The King Reigns Supreme: Brian's Oscar Reactions
Sunday night was a good night for The King's Speech. I wouldn't call it a sweep, but it did take home four major awards including Best Picture, Best Director (Tom Hooper), Best Actor (Colin Firth) and Best Original Screenplay (David Seidler).
I enjoyed the show for the most part. I thought the always-changing stage was neat. I thought Anne Hathaway had a lot of energy and seemed to be enjoying herself. She recovered well when she messed up presenting Sandra Bullock. I also liked her song in which she referred to Hugh Jackman as "huge jackass." James Franco, who seems like a cool guy, didn't add much to the show. I would think it has something to do with hosting and being nominated in the same night. That would likely take a lot out of you. It seems every year people complain about how long the broadcast was. It only went over by 11 minutes, which you can probably blame on Kirk Douglas alone.
As far as my predictions, I got 16 of 24 right, which is one less than Oscar expert Scott Feinberg (17), the same amount of the Entertainment Weekly critics (16) and two more than Roger Ebert (14). The only major award I got wrong was Best Director. I predicted David Fincher would win for The Social Network, but alas, Hooper took it.
Here are some notables from the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.
What people will be talking about on Monday
~Best Supporting Actress winner Melissa Leo dropping the F-bomb. Good thing they have that seven-second delay huh? For the record, she said "When I watched Kate two years ago it looked so much f***king easier." Leo was referring to Kate Winslet who beat her out for Best Actress at the 2009 ceremony.
~The passive behavior of co-host James Franco. At times it felt like Anne Hathaway was the only host.
~Franco showing up on stage in drag. That was the first time he showed some life all night.
~The awkward stalling of 94-year-old presenter Kirk Douglas. It was kind of a strange choice to present such an important award as Best Supporting Actress.
~Corey Haim getting left out of the In Memoriam portion of the show.
~The Oscar return of Billy Crystal. He didn't sing or dance, but he deserved the standing ovation.
My personal favorite parts of the night
~The montage of the Best Picture nominees with the speech from The King's Speech providing the soundtrack.
~Sandra Bullock calling Jeff Bridges "dude."
~God of Love winning Best Live-Action Short. I didn't predict it to win, but it was definitely my favorite of the five nominees. Luke Matheny, the film's leading actor and director, gave one of the most entertaining speeches of the night in which he started with "I should've got a haircut."
~The clips from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Toy Story 3, etc getting turned into musicals.
~The use of visual effects to allow the late Bob Hope, the best Oscar host ever, to present the presenters for Best Visual Effects. And add to that the fact that Hope was presented by Billy Crystal, the second best Oscar host.
~Tom Hooper, winner of Best Director for The King's Speech, telling the wonderful story of how his mother saw a stage production of The King's Speech and immediately called him to tell him she had a suggestion for his next film. Which led him to the advice, "The moral of the story is: listen to your mother." There were a few other great speeches including Christian Bale's, (Best Supporting Actor for The Fighter), Randy Newman's (Best Original Song for Toy Story 3), David Seidler's (Best Original Screenplay for The King's Speech) and Natalie Portman's (Best Actress for Black Swan).
List of winning films
The King's Speech - 4 (Best Picture, Best Director for Tom Hooper, Best Actor for Colin Firth and Original Screenplay for David Seidler)
Inception - 4 (Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects and Cinematography)
The Social Network - 3 (Adapted Screenplay for Aaron Sorkin, Original Score and Film Editing)
Alice in Wonderland - 2 (Art direction and Costume Design)
The Fighter - 2 (Best Supporting Actress for Melissa Leo and Best Supporting Actor for Christian Bale)
Toy Story 3 - 2 (Animated Feature and Original Song)
Black Swan - 1 (Best Actress for Natalie Portman)
God of Love - 1 (Live-Action Short)
In a Better World - 1 (Foreign Language Film)
Inside Job - 1 (Documentary)
The Lost Thing - 1 (Animated Short)
Strangers No More - 1 (Documentary Short)
The Wolfman - 1 (Makeup)
Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed this Oscar season. 2010's year in movies is finally over, and I hope 2011 provides as many film gems as we saw this year.
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| The Oscar winning actors from left, Christian Bale (Best Supporting Actor for The Fighter), Natalie Portman (Best Actress for Black Swan), Melissa Leo (Best Supporting Actress for The Fighter) and Colin Firth (Best Actor for The King's Speech). |
I enjoyed the show for the most part. I thought the always-changing stage was neat. I thought Anne Hathaway had a lot of energy and seemed to be enjoying herself. She recovered well when she messed up presenting Sandra Bullock. I also liked her song in which she referred to Hugh Jackman as "huge jackass." James Franco, who seems like a cool guy, didn't add much to the show. I would think it has something to do with hosting and being nominated in the same night. That would likely take a lot out of you. It seems every year people complain about how long the broadcast was. It only went over by 11 minutes, which you can probably blame on Kirk Douglas alone.
