ironhorse_iv Review of The Oscars

The Oscars (2017 TV Special)

And the Oscars goes to .the biggest snafu of the night! That was entertaining. The rest of the show was just meh.

[7/10 · 28 February 2017]

For many years, the viewership of the Academy Awards have steadily dropped; as the results of the recent shows has always faced mixed reactions from the audience that is watching it, either for its controversial political viewpoints, racial or sexual biased or it's elitist snobby attitude to certain genre of films. Because of these, many people find the show to be over-hyped, out of touch, uber self-congratulatory, or too long and boring to watch. Nevertheless, it still dominant in ratings for most of the Sunday night, it airs, and I'm sure this love/hate relationship will continue to be that way, for years to come, as every viewer that does tune in, has their own favorite films that they wanted to win, each year. As you can see, there are many reasons to hate the Academy Awards, but at least, the academy is working on it. It's a diverse year, and they did try to cut the length time. However, there is one thing, most movie fans and critics get wrong, every year. The Oscars are hardly predictable. This year show shows that, with everything, not going quite as plan. Let's start with the host, Jimmy Kimmel. While, he did perform, some funny comedic numbers, making fun of the celebrities, around him, and the controversial president, Donald Trump with mean tweets. Some of his other jokes, kinda fell flat. Sequences like the tour bus visit, the candy drop & the dance number, went a little too long, for my taste. But, bad jokes were not the only problem to plague this year's Academy Awards, as the set was badly built to the point that during rehearsal, a huge part of the stage collapsed. Thank God, nobody got hurt, but it really could had been worst. Despite that, they got it fix, and the show did go on. The red carpet show is the same old, same old, with gossip newspaper talking about how glamourize, the film people look. For once in their lives, I would love to see, them, talk about how bad, some of Hollywood biggest stars, looks, lived on air. A good example of one, worthy of burning is Halle Berry's fake-looking afro, talking how orange, Alicia Vikander's fake tan skin is & how awful Blanca Blanco's Effie Trinket dress, was. Holy crap, all of their appearances was horrible! Anyways, that gives us, up the music performances. The opening dance and sing number was fine, even if it's overdone. I also love the fact that most of the presenters & guests were classy and respectful, even if their acting to hold in, their hatred for each other, felt awkward, hackneyed, fake and forced. There's something fun about watching people try to get along with each other rather than being uber-friendly with everybody. A good example from this year, was Denzel Washington, Bri Larson and Casey Affleck. They really look like they wanted to rip each other, apart, but holding it back, for the sake of the show. As usual, the most somber part of the evening is the obituaries segment, as this year saw the passing on of a high number of talent, too many to mention. While, the music performances throughout the show, couldn't bring the audience, back to life, after that. It was good enough to listen to, in the background, even if Sting's performance was somewhat tiresome & boring, Auli'i Cravalho got hit in the head, by a flag dancer and Lin Manuel Miranda rap has nothing to do with the song that he was nominated for. For the most part, the nonsense rambling in speeches were somewhat limited as well, but some of them, did go, a little overboard like, actress Viola Davis, whom talk about graveyards and silly comments about actors being the only people to understand life. They really should had cut her off, a bit few minutes, earlier. Things like this, really waste the time. However, the most bizarre moment in 89th Academy Awards had to be the closing, with the error readings of the Best Picture winners with actor, Warren Betty and Faye Dunaway. Without spoiling it all for you. All, I will give, is the emotional reaction, I felt, when watching it. It was a shocker! It probably will feed the conspiracy theorists, what Emma Stone had to say about Oscars' balloting process. Overall: While, the Oscars is known as a giant pompousness, Hollywood circle jerk. I do like the Oscars give the spotlight to a lot of films that the vast majority of movie audiences don't hear about. Some of these movies really do need a significant boost. In the end, I can't hate this most prestigious film awards show on the planet, even with its many, many faults. After all, I do love movies. While, this year, Golden Globes was a lot more entertaining to watch, as least, the Oscars wasn't a total disaster. It's still worth seeing