Shit! I totally forgot it was Wednesday, I didn't write anything, and now I am sitting at the airport. I feel like Pete! Total Munson, right? In my defense, I've been at home since Friday doing grad school stuff. But I did watch the Oscars.
Did anyone else think the show was as janky and half assed as I did? All of the presenter pairs were unprepared and acted like it was their first time reading off a teleprompter. The curtains didn't work right and Hugh Jackman is a clown. (Hi Five John C. McGinley) On Monday, when I talked to people about it they all told me how amazing Jackman was. "I never knew he was so talented / He can act, sing, dance, everything!" I suppose for those familiar only with Jackman's action movies, Wolverine does not seem so multifaceted. But anything with a passing interest in Hugh should be aware of his stage acting, his voice work in Happy Feet and Flushed Away, and the notion that ALL actors sing and dance. It's pretty much a requirement to be in the business. In any case, Jackman's enthusiasm should be credited, not his performance. Honestly, why isn't Wayne Brady hosting the Oscars? Buy American people!
I'm don't care so much about who got the awards- but I do feel like they presented an ungodly number of awards onscreen just to justify the show. I mean really, how many of us catch animated or live action shorts? Do most of us care about the award for best sound mixing and foley? And, are musicals really back? Mamma Mia! and Hairspray come out and all of a sudden musicals are back? Sorry, no. When guys like me are going to see movies like that - then perhaps musicals will be back. Until then, I call shenanigans. That musical medley was a mess too. Too much back and forth, it sounded like someone went apeshit with the radio dial.
Things I did like: the 'five presenters in the round' concept. That was kind of neat and emphasized the whole 'honor to be nominated' thing. I also liked the structure of the show illustrating the production of a movie from inception to post.
That's all I got and I have a plane to catch. Peace.
i did not watch the oscars
Yes, doing grad school stuff instead of preparing your audioshocker material is exactly the Pete Method. I was similarly stunned that anybody liked Jackman's schtick. What the hell. Recessions do bizarre things to people's taste. I did think Ben Stiller was funny though.
i forgot about the ben stiller thing. was that a ref to something that happened this year? it reminded me of the foghat thing that jim carrey did a few years ago, but that was it.
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