It was a last-minute decision to live-blog this year’s Academy Awards…stay tuned for Oscars fun starting in less than ten minutes!!!
Seth Macfarlane is hosting this evening, and it appears that tonight’s show will be a musical mish-mash, which could either be awesome or absolutely terrifying! Let us see what unfolds…
6:30 PM MST: And it begins…Seth macfarlane emerges amid applause…Robert Downey Jr. is not amused, natch. God, Seth Macfarlane has such an amazing voice. Why hasn’t he done this before?
Uh-oh….the Oscars have a theme this year…music in film. This could be bad.
Seth Macfarlane is not a stand up comedian, this was a very interesting choice.
6:33 PM MST: Ugh, the first moment of praise directed totally at Daniel Day-Lewis. Ha, a slavery joke. Blah.
6:34 PM MST: Ugh, a Chris Brown and Rihanna joke. They waited four years, so whatever.
6:36 PM MST: Jeebus. Now we are seeing a meta version of a song about seeing different boobs in movies. I am already over it. “We saw your boobs!” How creative. Someone fire Bruce Villanch now.
6:39 PM MST: Ick, a musical number with Channing Tatum and Charlize Theron? I don’t understand. They can both dance though, so I approve. Also, Seth can really sing! Look at him!
6:42 PM MST: Now Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Daniel Radcliffe are singing and dancing onstage. I just don’t understand anymore.
6:48 PM MST: It’s time for Best Supporting Actor!!! It’s between Alan Arkin (Argo), Robert DeNiro (Silver Linings Playbook), Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master), Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln), Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)
6:50 PM MST: WOOO!!!! I love Christoph Waltz!!! You go, Christoph!
7:07 PM MST: A gaggle of handsome men onstage to present Best Cinematography: RDJ, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, one of the Hemsworth brothers? Can’t really tell.
Winner: Life of Pi
7:23 PM MST: James Bond montage. Yawn. Time for another glass of wine.
7:54 PM MST: Okay,so didn’t Catherine Zeta-Jones sing this at the Oscars ten years ago? I’m confused.
8:22 PM MST: Anne Hathaway wins Best Supporting Actress! Yawn. (Dave’s comment: “She looks like the kid from Stand By Me.”)
8:35 PM MST: Adele is so amazing!!! Love her! “Let the sky fallllll, and it crumbullllssss….”
8:57 PM MST: Finally, everyone’s favorite moment: the In Memoriam montage.
I got kind of distracted by the goings-on in my home at the tail end of this thing. I am happy that Jennifer Lawrence won and a bit annoyed that Daniel Day-Lewis won for a role that appeared much less complicated than that of Bill the Butcher, for which he los the Oscar several years ago.
Argo was a pretty good film, although I thought Zero Dark Thirty could have swooped in and taken Best Picture. Ben Affleck has come a long way since selling his dignity and a bit of his soul during those “Bennifer” years. Good for him!
Until next time…