81st Academy Awards: My Thoughts

I like to think that what I have to say on a given issue should be of great concern to those around me, which is why I have compiled the following list.

81st Oscar Cheers and Jeers!

Cheers: To putting the band up ON the stage.
Jeers: To not muting audience applause while playing the "In Memoriam" montage. As EW once said, that's life's final and cruelest popularity contest.

Cheers: Whoever styled Tilda Swinton
Jeers: Mikey Rourke remembering his dog by sticking it on a necklace. It just looked cheap. Like one of those bottle-cap necklaces.


Cheers: To changing the format of introducing the nominees for best lead/supporting actor/actress.
Jeers: To Jerry Lewis for keeping his cool. I wanted bitterness, not pleasantries!

All in all the 81st Oscars was really good. Definitely better than last year, but still nowhere close to the 79th Academy Awards. Ahh, Pilobolus... how I miss you.