Completely agree with you on that note. It wasn't boring for me. A lot of it was boring. However, I was so angry after they presented most of the awards, I wasn't even watching all the flashback crap, etc. I taped it, so I'll have to watch it again later.
"I believe that art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, to engage in a constant search for the truth."
- Barbra Streisand