The 95th edition of the Oscars held at the Dolby Theater have had Jimmy Kimmel as master of ceremonies for the third time. The gala began with fragments of the films nominated or that have gone through the cinemas during 2022. Precisely the presenter celebrated the return of the public to the cinemas ending with Top Gun: Maverickfilm for which Spielberg told Tom Cruise “you saved Hollywood’s ass”.
After that happy part came the fun part of Kimmel’s monologue for the viewers, surely not so much for the recipients of his darts. For example, sticking your finger into the wound of Babylona big-budget movie that has been one of the big box office flops of the season.
He also had his jokes reserved for “the humble” James Cameron who has not come “A gala is too long when not even James Cameron is there.” The truth is that everything indicates that he has not attended because he was not nominated for Best Director, the same as Tom Cruise by the absence of Joseph Kosinski in the nominations.
But the bulk of the jokes were reserved for Will Smithin his case his absence is due to the fact that the Hollywood Academy has banned his attendance for 10 years after last year will smack Chris Rock live. “If someone commits an act of violence, you’ll automatically get the Best Actor Oscar and a 90-minute speech,” said Jimmy Kimmel.
The presenter was thus referring to how Will Smith was not only not immediately expelled from last year’s Oscars after his violent act. Quite the contrary, he collected the award on stage and gave a very long speech in which, in some way, he justified his aggression. Kimmel continued to assure those present that if the action were repeated: “don’t do anything, give the assailant a hug”. When Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, nobody did anything.
Later in the gala, the presenter asked the public: “you miss a slap”. The truth is that yes, that would have woken us up. The 95th edition of the Oscars will not be remembered for its spark, naturalness or crazy moments. Where are the Ellen DeGeneres selfies or the Seth MacFarlane dances with actors?
Instead we have had Lady Gaga who had removed her makeup and dress with whom she had posed on the red carpet for go out to sing with shorts and a t-shirt with which any of us take down the garbage at night.
The only thing that stands out, as always, is the impressive scenery of the Oscars, which is simply on another level, not comparable with any other gala. This year, when they mentioned so much the return of the public to the theaters, the sides of the stage were dominated by two large canopies like those that used to look like in cinemas.
The gala has been long, more than 3 hourssince all the categories returned, the 23. In the last edition the Academy had decided to remove from the ceremony prizes such as the short films that had been previously awarded.
Fun moments from the gala
Among the few memorable moments we can point out Angela Basset’s sore loser face – she didn’t even applaud – after failing to win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Award that went to Jamie Lee Curtis for Everything at once everywhere. In fact, Basset was not listed in any pool.
One of the peculiar moments was when the actress and director Elizabeth Banks came out on stage at the Dolby Theater to deliver the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. She did it accompanied by a person dressed as a bear to explain that without visual effects this is what the bear in her movie would look like. vicious bear, a comedy with too much drug. In fact, the director joked that the cocaine in his movie were also visual effectsnot as the one that would be in the parties after the gala.
Hugh Grant y Andie MacDowell They were reunited on the Oscars stage after starring in the 90s Four Weddings and a Funeral. The British actor joked that you have to apply cream because Andie MacDowell looked great while “what I look like a scrotum“. Despite being a joke with a broad line, at least it brought us out of the lethargy in which an overly corseted gala had plunged us.
putin the dictator
In the category of Best Documentary has won Navalny, documentary about Alexei Navalny, the leader of the opposition to Putin who remains locked up in a prison in siberia. Not only those responsible for the documentary but Navalny’s wife, Yulia Navalnayawhich sent a clear and forceful message: Navalny “is in prison for telling the truth and defending democracy” and called Putin a dictator.
It could not be for Ana de Armas
The Spanish-Cuban actress Ana de Armas He has earned his first Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in Blonde. The movie of Netflix had to settle for that only nominationIn fact, a shiny Ana de Armas said on the red carpet how she would have loved to be surrounded by the rest of the team. As a curiosity, Ana de Armas has achieved by playing Marilyn Monroe what the real Marilyn did not achieve, since she was never nominated for the Oscars.
