Monday Morning Quarterback Part I

By BOP Staff

February 24, 2015

Where is my milk?

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Instead, I focus on the positives such as the wonderful speech by Common and John Legend, their majestic live performance, and the glorious recreation of "Everything Is Awesome." That's the most I've been reminded of Blame Canada by Robin Williams in the interim. I also quite enjoy Neil Patrick Harris's sense of humor, and I was thrilled by the introductory scene. The magic trick with the Oscar predictions was a great idea that was beaten into the ground, dug up, and then beaten into the ground once more. I loved the payoff. I despised the dozen references to it.

Overall, this was a largely spiritless show save for the many brilliant acceptance speeches, and I could feel the enthusiasm for it die during the final 90 minutes. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to call (not text) my mom.




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Kim Hollis: I thought the show was more entertaining than most people seem to. Apparently Neil Patrick Harris has my kind of sense of humor (not that I didn't already know that. It was just more in evidence as I laughed at a lot of jokes people thought fell flat). Like David, I'm fairly irritated that Michael Keaton didn't win for Best Actor when Birdman took the other major prizes. The film rides on his performance, after all. On the other hand, I was thrilled that Birdman did win. I think it may be the first time ever that my favorite film of the year won Best Picture.

As for the most entertaining portion of the show, I think there were a few highlights. J.K. Simmons' speech was my favorite of the night. "Everything Is Awesome" and "Glory" were both absolutely fantastic, and I'd agree that all of the Best Song performances were solid. And even though I get extremely annoyed by the needless "tributes" like The Wizard of Oz last year and Sound of Music this year, Lady Gaga killed it.


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