What did you think?

What did you think of shorter "more surprises" Oscar ceremony?

To musical or not to musical:
To Musical:
I must say that Hugh Jackman was a lot better than I thought he would be. I thought it couldn't be done without a comedian. I guess I was wrong. I am not the musical type, but thought that the the opening number was funny. The set design made the number. (We have had a few of those sets in the house recently) Ann Hathaway was a great Nixon.

Not to musical:
Why is Beyonce at every award show? Is it a prerequisite? I want to start a movement to ban her from performing at all award ceremonies for at least a year. Say it with me "No more screamy singing for a whole year! No more screamy singing....." Did you see the number she did at the Independent Spirit Awards?

Slumdog cleaned up the joint, which I was very happy about.

I loved Ben Stiller, but realize that a lot of people might have missed the reference. If you had no idea, compare the two:






Slave to Fashion:
The dresses weren't all that spectacular this year. I know that they were supposedly scaling it down due to the recession. I almost forgot that they were rich for 3 and a half hours. I am not a big fan of the new style of dress that looks really pretty, but has all of that extra material like an afterthought. I like to call it the puking dress or the Bob Ross (see Oscar's Jessica Biel, Amy Adams and Reese Witherspoon and Grammy's Katy Perry)
Amy Adam's and Melissa Leo (matched her jane fonda hair) dresses :(

The Oscars are what they are. I missed quite a few on my ballot and Asher reminded me that I need to vote for not who I want to win, but who I think that the academy will vote for. Sometimes it is not about talent, but who should win. Who should have won before and didn't, who "we" like and for work that might have been.

Feel free to leave your comments. I changed my comment filter to allow anyone to comment. If I start getting some "adult" comments, I am going to turn on the filter again.