The show itself was decent. Anne Hathaway did a pretty good job as the co-host, along side a stale and boring James Franco. He looked worn out, tired, never looked at the camera, and was fairly monotone the whole night. Too bad they decided against Hugh doing it again. At least he has the energy to keep you entertained.
Other than one flub we will call it, it was a rather run of the mill, just above boring presentation. I have not seen a good portion of the best picture nominees, and did not really have any actors that really caught my eye with their performances, aside from the two that I figured were in the bad anyway. So let's get to the awards.
Best Director:Tom Hooper won for The King's Speech. It was great watching him throughout the rest of the evening, because I do not think he ever gave up his two handed stranglehold on his award. His story about his mother telling him she found his next film by watching an unrehearsed play screening was pretty cool as well. As he stated, "Always listen to your mother". Still this category irks me that Christopher Nolan was not nominated, but I guess I may just have to see the film to make a better gauge of the direction.
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, The Fighter. I did praise her performance in my oscar picks post, and it is still well deserved. Again seeing her up there on stage you have to do double and triple takes to see that she indeed played the mom in the movie. She also gave us the most exciting part of the evening, by dropping the big F-bomb on live television. Of course they were able to bleep it out, but it was the only part of her speech that was not in complete disarray and disbelief on her part.
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, The Fighter. I told you this one was easy. It also rounded out The Fighter in winning both supporting actor roles. Lead actor roles were not even nominated in this movie, which shows you that the headline actor is not always the main reason to watch the movie. Bale was a little long winded in his acceptance, but it was cool that he did give credit to Dickey Ecklund and his brother Mickey Ward, who were both in attendance. Now go put on some weight and get moving on that next Batman film.
Best Actress: Natalie Portman, Black Swan. A lot of people were rooting for Portman to win this award. It was well deserved and if you know some of the work she put into the, and how long they have been talking about making it, it is astounding. Hopefully she will continue making films for a long time, because I do enjoy watching her passion filled roles.
Best Actor: Colin Firth, The King's Speech. Told you Bridges was just my hope in the category. He was also nominated in this same category last year for A Single Man, which Bridges won for Crazy Heart. So I guess it is fair that Colin gets this round. From the clips shown throughout the program he definitely portrayed someone with a speech impediment pretty well, while keeping some humor with his screen partner Geoffrey Rush.
Best Picture: The King's Speech. I was clearly fishing with Toy Story 3 as my choice, but again it was not a prediction, just what I wanted to see win. This is a clear sign that I need to see this film. Winning 3 of the biggest awards at the Oscars means something, and when its available off the big screen, I will definitely be giving it a gander. A pretty funny remix with clips from all sorts of shows and movies about stuttering can be seen here. Parodies means it must be good right?
Eclectic Method - The King's Remix from Eclectic Method on Vimeo.
That is about all I have on the Oscars. I was a little disappointed that Tron was not even nominated for special effects, but whatevs. Gonna watch Rebecca soon, and the review will follow.
I'm just sayin...
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