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Last night's Oscars were pretty tame. There were few things in this year's awards ceremony that I am going to remember ten years from now.
Hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin were good. I laughed, but I didn't fall over laughing. There jokes were not that biting. They were adequate or serviceable, I guess. I would give them the grade of a "B" for their performance.
There were also few surprises last night in the actual awards. It was somewhat surprising that Avatar, with as much money as it had made, did not take home more awards. However, that is the way I thought it should have gone.
Instead, The Hurt Locker, a truly wonderful film took home top honors Sunday night. It won six Oscars and the all-important best picture. It also earned the best director statue for Kathryn Bigelow. She was the first woman to win that award.
All of those awards were deserving.
The most surprised I was about any award was in the adapted screenplay category. I really do not understand how Precious beat out Up in the Air or District 9. That is confusing.
Other than that, however, everything else went in order. The best actor categories went as the whole world expected. Although, I love Jeff Bridges and am glad that he got the award, I think it would have been awesome if Jeremy Renner would have won.
Colin Farrell gave a great little speech about Renner. You could tell that they were good friends, unlike some of the other people giving tributes. I thought Bridges should have won, but I was kind of pulling for Renner there in the final moments. An award like that would change that man's career. He obviously deserves some more great roles in the future. Let's hope that he gets them.
I think a lot of people felt the same way about the best actress award last night. I think a lot of people were rooting for Sandra Bullock, but last minute were thinking, 'wouldn't it be great if Gabrielle Sidibe would have won.'
Still, even though I did not think Sandra Bullock deserved an Oscar for a middling movie like The Blind Side her acceptance speech was probably the best of the night. It was emotional, humorous and triumphant.
As for the rest of the show there were some glaring issues. That interpretive dance segment was painful to watch. Street dancing is cool, but not really so much to orchestra music. Also, Kathy Ireland... what were you thinking. Were you high? Your red carpet interviews were a train wreck. You are going to be all over youtube after that performance.
One positive part of the show was the tribute to John Hughes. It was nice to see some of the brat pack in the house. It is too bad Hughes directed so few movies in his lifetime. We should have demanded more.
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