Your 3 millionth Oscar Roundup

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Good morning everyone. I’m assuming everyone watched, or at the very least acknowledged the fact that the Oscars were on TV last night. I’m not going to come out and be all Gawker about it and pretend that this is your best and only source of good info, so read the following with the intention of reading another review from a credible source.

Okay, the good:

Ahem… Honestly, Wolverine did a pretty nice job. He brought a lot of Tony’isms with him to the show, but really brought that movie star quality host back from the dog days of Ellen D (I’m not even going to try spelling her last name) and John Stewart. Nothing against either of them, but the Oscars is too movie focused and I see both of them as TV personalities above anything. So Hugh (who is not the Hugh from House) nice work there. Honestly, I liked the Baz Lurman performance you did with Beyonce and kids from High School Musical and Mamma Mia. Well done.

Wolverine and Beyonce

Another good was obviously seeing Slumdog taking pretty much everything. It’s hard not to agree with the Academy on this one because I think this flick was far and away the best to come out in 08.

The five old winners presenting the five nominees theme. Great concept, I liked it a lot save Sofia Lauren cause she gave me nightmares.

Finally, I th0ught it was a nice touch to have Heath Ledger‘s family accept the award. We all knew he had this one in the bag, but I was afraid we might have to sit through an acceptance speech from a producer or “friend.” it was nice to see some honesty with the whole thing.

When credits rolled at the very end we got a 2 second glimpse of Inglorious Basterds!!!!

And now (duh duh duuuuuuh) the bad.

Sean Penn – I saw Milk and loved it, but lets be honest – Josh Brolin made that flick and you jumped at the chance to get in the spotlight again. The fact that you won for best actor is kind of a shame and I’m pretty sure the Academy watched Tropic Thunder and decided to give it to you based on Robert Downey Jr.’s monologue about you playing a “retard” and not being rewarded.

Kate Winslet‘s Speech… Again. Man, for the talent and beauty you have, it’s a shame nobody can stand your acceptance speeches. My only comment is, “Cue the band please.”

Will Smith – You have no business being on a stage full of professional actors and to have you present the post production awards was embarrassing. I’m pretty sure the only reason the Academy had you do it is because you rely on special effects so much to get anything worth watching done and you obviously didn’t get it.

Micky Rourke not winning – Not sure if he deserved to win, but man, after watching his speech at the Spirit Awards it would have AWESOME to see him talk at the Oscars.

So that’s the roundup. Take it all for what you will. If you’re still reading this it’s probably the 3 millionth Oscars review you’ll see today.