I am off to bed–I could not hate Billy Crystal any more if he were beating me over the head with recently-murdered kittens.
I did see some Red Carpet, and loved Viola Davis’, Melissa McCarthy’s and Clooney Trophy’s gowns. Rooney Mara either had hers on upside-down or grabbed the wrong dress off the rack. And wish Sasha Baron Cohen would take a page from Andy Kaufman’s book.
Will see tomorrow how *mon ami *Jean Dujardin did . . .
I really don’t mean to be negative, because I enjoy watching the Oscars, and can see Billy Crystal as funny. But, having him sing about the nominated movies is not funny at all to me. The little girl sitting next to Scorsese had a face that said “Am I supposed to be laughing at this? What’s going on? Is this funny? Necessary?” That’s pretty much how I feel.
I never understood the appeal of Ellen Degeneres. It looks like I’m gonna have to start muting commercials. The fact that half of the posts in this thread since the show has started have been for me is a sign that the ratings are gonna be way down this year and they’re gonna try a new way to spice thing up next year.
That doesn’t explain the presence of a clip from Twilight.
I think it was supposed to be an assortment of great movie scenes, plus Twilight…presumably to appeal to the same demographic Justin Bieber’s cameo was supposed to impress.