Well another year of Oscar has come and gone and now it is time for me to give my two cents worth. I'll start with Steve Martin as the host since he started it all off. Martin I'd have to say did an o.k job, but nothing special. He's a likeable guy so it's hard to have hated what he was doing, but I felt he just didn't do much. This could be because last year's show was the longest ever and they wanted him to speed things up, but he just didn't bring that something extra to the show to help make the night. I'd have to admit that I long for the years with Billy Crystal's opening numbers. Now that brought something special.

Anyway, moving on let's get to the awards. A lot of them were your typical winners that weren't much of a surprise or you just didn't care so let's skip those and get to the good stuff. The first surprise of the night was Michael Moore. Oscar has a tendency to skip documentaries that people have actually seen so I was surprised by the win, but even more by the speech. I knew that there was something controversial coming but didn't know it would be that good. I'd have to say that it made my night. I'm not saying that I agree or disagree , but I love it when someone just let's it all go like that and speaks his mind. It was great!  Even with the crowd booing he still went on! I haven't seen a classic moment like that since Brando sent that Indian girl to accept his Oscar. I love controversy so I'd have to thank Michael Moore for making my night. Next up on my list is Eminem's win. I never thought that the academy would turn against classic favorites like U2 and Paul Simon and choose Eminem, but they did. This is great not because it shows that rap is now accepted or anything like that, but because I can now say Oscar winner Eminem and that is one of the funniest things I can think of. 

The next two awards I want to mention are those of best actor and director by the Pianist. These were just huge upsets that I never saw coming. This film that no one has seen has managed to grab two of the big awards. I'm sure that they are both deserving but I mean come' on did anyone see that coming? Finally, I'd just like to say that for once I do agree with the Best Picture winner. Chicago was a great film and if you haven't seen it you should. I don't like musicals and loved it so that's how good it is. Even Richard Gere was great.  Also I was glad to see Conrad Hall get an oscar. He had a great career and did a wonderful job on this film so it was nice to see him recognized.

Anyway that's all I have to say for now on the Oscars  so if you want to talk about them some more head over to the message board.

I'm done.

-Christian