I keep my eyes wide open all the time.
Here's the problem with the Oscars; the Academy is snobby.
This year nine movies were nominated for best picture, and The Artist won. A silent movie that nobody saw. But the Academy sees this movie and thinks that it's so inspirational and so influential that it must be best picture. They're wrong. The winners from the last five years: The Artist, The King's Speech, The Hurt Locker, Slumdog Millionaire, and No Country For Old Men. If the members of the Academy were trying to appear so pretentious maybe best picture would actually be a movie that appealed to everyone and widely seen throughout the nation. The winners should have been The Help instead of The Artist, An Education instead of The Hurt Locker, and Atonement instead of No Country For Old Men. I liked The King's Speech and it I do think it deserved to win. I did not like Slumdog Millionaire, but 2008 didn't appear to be a great year for movies.
I think that the Oscars should be more mainstream, and it does appear to be heading that way, but just because the mainstream is nominated doesn't mean that they ever win. Juno was nominated, Avatar, Up, The Blind Side, Inception, Black Swan.
I do not believe mainstream movies should get the vote just because they're popular though. A lot of media outlets let it be known that they thought Bridesmaids should have won. I haven't seen Bridesmaids so I can't say definitively, but I would absolutely hate if a raunchy comedy was best picture nominee. I wouldn't watch. Voting for something mainstream doesn't mean voting for the popular.
Basically, The Help, The Descendants, Moneyball...these would have been better choices for best picture. They're always saying that the show is going downhill and they need to score that younger demographic. And maybe that would happen if they didn't choose a silent movie as the 2011 best picture.
Angelina Jolie in Atelier Versace
Angie is getting a lot of attention for this, and her leg has been the talk of the night. She can wear anything and it would look good we all know this, but let's actually look at this dress. It's a very plain, black dress. I don't really like the mismatch at the bust. But none of that really matters because the focal point of this dress is the slit and that was exactly what she was going for. Awkwardly standing with her legs six inches apart to show off that leg and that slit.
Anna Faris in Diane von Furstenberg
I feel there is too much shiny fabric on this dress. If your going to wear a dress like this it needs a plunging neckline or it should be backless. I don't like how it is stretched across her chest, it looks weird. I love her hair!
Berenice Bejo in Ellie Saa
Not a fan. I don't like the color, or the sheer material down the sleeve. I don't like the little embellishments all over this gown either. I hate her hair! It's so flat and uneven. The earrings are pretty, but don't really match. The dress should have been the color the earrings are. That emerald green looks amazing on gingers.
Busy Phillips in Dolce & Gabbana
I like this dress. I really dig the toned down color on the red carpet, and the detailing of the fabric is beautiful. I don't like those earrings. They look cheap and the don't go at all. I must applaud her though, because that dress with statement earrings and no other jewelry is the way to go.
Cameron Diaz in Gucci Premiere
I like how clean cut this gown is and it fish tails out with all those ruffles at the bottom. Very pretty.
Ellie Kemper in Armani Priv
Pretty color! I like sparkle-y dresses, but I think he shine almost always looks best as a strapless gown. I love the blunt bang withe her hair pulled back, I think it looks very glamourous. The earring are a little much for me, I think a basic stud would have been better.
Emma Stone in Giambatista Vall
I'm not so sure on the color of this. On tv it looked red, but in the pictures it looks fuchsia. I like how flow-y and drape-y it is. I think the bow is too big. I don't hate it, but it's a little over-powering. Plus, didn't Nicole Kidman already do this. Major fashion faux pas.
Glenn Close in Zac Posen
I love the color! The dress fits very nicely, but I don't really like the tail. The jacket is very interesting, I can't decide if I hate it or love it.
Gwenyth Paltrow in Tom Ford
The best dressed in my opinion. It looks very glamourous! The beautiful white gown fits amazingly and I love the diagonal line across the chest, but it isn't a on shoulder dress. So pretty! And the ruching at the chest is lovely! The masculine cape worn over the ultra feminine gown is so amazing and so fashion forward. I love it!
Jennifer Lopez in Zuhair Murad
I expect nothing less from JLo, it it's a music award show we see the legs and if it's a more serious event we get the plunging neckline. Honestly, I would have been disappointing with anything else. (Shouldn't that neckline have tape on every inch of it though?)
