Eddie Murphy hosting

Bad acting gets you a hosting nod. That appears to be the trend in picking who will host the Academy Awards as the past 3 years have been hosted by actors who have made bad movies. Ricky Gervais was the host 3 years ago and although funny at times, made the rather not funny The Invention of Lying. Last year it was 2 hosts; Anne Hathaway and James Franco. At first I thought this would be a good idea as both can be comedic and dramatic actors but when it came to the show, Franco seemed bored out of his mind and Hathaway was too happy all the time. Both were coming off some odd roll choices (Hathaway in Get Smart and Franco in Date Night) and decided to use the Hosting roll as ways to get in the public spotlight. Why am I giving you this brief history lesson? Because Eddie Murphy, who has been a bad lead roll in recent mind (Imagine That and Meet Dave) has achieved Host of the Academy Awards. Maybe this will be good because his good friend and director Brett Ratner will be co-directing the event. Having worked with Murphy in the Rush Hour series and most recently in Tower Heist he just may be the mad to get the most out of Eddie Murphy. While i'm not jumping for joy at this choice, I am now curiously optimistic at to how this years telecast will turn out.