Although I didn't see the vast majority of the movies nominated for Academy Awards last night, I did sit down with Mrs. TVOR/SDSG to watch the proceedings.  Here a few random thoughts about the telecast:

1.  Forget about ARoid, Manny Ramirez, Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Roger Clemens, how about little Anthony Michael Hall?  Dude is enormous and The Three Tenors would be envious of that deep voice.  One thing is for sure: I definitely don't think he is scared of Bender anymore.  Poor Judd Nelson...what the hell happened to him? 

2.  I thought Demi Moore looked absolutely fantastic.  The older Demi gets, the better she looks.  Moore must have the best plastic surgeon in the business.  Well, at least better than Melanie Griffith's surgeon.  Yikes. 

3.  The Biggest Stick Up His Ass Award had to go to George Clooney.  I don't think he cracked a smile until there was only an hour left in the show.  As far as the Biggest Stick Up Her Ass Award is concerned, Charlize Theron wins hands down.  The normally ebullient Theron looked like she had a bad bowl of chilli and wanted to be anywhere but the Kodak Theater every time the camera flashed to her.

4.  Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were solid co-hosts.  Nothing spectacular, but both delivered quality quips from time to time and the taped bits were all triples or home runs.  

5.  While I'm far from a fashionista, I liked the dresses worn by the aforementioned Demi Moore as well as Queen Latifah and Kate Winslet.  The sneaky hot Tina Fey...not so much.  Although I did find her bit with Robert Downey fairly humorous.     

6.  Finally, I really wish there had been a few more surprises.  Hell, I would have settled for one surprise.  It seemed like the pre-show favorites all emerged victorious when it was all said and done.  This includes Sandra Bullock winning for her leading role in "The Blind Side."  While I'm sure Sandi turned in a decent performance, I can't imagine it was better than the job newcomer Gabourey Sidibe did in "Precious." 

Truth be told, I've never really liked Bullock.  To me, she is just an average actress.  Competent, but hardly a stand out performer.  I don't think any of her movies even come close to cracking my all-time Top 100.  Having said that, I will admit that her acceptance speech was very good and I'll be adding "The Blind Side" to my Netflix queue later in the day.  Maybe this will be the performance that wins me over.  I doubt it though...