Another year of award shows and another glaring mistake by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. I refer to finding a suitable host, not leaving out Canadian born Corey Haim from the memoriam segment. I've been a regular viewer since I was kid and it's hard to think of another great host other than Billy Crystal. Mr Saturday Night would start the show with a bang. There would be well thought out skits, slight jabs at the rich and famous and singing and dancing. The Grammys have been going south for years, but at least now they have show filled with performances rather than 35 awards for best new artist in the category of pop\country, spoken word(dialect) and\or salsa. These host have about 30 seconds before we've all decide it's not working out. I know that it was a school night, and when you're enrolled and NYU and Yale you have pretty heavy work load, but James Franco seemed a little disinterested in being there. Anne Hathaway just seemed like Anne Hathaway, gorgeous, but...
You'd think that they'd hire somebody who is used to being in front of live audiences and was spontaneously funny. Comedians do well as host, but the Hollywood elite don't like being insulted the same day they're being crowned the best at something. My suggestion(if anyone is asking) is the cast of Saturday Night Live, with Tina Fey as the head writer. She is easily one of the funniest people in Television, her reign on 30 rock is proof of that. The cast of SNL do this kind of crap for a living, so nerves wouldn't be problem. Most of them have met and worked with the Hollywood people on the show so it wouldn't be too weird. When they make fun of people on SNL, they do it tastefully, and respectfully. The best part of the intro on Sunday, was Morgan Freeman and Alec Baldwin.
To the winners...
Admittedly I didn't watch the entire show because getting drunk and going to the casino seemed like more fun, and certainly more unpredictable. The whole Colin Firth-The Kings speech was such an inevitability it was hard to be optimistic about the Social Network winning best picture. I haven't seen The King's Speech so I was against it winning(it's all about me). I was pulling for the girl from True Grit to usurp the award from Melissa Leo, because I haven't finished watching the fighter and her speech at the SAG awards was confusing. At least she said "Fucking" on live internationally broadcast television. I think that it's strange that they let her continue for as long as she did. Sure she was nervous and a little weird, but it was starting to become embarrassing to watch. Is there anyone that in her immediate family that she didn't thank personally. And I'm a huge fan of the word Fuck in all conjugations so it doesn't bother me, but the rest kinda did. Her speech bordered on 3 min, and they started the music on Aaron Sorkin after about 40seconds. And he's good with words, he's a writer. The guy who wrote the King's Speech had a very good speech as well. It's funny that Melissa Leo mentioned that the Academy is to be thanked because the "Respect the work" but she disrespected the award and it's showcase. The 50 yr old might want to re-watch the tape and see the way that Natalie Portman conducted herself. It was easily the most endearing speech. It was poignant, and specific. When it comes to respect, you have give a nod to a girl that thanks her hair and make-up ladies, as well as the camera operator. That's RESPECT. I think Melissa Leo was referring to herself, and other actors, but it's important to remember that a lot goes into making a movie. It's curious that the actors sometimes have trouble speaking, but the gentleman that won for visual effects was calm and collected, and didn't leave out anyone from the speech.
I'm sure that ABC was pleased with the F-bomb, these are the kind of things that increase viewership. From what I understand, the land of the free didn't even get to hear the actual word, unlike our socialized country. Whenever I watch the Oscars, I can't help but think about that question that everyone gets asked their first time around, "What were you doing last year?" I was in a Hotel in Niagara Falls drinking sparkling wine from a hot tub. Next year I plan to be grumbling one more time, but then the year after....2013 I plan on being there. I hope I'm not working as waiter, but I'll be there! And I'll be at my respectfully clapping self. I don't plan on winning, I plan on being there.
The awards go to...
Best Presenter - Kirk Douglas
Mr Douglas is Hollywood royalty and he's not letting a little stroke get in the way of his wonderful sense of humour. When he threw the envelope on the ground, then read the card, then told another story was fantastic. Not to mention that he brought up the fact that he didn't win three times. He's 94 and had more energy than anybody. He should've hosted.
Best Dressed - I don't know...Scarlett Johanson?
Best Speech - Christian Bale. The sweep from Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang is unusually humble for someone with such a bad reputation. When he made eye contact with his wife and started to cry,he really revealed the true Bale. A sensitive and committed actor.
Best preshow host - Tim Gunn. He's the best.
Worst Joke (presenter)- Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake are both pretty funny people, but a Banksy joke? Really? It was award for animation and she's Meg from Family Guy....come on!!
Worst Joke(host) - Franco dressed as Marilyn Monroe
Best Picture -
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