Oscars 2015 Live Blog

The murder's row of best picture nominees

Photo Credit: The Guardian

It's live blog time! For the third year in a row I'm going to give my thoughts of the Oscars as they happen! Now full disclosure I don't know how long I'm going to last with this due to various different things going on tonight but I'm going to try my best to keep going all the way through... So here we go Oscar time!

5:31- Literally less than a minute and we have a musical number this is going to be a long night...

5:39- Meh that was fine I guess at this point it's NPH's gimmick to do long elaborate music numbers. Bad American Sniper joke followed by a really awkward Smerfs 2 knock at the end brought it down a bit...

5:45- Best supporting actor right off the top. All these nominees are good picks looking back at it but J.K. Simmons is the best with a bullet. Winner is: J.K. Simmons! No surprise to be had here absolutely deserved that was one heck of a great performance. Good speech, the usual thanks before a nice bit about calling parents and telling them about your love for them.

5:47- I don't like NPH so far hopefully he gets better... Who am I kidding it's generally all downhill from here... Why do we have to spend time on NPH's Oscar picks? They are doing that idiotic thing that the globes does where they do pointless video packages for each of the nominees... But yay Liam Neeson! 

5:51- Musical number #2 it's that song from that film I completely forgot existed... Anyways good time to start making dinner... also if this continues this is going to be a long night...

5:57- J-Lo and new Kirk are out to present best costume design... Winner is: Milena Condenaro (I think that's how you spell it although I'm not sure) for Grand Budapest Hotel! Duh... Short speech move on.

6:00- NPH is really not funny!!!! Also Reese Whitherspoon (emphasis on the Spoon part) is out to present best makeup. Winner: The people from the Grand Budapest Hotel! Short speech so at least we are now back into the positive on the awards to musical numbers ratio...

6:10- Foreign film time! Winner is: IDA! Great film and great pick! He's getting played off super hard! But he keeps going atta boy!! Crowd cheers him for his guts! This man rules! Maybe we'll get one less musical number because of him!!

6:13- More pointless video packages! 

6:17- Everything is awesome... The exception being this show... 

6:23- Admittedly that was the most fun musical performance so far can't wait to see The Lego movie win best picture later tonight.... Oh wait... 

6:25- Short film time... Another time to continue making dinner will be back in a sec...

6:39- I'm back now with pasta, that should make me less grumpy! Probably not... Looks like I miss shots the Govenor awards recap and another musical number. In other words absolutely nothing... 

6:43- They are doing a Birdman joke... It's actually ok... NPH is out in his underwear cracks a joke about actors being dedicated...

6:47- Sound Mixing and editing time! Sound mixing goes to Whiplash!! Good pick! Man the guy speeking looks a lot like Mark Ruffalo!

6:51- Sound editing goes to American Sniper! Can't really comment...

6:52- Supporting actress time! Go Patricia Arquette!!!! Winner: Patricia Arquette! Yay! She is very great in Boyhood! She reads a speech off of a big piece of paper! Gives a great crowd pleasing finale about woman's rights! Yeah go women! And go Patricia Arquette!

7:01- Another musical number... Time to clean up from dinner...

7:04- That was quick... Visual Effects time! Winner is: Interstellar! Well deserved! That film was utterly gorgeous!

7:07- Animated Short so back to cleaning for me... Will probably be back in about 2 minutes...

7:10- Well three minutes as I write this... It's the category that should have been won by The Lego Movie.. Otherwise known as best animated feature... Also the Rock! Winner: Big Hero 6! This award is null and void in my eyes this year because it didn't celebrate the best animated film...

7:20- There was a speech from the director of the academy... Better then another musical number I guess... Production design is won by The Grand Budapest Hotel as expected... I'm beginning to fade and it's only 7:30...

7:24- We are cancelling the apocalypse!!!! It's Stringer Bell!! Cinematography time technically we have an hour to go how are we going to be done on time? Winner Birdman! I missed the name will update in a moment... Anyways this is his second win in a row and a really deserving one for the second year in a row! Here is to a potential third straight win!

