The telecast of the 79th Annual Academy Awards didn’t win many fans among some TV reviewers. What did you think? Share your comments below.
Washington Post critic Tom Shales called the telecast “alternately a bore and a horror.” He said “the number of big, emotionally rewarding moments was infinitesimal,” and that host Ellen DeGeneres did “a crisp and unpretentious job in her first gig as an Oscar host.”
Variety said, “this year’s Academy Awards ultimately proved a stately if unspectacular-bordering-on-dull affair, with host Ellen DeGeneres’ traditional shtick feeling a trifle small for the industry’s biggest stage.”
The New York Post said the telecast “will likely be remembered as the dullest, most bloated, Academy Awards ever.”
The Hollywood Reporter was gentler on DeGeneres, saying she set a “kinder, gentler tone for the show.”
USA Today thought DeGeneres was the bright spot in the evening but “anyone seeking excitement or anything resembling speed from Sunday’s exceedingly pokey Academy Awards probably came away disappointed.”
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The only bad thing that happened in that show was the Dreamgirls performance. I dont complain on the slightly boring pace of the show, or the minor awards (come on, give them credit!), or Ellen. I certainly agree Scorsese as the best Director. It was not a disappoinment. I disagree on Hudson though, and the dreadful performance proved it.
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