This has got to be the absolutely most painful Oscar I've seen in ages

[LynneSin]

Franco and Hathaway are tanking

[NuclearDem]

1. Slander and calumny!

I challenge you to a duel!

*gloveslap*

[charlie and algernon]

2. why in the world did they choose co-hosts anyway?

We should just make it a rule that it rotates between comedians who can improvise, instead of relying on stupid scripts. hell, give it to Eddie Izzard next year, he'd be an excellent host.

[LynneSin]

3. Last year it was excellent with Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin

I think I'd rather have root canal than watch those 2 host

[theophilus]

47. There again, I love Baldwin and Martin but I thought that one was pretty lame. n/t

[Darth_Kitten]

4. So much you posted it twice!

:evilgrin:

[LynneSin]

5. And why was Mo'nique not invited to hand out that last award?

As long as I've watched the Oscar it was always the winners of the previous year acting awards that gave away the award for the opposite sex. Sure there were some exceptions, like with Heath Ledger. But where is Mo'Nique?

[LynneSin]

6. This has got to be the absolutely most painful Oscar I've seen in ages

Franco and Hathaway are tanking

[Darth_Kitten]

7. She just plain bugs me.

:(

[LynneSin]

32. Is it me or does her voice go up about 3 octives when she gets excited

I think Dogs can hear her speak

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. feel free to change the channel

[LynneSin]

9. I do like seeing who wins but I did mute that musical number

what purpose did it serve?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. allowed James Franco to come out in drag

:shrug:

and poked fun at Hugh Jackman and showed off Anne's vocals.......

and killed another minute and a half

[pokerfan]

10. Which is the real thread?

[NuclearDem]

12. Hold on, let me check...

[pokerfan]

17. this one

seems to be winning...

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

11. I agree. I want to like it.

And I do like James and Anne, but something is just not clicking with those two. I, personally, think it is the writing.

Compared to the Golden Globes, this is very sedate and almost boring. Bring on Ricky Gervais.

[ohiosmith]

13. It was doomed from the beginning. The promos sucked, the show sucks big time.

[madinmaryland]

15. Yeah. Lebron and company are having a hard time against the NY Knicks.

Pretty funny, though!

Oh, and Hank Steinbrenner is still a douchebag.

[Haole Girl]

16. I'm watching it with the mute on, mostly. nt

[blogslut]

18. I'm just thrilled that I've seen more than one of the nominated films for this year

I've gotten to a point, after all my years, where I don't really give much of a damn about who is hosting. All I ask for is at least one good movie clip montage.

[The Backlash Cometh]

19. No way. They're both great.

It's obvious they're trying to shoot for a younger crowd.

[Darth_Kitten]

22. Yeah, Kirk Douglas, 95, would reign in the kiddies.

:D

[The Backlash Cometh]

24. They brought him in for balance.

[Darth_Kitten]

26. LOL

:D

[liberalhistorian]

38. He was annoying as hell, far more so

than the hosts. Just open the fucking envelope and read the damned name already.

[The Backlash Cometh]

54. I'm sure that was all planned.

He knew what he was doing and the audience was eating it up. The camera never left him, even when the woman came up to pick up her trophy so it's obvious it was a living tribute. Connecting the past with the present.

[fishwax]

20. I think Franco has been a bit underwhelming, but Hathaway hasn't been bad

I think she's been energetic and charming. The musical number was an odd interlude.

The screen setup on stage is very cool, I think. Aside from Kirk Douglas, there hasn't been much particularly memorable, though.

[LynneSin]

31. I remember that short bit that Franco and Seth Rogan did last year about kissing in the movies

They were in their "Pineapple Express" character but the last clip they showed was Franco and Sean Penn Kissing (Franco was also in Milk) and it was funny as hell

[jannyk]

21. Agreed! It really is excrutiatingly boring, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz nt

[solara]

33. Why in the hell is Oprah presenting???

:wtf:


But cheers to the only political statement so far...

[Graybeard]

50. Maybe because she's an Oscar nominated actress?

Nominated for Supporting Actress in The Color Purple (1985). How quickly we forget.

[solara]

56. Thank you for reminding me

:hi:

[Graybeard]

58. Hi solara. You're welcome.

BTW you really warmed my heart on another thread when you mentioned "The Court Jester" as one of your favorite films. It's on my list too.

