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A awards ceremony to honor excellence in the films of 2009 that took place on March 7, 2010.
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Mar 8, 2010
- by MichaelN
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I usually do my best to avoid these self-congratulating spectacles for people that really don't provide any real value to our nation other than employing a small portion of the population. I happened to be sitting talking with my family and they had the show on. I could not avoid watching this show. I found that this show did not have the flair and pomp of the normal shows but dealt more along the human interest stories of those that were in the running.
For once I didn't have to look at the tabloid fodder of these stars but was actually presented with information about them and the characters that they had played to actually care about them as people and maybe even root for them to win.
One of the most intriguing portions of the broadcast is where they had a different star talk about the nomininees for both Best Actor and Best Actress awards. Some of the tales were priceless, especially when Helen Mirren's The Queen co-star started talking about her hand tattoo coming through her make-up.
I really liked this toned down version of the awards and wished other shows of this type would follow-suit.
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dalydose
March 08, 2010
I'm not a big fan of award shows either. I refused to watch but I'm glad to have read your review and that someone who isn't all ga-ga over Oscar actually found something to enjoy!
MichaelN
March 09, 2010
It's funny but a lot of the critics complained about what I liked about it, i.e. it was toned down.
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Scotman
March 08, 2010
Good review. I only caught the latter half and thought it was pretty entertaining. What did you think of the winners?
MichaelN
March 08, 2010
Not sure if you are asking me if I agreed with the winners (as I didn't see all the movies this is hard to judge). They were generally very gracious and their speeches were forced to be brief. On a couple of the awards involving multiple winners, the music cut off second speakers before they could get two words out.
Scotman
March 08, 2010
No, just your general comments which you did. I really wanted Avatar to win more but science fiction films often do poorly in these kinds of awards ceremonies. Did you see the guy who wanted us to text Dolphin something? They cut him off fast too.
MichaelN
March 09, 2010
I really liked Avatar but have not yet seen The Hurt Locker so I can't compare. I understand that James Cameron himself was pulling for the director of The Hurt Locker. As far as best film goes, the box office speaks for itself with Avatar so a stupid looking androgenous statue wouldn't have really added anything. I don't specifically remember the dolphin thing but it must have been for one of those lesser awards that I don't really pay attention to.
Scotman
March 09, 2010
Yeah, the dolphin thing was pretty quick, I think it was before the foreign film awards. I did appreciate they have foreign films in these things. Avatar is a rich film and really I could not care less what the negative guys say. Some people like to write negative reviews of a movie BECAUSE it's a hot seller or the majority like it. Take a look at Amazon for example. But I digress. Good review.
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Quick Tip by DonnaL1.
March 12, 2010
Too long, boring, no rapport between the hosts, not entertaining. Its future? Will go pay per view or the internet!
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March 09, 2010
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March 05, 2010
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The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, honored the best films of 2009 and took place March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST/8:30 p.m. EST (01:30 UTC, March 8). The ceremony was scheduled from its usual late February date to avoid coinciding with the 2010 Winter Olympics. The Academy Awards ceremony was televised in the United States on ABC. Actors Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin hosted the show. Martin hosted for the third time, after previously presiding over the 73rd and 75th ceremonies, while Baldwin hosted the show for the first time. This was the first telecast to have multiple hosts since the 59th ceremony. However, announcer Gina Tuttle did a majority of the presenter introductions. In fact, this was the seventh year in a row the announcer introduced the Best Picture presenter (which turned out to be Tom Hanks).
On February 20, 2010, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Elizabeth Banks.
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On February 20, 2010, in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Elizabeth Banks.
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