Sunday, February 22, 2009

And the Oscar Goes To....


Mickey Rourke was robbed, there wasn't enough Hugh Jackman, there were no really funny jokes (except the great bit by Ben Stiller), previous winners talking about the people nominated instead of being able to see their work was totally lame and awkward, presenters doing four categories, no drama, suspense or dark-horse wins. Just blah all the way around. At least if Mickey Rourke had won there would have been someone with some real personality up there. But Yay! for Kate Winslet winning.

The Oscars should be about celebrating movies, and in recent years, in their attempt to make them less bloated and long (remember the 4 hour plus running time the year Titanic won?), they've lost some of their joy and fun. There should but one night out of the year where we can sit back with our favorite movie stars and just forget about the real world for awhile. But this shortened scenario makes me long for the good ol' days of funny humor, political jokes, Sean Penn defending Jude Law (which my friend Jeff also thought was a great Oscar moment), crazy long dance "interpretations" of the Best Original Score nominees, skits, clip montages, Adrien Brody deservedly winning for The Pianist and laying a big one on Halle Berry, hilarious opening sequences, and all the Jazz of Oscar telecasts. I blame the new Producer this year. Hopefully next year will be better.

2 comments:

Lady Holiday said...

They ought to have Tina Fey host. Also, I thought there was a big lack of celebrity attendance. Where was Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Leonardo, etc.

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