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		<title>Oscars 2014 Final Recap: I Liked Some Things, I Didn&#8217;t Like Some Things</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cinema lover&#8217;s Christmas happened last night. And now it&#8217;s time to go back and talk about normal stuff like The Muppet and upcoming Wes Anderson films. For a year that seemed to be incredibly unpredictable, the Oscar winners sure were predictable. As expected, 12 Years a Slave took home the top prize while Alfonso Cuaron [...]]]></description>
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<p>The cinema lover&#8217;s Christmas happened last night. And now it&#8217;s time to go back and talk about normal stuff like The Muppet and upcoming Wes Anderson films.</p>
<p>For a year that seemed to be incredibly unpredictable, the Oscar winners sure were predictable. As expected, <em>12 Years a Slave</em> took home the top prize while Alfonso Cuaron was crowned the best director in all the land. This happened to be a really good year for film, so none of the winners were exactly infuriating. The only really upsetting thing was that I had to listen to Bono sing instead of Oscar Isaac. And there&#8217;s plenty of more Bono ranting where that came from!</p>
<p>This year&#8217;s Oscar ceremony was overlong, indulgent, and only funny in small portions. Which is to say it was just like any other year. Read on to find out what I liked, what I didn&#8217;t like, and what I wasn&#8217;t sure if I should love or hate, during this year&#8217;s Academy Awards:</p>
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<p><strong>What I Liked</strong></p>
<p><strong>Matthew McConaughey&#8217;s Speech- </strong>I don&#8217;t feel comfortable with the fact that I had to root against Leo in order to win my Oscar pool, but it was worth it to see McConaughey&#8217;s fantastic acceptance speech. It got only a little bit weird when he basically said he worships himself. But that is not surprising coming from the guy who is shirtless most of the time he is in public. The seemingly genuine way in which he views luck and family is exactly the way that a sane person should view celebrity, and it shows that there is much more to this man than the lovable stoner we all thought we knew. McConaughey then talked about how his constant path for self-improvement. Then, he ended up his speech by saying &#8220;alright, alright, alright.&#8221; Well, Rust Cohle was right: time really is a flat circle. While McConaughey will become a better and better actor, deep down he will always be Wooderson.</p>
<p><strong>U2 Didn&#8217;t Win an Oscar- </strong>I have not seen <em>Frozen</em> yet, but I am assuming that it is a good thing that Robert Lopez became an EGOT before Bono did.</p>
<p><strong>Oscar Winner Spike Jonze- </strong>Oscar Winner Spike Jonze. It has a nice ring to it. I have been a fan of this guy since I was in eighth grade. I wasn&#8217;t sure what would happen to Jonze after the disappointment of <em>Where the Wild Things Are</em>. But with <em>Her, </em>Jonze showed that he could didn&#8217;t need a Charlie Kaufman script to make something wonderful (though I would love to see them reunite again in the near future). Oscar Winner Spike Jonze.</p>
<p><strong>Cate Blanchett- </strong>So everybody expected her to win. That does not mean that she wasn&#8217;t actually deserving of the award. Her performance in <em>Blue Jasmine</em> is the best thing since sliced bread gave a really good performance in that one movie.</p>
<p><strong>Bill Murray Pays Tribute to an Old Friend- </strong>In one of the nights most pleasant surprises, Bill Murray, who was presenting the award for Best Cinematography, threw Harold Ramis&#8217; name onto the list. Ramis passed away this past week. The two of them had a <a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/news/harold-ramis-bill-murray-inside-groundhog-day-duo-154846006.html">falling out</a> and had not worked together since <em>Groundhog Day. </em>It was a quick yet moving impromptu shout out. In one little moment, an entire feud was possibly solved. There were many more movies that Murray could have listed besides <em>Caddyshack</em>, <em>Ghostbusters, </em>and <em>Groundhog Day</em>, but he is Bill Murray so he gets to do whatever the hell he wants.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>What I Didn&#8217;t Like</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ellen DeGeneres- </strong>Besides that <a href="https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/440322224407314432/photo/1">awesome selfie</a>, Ellen DeGeneres was a let down as this year&#8217;s host. The best her writers could do was a gag where they brought pizzas out to the audience, which would have been way better if a) Brad Pitt smeared his slice all over his Macklemore haircut or b) somebody had to refuse because they are lactose intolerant. Ellen loves to dance but she never got to. During most of the show, it just seemed like Ellen was in the middle of telling jokes that were predictable and uninspired to begin with (not to brag or anything, because this is not something to brag about, but I totally predicted that Jonah Hill/prosthetic penis joke). There are so many young and bold hosts they could get for next year. Jimmy Fallon. John Mulaney. Amy Schumer. Or if you want a safe bet: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.</p>
<p><strong style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;">The Show- </strong><span style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;">This was one of the most poorly produced Oscar shows that I have seen in my lifetime. &#8220;Half-assed&#8221; might be the nicest thing to say about it. The &#8220;Hollywood Heroes&#8221; theme was inconsistent and inexplicable. The fact that they showed more footage from </span><em style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;">Man of Steel</em><span style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;"> than </span><em style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;">Inside Llewyn Davis </em><span style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;">is all you need to know about how I felt about the Oscars this year. Unfortunate, given that 2013 was a fantastic year for film.</span></p>
<p><strong>Jared Leto (The Non-Actor Human)- </strong>Hey Jared. I can call you Jared, right? Do you prefer Jar-Bear? Or Girlie Jesus? Anyway, you were great in <em>Dallas Buyers Club</em>, and your win was well deserved. You have also been making great choices for years, from <em>Fight Club</em> to <em>Requiem for a Dream</em> to <em>American Psycho</em>. Wow. Those are some of my favorite films of all time. You can act; nobody denies that. However, you just find new ways to make me hate you as a person every single day. There are very few times where it doesn&#8217;t look like you&#8217;re thinking to yourself &#8220;hey girl, I am awesome&#8221; like some d-bag version of Ryan Gosling. And then you just <em>had</em> to be that guy who brought up the Ukraine in his acceptance speech. I thought Bono would be the first one to say that. Yes, the people protesting in Kiev are dreamers, but they are not dreaming of winning statutes shaped like naked gold dudes. If you want to be the man filled with zen inspiration, then start acting more like Matthew McConaughey and less like a rejected <em>Entourage </em>character.<span style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;"> </span></p>
<p><strong>The Act of Killing Loses- </strong>I am sure that <em>20 Feet from Stardom </em>is good and all, but it is not <a href="http://reeldealblog.com/2014/02/movie-review-the-act-of-killing/"><em>The Act of Killing</em></a>, a documentary that is by far one of the most important films so far this decade. I guess the Oscars saw <em>12 Years a Slave</em> and thought that they had honored enough brutally honest depictions of history for one lifetime. Sure, Darlene Love sang, and it was nice and everyone was happy about it. However, who knows what song Anwar Congo would have belted out on stage if only <em>The Act of Killing </em>had won.</p>
<p><strong style="line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;">How Do I Feel About This?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Kim Novak- </strong>Come on, guys. She&#8217;s 81-years-old. Lay off on the jokes about her frozen face and all of that. And if you are wondering who Kim Novak is, she starred in <em>Vertigo</em>. And she used to do respectable things like <a href="http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa284/Satorarepo/Album%202010/Vertigo52.jpg">make out with Jimmy Stewart</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Leo Doesn&#8217;t Win- </strong>Like Leo really cares. At the end of the day, he&#8217;s still Leonardo DiCaprio.</p>
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