[solara]

61. Danny Kaye.. that was one of his very best and funniest -I am surprised and happy that

you know that film - How cool is that?

"The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle.. The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.." oh yeah :rofl: I still laugh out loud when I see that bit.


:toast:

[underpants]

23. I completely disagree

the song about Hugh Jackman was very funny.

"the Wolver to my ween" later on.

[The Backlash Cometh]

25. I didn't even know she could sing until I heard it.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

27. ok, now COME ON

this blows, whatever the heck it is

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

29. take it back, slightly

The Twilight thing was funny

[LibertyLover]

57. "He's got no shirt!"

It was a very funny send up of Twilight and one of the better parts of the show I thought. B-)

[LynneSin]

28. Ok seriously - the Oscar celebrates the Auto-Tune

No wonder these things run so fricking long

[liberalhistorian]

40. Actually, I think this year was one of the shortest ones I can

remember, only three hours.

[NuclearDem]

30. GAH OPRAH WINFREY GO AWAY

[fishwax]

34. Billy Crystal!

I think he's still my favorite host :)

:woohoo:

[LynneSin]

36. I kinda hoped he'd stick around and finished the show

and replace those 2 awful hosts.

[bdamomma]

51. the audience gave him a big hand

[edbermac]

35. Yeah they sucked, but who hired them in the first place?

The producers should have known better.

[liberalhistorian]

37. I really disagree, I think they did fine

and especially in getting the younger demographic interested, which was the goal and which is necessary. And I've watched the Oscars almost every year for nearly forty of my forty-six years, so I've seen far worse hosts (David Letterman and Chris Rock come immediately to mind).

[LynneSin]

39. Roger Ebert's tweeted about what he thought of the show tonight:

"I'm even beginning to feel nostalgic about Rob Lowe dancing with Snow White."

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/oscars-tv-review-anne-hathaway-and-james-franco-host-a-disastrous-academy-awards-telecast

The review from the NYTimes to EOnline have called them a disaster. I appreciated they want to bring in younger viewers (hench the auto-tune Twilight crap) but Franco and Hathaway just sucked the life out of the Oscars tonight. This is the Oscars, not MTV. The auto-tune/Twilight thing took the place of seeing the career of Francis Ford Coppola and personally all people who love movies suffered because of it.

[liberalhistorian]

41. Francis Ford Coppola had a career worth a damn?

Really?

[LynneSin]

42. Between Apocalypse Now! and the first 2 Godfather movies - I'd say he was worthy

so was Eli Wallach. What do 3 dingbats from a bad vampire movie have to do with the Oscars?

[liberalhistorian]

43. Perhaps because it was one of the most successful

movies of the year and the Oscars are all about, well, movies?

[LynneSin]

44. I thought it was to celebrate the best in movies

That movie was nominated for half a dozen razzies.

[Joe Fields]

45. Then change the channel...

[theophilus]

46. Man, there's no accounting for taste. I thought this was one of the best.

I loved the more informal feel and the opening segment was great. I think there was a much more clever tone as if most of the participants aren't on cocaine for a change. Oh, well.

[LynneSin]

48. I did like the opening montage with the hosts, Alec Baldwin and Morgan Freeman

there were some good things about the Oscars but after that opening film it went downhill from there at least when the hosts were on stage. Franco wasn't too bad by himself but he looked like he was annoyed as hell with Hathaway

[whistler162]

49. Hasn't beenn a good Oscar night since David Niven hosted!

[nolabear]

52. Oh yeah, I remember that streaker. Wasn't that MFM?

[nolabear]

53. I thought it was fine, had all the elements an Oscar show is known for.

Some gorgeous dresses, some not so gorgeous (though I don't recall any actual disasters this time), hosts everyone can argue about, an F-bomb, a political statement, a montage, a shocking "In Memoriam" to remind us how damned old we are, an actually pretty good crop of movies, and endless harrassment of Hugh Jackman.

And may I remind you all of more seasoned veterans who did worse hosting jobs..."Uma...Oprah. Oprah...Uma."

[LynneSin]

59. I'd have to say at this point Letterman did better

seriously!

[OwnedByFerrets]

55. It was not nearly THAT bad

[Arugula Latte]

60. I wanted to smack James Franco's smug mug.

It was like he thought he was too cool to participate.