"Bee Movie" was horrible.  Not just not funny, but actually UN-funny.  It was a groaner.  If I were Jerry Seinfeld (an opportunity which, admittedly, rarely presents itself), I would want to distance myself from it now as passionately as I'd promoted it prior to its release.  And if I were the Academy or its show producers, I would want to beam with pride over how we did not nominate the movie for any awards.

Instead, here's an animated bee, voiced by Seinfeld, making more punny, eye-rolling jokes as a means of introducing the Best Animated Short.

The cost of producing that little bit of bee business probably cost more to make than many of the short films themselves.

I'm just saying, I don't get it.

The winners were very gracious, though.

And now... a bigger deal: Best Supporting Actress.

I want Amy Ryan.  I don't care if that's her real accent or not (it isn't) or what she had to do to nail the character or land the part.  She portrayed a selfish person with such selflessness and without judgement that the audacity of her actions became even more haunting.  Delivering a line like "I feel like 9/11 right now" with total glee and without irony should be a moment that film actresses study in school.

That said, Tilda Swinton took what on paper could be a thankless role and gave it complexity and purpose.  Laura Linney is always good, but this wasn't her best opportunity.  Marion Cotillard transformed herself in a movie that wasn't worthy of her efforts, and Cate Blanchett and Julie Christie... skilled, competent and beautiful; but not Oscar performances this time around.

Anyone but Ellen Page, please!

And the winner is...

Tilda Swinton!

Well well well... and it's her first time seeing the show too! 

Someone should tell her... you don't always get a trophy when you go.