Just some random thoughts about nothing really.

First of all, I was seven for seven on the predictions I did make. See my predictions here and here. Not bad, huh? I know…I went out on a limb with my Best Director and Best Pictures predictions, but my gut was telling me that as good as it may be, the Academy wouldn’t want to honor a movie that is kind of “fantasy” over a gritty “true to life” movie.

Second, I hated the interpretive dance of movie scores. Seriously. It is not that I don’t like dance, I do. But I want to see dance with music that is meant to be danced to. It was ridiculous, a complete waste of time, and it took away from all those people who weren’t allowed to give acceptance speeches.

Speaking of that – third. Oscars, take a hint from the Grammys. Give away all the awards for sound, editing, makeup, costumes, etc., before the show airs. You can give away all the biggies – Actor, Actress, Supporting Roles, maybe best song, maybe screenplay awards, Director and Film – in probably 1/3 of the time. I would say one and a half hours and hey…if you want someone to sing the nominated songs, then that will make it two hours.

Fourth…do not understand why Bea Arthur and Farrah Fawcett were not included in the In Memoriam, but Michael Jackson was. Yes, he was in The Wiz. Yes, these two ladies did mostly TV but according to IMDB, they did theatrical movies too and more than MJ. Don’t get me wrong, I love MJ but he received his tributes on all the music awards shows. Farrah Fawcett was in The Apostle with Robert Duvall, for goodness sake!

That’s all for now.