I think it is great that Crash won. I think it is great,great movie. I think it was unique and different, and contained great story telling, and was certainly not stereotypical. I was very surprised because Crash coming out so early in the year combined win Brokeback popularity put it at a big disadvantage. The others were great as well, (Brokeback I have not seen so I don't know I would like it) but to me Crash was the best. It was somthing fresh and new, not the typical stuff that remake and sequel crazy hollywood puts out. It wasn't even typical when compared to other movies that deal with race. With crash, you could never figure out what was going to happen next. I can't say that about the nominated movies. *gives Crash a round of applause*
I'm sorry, maybe its just because I don't like rap. But I think this years Academy Awards also shows the low state of movie songs with 'Hard Out Here for a Pimp' winning best song. When a winning song has to be censored, it is not a good sign. I can't believe that the best song in all the movies this year was a rap song. Hollywood should be able to do better. (I know will be attacked for that opinion, and no I am not niave enough to think that rap stands for retarts attempting poetry, but it is tempting). And only 3 songs were able to be nominated? Maybe its time to cut this category. Again this all probably because I happen to like music from the 40's and 30's. I know, I'm crazy.
I hope they never use Jon Stewart again. IMHO, he came off as a wisecracking jackass. He doesn't fit the academy awards.
What the f### was happening with Laure Bacall? Her speech sounded slurred. She messed up lines. She forgot the words to her speech. Was she drunk? Is she having old age difficulties? Was she on drugs? Did she had a stroke? Whatever the case, she should not been allowed to go out on stage in that condition. I don't need to watch a legend embarrass herself on live tv. How did no one see that coming?
I think they need to tweek the rule for cutting the winner off. I understand the need to have time limit on the acceptance speeches, tonight it when too far. One example: I forget what category it was(it was one the early winners), they had two people accepting the award one guy hogged all the time and the other woman never had a chance to say anything and was cut off. The bigger example: The big and final award winner for best picture was cut off. That was a disgrace and it was rude. Maybe what is need is a different time limit for different awards, giving longer amounts of time to the bigger awards. I also think that if a category is such that multiple people will be accepting the award, each person should be given a set time limit instead of one time limit for the entire group. Maybe instead of set-in-stone time limit, a human should decide when to cut someone off.
Last and lest, when are men going to realize that they need stick with the bow tie tuxedo at these things? When a man tries to wear somthing other than a bow tie and tuxedo at formal events, he usually looks silly, ridiculous, and stupid.