This is an overdue review. However, since I did a prediction post, it will only feel complete to post this.
Raves:
- Up and Precious: two awards for each!
- Kathryn Bigelow’s win: She’s the first women in 82 years to ever win Best Director. Not because she is a woman, but because she kicked ass.
- Mo’Nique and Bigelow’s classy acceptance speeches
- the wonderful tribute to John Hughes
Rants:
- Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin failing: a lot of jokes just weren’t funny.
- the irrelevant dance performance for the original music category
- Acceptance speeches by winners in Best Foreign Feature and Best Documentary short being rudely interrupted and cut short: This angered me the most. If you don’t care about these categories, you should get rid of them and quit faking respect.
Overall, while I was pleased with most of the results, the ceremony itself left me bored. I rather miss Billy Crystal and Jon Stewart hosting the show!
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Yeah, Baldwin and Martin really weren’t funny. Which was actually a little surprising as they generally are good at being funny…
I wish they had given equal time to all winners, “big stars” or not, and cut out the unnecessary stuff like long, un-funny quips by the presenters and/or hosts.
I was especially enraged by the fact that some winners got less time to speak than people like Miley Cyrus and Kristen Stewart (I know you like her, but the Oscars?)
I didn’t really watch that closely… I had it on in the background while copying notes for school, but man, oh man did it drag on. I liked the shorter amount of time they gave the smaller categories, and wished they’d had that same length for the “big stars”. Like for the guy that won Best Actor… wrap it up, buddy! I know it was a long time coming or whatever, but I don’t see why he was any more important than anyone else.
I think I just tuned out the hosts though.
Exactly! I know he’s best actor, but even for an anecdote it was way too long. Tom Hanks was the exact opposite and it was hilarious.
You were very smart, sweetie.
Whenever they were speaking, my face was like George Clooney’s.