Last night I watched the Oscars with my family. My dad describes it as “an orgy of self admiration,” with multiple hours of people wallowing in what they think is their own greatness. This year though was definitely superior to all the rest, even enough to make my dad lose some of his cynicism on the event.
First off, the set was awesome. I watched the making-of thing they had before the ceremony, and it was pretty neat! I loved all the architecture and the design on the floor and of course the sparkly diamond curtain. The music was fancier this year also, putting a new spin on all of the classic songs. What really impressed me though, was Hugh Jackman. He’s never really stood out to me before. I mean he was good in X-Men and and The Prestige, but I never really thought much of him, he was just kind of there. Forgettable. But as the “Master of Ceremonies” he was great! I didn’t know he was such a good singer and dancer. His opening number was hilarious/awesome/vewwy honorable. He was surprisingly funny for someone who plays a razor clawed man-beast as well as a devious magician. And it’s hard not to love the Aussie accent!
I’m definitely happy that Heath Ledger won the Oscar for best supporting actor. Some people have been saying that he wouldn’t have won it if he was alive, and maybe they are right, but he really was incredible in Dark Knight. Slumdog was an incredible movie and it deserved all it won, but I still felt sad every time Dark Knight was passed up for an award. It was an amazing film! Not just because of it’s amazing story and dialogue, score, effects, and awesome acting, but because of what it did for the comic book movie genre. It showed that at super hero film could be equally as well done as any crime/drama movie. Augh I need to move on before I go on any longer (Which I so could) on the Dark Knight. Point is, I was secretly hoping for more Oscars for the Batman. It’s like Will Smith said, we like action movies because they have explosions, car chases, and fans.
But Penelope Cruise for Vicci Christina Barcelona? Really?! That movie bored me to tears. Maybe I didn’t like it because I don’t have ovaries, but I really did not like that movie. And Penelope cruise was just a crazy scary woman. Bah.
And with that, I’m going to bed.
