Televised live in around 200 countries with a viewer ship of 37.63 million this time, Academy awards surely stand out to be the most watched award ceremony across the globe. While the Grammy gossips were still in the air, there was an anxious wait for the Oscars as it marked the end of the award season. However, evaluating on the scale of suspense and thrill, the awards only had a little element of excitement and were more or less what we call "predictable"
The star-spangled night’s featured co- hosts were Anne Hathaway who seemed to go a little overboard with excitement while James Franco appearing disinterested at best. And besides that Marilyn Monroe drag and "NY..Wassup" hail, Franco did not do much to create the stir.
The predictable award sequence shot off with Collin Firth receiving the award for the Best Actor for "King’s speech", and while Natalie Portman was already the uncontested winner of the Best Actress category for her role in Black Swan, Jeff Bridges made it a point to call out each nominee's name individually to commend their performances. For Portman, it seemed she wanted to make sure everyone is aware of her first pregnancy as she gave a sweet call out to her fiancé and choreographer of the film, Benjamin Millepied, thanking him to give her “the most important role” of her life!
It appeared that this time, the awards distribution followed a pattern of acknowledging well structured, grand and predictable films, and so even though "Inception" did stand as a powerful contender, King’s speech won awards in all four major categories; Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. For the rest of the categories "Inception" and "Social Network" safely secured three awards each, while Black Swan bagged one award for the Best Actress.Other significant films to receive awards were "Alice in the Wonderland", "The Fighter" and "Toy Story 3".
The evening showcased glamorous stars who religiously followed the trails of the red carpet with sprightly bright colors, sleek and minimalistic designs and form-fitting attires. Red seemed to be the Oscar color as Hathaway sported two red dresses (out of ummm…4..5..Forgot the count) and Sandra Bullock wore a strapless red dress; not to forget Hudson who posed her petite frame in a tangerine colored evening gown.
One of the Oscars stage histrionics was Melissa Leo who appeared flabbergasted and overly surprised, and made sure she carried that look for quite some time - seemed a bit too much of theatricality for her age. Moreover,Sandra Bullock with her loud and flirtatious remarks on the best actor nominees ,as usual, managed to receive audience’s laughs and lauds. Also, Scarlett Johansson and Matthew McConaughey as they presented the award for the sound achievement asserted quite a bit on the "Soounndd" part to make it "Sooundd" more amusing.
One thing worth mentioning is A.R Rehman’s presence and his nomination for "If I Rise" from 127 hours. He and his wife, the demure couple, posed a lot of decency and something off the conventional made up, glitzy look. What was truly surprising was Mallika Sharawat in a no-cleavage look,while Aishwarya rai looked quite like she usually does, the pretty petite.
In two words, the entire event was predictable and underwhelming; and lacked the sensation and excitement that would have been there if the awards were organized a couple of months ago.
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