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I'm an Oscar obsessive, one of those terrible people who would watch a six-hour ceremony gladly and silently cheers every time the show creeps on past midnight. But at some point during last night's telecast even I started getting antsy. From the out-of-place tributes to Best Picture winners of the past to the dirge-like Best Original Song performances to acceptance speeches low on drama and emotion, last night's Oscars felt particularly bloodless and slow-- and at the center of it all was James Franco, who did everything in his power to make it even worse.
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I think people are trying to find something to complain about. Everywhere you go right now it's "Franco sucked" "Franco bombed" "Hathaway was good, Franco blew it". I didn't watch the show (I saw some clips today of it) but I was keeping tabs on Franco's twitter page where he was uploading mini videos on stage and behind the set.
There was one particularly cool video where he put his phone in his pocket while it was on, walked to the stand and introduced someone to the stage, walked back off and took the phone out. That was a unique perspective and I thought it was really neat.
Plus people are saying he was high lol I'd smoke a joint before hosting the oscars too.
This is stupid. Franco is a laid back guy, thats why I like him. He is like me, he is chill and his voice is chill and everything about him is chill. The second you tell him to do something, he becomes a new person. Thats exactly how I am and thats why im on Francos side.
Being that type of person you get shit all the time, no joke. It really ticks people off, because they dont understand. This proves it. To be honest the only time i laughed was during Franco's jokes and when Timberlake made fun of other guys before him.
And to be honest when your film loses to The Kings Speech id be a little mad too. Anne Hathaway was Anne Hathaway, like i said before thats what she does.
it was pretty lame,
and franco has the nerve to call Ricky's hosting horrible.
LOL
and at the center of it all was James Franco, who did everything in his power to make it even worse.
He is being too harsh on France. Sure, his hosting was kind of weak, but it's not like he was the only host. There was also Anne, so why is he getting all the blame? Why is everyone expecting so much out of James, and not Anne?
Its weird when the hosting of a ceremony is more important to people than the actual content. What does that say about hollywood?.