The Oscars

This hostless Oscars is really good. The people that disliked it are most likely people who either... their favourite (pun intended) movie didn't win, it was boring (which it wasn't), too political (which it always has been. Look at the Oscar speech when Marlon Brando won Best Actor), or got mad when people dont agree with their opinion.

Okay but got boring pretty quickly.

The big issue these award shows now face is that their audience watches film on multiple platforms, in theatres, streaming, cable, free to air TV. The days of everyone going off to the cinema to watch a popular movie are gone, never to return. The impact the awards have is greatly diluted by this fact, the quality of the output is as good as ever but award shows that concentrate on one medium seem missing a lot, it's because they no longer reflect the audience. Also through Netflix it a lot less American centric, again diluting the award.

Best Picture W : Green Book M : Green Book

Best Leading Actor W : Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) M : Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)

Best Leading Actress W : Olivia Colman (The Favourite) M : Olivia Colman (The Favourite)

Best Supporting Actor W : Mahershala Ali (Green Book) M : Mahershala Ali (Green Book)

Best Supporting Actress W : Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) M : Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)

Best Director W : Alfonso Quaron (Roma) M : Alfonso Quaron (Roma)

Best Original Screenplay W : Green Book M : Green Book

Best Adapted Screenplay W : Blackkklansman M : A Star is Born

Best Cinematography W : Roma W : Roma

One week has passed by and still I am seeing 11 user reviews, seems very little interest! The 91st Oscars has finally arrived, as usual with too much predictability since the Golden Globes announced their winners! Since the 90th Academy Awards in 2018 had the lowest Nielsen ratings of all time, the played smart for the 91st Oscars without any host. It didn't had an impact, in fact, there was a reduction of one hour time which made me easy to view. It was very easy to guess who would won The Best Actor, Picture and Animated Feature. The only special thing I liked was Lady Gaga's speech. Emilia Clarke was the most well dressed person and my heart was with her. I wish there would be a color pic in the IMDB page! I think someone needs to replace Glenn Wiess to direct the Oscars in order to surge the ratings!

It started off with a blast. Queen!

The hostless Oscars ceremony because some comedians have not realised the dangers of social media.

However the lack of jokes was noticeable and maybe we should have had more Queen songs.

The awards were nicely spread out this year. Bohemian Rhapsody, Black Panther, Roma, Green Book all got a slice of the pie. I did think Green Book was undeserving of the top prize, especially as one of the writer's Nick Vallelonga supported one of Trump's lies about Muslims in New Jersey and was caught with his metaphorical pants down. It also undermined the message the film was making.

The downside of the Oscars were those excruciating awful speeches. Here is a hint, the television audience does not want to know the names of everyone associated in your life. If you win the best special effects Oscar, there can be 750 people who worked on the special effects in some capacity. So when you thank and read out the names of 30 people. What about the other 730 who you have ignored?

The worse offender was Spike Lee who ironically won an Oscar for his words. I had to put my hands on my face in horror as he droned on and on. I would not be surprised if BlacKkKlansman was meant to be the Best Picture Oscar winner and someone swapped it for Green Book to save the world from another Spike Lee speech. Spike, there were three other writers of that film and they did not even manage to get a word in.

At least Lady Gaga showed how it should be done. A powerful performance of Shallow with Bradley Cooper followed by an inspiring speech.