This year's Oscars telecast clocked in at nearly 4 hours long. An insanely boring, useless 4 hours. I wasn't expecting to like Seth MacFarlane as host, but he was BAD. Bad as in how-does-he-not-know-how-awful-this-is bad. His false laugh between jokes. His snappy fingers. Bob Hope you ain't, buddy. There were so many sexist, racist, and homophobic remarks followed by his weasly little smile and twinkle that I couldn't stop rolling my eyes. And having ANOTHER song after the Best Picture award? Holy moly, man. At least James Franco appeared to have smoked a little weed and THAT was entertaining.
The dresses were OK, and a few stood out for me. I loved Reese Witherspoon's dress and Charlize Theron has her hair done EXACTLY the way I was going to do it for the summer (foiled!). Anne Hathaway's dress was awful from the front and lovely from the back. But the real interesting bits were the winners. If you were able to sit through all the drivel. Let's take a look at how I fared in my predictions:
Best Supporting Actress
I predicted Anne Hathaway, and she won. Her speech was forgettable, though many really enjoyed it.
Best Supporting Actor
My prediction was right again! Christoph Waltz' acceptance speech was wonderful.
Best Animated Feature
I called Wreck-It-Ralph over Brave but was wrong. One of the few "Girl Power" moments of the night.
Best Foreign Language Film
3 for 4 for me. I predicted Amour and was right.
Best Original Song
ADELE! She also sang Skyfall and sounded wonderful last night. And having Shirley Bassey sing Goldfinger? One of the highlights of the night for me, for sure!
Best Original Screenplay
Tarantino takes it, and his acceptance speech was bizarre as only a Tarantino speech can be. 5/6 so far!
Best Adapted Screenplay
Argo took it as I predicted.
Best Actress
Jennifer Lawrence wins for Silver Linings Playbook and falls walking up the stairs. The only person in the front row who goes to help her is Hugh Jackman who appeared to have run from the other side of the dias. Way to go, Bradley Cooper.
Best Actor
DDL really showed up Seth MacFarlane. He was wildly humorous. Interesting facts about him—he's the only actor in history to have 3 Oscars for best actor AND his wife is author Arthur Miller's Daughter Rebecca.
Best Director
Ang Lee took home the trophy for Life of Pi. This was surprising. And I got this one wrong. I really thought Spielberg had it....but he has Kate Capshaw, who is quite a fox, still!
Best Picture
And Argo took home the trophy. Certainly wasn't the best movie in my mind, but it was a movie about how Hollywood saves the day.
So, out of my 11 categories, I got 9 right.
What do I win?
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