To call this year's Oscars thrilling would be a lie. The majority of yesterday's winners was practically known beforehand so mostly everything was as sterily predictable as can be. Sure, the two actresses awards came as the surprise of the evening, but to me it almost felt as if a certain sacrifice had to be made (shock-wise) to keep the rest of the show somewhat interesting and decently flowing...which, in the end, it did. On the other hand, it could have just been yet another political move by the people behind the all-mighty golden man (since many of the winners were not from the US), but I'm not going there...;)
You've gotta hand it to the producers of the show for sticking to the same formula since like forever. This year saw fewer gags and more of impromptu-feeling sketches, which fared to decent applause from the crowd respectively. Jon Stewart was certainly the man of the hour and made some quite bold and much needed comments on current events, and overall made a stronger impression than the last time around.
In the end it was business as usual; winners spent much less time thanking their long lists of people, the Coens looked psychotical and tense, Jennifer Garner was so do-able (yeah I said it, so what), and old Jacko with his 5dollar shades still represents (in-a-nutshell-type-of-way) the fun surrounding the Oscars.
You've gotta hand it to the producers of the show for sticking to the same formula since like forever. This year saw fewer gags and more of impromptu-feeling sketches, which fared to decent applause from the crowd respectively. Jon Stewart was certainly the man of the hour and made some quite bold and much needed comments on current events, and overall made a stronger impression than the last time around.
In the end it was business as usual; winners spent much less time thanking their long lists of people, the Coens looked psychotical and tense, Jennifer Garner was so do-able (yeah I said it, so what), and old Jacko with his 5dollar shades still represents (in-a-nutshell-type-of-way) the fun surrounding the Oscars.