Thoughts on last night's show:
- Oh boy. Last night's live show was like watching a sinking ship. Anne put up a valiant effort, but even she could tell it was going downhill fast and poor thing, she had to hold it together while James was somewhere off in nonchalant-land thinking about some homework assignment he missed. Don't get me wrong, I love me some James Franco and I appreciated his live-tweeting, but he seemed like he wished he was somewhere else last night, which leaves me to think things were happening in the background which threw the whole show off. I mean, I seem to recall him saying there would be some punchy musical numbers, but Anne was singing about Hugh Jackass up on that big stage all by her herself.
- Billy Crystal was the highlight of the night. Please host every show from now on Billy, pretty please.
- The musical parodies of The Social Network, Harry Potter, and Twilight? So awkward and out of place. Did I miss something? Was this the MTV Movie Awards in disguise?
- The Oscar folks recruited Anne and James to host the show in order to draw in ratings from a younger demographic, yet ratings were down 10% from last year. Oops.
- Disappointed that there were no shakeups this year. All the wins were exactly as predicted, and usually, we have a couple of surprises here and there. I'm still raging mad that Hailee Steinfeld didn't get the best supporting actress win she so deserved, and don't even get me started about best director. Fincher was robbed.
- Melissa Leo. Oh, Melissa Leo. First with the Oscar campaign she started for herself, and then with that blatantly rehearsed acceptance speech? I get it, Melissa, you can act.
- My heart breaks for The Social Network, especially for Jesse Eisenberg (although Colin is brilliant and shall from now on only be referred to as King Colin) and David Fincher. I can only hope that another project comes along that will eventually turn into an Oscar win for both of them.
- Last night's Oscar telecast was so depressing in so many ways for me that I had to pop in Love Actually to make myself feel a little better. That should pretty much sum up how I felt about the show right there.
- My Oscar ballot tally: 19/22 (I omitted best live action short and best documentary short subject)
The full list of winners and my assessment of the best and worst dressed below:
BEST PICTURE
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
WINNER: The King’s Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
BEST ACTOR
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
WINNER: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
WINNER: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Joel & Ethan Coen, True Grit
David Fincher, The Social Network
WINNER: Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
David O. Russell, The Fighter
BEST SONG
“Coming Home,” Country Strong, Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
“I See the Light,” Tangled, Alan Menken, Glenn Slater
“If I Rise,” 127 Hours, A.R. Rahman, Dido, Rollo Armstrong
WINNER: “We Belong Together,” Toy Story 3, Randy Newman
BEST EDITING
127 Hours, Jon Harris
Black Swan, Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter, Pamela Martin
The King’s Speech, Tariq Anwar
WINNER: The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Alice in Wonderland, Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1, Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter, Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
WINNER: Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Iron Man 2, Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Exit Through the Gift Shop, Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz
Gasland, Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
WINNER: Inside Job, Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Restrepo, Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Waste Land, Lucy Walker and Angus Aynley
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
The Confession, Tanel Toom
The Crush, Michael Creagh
WINNER: God of Love, Luke Matheny
Na Wewe, Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143, Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Killing in the Name (Nominees TBD)
Poster Girl (Nominees (TBD)
WINNER: Strangers No More, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Sun Come Up, Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
The Warriors of Qiugang, Ruby Yang and Thomas Lenno
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
WINNER: Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood
I Am Love, Antonella Cannarozzi
The King’s Speech, Jenny Beaven
The Tempest, Sandy Powell
True Grit, Mary Zophres
BEST MAKEUP
Barney’s Version, Adrien Morot
The Way Back, Eduoard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, Yolanda Toussieng
WINNER: The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
BEST SOUND EDITING
WINNER: Inception, Richard King
Toy Story 3, Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
TRON: Legacy, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit, Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable, Mark P. Stoeckinger
BEST SOUND MIXING
WINNER: Inception, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novick
The King’s Speech, Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, and John Midgley
Salt, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan, and William Sarokin
The Social Network, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, and Mark Weingarten
True Grit, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, and Peter F. Kurland
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
127 Hours, A.R. Rahman
How to Train Your Dragon, John Powell
Inception, Hans Zimmer
The King’s Speech, Alexandre Desplat
WINNER: The Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WINNER: Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Hors la Loi (Outside the Law) (Algeria)
Incendies (Canada)
WINNER: In a Better World (Denmark)
Dogtooth (Greece)
Biutiful (Mexico)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Another Year, written by Mike Leigh
The Fighter, Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
Inception, written by Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right, written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
WINNER: The King’s Speech, Screenplay by David Seidler
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 Hours, Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
WINNER: The Social Network, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3, Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit, written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter’s Bone, adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
BEST ANIMATED FILM
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
WINNER: Toy Story 3
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Day & Night, Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo, Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
Let’s Pollute, Geefwee Boedoe
WINNER: The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary), Bastien Dubois
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
WINNER: Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan, Matthew Libatique
WINNER: Inception, Wally Pfister
The King’s Speech, Danny Cohen
The Social Network, Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit, Roger Deakins
BEST ART DIRECTION
WINNER: Alice in Wonderland, Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara
Happy Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1, Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
Inception, Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
The King’s Speech, Eve Stewart, Judy Farr
True Grit, Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh
Best Dressed:
My two favorites up first:
Mila Kunis in Elie Saab: Mila is annoyingly gorgeous in every way and in this dress, she just gets even more annoying because she is perfect in it.
