For being the 80th Annual Academy Awards, I personally felt last night's Oscars were kind of "average." Granted, there were a bunch of rewarding turnouts (Tilda Swinton), a bunch of welcome surprises (The Bourne Ultimatum is now a three-time Academy Award-winner!), a few areas of disappointment (not ONE of the songs from Enchanted won...bugh), and at least one Inevitable Win That I Didn't Want (Daniel Day-Lewis...I'm sorry, but Viggo Mortensen was so damn unique!). However, just a few things that kind of irked me about the overall show...

• The writing/skit qualities were MAJORLY varied (I got very bored with the Halle Berre/Seth Rogan/Jonah Hill jokes, very fast)
  
• Amy Adams performed only ONE of the two songs she sang from Enchanted (I'm sorry, but that operetta rendition of "That's How You Know" not only butchered the song, but showed how much Amy was needed to give it its, well, magic!)
  
• And if this was a numbered list, this would be the absolute number one: NOT A SINGLE MENTION OF ROY SCHEIDER (R.I.P.)! I'm most disappointed. Not once during the memorial list was he mentioned, and even more insultingly, after the commercial break, Amy Adams's presentation of the Best Music award started with the theme from JAWS! How insulting to the man's memory!

So, overall, this was not quite the 80th anniversary of the Oscars that I was expecting...did anyone else had "problems" with it?

For being the 80th Annual Academy Awards, I personally felt last night's Oscars were kind of "average." Granted, there were a bunch of rewarding turnouts (Tilda Swinton), a bunch of welcome surprises (The Bourne Ultimatum is now a three-time Academy Award-winner!), a few areas of disappointment (not ONE of the songs from Enchanted won...bugh), and at least one Inevitable Win That I Didn't Want (Daniel Day-Lewis...I'm sorry, but Viggo Mortensen was so damn unique!). However, just a few things that kind of irked me about the overall show...

• The writing/skit qualities were MAJORLY varied (I got very bored with the Halle Berre/Seth Rogan/Jonah Hill jokes, very fast)
  
• Amy Adams performed only ONE of the two songs she sang from Enchanted (I'm sorry, but that operetta rendition of "That's How You Know" not only butchered the song, but showed how much Amy was needed to give it its, well, magic!)
  
• And if this was a numbered list, this would be the absolute number one: NOT A SINGLE MENTION OF ROY SCHEIDER (R.I.P.)! I'm most disappointed. Not once during the memorial list was he mentioned, and even more insultingly, after the commercial break, Amy Adams's presentation of the Best Music award started with the theme from JAWS! How insulting to the man's memory!

So, overall, this was not quite the 80th anniversary of the Oscars that I was expecting...did anyone else had "problems" with it?

And now you know why I don't watch awards shows.

I haven't seen Academy Award show. But now I'm watching CNN and I heard about Oscar winners. Actors and actresses winners were all European.


And I heard "No Country For Old Men" is The Best Picture. We can see it next month. Great!

...Brad Renfro wasn't mentioned, either. But the peculiar thing is, the Internet Movie Database even mentioned him, BUT NOT ROY SCHEIDER! Can anyone say "Laaaaaaame!"?

Bring back John Wayne trying to slug that Indian lady who was not accepting the Oscar for Brando. This Oscar presentation had the lowest ratings ever.--------Mark

...Brad Renfro wasn't mentioned, either. But the peculiar thing is, the Internet Movie Database even mentioned him, BUT NOT ROY SCHEIDER! Can anyone say "Laaaaaaame!"?

Roy Scheider died Feb. 10. The Oscar's honored those who die between Feb. 1, 2007 and Jan. 31, 2008. He will probably be listed next year.

I think a lot of the lack of interest are these 'flavors of the month' who are being touted as movie greats when not making fools of themselves for the tabs. What has become of real acting? Stage people who worked hard, learn their craft and then made movies? Alas, I guess those days are gone!

I think a lot of the lack of interest are these 'flavors of the month' who are being touted as movie greats when not making fools of themselves for the tabs. What has become of real acting? Stage people who worked hard, learn their craft and then made movies? Alas, I guess those days are gone!

Yeah, the ones who are still doing that stay out of the so-called "public eye" They don't normally make the press. In fact many there are many movies out there made not long ago that were something special, and most people I know have never even seen them. (I.E. Ed Wood, A Genius Two Partners and a Dupe, The Villan.) Heck most people probably don't even know who Terrence Hill is.....