It wasn’t the Oscar winners who sucked this year, but the show itself. When I kept reading what Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman had planned for the Oscars, I was scared that they were going to make the telecast outrageous and crazy, but instead they did the complete opposite and made it the most boring Academy Awards that I can remember. The poor NYers who missed out on the two best bits of the show which were Neil Patrick Harris’ song and Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin’s monologue because of the WABC/Cablevision bullsh!t, but instead had to sit through unfunny bits and an unneeded dance number for Best Scores. They got rid of the Best Song performances for that? How many freaking montages did we need to intro what an award is? We have been watching the Oscars all of our lives we know what Best Editing is about. I love Horror, but I am sorry that montage was a waste of time. And I grew up with John Hughes films, and it was cool to see the Brat Pack together again, but did John Hughes need a special tribute? I also think there were too many newbies presenting, where were the typical Oscar presenters like Julia Roberts, Halle Berry, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger, Denzel Washington, Jack “f*cking” Nicholson and so on. Even though I don’t like most of those people, they are the Oscars more than Miley Cyrus and Zac Efron. What was up with those long speeches by the actors presenting to the Best Actors and Actresses, when the winners’ speeches would have to be shorter than what their former-co-star said about them. What was the point of having two hosts if you are not going to use them properly? There was not enough of them playing off of the show, everything was rehearsed and not improvised and that is what they should have been doing. And did I mention how bad that dance number was? Adam Shankman lost my respect as a choreographer if that was all he did. I expected so much more from him and really that was the type of routine I could see done at the Junior High School I went to in The Bronx by teenagers and not an A-List choreographer who was producing the Oscars. On that note, I beg AMPAS, please do not invite Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman back to produce next year’s Oscars because even if Hot Tub Time Machine is nominated, I won’t watch.
Now not all of the Oscars was bad, the speeches by Christoph Waltz, Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock and Kathryn Bigelow were great! And on that note I will leave you will the winner, in case you were lucky enough not to have watched the telecast.
Best Supporting Actor
Christop Waltz
Animated Feature Film
Up
Music (Original Song)
The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)
Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Hurt Locker
Short Film (Animated)
Logorama
Documentary Short
Music by Prudence
Short Film (Live Action)
The New Tenants
Makeup
Star Trek
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
Actress in a Supporting Role
Mo’Nique
Art Direction
Avatar
Costume Design
The Young Victoria
Sound Editing
The Hurt Locker
Sound Mixing
The Hurt Locker
Cinematography
Avatar
Music (Original Score)
Michael Giacchino – Up
Visual Effects
Avatar
Documentary Feature
The Cove
Film Editing
The Hurt Locker
Foreign Language Film
The Secret In Their Eyes
Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges
Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Best Picture
The Hurt Locker
Finally there was more I didn’t like about the Oscars, but I can’t even remember any more because I am just trying to forget this year’s telecast.
