Made absolutely fun...by Ellen hosting the Oscars! Including pizza delivery and the "selfie" seen round the world! :)
The Best Dressed competition narrowed down to Cate Blanchett, Lupita Nyong'o and Jared Leto...although I think if Jared had listened to his inner "Rayon" he could have walked away with this one.
And though I would have liked to seen Philomena do more...and Nebraska...and August: Osage County...and I felt like Wolf of Wall Street did not belong there at all. (...might possibly have been the worst film of the year, in my opinion...)
An edgy, socio-political year for the Oscars with the two leading films dealing with Slavery and AIDS.
I was happy to see the Best Picture go to
12 Years A Slave.
And Lupita's performance in the fore-mentioned film (best supporting actress) was topped only by her humility and beauty (both in body and spirit) at last night's ceremonies. It is not often that an acceptance speech can move me to near tears.
McConaughey was brilliant in The Dallas Buyers Club and kudos for making a film that for years no one wanted to make...the script turned down over 130 times. Richly deserving the Oscar for Best Actor. Still trying to find out if the near skeletal look was achieved through CGI or if (like Christian Bale in his performance in The Mechanist") he actually starved himself thin for the role. Bale reportedly ate an apple and a vitamin daily while shooting his film. The transformation was Auschwitz Thin.
(Referenced this later...and yes...he dropped over 40 pounds for the role)
And right beside him as best supporting actor Jared Leto (...who looked amazingly sexy on the red carpet with all that beautiful hair...possibly because he is amazingly sexy...) did an incredible job as "Rayon" a tough transvestite with a heart of gold. And captured the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. I particularly liked the way he let the press "fondle" his Oscar during the conference. Nice touch.
and as his character Rayon.
Although Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine didn't stand a chance between these two blockbusters...Cate Blanchett richly deserved her Oscar for Best Actress for her performance as Jasmine. A performance that rivalled Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar named Desire" only brought into modern times and situations, and set in San Francisco. Although the ends were not as tightly tied up as Miss DuBois'...you knew a facility was in her near future.
A tough year with many above average films vying for position...but I think the choices were well thought out.
And Elton and David's 2 year old son, Zachary Furnish-John, the absolute toast of the couple's Annual After Oscar Party!
Meeting Bono