The producers were hoping The Oscars 2023 would prove to be knockout for the viewers instead of the presenters like last year.
Presenter Jimmy Kimmel took his cue from Billy Crystal, inserting himself into footage of the Best Picture nominees.
Unfortunately his jokes lacked Crystal's sure touch. I thought maybe Steven Spielberg was going to slap him for poking fun of his parent's marriage.
It took a while for the ceremony to get going. Only one award was handed in the first half hour.
The two best supporting acting awards indicated that this would be the night for Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Ke Huy Quan no longer a Trivial Pursuit question. Whatever happened to the kid from Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom?
Jamie Lee Curtis showing she was always an acting talent to reckon with. Charismatic but the Hollywood bigwigs took a while to notice her outside of genre movies.
Brendan Fraser who seemed to have disappeared for a few years and them emerged on television got the Best Actor award. He was championed by Ian McKellen 25 years ago. He said once Brendan gets older, the looks go, the Hollywood executives will notice just what a good actor he is. The Mummy films might have been silly but Fraser always had the effortless star quality.
Michelle Yeoh took a leap from the martial arts genre. The first Star Trek captain to be an Oscar winner.
The songs were boring It was a good job Naatu Naatu had the infectious dance moves.
Overall rather safe and predictable. Apart from an impromptu Happy Birthday sang out at the auditorium.
Presenter Jimmy Kimmel took his cue from Billy Crystal, inserting himself into footage of the Best Picture nominees.
Unfortunately his jokes lacked Crystal's sure touch. I thought maybe Steven Spielberg was going to slap him for poking fun of his parent's marriage.
It took a while for the ceremony to get going. Only one award was handed in the first half hour.
The two best supporting acting awards indicated that this would be the night for Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Ke Huy Quan no longer a Trivial Pursuit question. Whatever happened to the kid from Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom?
Jamie Lee Curtis showing she was always an acting talent to reckon with. Charismatic but the Hollywood bigwigs took a while to notice her outside of genre movies.
Brendan Fraser who seemed to have disappeared for a few years and them emerged on television got the Best Actor award. He was championed by Ian McKellen 25 years ago. He said once Brendan gets older, the looks go, the Hollywood executives will notice just what a good actor he is. The Mummy films might have been silly but Fraser always had the effortless star quality.
Michelle Yeoh took a leap from the martial arts genre. The first Star Trek captain to be an Oscar winner.
The songs were boring It was a good job Naatu Naatu had the infectious dance moves.
Overall rather safe and predictable. Apart from an impromptu Happy Birthday sang out at the auditorium.