The highly anticipated 87th Academy Awards took place yesterday and it certainly was a night full of celebration for film. With most of the nominees being consistant throughout all the awards ceremonys so far, it was no suprise when the winners of the Oscars were announced. With Eddie Redmayne taking an Oscar for Best Actor for his role as Steven Hawking in The Theory of Everything, and to me this was so deserved and to be expected, his performance in "The Theory of Everything" was outstanding. And his speech was so real and thankful and he is just very very lovely! Julianne Moore swiped the award for Best Actress for her flawless performance in Still Alice. J K Simmons won for Best Supporting Actor in Whiplash, which is an amazing film! I watched it recently and he truly deserves every award he has gotten and will get, especially an Oscar, as does the film its self. And of course, Patricia Arquette took the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Boyhood. She completely deserved the award but she followed her win with an inspirational speech upon womens equality, and its truly moving to see people like Patricia using her position in the film world and in the media to address and support such an important issue. She was amazing.
Neil Patrick Harris hosted the 87th Academy Awards and from what i've seen he has been getting a lot of slack. But I thought he had done a very good job, as you can imagine how difficult it must be to host such a big event. And I suppose from Ellen's success of hosting the Oscars last year with the "selfie that broke the internet" and ordering pizza to the ceremony, Neil sure had a lot to live up too. But I think he did amazing and all I can say is well done to him. And he looked great in his white pants.
The opening of the Oscars was amazing! Did anyone else think this? I got goosebumps, where they reflected on cinema over time. With the hilarious Jack Black feature and Anna Kendrick appearing as Cinderella from Into the Woods. It was just lovely and shows how important film is and how amazing it is!
John Legend and Common won Best Original Song for the film Selma. It was performed beautifully and all the cast members of Selma wept in the crowd. This was followed by a powerful speech about civil rights and this too was truly inspiring. And again amazing to see people who have the position they have to speak out about very important issues in the world today.
Birdman won Best Picture, which I have to say I thought Boyhood wouldv'e won, however Birdman did equally deserve it, as I loved the film. And speaking of Birdman, Emmanuel Lubezki won the Oscar for Achievement in Cinematography, and I was so so happy that he won, because his work in Birdman was just brilliant and he deserves every award for it, especially an Oscar.
To see the rest of the winners, click here.
The Oscars also had performances from Lady Gaga, who was amazing with a Sound of Music melody. Along with Adam Levine and Maroon 5 performing "Lost Stars" from Begin Again. Tim McGraw with "Im Not Gonna Miss You" from Glen Campbell:I'll Be Me and Rita Ora with "Grateful" from Beyond the Lights. And of course the spectacular performance of "Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie, which was amazing. But all the performances were outstanding.
Overall I thought it was a brilliant night, with well deserved winners, gorgeous dresses and tuxedos, performances and a great celebration of film. Neil Patrick Harris did a great job, not the best but still great. And just a well done to each winner.
But what did you think? Was you happy with the result? Did you watch the Oscars, let me know!
Thankyou for reading and speak soon! :-)
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