The Bond Tribute. Grade F. No former Bonds on stage. No Song Montage. No commentary from actors, fans, or critics. Complete miss. It wasn't a BOND tribute at all. You can get more BOND tribute at the opening of an MGM DVD. Was this actually a tribute or an elaborate set up for the Goldfinger song? What a wasted moment.
In Memorium. Grade F. Andy Griffin? Whitney Houston? Nicol Williamson? Ben Gazzara? James Farantino? David Kelly? John Rich? Dick Anthony Williams? Richard Dawson? This is an exclusive tribute you can't fix if you fuck it up. And every year they fuck it up, so whoever keeps forgetting the celebrity dead should be the next one on the list. Skip the elaborate pre-show bullshit and say goodbye properly.
Movie Musical Tribute. Grade D. Three films in total... THREE. Of the six thousand movie musicals... Three made it into the tribute. Just Three. Horrible. Julie Andrews is crying.
Seth McFarlane. Grade A. I was not expecting him to be this funny. So far all the jokes have worked, even the ones in bad taste. He has more personality and presence than Billy Crystal, Whoopi, Steve Martin, and practically everyone who has hosted the show since Johnny Carson. He works in this position and should stay.
And The Surprises...
Six different people with long, blonde or platinum grey hair won an award this year. And they were all men.
Ben Afflek has won more Oscars than his friend, Matt Damon. And Ben Affleck made a better movie than Quentin Tarintino. In fact. Ben has an Oscar for writing and directing while Tarantino only has two for writing.
Daniel Day Lewis won for his mimic of Lincoln. This is the second time the award has been given out for the best "impression" of the year and not best acting. This is the second time Daniel Day Lewis has won for an impression; his first was for his impression of Cristy Brown in My Left Foot.
Jennifer Lawrence's next films will be Hunger Games 2 and 3.
Ang Lee has now won two Oscars for films that have not won the best picture. That's one more Oscar than Martin Scorsese, Steven Speilberg and James Cameron have won. And it's two more than Alfred Hitchcock, Ridley Scott and Spike Lee.
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