Thoughts on the Oscars

As I couldn’t do a tweet session like the Emmys, these are just some thoughts on the 82nd Oscars – the presentations, the winners and the performances.

TOPS

- The opening number by Neil Patrick Harris – was AWESOME.. like said by Barney!

- The hosts, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin, were great, except in the opening. (see below) Especially loved their adaptation of Paranormal activity.

- The amazing interpretative dance routine for the nominations of the background music were superlative – it made me want to watch movies I hadn’t planned to.

- The horror montage spanning ages, years, colours and fears.

- Really dug the Hurt Locker wins.

- Also liked the way the nominations of the best actor were declared  - with other actor sharing some anecdotes, etc. although everyone used the same phrases such as ‘generosity of spirit’, ‘kindness’, etc a lot.

REJECTS

- The first ten minutes that followed the NPH performance. It was Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin picking on each and every one in the audience. Kinda tanked and Kinda long.

- Have the actors gone dyslexic or was the tele-prompter on the blinker? There were so many near-miss goof-ups I thought it was amateur hour.

- Even though Monique won (which was cool) her speech seemed so rehearsed and shallow...

- Was stunned by the lack of Non-American stuff (usual and expected, though)

BTW: Star Movies went berserk when the best director was announced. Will catch that at night.