Jessica Chastain in Alexander McQueen
I didn't like this dress, which is weird, because I usually like McQueen. E!'s fashion police said to give it another chance, but I still hate it. I just really don't like the pattern. I can't even look past it to comment on the make and fit of this dress. It's overpowering. Her makeup and hair look amazing, so fresh and clean.
Judy Greer in Monique Lhullier
I like this. At first glance, I didn't. I really do like the sparkle outlined bu the black, it's really very pretty. I'm not crazy about the neckline, I think there should be another black line incorporated there somehow.
Kate Mara in Jack Guisso
She looks a bit frightening, doesn't she? Someone should tell the girl to hold her head up. I really hate that piece of fabric going from the middle of the dress to wrap around the middle of the arm.
Kelly Ripa in Carolina Herrera
I like the off white dress and the black belt. I like the crisscross straps at the neck, but I think they look a bit sloppy.
Leslie Mann in Roberto Cavalli
I love this dress, it's so pretty. The color is great, the train is amazing. I love the sparkles at the middle and the sash breaks it up nicely. The simple hair and makeup really makes the dress do all the talking.
Maya Rudolph in Johanna Johnson
This color looks incredible with her skin and hair! I don't really like this dress, though. It's so plain. The belt and the sleeves are ment to dress it up, but I really don't like them.
Melissa McCarthy in Marina Rinaldi
Ugh, this dress just looks frumpy and unflattering. See all the extra fabric at the hip? What is that? That neckline if horrible and those ultra puffy sleeves, that isn't a good look for anyone.
Meryl Streep in Lanvin
I love that she went with a gold gown. No one ever chooses that color. And then to wear it to the Oscars! I don't like the wrapping of the skirt or the sleeves, but the wrapping at the bust and shoulders are beautiful.
Michelle Williams in Louis Vuitton
I didn't love the stripes of ruffling on the skirt.I like the little skirt at the waist. What is that called? I loved the cut at the bust, the little sash at the waist, and I love the broach! Pretty color for her, too.
Milla Jovovich in Elie Saab
I love the cross across the chest that turns into that big shoulder. It seems different and more modern than the basic one shoulder dress. It's more of a sleeve than just a shoulder number. I like it!
Natalie Portman in Vintage Christian Dior
I don't like the polka dot on this gown. I think that this is just too much fabric for that kind of print. Polka dots don't seem very appropriate for the red carpet.
Octavia Spencer in custom Tadashi Shoji
I was very underwhelmed here. It looks like every other dress she wore this award season.
Penelope Cruz in Giorgio Armani
OMG! I love! It's very princess-y and the color is fabulous! The wrap across the arms and the bust is so pretty and the bodice is amazing and very flattering.
Rooney Mara in Givenchy Couture
I'm not a fan, but it's very much her style. I like that she switched it up a little and did white instead of black.
Rose Byrne in Vivienne Westwood
I love this dress, but I wish the hemline were longer. She should have worn better shoes if she was going to show them off like that. Her hair is so great, maybe it's a weird thing to notice, but the part in her hair is great. And those earrings are amazing.
Sandra Bullock in Marchesa
I don't like this. I think the gold pattern at the waist is weird and ugly. The top looks like a baggy t-shirt. It does look like maybe this look is backless, but I didn't see it in photos or at the show anywhere.
Shailene Woodley in Valentino
I love this dress! I love long sleeves and the straight skirt (no train or tail). I absolutely love the studs across the chest. I could do without the line of studs down the front of the gown.
Tina Fey in custom Carolina Herrera
I don't know how I feel about this one. I like the top and the little bubble skirt thing at the waist. (What is that called?!) I'm not crazy about the full skirt though, it looks so incredibly structured. I don't like the tail either. I think she should have added a necklace, and I like her hair.
Viola Davis in custom Vera Wang
Where to start with this one? I love the color, but I don't think it looks great with her hair. I hate the bust line, that little square cut out between the breasts, what is that? That's weird. I love how the solid fabric turns into this flowing chiffon mermaid tale. It is so pretty!
Wendi McLendon-Covey in Simin Haute Couture
I love this dress. I like how the whole bodice is embellished and that detailing drips down into a full, sheer, flowing skirt. I do think it's a little juvenile though.