mindblowingly good or original, and I wouldn't go so far as to call it a generation-defining movie, but it is solid and extremely entertaining.
Things that make The Social Network awesome
1. The dialogue is terrific. It's not the kind of stuff you could go around quoting in daily conversation, but it's pithy and motormouth-paced and completely zinging. Every time one of the characters is done going off on a Harvard-level courtroom rant of PWNage all I want to do is pause the film and give them a standing ovation for a while.
2. Jesse Eisenberg is a freak of talent. Bless him and his Jewfro and his dimples and his whole entire self.
3. Justin Timberlake was nowhere near as bad as I feared he would be.
4. The original score is chilling and understated and deserves every award being thrown at it right now.
5.The whole thing holds your attention without ever getting boring or lagging in pace. No scene feels like filler. I can honestly say I haven't paid so much unconditional attention to a movie in a long time.
6. This guy. I mean the blond one. Not the creeper behind him.
Before seeing the movie I was sort of vaguely aware of a very large blond person being part of the cast, but when Armie Hammer first appeared onscreen I simply had to sit up and go "Why, who is this and why on God's good earth have we not been introduced yet?". I usually never go for blonds but Armie is way too good-looking to be denied.
And the best part? Thanks to the fact that he plays the Winklevoss twins (TWINS, I tell you!) there is double the Armie Hammer in every scene. Two Armies. All the time. I hardly knew which Armie to look at, and it was a wonderful dilemma to have. If you find yourself struggling with this delicious conundrum while watching The Social Network, I would suggest that you just feast your eyes upon whichever Armie happens to have less clothing on in that scene.
You're welcome.
Damn straight there's two Hammers up in here.Also, his voice is utterly hypnotic. As I have already said elsewhere ; if sex had a sound, it would probably sound like Armie Hammer, because his voice, it is the sex. If I were rich enough, I'd hire Armie Hammer to follow me around campus and read me my lecture notes. My grades would go through the roof, I tell you. And here he is being disgustingly gorgeous at the Oscars with his lovely wife.
Disgusting. It's disgusting how pretty they are.
In other news, I just got back from a lecture on post-modernist and post-structuralist feminism, and while it was tremendously interesting, I have a headache from trying too hard to understand it all. I swear these academic types just sit around smoking pipes and making shit up. Damn them.
In other other news, this is the cutest music video I have seen this year. The song itself is also catchy like woah, and I find myself singing "Do you know this house is falling apart?" to myself everytime I'm going up or down a staircase these days. for some reason.
I just keep repeating the part where they all dance in the basement in neon spandex. Those moves are sick, especially the Frantic Hand Flailing. I think this song may just be my 2011 equivalent of Hockey's Song Away, and that is a bold proclamation indeed.
