Mar 15, 2010

At the Oscars this year…

The 82nd Academy Awards began  with The 82nd Academy Awards began  with Neil Patrick Harris's rousing musical number,  rousing musical number,  after which the co-hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin came on stage. Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin were successful in setting a light ambience with their  sense of humor.


A chief alteration in this year's show was the increase in the Best Picture category from five nominees to ten. Decades before, the category had incorporated ten nominees and then was reduced to five. The decision to once again include more nominees came in order to take in good  films that ordinarily would not be chosen. This variation  didn’t do much to the actual show except that ten movies were introduced for the category during the ceremony instead of five.


An additional difference was introduction of the category of Original Score was displayed with music from each nominated film being played as a choreographed dance took place in the stage. The dancing itself was visually stimulating but occasionally it did not match up well with the music being played and it made for a peculiar performance overall.


Overall, the ceremony went off apparently without a hindrance; the speeches were kept short and there were no awfully embarrassing mishaps. The ceremony seems to be moving in  the direction of a more solemn show incorporating more music and dance in its place of the Oscars of old with comedic genius Billy Crystal. Every Oscar Ceremony brings new movies and new changes to the event and the 82nd Academy Awards also witnessed several modifications.

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