* I've never seen a movie win Oscar after Oscar like Gravity did...and then not win Best Picture. I picked 12 Years A Slave to win Best Picture, but as Gravity racked up technical awards and then Best Director, I thought for sure my prediction would be wrong. Overall, Gravity won 7 Oscars while 12 Years A Slave won only three. However, in my predictions in the major categories, I went 7 for 8 and went 17 for 23 in all categories. My best year in a while.
* Once again, the telecast runs over 3 1/2 hours and the show could easily be finished in 2. This year, many of the reviews of the telecast stated what I'm about to state: It's time to stop televising the awards no one cares about. I figure maybe 10 awards are needed to be televised. The others should be handed out at their own non-televised ceremony on another night and recapped on the Oscar telecast, like the Scientific awards are now.
* This year's audience was even more standing-ovation happy than last year's. I counted 12 standing ovations, which to me devalues the ovation. It seemed anyone who sung a note received a standing ovation, including Darlene Love, who sang her acceptance speech when the documentary 20 Feet From Stardom won. I couldn't really understand her and her singing was noisy. Other performers seemed to stand there after they finished singing awaiting a standing ovation, as if they weren't going to leave the stage until they coaxed one out of the audience.
* Host Ellen DeGeneres wasn't as horrible as she was in 2007, but she, like the show, was bland and full of shtick and stunts that went nowhere. Delivering pizzas to the audience took up precious time and delivered zero laughs. The now-famous selfie which crashed Twitter didn't do much for me as far as entertainment. I just don't get her.
* Where did they dig up some of these presenters? Kim Novak? (who looked frightening with the work she had done on her face). Kate Hudson? (She looked beautiful, but does she still make movies?) Will Smith, who just won a Razzie Award the night before for Worst Actor, presented Best Picture? Does no one want to present anymore?
* It was great to see Sidney Poitier again, even though at 87 he is clearly slowing up. But a legend is a legend.
* What exactly was Matthew McConaughey talking about? Each acceptance speech this awards season gets progressively weirder with this guy. And he thanked God, which apparently was lauded by the right. Why is his mentioning God considered a victory for the religious right? I'm sure McConaughey isn't the only actor who believes in God. I guess the religious right had a tough week, considering their proposed discriminatory bill in Arizona was vetoed.
* And please, please, please, please stop with the montages. This year's theme was "movie heroes", which means we get to see clips of Raiders Of The Lost Ark we've already seen a million times before. Why do Oscar producers feel that the show has to have a theme? Just give out some awards and end the fucking show while it's still Sunday night on the East Coast.
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