With one exception, there were no real surprises at the
Oscars this past Sunday evening. The exception was awarding the
Oscar for editing to Whiplash. Personally, I wouldn’t have given Whiplash
even third place for editing. J. K. Simmons deserved his Oscar for
Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Whiplash as the music teacher, a
truly dislikeable human being. Moore, as noted above, was deservedly an
overwhelming favorite to win the Best Actress award. For Best Actor, I
was fine with any of the nominated actors winning. If you have been
reading these reviews, you know I was also fine with the awards given to Birdman
as well as the four Oscars to The Grand Budapest Hotel. As
for Best Foreign Film, I only note that the winner, Ida, was shown
briefly in Hawaii at the Kahala Theatres, which is also showing a preview for
one of the other nominated foreign films. I enjoyed Neil Patrick
Harris. I truly enjoyed the presentation of the song Glory.
But what’s up with John Travolta? Lady Gaga singing the Julie
Andrews songs worked for me. I even enjoyed the Cadillac
commercials. The ceremony could have been shorter, for example, the
opening Harris number could have been omitted. But, overall, I enjoyed my
Sunday night.
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