Oscars 2013!

*SPOILERS* (if you haven't watched it yet)

A very quick round up of the Oscars 2013 and my thoughts. I truly believe that Seth Macfarlane's humour is more Golden Globes and not so much Oscars. He's funny as hell but I think a couple of his jokes fell flat due to this being the prestigious old school Academy Awards. He got lashed through twitter but people with a sense of humour loved him and so did I. With regards to the handing over of the awards...in the future the Academy Award producers need to shy completely away from a number of presenters at once handing out the awards. The 'Avenger's' all on stage handing out an award felt very awkward and either not rehearsed or over rehearsed...either or it was horrible to watch as was the banter between the cast of 'Chicago'. Stick to 2 people MAX, Academy. Overall it was a great show, albeit very long, with great performances by Adele, Jennifer Hudson and Dame Shirley Bassey. The stage was beautiful and there were no unnecessarily long speeches, well there was one, but he was cut very short by the theme music to 'Jaws'.  Here's the basic list of winners: 

Best Animated Film: Brave (great choice)

Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained (the undisputed champion of original screenplay)

Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables (still battling to take her seriously)

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained (deserved, but would've liked Tommy-Lee Jones to win)

Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook (deserved!)

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln (first actor in history to have won 3 best actor Academy Awards!)

Best Director: Ang Lee - Life of Pi (Didn't call it but SO glad he won!)

Best Picture: Argo (Deserved!)

Ar-GO all the way to the Oscars!

Director: Ben Affleck

Starring: Ben Affleck (The Town; Good Will Hunting); Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle; Breaking Bad); John Goodman (The Flintstones; Roseanne); Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine)

Running Time: 120 minutes

The first and only thing that upset me about this film is that I wasn't able to watch it before the Golden Globes because I SO would've called Affleck's win. What a movie! Now I, like most people I'm sure, had no idea about the exact history behind the film, I mean you've got a basic idea that this guy from the CIA is sent in to Iran posing as a movie producer to rescue a bunch of American diplomatic personnel, posing as his crew and I'm not sure how the story played out in real-life back in 1980, but Affleck made absolutely sure that for not even a second would I be leaving my chair during the 120 minutes. I have to also commend him on his acting. I've never really seen him as much of an actor but he truly has become a force to be reckoned with and the only other person I can quite confidently say is able to self-direct well, is Clint Eastwood. Alan Arkin's Oscar nod for Best Supporting Role is definitely well deserved as the producer of this fake film and interestingly enough I thought that John Goodman also held up his end of the acting stick very well and oh, Bryan Cranston, well he certainly has come a long way since playing the dad in 'Malcolm in The Middle'! With an estimated budget of $44.5m, it's already raked in 3 times that at the box office coming in at just over $126m which, in my mind, should be one of the factors that will have Argo taking home the Oscar for Best Picture. Good job, Mr Affleck!