When is this society finally going to give some awards to actors?It’s an outrage. Until then, here are a few chronological observations I had about Sunday night’s telecast:
- Billy Crystal now looks like he’s permanently wearing his old-guy makeup from Mr. Saturday Night.
- Even Christopher Plummer was too young to enjoy Billy’s musical medley.
- There oughta be a law against calling dudes over the age of 60 “Billy.”
- Crazy fact: they removed the name Kodak from the theater because of the company’s bankruptcy, yet seven of the nine best picture nominees were lensed on Kodak film.
- Octavia Spencer needed “help” getting up on that stage.
- I had gone over to my brother’s house at this point in the show, and made some snide comment to my sister in law about why they even give an Oscar for animated short. Then I realized John Hunter, my good friend and the guy who scored my film had also scored this year’s Oscar-winning animated short. Holy shitbombs!! John!!
- Robert Downey, Jr. should host next year.
- Chris Rock’s riff about how easy it is to voice animation was a perfect example of what a great host could have done, as opposed to Billy Crystal’s bar mitzvah humor.
- The over/under on bad guys Jean Dujardin will play in action films next year is four.
- The “In Memoriam” montage included market research consultant Joseph Farrell. Huge fan.
