Annual Oscar night review -- WITH SLEEVES!

[heavenly_pearl]

It's the day after the Oscars, which means it's time for my annual Oscar post! I forgot to post the list of my award predictions, but I did fairly well this year, guessing eleven out of twenty-four correctly. Almost half right, and one better than last year!

Liked Anne Hathaway as a host, because, well, I just plain love her, but James Franco was kind of dull. Cute, but dull. The best part was probably Anne singing about Hugh Jackman. I would have loved it if they had hosted together. I think that would have been a lot of fun. Also glad that they once again took the time to give performances of the Best Original Song nominees. Seriously, it was just weird last year that they didn't.

But for me, the best part of Oscars night is, of course, the fashion, and this year was great because of one thing: SLEEVES. People actually wore formal gowns with sleeves! Not always successfully, mind you, but I appreciated that they were there. (See my rant a few months ago about the lack of sleeves on bridesmaids dresses.) And there was a variety of different colors this year, too, which was nice, although red seemed rather popular. There was one really weird trend, though, of wearing colored gemstones that didn't match the dresses at all. Sometimes the look was okay if the dress was simple and the colors complimented each other, but most of the time I hated it.

Best dressed honors this year -- hands down -- goes to Reese Witherspoon in that simple, elegant black and white gown. She was just gorgeous! Loved it. For the past couple of years, Penelope Cruz has held that honor for me, but while she looked fabulous considering that she just had a baby a few weeks ago, I'm not really fond of sequins. (Yeah, I'm saying this as a huge fan of figure skating. Ironic, huh?) The dress was nice, just not her best.

Michelle Williams was probably my second favorite of the night in a short-sleeved white beaded gown, followed by Natalie Portman's maroon empire-waisted dress. (And her earrings matched, too!) Both of those were definitely my style. I also loved that blue dress Mandy Moore wore on stage to sing, Sandra Bullock's stunning red gown, and the tangerine number that Jennifer Hudson wore. Anne's assortment of dresses was also rather nice, except for the last one. It would have been better if the background fabric had been darker. (Props for long sleeves, though!) The shiny blue number was also a bit hit-or-miss.

I can't decide whether I hated or loved Scarlett Johansson's purple lace gown. (I know I hated her messy hairstyle, though!) I love lace dresses, and the color was pretty, but I don't know... Melissa Leo seems to be on a lot of the worst dressed lists, but I actually thought the top half was okay. (One of the more successful experiments with sleeves, I thought.) It was just that dreadful slit up the front that ruined things. That's almost never a good look. Slits should be on the side or in the back, not right up the middle in front.

But my pick for worst dress of the evening was Cate Blanchett's lavendar gown. From the weird pseudo-sleeves to the random yellow beads, it was just a disaster. Runner-up honors go to Nicole Kidman's ugly structured white gown. Ugh. And I'm pretty sure her jewelry didn't match either, so that was another blow to her look.

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[skiesovergideon.livejournal.com]

James Franco was stoned out of his mind. He had to be. There was just something WEIRD about his behavior last night.

Anne's dresses were lovely, I definitely agree. I still can't believe what Amy Adams was wearing homg. That blue thing was horrific.

Who did you pick for best actor/actress/film?

[heavenly-pearl.livejournal.com]

I think Amy's dress might have been a little better without the necklace. That was so not a dress to wear with a necklace.

Best Actor - Colin Firth
Best Actress - Natalie Portman
Best Picture - "The Social Network" (although I had a feeling I should have went with "The King's Speech" instead)

The only nominated movies I've seen so far are "Toy Story 3" and "Alice in Wonderland", so pretty much all my choices were based on buzz and random guessing.

- Yumeko -

[skiesovergideon.livejournal.com]

That is SO true. I definitely agree. The necklace kind of ruined it, it could have been so much better without.

GO SEE THE KING'S SPEECH HOMG IT'S SO EXCELLENT. *huddles in the corner* Honestly, it's a great movie. I still need to see Toy Story 3 and Alice.