It wasn't THAT bad...

Sometimes I wonder if I'm seeing the same thing other are seeing. The Oscar show was an example.

Folks, the hosts were fine. If you put two actors in the position of hosting, they will only be as goos as their material. The writers did not have a good night.

I've read some people describe the shore as the worst ever. Did they not see Rob Lowe sing with Snow White? In the past, there used to be a couple of bloated, boring preduction numbers almost every year. Those days, thankfully, have passed.

We were spoiled two years ago, when the show was flat out amazing. Last year was a sizable step backwards, but I thought this year was better. The acceptance speeches were allowed to breathe more than past years, and most were fun.

And while James Franco seemed to me to be, uh, a bit medicated, I'd love to see Anne Hathaway with a better partner (Hugh Jakcman would be fine). Of, as in 1986, announce a comedian as a cohost, have him do a monolgue, and let the other hosts take over. (In 1986, Paul Hogan gave one of favorite openings ever, and then disappeared.)

Besides, some of the complaints are just unfair. The nominated songs weren't that great. Well no kidding. But that's not the show's fault. There were few surprises. Oscars are not supposed to surprise, they are supposed to award the best. And there have been much worse years for that.

Worst ever? Not hardly. I thought it was just fine. There have been better. But there have been much, much worse.