83rd Annual Academy Awards 2011

[crodonilson]

Feeling a bit bleary eyed today but what a fantastic night, I ruddy love all the pomp and ceremony of this grandest of occassions and then the suspense of finding out the big winners, then a few hours kip before watching all the breakfast TV on the red carpets at the aftershow parties.

Abolutely teriffic.

:yahoo:

 

[Boris Yeltsin]

How did Hathaway and Franco do as hosts? I heard on the radio they bombed.

 

[Acker79]

It was odd. I think their problem was the writing they tried to court a younger generation to the tv show, hence the young stars, and uncomfortable references to modern social networking, but most of their patter was the same as with older hosts. Though I thought Anne did better as she was more enthusiastic, and she was good when she was on her own. They had little chemistry and James looked bored and superfluous.

Overall I did enjoy the show though.

 

[Boris Yeltsin]

Back to Billy Crystal or Steve Martin next year, then? No more of this double host experiment?

 

[Mendoza]

Wow, didn't realise it was that sort of film.

Natalie Portman is just ruddy gorgeous, and if that isn't worthy of an award then we've all lost the plot.

she fingers herself, gets fingered by a bloke and has a lesbian scene with Mila Kunis. Exact same, expressionless face as when she is happy, sad or angry in the film

 

[Storer68]

I can't believe that Timothy Spall did not win for the most incomprehensible piece of casting in a supporting role

 

[Man of Harveys]

How did Hathaway and Franco do as hosts? I heard on the radio they bombed.

Just totally f***ing dreadful, from start to finish.

Him - trying desperately hard to be cool and laid-back, so much so that a few people seem to be wondering if he was stoned. Awful and highly punchable.

Her - even worse. Imagine plying a 10 year old girl with vast amounts of sugary drinks, then forcing her to down an entire crate of Red Bull. Then brief her: the more loudly she shows off to the audience, the more they'll love it. My missus compared her to a "high school talent show", which doesn't sound good to me either. Horrible.

And then to make it worse, they bring out Billy Crystal and even a scary hologram of the rather, erm, dead Bob Hope - both of whom highlight their inadequacies even more glaringly.

It's a pity, because it is really quite a good show, all in all. But those two...*shudder*...I'd rather listen to Celine Dion again than witness any more of that.