Just another review of the Oscars 2013

Finally, I’m after getting my head together after a sleep deprived Oscars. With about 2 hours sleep, I turned up to present an Oscar special on my own radio show this morning and now I’m jumping on the digital bandwagon as well. For what, who knows? But more than likely it’ll feature moaning, groaning and a bunch of negativity about the 85th Academy Awards. After all, this is the internet.

For full disclosure, I’m like many of you. I hold Seth MacFarlane in the highest regard. He’s been placed atop a comedy pedestal in my mind. A genius of comedy and parody and seemingly a likeable guy. As of this moment in time, that comedy pedestal has collapsed. With a billion people watching, theres no denying the fact that the Oscars is a high pressure gig and is far more conservative than say the Golden Globes. With that in mind, I wonder would we have had the real MacFarlane if he was hosting the Globes. In my own humble and un-respected  opinion this was quite a restrained Family Guy creator, who’s scripted jokes went down like the a bullet to the head. Especially the John Wilkes Booth one!

Throughout the 85th Academy Awards, MacFarlane did shine though. And these were times when he seemingly went off script and had a quick off the cuff remark about someone or something that had just happened. These “little” jokes were rather brilliant and inspired showcasing MacFarlane as the Seth we all love. But tragically, the return to the script proved painful. MacFarlane has raised the bar incredibly highly over the years, and maybe I expected too much? In any case; if any show starts with a time travelling William fucking Shatner, you know it’s going to be a long night!

The awards themselves involved quite a number of surprises, upsets and internet gold.  And in bullet point form

• Jennifer Lawrence falling up a stairs
• Kristen Stewart limping like she’s auditioning for a Long John Silver movie
• Paul Rudd's nose smashing into a microphone
• Gandalf lookalikes accepting awards
• Adelle semi crying
• Michelle Obama presenting best picture from the Whitehouse
• The Avengers turning up and not wrecking the place
• Catherine Zeta Jones attempting to show the world she still has it
• Quentin Tarantino kicking the orchestra’s ass and getting them to stop playing him off
• Tommy Lee Jones actually smiling
• An awesome Ben Affleck acceptance speech
• The Jaws theme used to hurry up the speeches
• Some really awesome beards

I can go on and on, but to be honest, I’ve lost the will to live after enduring last nights Oscars, which with few exceptions, were flat, boring and uninspired. The jokes didn’t work, the “videos” didn’t work and no Ernie the giant chicken. Granted we had a bunch of turkeys!