On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Paul Murray <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mar 8, 4:12 pm, Trevor Trevor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why these were the worst Oscars ever > > > > By Peter Howell > > Movies Columnist > > > > http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/776698--howell-why-these... > > Amen. What little I saw and heard was awful. And I've historically > *liked* watching the Oscars. I had a sinking feeling when the academy > brought back Mechanic and Shankman, and I was right. > > Worst of all, the ratings were up, so the academy will continue down > this wretched path. > I will file a mild dissent. I like the Oscars (watched this one late Tuesday night, already had 2 of the major winners spoiled, but not that was more than I could have hoped for). This year was not one of the better years. I like Martin and Baldwin - but Baldwin seemed out of place and Martin would have been better alone. I was alarmed that NPH seems to think we want to see non-ironic song and dance openings at these things, and I agree that the day for interpretive dance numbers is long past. Still, I liked the show. I have relatives who died in the Holocaust and I didn't mind the Nazi jokes. Warned by Roger I expected, but did not agree with, the Bullock win. I can't believe Howell wanted more wallowing in the first woman director stuff - Babs made my skin crawl - and given her set up I thought her announcement of the winner was borderline cruel, as she slow rolled it but left dangling the possibility the *first* she was about to announce was black director (not hardly of course, but for him and his family may have raised a few hopes). I liked Bigelow and thought she handled the several awkwardnesses around her nicely. But her thanking of people in uniform got a little absurd there at the end. I though the Hughes recognition may have been the most genuine and sincere Oscar memorial of all time - that could have happened at a local church or school assembly. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
