The Oscars - Post Mortem

So other year of Oscar has come and gone.  And MAN was I off the marks in my Oscar picks, what the hey???????  Random thoughts:

·        No Meryl, it was more like 80% of Americans groaning at your win.  I mean your film only grossed 25 million for crying out loud.  Probably while even though you did a spot on representation of the Prime Minister, nobody gives a shit about her life.  Not on this side of the pond anyway.

·        Was glad to see Billy Crystal doing his thing, and he didn’t embarrass himself or anything, though many of his jokes fell flat, but you can’t blame him, ya gotta blame the writers.

·        No matter how many awards it won, I STILL don’t think I could bring myself to watching “The Artist” not in the theatres anyway.  I mean a big part of my “good movie caliber” requires memorable dialogue and in this film there’s almost none at all.  The last movie that won for Best Picture with memorable dialogue was probably “No Country For Old Men” or perhaps “The Departed.”

·        What the heck is it with Angelina and that red lipstick she’s always wearing?  It overwhelmes those fishlips of hers and NOT in a good way.  She was probably the only woman there wearing a dress that DELIBERATELY made her look heavier.  Can you say trying too hard?

·        And in the memoriam they always do, there were a lot of “Hollywood people” who passed but few were actually actors.  Mostly writers and producers which explains why so many shitty movies are coming out these days.  (i.e. The 3 Stooges Movie?)   Hmmpf, I wonder what’s Broadway’s excuse?

·        All in all the Oscars did convince me to see two movies that I’ve not yet seen which are:  “Beginners”  and “My Week with Marilyn”.