The two best parts about The Academy Awards:
1. Dual hosting by two comedic geniuses. Seriously. Who thought of this magnificent, side-splitting idea because I’m authorizing the fact that they deserve a raise. The only drawback was that I didn’t really care so much to watch who won what because I was so enthralled with Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. In the past decade there have been a slew of great hosts, John Stewart, I even enjoyed last year’s musical extravaganza with host Hugh Jackman, Billy Crystal, and so on and so forth. But, I really feel like this year they got it right and I couldn’t have loved the witty banter between hosts and various celeb attendees more. (And I loved the opening with Neil Patrick Harris, ugh fabulous.) I particularly liked the cracks about Meryl Streep. She's such a good sport and the epitome of glamorous.
2. Avatar DID NOT win Best Picture. I was so fearful that this “film” was going to sweep the Oscars and leave all the actually great nominees in their dust. Was it awe-inspiring visually? Of course. Its innovative technology will pave the way for many of the movies that will come out in the future. But the story was just about as weak as the acting and in no way deserved to receive one of those very coveted statues. Granted I have not yet seen The Hurt Locker, but if I had voting capabilities I would have cast mine for Inglorious Bastards, hands down (shout out to Christopher Waltz; one of the most deserving winners this year. When was the last time you hated a villain so much that simultaneously made you want to piss yourself?). Good for Cameron and crew though because the movie did win in its appropriate categories; Best Art Direction, Cinematography and Visual Effects.
2.5 The Cove won for Best Documentary and my good friend Kathleen has a credit as a Music Assistant. At 23 the girl already has a credit in an Oscar winning film. Impressive doesn’t even cut it.
I realize the list grew from just two things, but whatever I wrote in the parenthesis doesn't count.
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