What's next?

Now that The Academy Awards are over, I feel like there is nothing left to look forward to until next years Oscars. But when one award season ends, the start of another is not far behind. And like I said, I don't just love the Oscars, I love all awards shows and the award season.

Even though the 2014 Oscars were less than two weeks ago, preparations for the 2015 Oscars have already begun and predications for the awards have already started. Each year we watch the award season and the Oscars and we watch it propel an actors or actresses career forward. The next year we watch the winners and expect great things from them. We also critique this years shows to see how they can improve for next year, which I'm sure we all have very different opinions about. I'm sure with just about everything in life, the producers can't make everyone happy.

Since I wasn't very entertained during this years awards, next year, they better pull out all the stops to impress me, after all, I am their biggest fan!

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.