REMEMBER THIS year’s Oscar with an uncontrollably giggling Anne Hathaway and a Franco James, who seemed so uncomfortable that he looked like he was in a straitjacket. Well, as some would say these two actors of the new generation were asked to host the most prestigious event of Hollywood in order to attract the younger generation.

Some fail to see the need, as almost everyone loves to watch the red carpet and the strutting of the stars, the tears and the speech. This year’s Oscars got the lowest viewership due to dismal performance by the host. The script was not that great either. Even last year, with not such a great script, Alex Baldwin and Steve Martin had the audience in splits, an iota of which was not achieved this year. Now as news would have it Franco James was never happy with the script and is now quite eloquent about it.

According to sources, he said that he was not happy with the script of the live performance but thought of going on with it.

The 127 Hours star, who himself had an Oscar nomination felt trapped in the material and also thought that the words did no justice to him. He added, “in the last week, when we really started focusing on the script for the live show and did a run-through, I said to the producer, 'I don't know why you hired me, because you haven't given me anything. I just don't think this stuff's going to be good’.”

Even after telling the producer, when things didn’t work out, he didn’t fight the idea of being Marilyn Munroe. Although he looked funny but it did nothing to raise the act, which seemed amateurish and not at all Oscarish. He even tried to bring in some writers but the producers didn’t include any of the lines written by them.

All in all whatever he says might be true but great actors sparkle through whatever lines are given to them and everyone missed that sparkle this time in the Oscars.