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Now that the 82nd Academy Awards are over and all those golden Oscars have found homes with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, all the talk is now focused on the show itself.  

We’ve looking at perspectives from MSNBC, Chicago Now, The Calgary Herarld and more.

Celebrity correspondent Courtney Hazlett tells MSNBC that as a whole, the show was good, but all too predictable.

 “I’ve been doing Oscar polls since I can remember and I’ve never gotten basically everything exactly right this year. I don’t think it’s a testament to my prediction abilities. I think it’s a testament to it was the most predictable Oscars we’ve had in quiet some time. I mean, there were basically, zero surprises.” (The Daily Rundown)

But the opening of the show was anything but predictable thanks to actor Neil Patrick Harris. Writers from both Chicago Now and The Calgary Herald differ with their opinions of his song and dance number.

Marc Harshbarger:  “. . . big opening number sucked.  It was a lame song that just wasn't very funny.  Poor Neil Patrick Harris - looking great as always - tried to sell it as best he could, but I was extremely underwhelmed.”

Kat Angus: “…colour us impressed when Harris, clad in a blindingly sparkly jacket, opened the awards with a delightful song-and-dance number that highlighted his fantastic singing voice and the extremely long legs of his backup dancers."

With double the Best Picture nominations came double the emcee. Becky Quick of CNBC’s “Squawk Box” says she was more entertained by hosts Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin than past hosts.

“I thought they did a great job. They really did. In fact, they were funny, they were snide and it was the first time I could remember watching the Oscars and saying, “I wish I could see more of the hosts” instead of less of whoever is hosting it.”

But a writer for CBC News was far less impressed.

"Yep, hosting the Oscars is a tough gig. But you can't really have a comedy duo with two funny men. Someone has to play it straight and set up the punch lines -- otherwise the rhythm is all wrong.”

But with every Oscar telecast comes a few controversial moments. MSNBC News Live’s David Shuster explains it best.

“One came early on when one of the producers of the Oscar-winning short documentary, “Music by Prudence” pulled a Kanye on the film’s director. She nearly pushed him away from the microphone complaining that “a man wouldn’t let a woman talk.”

Another moment came with the absence of two very big actresses in the show’s annual “In Memoriam” segment. For California's NBC affiliate Michelle Solomon says the absence was confusing in the midst of other individuals included in the tribute. 

“Actresses Farrah Fawcett and Bea Arthur were left out of the In Memoriam segment, but why? Michael Jackson was in because he appeared in 'The Wiz?'"

Writer: Victoria Uwumarogie
Producer: Newsy Staff