And the Oscar Goes to...

Well I watched the Academy Awards tonight, so I thought I'd post my thoughts on it. Honestly, not my favorite year for movies, granted I haven't seen all of them, but I've seen a fair amount. I just think that what I did see was only "ok" or "good", maybe it was even more of a I-realize-why-some-people-would-like-them-but-I-personally-wasn't-blown-away-type movies. That being said I think I have to see Million Dollar Baby, although the end was spoiled by something I read in the most unexpected of places, but I digress.

As for the show itself, I was actually really impressed. The pacing was very quick but did not seem rushed and I think they gave due respect to all the winners. Even the people given awards in their seats was not distasteful at all. They cut off people who deserved to be cut off, you can't just go up there and ramble forever. Also, for my money Chris Rock did a really good job hosting. I did think that it was the wrong crowd for him though. His humor is a little to "street" for the conservatives in Hollywood, but overall a very good job. (I do not mean this in the political sense, just that Hollywood likes to think of itself very highly...I kinda want to say "stuck-up" but I don't want it to have a negative connotation...).

Anyway a good evening in my opinion and I came in 2nd in my Oscar pool so hooray for that.