Monday, February 27, 2012

Oscar, Oscar, Oscar and Billy Crystal

I sat through the 3 ½ hour show last night, due to the fact that Downton Abbey is over and the Masterpiece Contemporary “The Song of Lunch” was ghastly.  I love Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson, but I do not like that kind of inner narration going on and on.  So Billy Crystal and company got my attention.  First of all, let me say about Cirque du Soleil – wow, you wowed me!  Amazing, simply amazing!
       Second, Cameron Diaz’ dresses was IT for me.  Loved it, JLo, gorgeous.  And Meryl Streep, classic!
       The awards themselves, as predicted, predictable.  Meryl Streep won her third Best Actress, and I loved it when she took it in.  “What?” she couldn’t believe it herself.  Or IS she the best actress in the world?  I must say that I was torn by a 5 way split, but honestly Rooney Mara was intense as Lizbeth Salander and really deserved the win but it so rarely happens on a first nomination in this category.  I think she was the real surprise.  But the other 3 were predicted.  Octavia Spencer, Christopher Plummer and The Artist star Jean Dujardin were all pretty much a certainty.  Ditto the picture The Artist.  I kind of could guess when Hugo kept winning all the technical awards that Scorsese wouldn’t get the big prize.
       The In Memoriam was lovely, understated and appropriate, giving a nod to The Artist’s black and white film.  Loved the close with Elizabeth Taylor’s winking Cleopatra.
       It was a nice show, predictable from Billy’s endearing presence through the awards.  Nice. 
Oh and by the way, George Clooney just looks better every year, classic handsomeness!

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