Cate Blanchett in Givenchy Couture: Cate is my top pick for best dressed. I am OBSESSED with this little Givenchy number with the crazy beading and armor-like cut-out in the front. It's gorgeous. It's like a couture ninja (and I when I say ninja, I'm totally picturing the Mortal Kombat ninjas) get-up and I love it.
Gwyneth Paltrow in Calvin Klein: If anyone can do simplicity well, it's my Gwynnie. This dress is like a silver waterfall. It's dripping with pretty.
Jennifer Laurence in Calvin Klein Collection: First thoughts. 1) Damn Jennifer Laurence has a banging body and 2) time to hide the snacks and hit the gym. I think Jennifer did a great job at keeping classy and keeping it sexy as all hale.
Hailee Steinfeld in Marchesa: Okay, how perfect is this dress on Hailee? She's like a mini Audrey Hepburn. This outfit is literally styled perfectly, from the thin hairband, to the neat, sleek hair, and the adorable little champagne pumps -- age appropriate and lovely, just lovely.
Mandy Moore in Monique Lhullier: I think this dress is gorgeous, but it would be so much more perfect if it were a shade darker than Mandy's skin color. She's just a tad too pale in it, but nonetheless, it's a gorgeous puff of a dress.
Hilary Swank in Gucci Premiere: The gag reflex is usually on autopilot when I see an excess of feathers, but this dress has the perfect balance of texture. Not too much, not too little. I also have a slight weakness for dip-dye, so I can't deny Hilary's beauty in this ensemble.
Michelle Williams in Chanel Couture: Michelle with her pixie cut and simple, yet lovely Chanel couture reminds me so much of Twiggy it's ridiculous.
Worst Dressed:
Nicole Kidman in Dior Couture: I just -- I just don't even know what to make of this hot mess. It's just atrocious. It baffles me as to why Nicole even chose this dress. She looks like a tacky, embroidered napkin, except I fear even that that may have looked better on her. Nothing could save this outfit, not even a life raft.
Jennifer Hudson in Versace: See, I respect the fact that J Hud wanted to show off her new bangin' body, but this dress is doing nothing for her except exposing a whole lot of boob. Imagine how gorgeous she would have looked in that Calvin Klein number that Jennifer Laurence wore. What a shame.
Anne Hathaway in vintage Valentino: I wanted to love this dress, I really did. I squinted my eyes, I tried to make justifications in my head, and at one point.. it was a 'it's vintage... I love it, right?!' kind of moment. See, folks-- this is a perfect example that just because it's vintage doesn't mean it's amazing. Or even remotely amazing. In the end, the bubble butt just couldn't be justified away.
Reese Witherspoon in Armani Prive: I think I understand where Reese was going with this, but in the end in just ended up looking like a bad high school prom outfit, and we all know that 60's high ponytail updo didn't help either.
Halle Berry in Marchesa: Tell me the bottom of this dress doesn't look like her kid ran around amok with some tulle and some super glue. You can't, can you?
Marisa Tomei in vintage Charles Edwards couture: This dress was gorgeous, but the bust line wasn't working for Marisa.
Jacki Weaver in Collette Dinniga: I'd say this is pretty self-explanatory.
Melissa Leo in Marc Bouwer: Really now, Melissa, really now? A doily with giant shoulders and a mandarin collar? This is what you wanted to accept your Oscar in?
Let's hope next year will be better!
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