The Academy Awards would get a higher rating if they had respected those we lost this year. Sadly, they decide to have Andrea Bocelli and his son sing beautifully onstage. The memoriam video wasn't used entirely. I could see dancers and the orchestra. It was disrespectful to those we lost at all. As a viewer at home, I didn't see the memoriam entirely. It was disrupted by distractions. Please restore the memoriam to remember those we lost.
Apart from the memoriam disaster, the awards did better an hour earlier. Jimmy Kimmel did a superb job as host. The awards moved along smoothly without showing clips in the acting categories. The presenters were fine. The show ended a few minutes earlier than usual. Sadly there were no surprises this time especially in the acting categories. Both films, "Oppenheimer," and "Poor Things," dominated the night. Ryan Gosling did well as did the other performers. I would have liked to have seen the film clips for the actors rather than five previous academy award winners to say something remarkable about a particular nominee and welcome a new member into the club.
Apart from the memoriam disaster, the awards did better an hour earlier. Jimmy Kimmel did a superb job as host. The awards moved along smoothly without showing clips in the acting categories. The presenters were fine. The show ended a few minutes earlier than usual. Sadly there were no surprises this time especially in the acting categories. Both films, "Oppenheimer," and "Poor Things," dominated the night. Ryan Gosling did well as did the other performers. I would have liked to have seen the film clips for the actors rather than five previous academy award winners to say something remarkable about a particular nominee and welcome a new member into the club.