Media go to town on 'children' called in to compere proceedings
It was a great night for The King's Speech, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo and Natalie Portman, among others. But according to bloggers, the Twitterati and other film commentators, the 83rd annual Academy Awards went down as a very bad night indeed for hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway.
While the pair will not quite go down in history as the Mick Fleetwood and Samantha Fox of Oscars hosts, their debut shared stint was roundly condemned by most as detached and underpowered. The lion's share of the barbs were reserved for Franco, who was variously described as smug, distant, bored.
"In what could go down as one of the worst Oscar telecasts in history, a bad and risky idea – letting two actors host – proved out in spectacularly unwatchable fashion on the biggest of all nights for the film world," wrote the Hollywood Reporter's Tim Goodman.
It was a great night for The King's Speech, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo and Natalie Portman, among others. But according to bloggers, the Twitterati and other film commentators, the 83rd annual Academy Awards went down as a very bad night indeed for hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway.
While the pair will not quite go down in history as the Mick Fleetwood and Samantha Fox of Oscars hosts, their debut shared stint was roundly condemned by most as detached and underpowered. The lion's share of the barbs were reserved for Franco, who was variously described as smug, distant, bored.
"In what could go down as one of the worst Oscar telecasts in history, a bad and risky idea – letting two actors host – proved out in spectacularly unwatchable fashion on the biggest of all nights for the film world," wrote the Hollywood Reporter's Tim Goodman.
- 2/28/2011
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
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