http://chickflix.net/2010/03/and-the-winners-are/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:22:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://chickflix.net/2010/03/and-the-winners-are/#comment-1296 Mainstream Chick Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:30:50 +0000 http://chickflix.net/?p=2449#comment-1296 I wasn't terribly surprised overall. But as I've mentioned before, none of the TEN movies resonated to the level of "THIS HAS TO WIN BEST PICTURE" the way "Slumdog Millionaire" did last year. I liked "Hurt Locker" and definitely felt that Bigelow deserved best director. But I enjoyed "Up in the Air" a whole lot more and agree with Arty Chick that it would've been nice to see it get a bit more recognition. It had everything - good story, good acting, good characters, humor and drama. I guess it will just have to settle for making a whole lot more money than HL. As for the telecast overall - what a snoozer! Spread out those big awards! Provide more opportunity for great ad-libbers like Martin and Baldwin to ad lib! Wake up the audience once in a while! And perform those original songs! I wasn’t terribly surprised overall. But as I’ve mentioned before, none of the TEN movies resonated to the level of “THIS HAS TO WIN BEST PICTURE” the way “Slumdog Millionaire” did last year. I liked “Hurt Locker” and definitely felt that Bigelow deserved best director. But I enjoyed “Up in the Air” a whole lot more and agree with Arty Chick that it would’ve been nice to see it get a bit more recognition. It had everything – good story, good acting, good characters, humor and drama. I guess it will just have to settle for making a whole lot more money than HL. As for the telecast overall – what a snoozer! Spread out those big awards! Provide more opportunity for great ad-libbers like Martin and Baldwin to ad lib! Wake up the audience once in a while! And perform those original songs!

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