My Take on Oscar

I wanted to post a little something about the Oscars last night. Now I should preface this with a few things:

1. I think the Oscars are generally a waste of the air waves.
2. I think that the movie industry is the biggest group of narcissist I have ever seen. Can you imagine if every profession felt the need to get together four or five times a years just to remind themselves how great they are.
3. I have not watched the Oscars, for more than 10 minutes, in probably 10 years.
4. I did not and will not watch the “red carpet” bullshit.

Having said all that, I did watch a large portion of the Oscars, I flipped around a bit while they were giving out awards like best animated short film. I watched mainly because of all the crap I read beforehand about how Chris Rock would single handedly destroy the Oscars. I thought all of the talk about him keeping his comedy in Brooklyn or the Bronx or where ever he is from, was some of the most ridiculous, racist comments I have heard in a while. I thought that Rock did a good job with the Oscars. I think that some people see the Oscars as being some great, hoity toity institution and that bringing in any cutting edge comedy would destroy it. Come on, how many times do you want to see Bill Crystal singing the opening monologue. Rock’s opening monologue was good, even though some people felt the need to stick up for those people that Rock insulted…really what was with Sean Penn trying to stick up for Jude Law at the end of the show. First of all, Penn looked like he had already been to the after party and was speaking rather incoherently. I am also sure that Jude Law did not need you to stick up for him, as he probably HAS a sense of humor and wasn’t offended by the comment.

I really just wanted to make a few comments about some of the stars that presented and how they looked. I saw some of the articles on the Internet today talking about the best and worst dressed people. Here is my take on it.

1. Rene Zellweger – Now everyone raved about her dress and how fantastic she looked. I have to admit that her dress was incredible and the color was awesome, however, did anyone else notice that she looks like she weighs 85 pounds. I saw her and my first thought was someone needs to get this girl a sandwich. You know if she looks that skinny on TV, then damn she is really skinny. How does she go from the Brigitte Jones look to the Karen Carpenter look so quickly.

2. Kate Winslet – I had almost the opposite reaction. She looked like a real woman to me. She did not look like one of these skinny, I better not eat this, Hollywood starlets. I like the way she looks and that she seems very comfortable with her appearance. I am sure she is probably skinny in real life, but I applaud her for not feeling the need to take up bulimia in order to be an actress.

3. Hillary Swank – I still generally do not find here overly attractive, probably just some residuals from the “Boys Don’t Cry” movie. However, I thought she looked great last night, but might have had that dress on backwards. Now that was low cut.

4. Penelope Cruz – I have never understood the attraction to this woman at all. But I have a note for her manager – never let her appear on stage with Salma Hayek again. That is a bad career move for Penelope.

5. Salma Hayek – WOW!

6. As for the guys…You would think that they could not go wrong, all they have to do is wear a tuxedo. I think some of them try to get a little to creative.

It may be another ten years before I can force myself to sit through this show again. I have to admit that the most interesting moment in the show was when Rock asked everyday people if they had seen any of the movies up for best picture. Of course they hadn’t. Normally, I would say the same thing, as it is usually a given that I don’t like “Oscar worthy” movies. I think only critics do. However, I did see Sideways this year and liked it very much. I recommend it to anyone who likes a movie that is more substance than special effects. I think I can wait for the rest of them to hit cable TV…maybe not even then.