oscar boredom

ok i got bored about halfway thru the oscars, which was thankfully saved by the very funny Chris Rock (you have to see his standup stuff).

i was appalled by the oscar nominees for best song. ok, well i'm always appalled, especially that year when that damn tarzan song beat out the magnolia OST which had the very talented aimee mann all over it.

this year, beyonce was brought in to spice up the stage, singing what.. 3 of the 5 nominees? boring boring boring i tell you. even the counting crows were boring. with that strawberry ice-cream poofy hit of theirs called Accidentally In Love.

Was just reading this article from Canada's London Free Press.

WILL WIN

ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER AND CHARLES HART FOR LEARN TO BE LONELY

SHOULD WIN

WHO CARES?

- This year's best original song category is one of the weakest races in years. Two of the songs -- Look To Your Path from The Chorus and Al Otro Lado Del Rio from The Motorcycle Diaries -- likely no one has ever heard and the remaining three are incredibly dull. Even the Oscar producers have little faith in the songs, judging by their enlistment of R&B star Beyonce to help out with the performances of three songs.

so true. so sad.

i'd rather watch the grammys again, for that great tribute to southern rock with lynyrd skynyrd, keith urban singing that fantastic Elvin Bishop song Fooled Around And Fell In Love.