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Topic: Thoughts on the 84th Academy Awards telecast...
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Mike Blakesley
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From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 02-27-2012 10:57 AM
I dunno, I thought the show was a lot better than a few past shows. There was no annoying performances of the nominated songs. Most of the speeches were tolerable. Billy Crystal was funny, could have been funnier but still funny. Will Farrell and Zack Galafianakis were funny. J Lo and Natalie Portman looked nice.
I think when Billy (or anyone) does those opening songs, they should put subtitles at the bottom of the screen. It was kind of hard to keep up with especially on the less-familiar movies.
The obligatory segment on the technical awards was short and sweet, not 12 minutes long like it has been sometimes. The nomination lists were quick and interestingly presented.
The segments with various celebrities talking about their feelings about movies was fun to watch. It's always fun to watch those people really being themselves, not trying to put on a "face" like they do on talk shows and such.
I was glad to see Meryl Streep win. You just don't get nominated that many times unless you're really good, and she lost the previous 13 times so she was due, no matter what anybody says.
I also was glad to see Christopher Plummer pull off an award. I haven't seen his movie but I think it was more a "body of work" award anyway. His acceptance speech was cool.
I was glad to see the four acting awards spread among four different movies.
If the show lacked anything, it was a "holy crap!" moment where somebody said something really controversial or shocking.
I really liked the way they made the theater look, especially the red curtain. Classy.
I was pulling for "Hugo" for Best Picture, but "The Artist" had it locked up on uniqueness and style. I don't resent it for winning...it was a good field this year. Haters gonna hate, but there were some really good movies and a lot of duds, just like every year.
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