Yes, you read it right. Until we get a proper cable service provider to hook up to our brand-new TV, I will have to stick to torrents (for my usual shows and favorite flicks) and online streaming (for sports games and live telecasts of selected shows). Sadly, the latter option is not so great. The channels that stream the Oscars on www.ustream.tv and www.justin.tv keep shutting down because of copyright issues, and the ones that don't get shut down are messed up by translators speaking over the presenters, thereby making it impossible to understand (note: I should really get back to learning Spanish). The last few categories, I had to listen to because the last channel I used just stopped broadcasting images. It's a good thing my online stream experience only started getting infuriating later on in the show--by then I decided to just torrent the show later on and re-watch the parts I missed.
Anyway, now that my rants are out of the way, here are the things I particularly liked about the show:
Billy Crystal. I don't care what anyone says...there is a good reason why he has hosted this particular show so many times already. He always does a good job! It would have been interesting to see Eddie Murphy do his thing onstage this year, but then I remember the Nutty Professor. Yeah, Crystal was definitely a good decision.
The in-between actor interviews and movie montages. Leave it to the Oscars to render movie lovers emotional and nostalgic through heartwarming montages composed of the best movies of all time. Whoever decided to use talking heads as in-between-presenters fillers definitely knew what they were doing (it also didn't hurt to put the likes of Edward Norton, Robert Downey Jr., and Brad Pitt in it). And that performance of Cirque du Soleil was absolutely breathtaking! It is one of my life goals to catch a show, this year or the next.
The comedy. Sandra Bullock speaking Mandarin with a German accent. That winner who decided to thank everyone who's ever been born instead of offending somebody important he would've forgotten to acknowledge. RDJ filming a documentary of The Presenter. Emma Stone milking her first time as a presenter for all its worth. The list is endless.
Winners that made me go, "Finally!" I cannot believe this is the first time Christopher Plummer won an Oscar. His speech was humorous, heartwarming, and very elegant.
And Meryl Streep! I know she's got a bunch of nominations under her belt, but it's been a while since her last win. She's awesome.
My favorites winning. Hugo was definitely one of my favorite movies last year, and I am so happy that it got a lot of recognition (even if Marty didn't win for best director). Even my second and third favorites, Midnight in Paris and The Descendants, got a win each for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay, respectively. Yay! On the other hand, I should really watch The Artist, now that it won Best Picture. [Full roster of winners, 84th Annual Academy Awards]
All in all, it was a good night. This is my favorite of all the award shows and I am glad it delivered. :)
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