Jeez, pitch a hissy fit, why don’t you?

It never ceases to disgust me that so many people enjoy watching this man.

Well, I decided to take in the last hour of the Oscars and I’m a little disappointed in the Academy. This would have been a perfect year for a movie like Brokeback Mountain to take home the Best Picture. Don’t get me wrong, Crash is an excellent motion picture and certainly not unworthy of the award, but I just though Brokeback took the greater chance, had the more important message when you consider current events in our country.

Oh, well, otherwise they made good choices. Reese Witherspoon was a perfect choice for Best Actress and gave one of the more memorable speeches. I have to say I was getting a little annoyed at the arbitrary manner in which award recipients were cut off and/or rushed off the stage.  Hell, Tom Hanks looked like he was going to keel over from the stress of trying to get through the Best Director nominations without causing the show to run over. For most people, this is a once-in-a-lifetime event. Let them have more than 60 seconds in the limelight!

I can’t comment on John Stewart’s job as hosting since I skipped most of the ceremony, but from what little I saw it was rather tame.