Well, the Oscars are over, and really no big shocker happened this year. Colin Firth sealed up his King George VI role with an Oscar, and The King's Speech took Best Picture and Best Director. The Fighter did well, pulling in Best Supporting Actor and Actress. Inception won its fair share of awards including cinematography, sound editing, sound mixing and visual effects. Overall, it was a fairly predictable Oscars, even though at the Oscar party I chose nominees that weren't the favorites.
Downside of the Oscars? How about James Franco and Anne Hathaway. The show is all staged and you would think that of all people, actors, would be able to make something seem like they aren't reading a script. I mean come on, the best part of the show was when Billy Crystal came out. Bring Billy back!
The Oscars are really a showcase for films that probably a lot of people haven't seen. Besides a lot of the best pictures, most of the people in the world probably haven't seen 60-80% of the movies up for nominations. Even though I saw a big chunk of the films this year, I still didn't see some of the Animated Shorts, documentaries, foreign film, even some of the pictures that had nominees for Best Actor and Actress. I think the overall point is to give people who watch an opportunity to get outside of their bubble of cinema, and see something unique. Look at Slumdog Millionaire, winner in 2009. A product of India, out of no where that stole the show and won 8 Oscars including best picture.
Point is, I know a lot of people don't watch the Oscars, but give them a shot, because you may see a nominee in the future that you never thought you would've liked.
