Much Better, Oscar

I saw nine of the ten nominated movies of 2010 so I think I have a good handle on this year’s Oscars.  The nominees for Best Picture are:

127 Hours (the one I didn’t see)
Black Swan
Winter’s Bone
The Kids are All Right
The Social Network
True Grit
Inception
Toy Story 3
The King’s Speech
The Fighter

Of the ten, Toy Story 3 was the most enjoyable for me.   However, I liked all of them very much.  I predicted The King’s Speech would win, but I wouldn’t have been surprised or upset if  The Fighter, The Social Network, Inception, or Winter’s Bone won.  I predicted Colin Firth would win best actor, and would have been disappointed and surprised if he didn’t.  I predicted Natalie Portman would win Best Actress, but I wouldn’t have been disappointed if Jennifer Lawrence won.  I predicted that Christian Bale would win for Best Supporting Actor and he’s the only one (possible exception of Geoffrey Rush) that could possibly win.  And I predicted Melissa Leo would win Best Supporting Actress.  I was perfectly happy with her win, but if Amy Adams, Hailey Steinfeld, or Helena Bonham Carter would have won, I would have been just as happy since they were all excellent.  I didn’t really like how cocky Leo had become, but maybe that was just media hype.  Her speech was humble enough (and I don’t care in the least that she used the “F-word”.  I can foresee complaints about that.)

Last year I was so disappointed in the production of the Academy Awards and I blogged about it.  This year was a thousand times better.  James Franco was unimpressive, but not bad.  Anne Hathaway was absolutely terrific!  She could definitely do it all on her own.

Fashion-wise, most dresses were really nice.  Everyone looked great.  Jennifer Hudson, Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johanson, and Amy Adams were my favorites I can think of.  Anne Hathaway changed several times during the ceremony and I loved most of her gowns.  There was a really gorgeous red one in the middle of the show I think was my favorite of the night.  Not too many for the “worst dressed list”.  I thought Oprah Winfrey’s probably looked OK from a distance, but her bustline was too poofy… it could have been a lot more flattering because the neckline was nice.  I hated Kathryn Bigalow’s gown.  That was kind of a ”didn’t she look in the mirror after she put this on?” kind of a dress.  There were no gowns that were what I would call spectacular, but nothing atrocious either.

All in all, I have to say I’m happy with this year’s Oscars: ceremony and results.  Seeing almost all of the movies really makes it enjoyable.  Only disappointment was the “Secretariat Snubbing”.  I loved that movie and it wasn’t even mentioned.   Well, they had ten movies nominated… I certainly don’t think they need to add any.  I would say they could have replaced 127  Hours, but I can’t because I never saw it.  I would say they could have replaced The Kids are All Right… I mean I am saying that.  It was good, but eh, not that good.