Sandy Bullock & Oscar. Front row: Morgan Freeman; behind him is Gerard Butler.

2010 Oscar Notes - My Opinions !

This year I enjoyed the telecast more than I have for a number of years. Steve Martin and Alex Baldwin were fine and funny.

The set was beautiful.

The Best Song Oscar - a dance presentation - was tedious as usual. Why!? Why do they think us boobs in flyover country need all that to keep us happy? Can't they have a short reminder clip to introduce each nominated song and then just give the darn thing? Maybe they would have time to let the Best Picture nominees be recapped. Just a thought.

I really appreciated keeping the presenters to the script instead of the lame ad libs of past years. Or maybe it was the script was bare bones and that made it seem better(?)

An observation about the gowns the stars wore. On the Red Carpet some that looked bad were gorgeous on the stage under the lighting for the podium. There is a great difference in seeing a dramatic dress from a stage or under the harsh daylight and up close. The difference between dreams and reality - give us the dream.

Sandra Bullock was a dream in her column dress, and looked it all evening.

Cameron Diaz looked 'WOW' and old Hollywood glamorous. Finally!!

Robert Downey Jr, in his tennies and bright blue tie - and shades - was the jokester of the evening. But, he so darn cute!

Gerard Butler and Bradley Cooper looked mighty fine in their tuxes. Was this a special treat for the ladies - two guys presenting together? Not little boys but real live grown up MEN.

Meryl Streep is a treasure.

Kathryn Bigelow - babe, you did it! The Hurt Locker is a very good film. Kudos.

Finally, Jeff Bridges. A good guy finished first. Cheers; enjoy all the joys that comes with winning.

So on to the coming year of films - treats, treasures and the awful. In 10 years, will we remember any of these Oscar winners. My bet is Avatar will survive. But I will probably never see it. Just not my type of film.