Oscars 2008

I mean, The Slumdog Millionaire Show with special guest Kate Winslet.
Lets first talk about the winners. Unfortionately I haven't been able to see most of this years nominees so I was going in with a little bit of haze. Last years winner, No Country for Old Men, is now one of my favorite movies. Slumdog pulled through all night long. I guess that wasn't much of a surprise. Another award that wasn't much of a surprise was Heath Ledger for Best Supporting Actor. I was probley one of the few people in America who was not rooting for Heath Ledger. Personally I wanted Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder. Not that Ledger didn't do a good job, but I think if he wouldn't have died there would not have been so much attention on his performance. I think that the best performance in Dark Knight came from Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon. One of the only upsets of the night was Sean Penn winning over Mickey Rourke. I think Mickey really wanted that award, but I don't think that Mickey felt he deserved it. Sean Penn always seems like he has a sense of arrogance.
Of the performance aspects of the night, I thought Hugh Jackman was a good host. He wasn't a comedian, I would have rather had Ricky Gervais or even Conan O'Brien. But the Recession musical at the beginning was good. Jackman knows how to entertain a crowd. But the lack of humor throughout the night made Tina Fey, Steve Martin, and Ben Stiller funnier. I really enjoyed the Pineapple Express minifilm. One of the more interesting changes was how the awards were presented. Instead of last year's Best Supporting Actor giving out the award for Best Supporting Actress, five former Best Supporting Actresses did. That allowed us to see Chris Walken's horrible haircut that looked like a baby Koala Bear was attached to the base of his head. It also allowed Robert DeNiro, Ben Kingsley, Anthony Hopkins and Micheal Douglas to share the same stage with a very misplaced and awkward Adrian Brody. But one of the best shots of the night was Mickey Rourke with Edward Cullen on his left and Tina Fey on his right.