Oscar Malaise

Am I the only person who thought the Oscars last night . . . well . . . to put it gently . . . sucked big monkey balls?!? We had some people over to watch the show. The company was enjoyable, but the show was horrible. Jon Steward was annoying, the jokes were mostly terrible (I thought the writers' strike was over), the montages were boring, and there was no one with some outrageous outfit on the red carpet. Where was this years' version of Jack Palance's one-armed push-up, the streaker behind David Niven, Roberto Benigni leaping over chairs to the stage, or even the kitschy/creepy dance number with Rob Lowe & Snow White . I mean, this was the 80th Academy Awards people! Do something different!

Supposedly, if the writers' strike would have continued, the Academy was going to go to it's "Plan B," which would have focused on historic clips from the past 80 years of film. That sounds so much better than the crap that actually aired! As my Mom pointed out today during our morning dissection of the Oscars, you have all these amazing actors in the audience. Show a clip of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and get Redford and Newman up there. Or Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty with a clip from Bonnie and Clyde. I'd much rather see that than dull production numbers of three songs from Enchanted.

Also, I thought each Best Picture nominee got their own mini-montage? Well this year they packed all five nominees into one lame segment. Remember host Billy Crystal's opening sequence where he superimposed himself into clips from all the Best Picture nominees? Funny, classic stuff. I remember watching the Oscars with my Mom when I was younger and always enjoying it. Sure their were cheezy musical numbers and long-winded acceptance speeches. But there was also hollywood glamor, award upsets, and poignant moments. Bring back those Oscars. please!