ACADEMY AWARDS 2010
By the time I found a live coverage online, I had missed 35 minutes (how do I recapture that?) I loved the "damned Mirren" - "she's dame Mirren" joke and Ben Stiller as a Na'vi. The Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects Awards for "Avatar" most deserved. It's nice the tribute to the diseased included Michael Jackson ("Thriller" was quite a movie experience, wasn't it). The "most creative special effects since Avatar" joke was brilliant as was the one about what the hosts were doing backstage. I also liked the one about Meryl Streep: "I'm spearheading a movement in the Academy to cut the number of nominations for one person at 16". What sounded like a sick joke were the wins in the Best Director and Best Motion Picture categories - I had walked out from "The Hurt Locker". The Best Director win first sounded to me like extreme PC but the best movie?!
