Oscars 2007

Yes, I know, most people are probably sick to death of Oscar talk, but I want to put my opinions out there, because, well, why not? I don't need a good reason to make my opinions known, do I?

First of all, I nominate Ellen to host the Oscars every year. I thought she was fantastic. I don't think I've laughed that hard during the opening monologue for the Oscars in quite some time.

I don't have a whole lot to say about the major awards. Not many surprises, there, except for Alan Arkin winning supporting actor. I guess Maitland McDonagh was right on the podcasts. All the trailers for Eddie Murphy's Norbit may have lost him the Oscar. I was really happy Alan Arkin won, though. I loved Little Miss Sunshine, and he was terrific in it.

I was kind of hoping for a Little Miss Sunshine upset for best picture, even though I was pretty certain that that wouldn't happen. I, personally, was shocked that it got nominated at all, because it's not a typical Academy Award nominated movie. Plus, it was actually a movie I'd seen before the nominations were even announced, which was even more shocking. That doesn't happen very often.

Also shocking was that Happy Feet won best animated feature. I thought Cars would be a shoo-in. But, hey, what do I know?

I was kind of hoping No Time for Nuts would win best animated short, just because Scrat gives me warm fuzzies. He's so cute, in that so ugly he's cute kind of way. Plus, he was the best character in the Ice Age movies, in my opinion.

I was happy that Melissa Etheridge won for her song. She and Tammy Lynn Michaels make a very nice looking couple, I must say.

The winner of best live action short, West Bank Story, looks really funny. I wonder if I'll ever be able to see that.

Speaking of the shorts, how cute were Abigail Breslen and Jaden Smith? They were just so adorable!

Did anyone else want to throw a tomato at Jerry Seinfeld when he was doing his little schtick about movie theaters before presenting best documentary feature? He acted like he was hosting the gig or something. And it had absolutely nothing to do with the award he was presenting. I was just yelling at him to shut the %&$*@ up. Oh, and plus, I didn't get the announcement about those of us wondering where he's been. I, for one, wasn't really all that curious. But that's just me.

Seeing the clip for documentary short subject, I think Rehearsing a Dream looked very interesting. Although, I do have a thing for dance programs, so that may be why I was intrigued.

Greg Kinnear and Steve Carell were hilarious introducing the sound editing award.

Was anyone surprised that Pirates 2 won the visual effects award? Seriously, that movie was rocking the visual effects!

I loved the little sketch that Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway were doing before introducing the costume design award. I especially liked how the camera went to Meryl Streep and she was in Miranda Priestly mode. I just cracked up during that whole thing.

Also, I think Emily Blunt looked absolutely gorgeous last night.

Speaking of gorgeous, Forest Whitaker's wife is beautiful! I like how she was so proud of him for winning, too. I also like that he actually made notes this time, so he'd sound coherent when he won. But that's just a minor quibble.

And lastly, I loved all the performances of the original songs, but I was a little worried that there was going to be a wardrobe malfunction while Jennifer Hudson was singing. I'm just saying...

Anyway, that's it from me. Since I don't see many movies, I don't have a lot of commentary about the awards themselves. Given that, though, I think this was one of the most entertaining Oscars I've seen recently. And that's all due to Ellen, and the rest of the presenters actually throwing in some humor here and there. The only thing that would have made this show better is if it didn't end so late. I know they're doing this on the West Coast, but for those of us on the East Coast, it's a pain to stay up past midnight if we have to work the next day.

OK, I swear I'm done now. Anyway, feel free to send any comments regarding this my way, unless, of course, you're sick of Oscar talk (which I wouldn't blame you in the slightest for). More on new TV shows in the coming days.