As far as my predictions, I got 16 of 24 right, which is one less than Oscar expert Scott Feinberg (17), the same amount of the Entertainment Weekly critics (16) and two more than Roger Ebert (14). The only major award I got wrong was Best Director. I predicted David Fincher would win for The Social Network, but alas, Hooper took it.
Here are some notables from the 83rd Annual Academy Awards.
What people will be talking about on Monday
~Best Supporting Actress winner Melissa Leo dropping the F-bomb. Good thing they have that seven-second delay huh? For the record, she said "When I watched Kate two years ago it looked so much f***king easier." Leo was referring to Kate Winslet who beat her out for Best Actress at the 2009 ceremony.
~The passive behavior of co-host James Franco. At times it felt like Anne Hathaway was the only host.
~Franco showing up on stage in drag. That was the first time he showed some life all night.
~The awkward stalling of 94-year-old presenter Kirk Douglas. It was kind of a strange choice to present such an important award as Best Supporting Actress.
~Corey Haim getting left out of the In Memoriam portion of the show.
~The Oscar return of Billy Crystal. He didn't sing or dance, but he deserved the standing ovation.
My personal favorite parts of the night
~The montage of the Best Picture nominees with the speech from The King's Speech providing the soundtrack.
~Sandra Bullock calling Jeff Bridges "dude."
~God of Love winning Best Live-Action Short. I didn't predict it to win, but it was definitely my favorite of the five nominees. Luke Matheny, the film's leading actor and director, gave one of the most entertaining speeches of the night in which he started with "I should've got a haircut."
~The clips from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Toy Story 3, etc getting turned into musicals.
~The use of visual effects to allow the late Bob Hope, the best Oscar host ever, to present the presenters for Best Visual Effects. And add to that the fact that Hope was presented by Billy Crystal, the second best Oscar host.
~Tom Hooper, winner of Best Director for The King's Speech, telling the wonderful story of how his mother saw a stage production of The King's Speech and immediately called him to tell him she had a suggestion for his next film. Which led him to the advice, "The moral of the story is: listen to your mother." There were a few other great speeches including Christian Bale's, (Best Supporting Actor for The Fighter), Randy Newman's (Best Original Song for Toy Story 3), David Seidler's (Best Original Screenplay for The King's Speech) and Natalie Portman's (Best Actress for Black Swan).
List of winning films
The King's Speech - 4 (Best Picture, Best Director for Tom Hooper, Best Actor for Colin Firth and Original Screenplay for David Seidler)
Inception - 4 (Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects and Cinematography)
The Social Network - 3 (Adapted Screenplay for Aaron Sorkin, Original Score and Film Editing)
Alice in Wonderland - 2 (Art direction and Costume Design)
The Fighter - 2 (Best Supporting Actress for Melissa Leo and Best Supporting Actor for Christian Bale)
Toy Story 3 - 2 (Animated Feature and Original Song)
Black Swan - 1 (Best Actress for Natalie Portman)
God of Love - 1 (Live-Action Short)
In a Better World - 1 (Foreign Language Film)
Inside Job - 1 (Documentary)
The Lost Thing - 1 (Animated Short)
Strangers No More - 1 (Documentary Short)
The Wolfman - 1 (Makeup)
Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed this Oscar season. 2010's year in movies is finally over, and I hope 2011 provides as many film gems as we saw this year.
I was following online, and Franco had a lot on his plate. Not only was he nominated (and probably nervous about that all night), he was also hosting and doing this #oscarsrealtime thing on http://twitter.com/jamesfranco where he posted a video or photo of backstage stuff and whatnot about every five minutes. I thought that was kind of neat. I mean, since he's in the pictures it probably wasn't physically him posting - but he was probably the only person that had a camera on him ALL NIGHT LONG nonstop. That's got to take a bit out of a person when he probably had things on his mind.
ReplyDeleteMy point is, I guess, that seems like a lot for someone who's really just "a dude" when it all comes down to it. I kind of wish people had a little more sympathy for him - after all, his movie didn't win a single category (even though I still want to see it badly). Not so much you, but ppl on Twitter were aggravating me last night. Good review!
Onto another topic, I LOVED the auto tuner portion. I'm not sure what people didn't like about it but there was definitely mixed reaction.
All I know is I've got a bunch of movies to watch. I've only seen Alice in Wonderland, Inception, The Social Network and Toy Story 3 so far.