Oscars Review

Overall, it was a pretty good Oscar night. The right people won, in my opinion, there were some tiny surprises, and there were a few laughs.

THE WINNERS: I'm very happy that Slumdog sweeped the night, getting 8 out of its 10 nominations, and providing some interesting acceptance speeches. A little surprised that Sean Penn won, but I'm glad, he was equally as good as Rourke and deserved it too. I was pleasantly surprised Penelope Cruz won, her role in "Vicky Christina Barcelona" was fabulous, she brightened up the whole movie. Overall, awesome.

BEST SPEECH: Writer of Milk, who gave an emotionally wrought speech about how inspiring Harvey Milk had been when he moved to CA, and said something about all LGBT people being "beautiful creatures". It was a great script, and he deserved it.

WORST SPEECH: The director of the Japanese film that won best foreign film, for saying 'domo arigato mr roboto' at the end of his speech.

WORST IDEA: Hugh Jackman singing with Beyonce.

SECOND WORST IDEA: Zac Efron/Vanessa Hudgens and Amanda Seyfried/Dominic Cooper backing up Hugh Jackman/Beyonce.

BEST IDEA: Ben Stiller presenting an award dressed up like spaced out Joaquin Pheonix, and wandering around stage while the nominees were presented. I think it officially means that Pheonix can never work in Hollywood again, lol.

CRINGE INDUCING MOMENT: Sophia Loren's 70 year old face/body. It's ok if you look old now Sophia, you have been alive longer than my grandparents, so stop with the makeup and cover up the boobs.

GREATEST MOMENT: Werner Herzog randomly popping up and starting to ramble, then realizing they were presenting best doc as the next person came up. Heard of a transition?

GRADE: B