Oscar Excitement

With The Oscars only two days away my nerdy excitement is becoming harder and harder to hide. Fortunately, I'm not the only one. It seems that every daytime and late night talk show is counting down and talking about The Academy Awards. But what I'm looking forward to after The Oscars is Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Oscars. If this years show is anything like last years show then it should be hilarious and include many A-listers and possibly Oscar winners.

 

Now, I'm not say that The Oscars aren't entertaining, I don't think there has ever been an opening monologue that I haven't enjoyed. And even most of the presenters throw in a joke here or there before another famous Oscar line is uttered, "the envelope, please." And lets not forget the anticipation of who will win the biggest award of the night, Best Picture. But with just two days to go we won't have to wait much longer! 

Fun Fact: Jennifer Lawrence is the youngest person ever to earn a trio of Oscar nominations. (Winter's Bone, Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle.)

And the Winner is...

I think it was Sally Field who said it best, "You like me, you really like me." She said this famous line at the 1985 Academy Awards while accepting her second oscar for her role in Places in the Heart. While it may not have been the best acceptance speech, it was definitely memorable.

I'll admit, I still don't watch all the acceptance speeches at The Oscars, but I do watch the "big" ones. Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress and Best Movie. Probably because I've watched all the movies and now I feel invested in the them, I want to see my prediction come true and see my favourtie actor give their speech. After the first few speeches they all start to sound the same to me, and I don't know anyone they're thanking.

But lets be honest, no one ever remembers the "best" acceptance speeches, we all remember the "worst" ones.

I am starting to realize that a lot of work and man power goes into making the final product so this year I probably should sit down and listen to the speeches because every person that gets thanked in a speech deserves it.

Recognizing this years Best

Anyone who has watched The Academy Awards knows just how long of a show it can be. That's just because so many people deserved to be honoured and awarded with an Oscar and they have to get through all of them. As I've grown older I realized how much work it takes to make a movie, produce a movie, direct a movie, add special effects to a movie, and market a movie. While we probably go see a movie because of who is acting in it, it's not just the actors that deserve all the credit. 

At the first Academy Awards only 12 categories to win an award, in comparison to the 24 categories we have now, not including the special categories. We all know the biggies, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Best Picture. Then comes the awards for music, directing, producing, costume, make-up, documentaries and more! 

Over the years there have been some categories that have been cut such as Best Assistant Director and Best Dance Direction but there have also been some that have been added. The last category to be added was Best Animated Feature in 2001 which went to Shrek. 

Every year I'm interested to see who gets nominated in each category and make my predictions whether or not they'll win or if they even deserved to be nominated in the first place. However, what I don't find fair about the categories at The Academy Awards are that all of these actors and actresses are lumped together whether their movie is comedy, drama, or sci-fi. My question is, how can the Academy judge everyone together when each part is such different acting?

Fun Fact: Beauty and the Beast was the first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture in 1991.

The good, the bad and the ugly!

As soon as the actresses and actors step onto the red carpet there is a chance for them to get an award. Best and worst dressed has been reported on now for years, with Joan Rivers having the harshest opinions on her E! show Fashion Police.

I have to admit, when I first, diligently, started watching the oscars, I didn't care about the red carpet. I would just tune in for the show, I thought a three hour show was long enough. But now my Oscar night starts at six when Ryan Seacrest is live from the red carpet. 

While the fashion changes every year there is usually a trend between all the women's gowns. It could be a trend of sequins, of a train, or of the colour or they could be totally different, this is where they take a chance being labeled a "hit or miss". Must be easy for the men, throw on a suit and they're done. 

Now, in my personal opinion there are always more "hits" then there are "misses". Yet no matter how many years pass everyone seems to agree that Julia Roberts' vintage Valentino dress she wore in 2001 was definitely a "hit". It reminded everyone of old Hollywood, bringing the black and white glamour to The Academy Awards. 

Just because a dress is infamous it doesn't make it a "hit" and I think that was made clear with Bjork's swan dress designed by Marjan Pejoski also in 2001. To this day I still don't know what she was thinking! 

I can't wait to see this years Oscar's fashion trends and what the big names will be wearing.