A pretty much predictable Oscar night. Not really anything big to talk about. Jeff Bridges won best Actor, Sandra Bullock won best Actress, and Hurt Locker won best picture, and a bunch of other winners that no one really cares about.
It's really annoying to have to sit and watch three hours of blah, just to get to the fifteen minutes that really matter. Although, I thought Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were great hosts, I wanted more of them. I don't want to hear who won best sound mixer, I want Steve and Alec to make jokes about James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow (I thought that joke about Kathryn sending James a bomb, and James sending her a Toyta was pretty amazing).
I'm trying to scrap my brain for any moments that stood out to me... I thought Robert Downey Jr. and Jennifer Lopez bit on writers and actors was funny (My little brother asked me if Jennifer's dress was made of bubble wrap). For some reason Oprah was there, talking about that one girl who played in that one movie that I had never heard of. Seriously, was Precious even in theaters? Did I mention that there wasn't enough of Steve and Alec? There was one part, (I think it was right before they went to a commercial, but I could be wrong on that) where they started playing some music and they showed a shot of George Clooney and he started bopping his head. It was funny seeing the masked disappointment on James Cameron's face when Avatar didn't win best picture. Even though I was pulling for Avatar to win that award, it wasn't a huge deal to me, but I really liked Avatar, and I wasn't a huge fan of The Hurt Locker. I like how that Mo'nique girl said she won for "her performance, not the politics"... What does that mean? Oh, Steve and Alec's parody of Paranormal Activity was hilarious, my little brothers could not stop laughing. And then some crazy, red haired lady pulled a Kanye on us and jumped up on stage and tried to steal the mic when the directory for best documentary short was giving his speech. I have no idea what she was saying, or what she was doing, but she looked scary.And then Ben Stiller dressed like a Na'vi, not sure what to make of that.
But, nothing grand to talk about. No one fell walking up the stairs for their acceptance speech, no one dropped there naked man award, no one got into any fights. All in all, it was something to watch.
I guess I enjoyed them more than you. I agree, though, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin's jokes were hilarious. I loved the initial roast, hilarious.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, some of the awards are boring, but I'm glad those guys get some recognition, cause if you've ever seen some of the behind the scenes stuff, they work haard. And those sound studios, they pretty much have to mimic what they interpret the sounds should sound like in certain scenes, then find materials that make those same sounds, record them, and use them with the actual footage and if it doesn't work out, do it all again.
But yeah. Apparently if you're a fat black chick who tries hard in a movie you are awesome. Guess I better start getting black. And fatter. And more feminine.
Yeah, I agree that it's cool they get some recognition, I just think it would be far more enjoyable if it didn't take 3 hours. If they did the awards back to back to back, it would be more entertaining.
ReplyDeleteI also wasn't a huge fan of all the movies this year, which probably played a part in me being less interested.
Ever since The Dark Knight wasn't even nominated for best movie I had kinda given up hope for the Oscars. I still wanted to watch it the other day but my subconscious must have made me "forget" about it. And wtf 40 seconds? It should have at least been 1 and a half minutes. And wtf Ben Stiller? Once again TRYING to be funny...
ReplyDeleteYeah, The Dark Knight got snubbed big time. Haha. I don't understand Ben Stiller, a lot of times he is hilarious but sometimes he just isn't funny at all.
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