7:31- In Memoriam time...

7:36- No we don't need a live performance after In Memoriam we just want the In Memoriam... Having the performance takes the focus away from the honoring of these people... Am I the only one who thinks this?

7:41- I'm beating a dead horse but going to break with Jennifer Hudson instead of the actual people being honored makes me angry...

7:44- Ok I've composed myself it's editing time! Winner is Tom Cross for Whiplash. Good pick making musical performance look great is no easy feat... Good speech as well...

7:47- More video packages... Terrence Howard is blundering and playing with his mic..

7:50- Documentary feature time... Winner is Citizen Four! No surprises to be had here. Never saw Citizen Four sadly. They never showed it on HBO in Canada.. That's about all I have to say at this point I'm really fading.

7:58- A song to celebrate Martin Luther King 50 years after his assassination...

8:13- I'm back sorry had to switch computers... Where are we?

 8:13- This did not get published apparently but I really really liked the tribute to MLK but wish it was the only musical number on the show period...

8:15- Why are we paying tribute to the Sound of Music?????

8:17- This show is never going to end is it? I hate this show so very much....

8:22- Lady Gaga did a decent job but that's beyond the point this should never have been a thing on this show...

8:23- Ladys and Gentlemen it is 8:23... 8:23!!!!! And we are only at best score... I cry a single tear... Winner is Alexander Desplat for The Grand Budapest Hotel! Hm of all the things that film did very well the score was not one that I noticed as much. But a good short speech and off to the races we go!

8:26- Ok we are on to screenplay! Original Screenplay first! Go Boyhood! Winner is:  Birdman! Because why not... I didn't think the script was the strongest part of Birdman but I guess we have the lock for Best Picture...

8:36- Adapted Screenplay Winner is Imitation Game! Predictable winner but a great speech! Stay weird people!

8:39- We are now nearly 10 minutes over and the end seems so far away. By my count we have The two main acting awards and directing and picture. This is the show that never ends...

8:41- We are over three freaking hours in and NPH is still not funny. Best Director is up I'm pretty sure this is a lock for Birdman but I can hope for Boyhood can't I? Winner is: Yup Birdman wins! All things considered this is well deserved if there is one thing that Birdman will be remembered for it is its directing. Inarittu is great on the mic. Also Why is everyone so surprised on Twitter about this win? This was the film that was always going to take most of the main categories...

8:47- Boyhood is going to leave with one award isn't it... 

8:48- Best actor time! I think Keaton is a lock isn't he? Or is it Redmayne? Personally I'm rooting for the snubbed Jake Gyllenhaal is that allowed? Anyways Winner is: Eddie Redmayne! Hm good for him I guess... Personally I could come up with many better performances. His speech is wonderful though and he may have won me over more with this speech then he did in the entire film. 

8:54- Alright! Mcconaughey is out for best actress otherwise known as that award that Julianne Moore will win... Winner is: Julianne Moore! I would say the most obvious winner of the night but that would mean that there had to be some surprises... PS why they pretty much showed the final scene in Gone Girl as Rosamond Pike's nomination video because apparently the producers hate the audience (well not that there haven't been plenty of signs of that).... Julianne Moore is very good and deserves the Oscar...

9:00- No why do we care about his stupid Oscar predictions?????? IT'S ALREADY 9:00!!!!!!! 

9:01- NO ONE CARES GET TO BEST PICTURE!!!!! 

9:02- THIS BIT SUCKS! 

9:04- Best Picture time over three and a half hours into the broadcast... Go Boyhood even though it's not going to win! Winner is: Birdman! Not surprising. I did really like the film and put it on my top 10 so not too much complaining from my end... Thank goodness this show is over though... Zadan and Meron never need to produce another Oscar telecast ever again... It was too long and put the focus on music instead of films... Also I really didn't like NPH and felt he didn't suit the telecast... I'm off to crash now goodnight everyone!

That's just me though. what did everyone else think?