Heather Reviews: The Oscars 2012

So you've probably read enough about the Oscars already, or even watched them; but now it's my turn. This year marked the 84th Academy Awards. It was a great show! I will admit, I didn't really watch the red carpet. It's so long and by the time I tuned in, the coverage wasn't great. Anyhow, on to the show!

Billy Crystal was the host, I personally think he did a great job. I would prefer an experienced host over a new host who tries far too hard. Yes, some of the jokes fell dry, but it was overall good. I enjoyed the beginning, I laughed a lot for sure! Immediately I noticed they were starting with the awards people don't exactly care about. Jennifer Lopez was there, instantly confusing everyone. Why was J-lo there? Probably because she makes such good movies.... (sarcasm.)




A lot of Potter fans were sad that it didn't win any of it's categories. you have to take the Oscars for what they are. Popular movies aren't always the winners. I did find it strange that The Iron Lady beat Albert Hobbes for best makeup. I haven't seen either movie, and they both had great makeup, but what they did with Albert Hobbes is fantastic.

Then foreign films come up, and you can tell nobody really cares about these categories. I found it funny that Canadian movies are foreign, but I guess that's french Canada. Finally, It comes time for best supporting actress. It was an absolutely beautiful moment when Octavia Spencer won. i wanted to cry for her. The Help was one of the movies nominated that I actually saw, and I believe she did phenomenally. She received a standing ovation, which was much deserved. Spencer looked absolutely stunning, and cried throughout her speech. One of the best moments of the night. Christopher Plummer received the best supporting actor Oscar, the oldest to win in history.




The comes the Wizard of Oz focus group skit, which was okay, but it didn't really stick with me. Throughout the broadcast, there is an obvious theme of trying to get people to go to the movie theatre again. this is implanted by small skits, Billy Crystal and Cirque de Soliel. Oh yeah, Cirque de Soliel was AMAZING. They had a movie themed performance, I suggest looking it up on youtube if you missed it! Robert Downie jr makes a hilarious entrance to announce documentary winners, reminding us why we all love him so much. After him, many other hilarious presenters showed up. my personal favourites were Chris Rock (talking about animation and how black people only play Donkeys or Zebras) and Emma Stone with Ben Stiller (Emma was so cute! Running around and dancing)! Then Will Farrel and Zach Galafanakis did some strange symbol playing to "add" humour I guess. It wasn't the funniest thing in the world for me.




Just an Observation, Jonah Hill cannot take a joke in the slightest. Yes, he got picked on quite a bit. He's a comedian, he should be able to take jokes at his personal expenses.

We were now greeted by the amazing celebrity, Angie's right leg. I'm not a fan of Angelina Jolie in the slightest. However, that wasn't why I wasn't the biggest fan of her dress. it was large and black and puffy, not to mention the weird slit the her leg hung out of all night. It looked like something an evil queen would wear. She stood in the strangest poses, which became the joke of the night. There's even a twitter account dedicated to Angie's right leg now. Angie looked very thin, and was obviously covering herself in a thick dress to conceal the fact.



Bridesmaids didn't win best screenplay, and I couldn't help but be a little happy about that. The Bridesmaids cast? Brilliant. Kristen Wiig? hilarious. Did I like it? No. i think i was one of the only people who didn't like that movie, I just didn't find it very funny. However, I did enjoy all of their dresses, they looked like stunning Princesses. Rose Bryne looked very thin, especially next to Melissa Mccarthy.






After that, a beautiful tribute was presented to the song "What a Wonderful World". It was very moving with the black and white photos and the miscellaneous quotes from those that were lost this year. The grandpa from Princess Bride passed this year? inconceivable! That's one of my favourite movies of all time.

Best actor was presented to Jean Dejarden(The Artist) by Natalie Portman. I've yet to see the movie, but I want to. Onto best actress. Colin Firth presented Meryl Streep with the oscar. My friend and I noticed she was wearing a gold dress, just like the last time she won. I love how Colin Firth talked about Mamma Mia! Meryl totally deserved the Oscar. I probably won't ever see The Iron Lady, but Meryl is absolutely amazing in everything.





The Artist won for best movie, it wasn't really a shocker. A silent film in 2012 is really special. Hugo won most of the awards, The Artist winning a few more. I need to watch those movies.




Overall, I thought the show was really good. People were complaining that they were boring. They're the Oscars, not the MTV movie awards. The oscars are for excellence in film and are considered a generally classy event. I think this was one of the best years I've seen in a while and I really enjoyed it.

So tell me, did you watch the Oscars? What did you think? Anything you wish had happened differently?

Until next time,
Heather!