In case you missed last night’s event, the Academy Awards were pretty standard as far as presentation goes, with some surprising victories and also some surprising snubs. It was great to see a montage devoted to horror and it was also great to see Avatar not sweep up in every category, only in technical areas.
Props go out to The Hurt Locker for being the lowest grossing picture to ever garner a Best Picture win. Below is a quick recap of the winners, and here is a link to our blog last night as we ran commentary throughout the event. Feel free to leave us comments! What did you disagree with? What did you want to see win? Who got overlooked? Let us know!
Best Picture – The Hurt Locker
Directing – Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Actor in a Leading Role – Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart
Actor in a Supporting Role – Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Actress in a Leading Role – Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side
Actress in a Supporting Role – Mo’Nique for Precious
Animated Feature Film – Up
Art Direction – Avatar
Cinematography – Avatar
Costume Design – The Young Victoria
Documentary Feature – The Cove
Documentary Short – Music by Prudence
Film Editing – The Hurt Locker
Foreign Language Film – The Secret in Their Eyes
Best Makeup – Star Trek
Original Score – Michael Giacchino for Up
Original Song – “The Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart
Animated Short Film – Logorama
Live Action Short Film – The New Tenants
Sound Editing – The Hurt Locker
Sound Mixing – The Hurt Locker
Visual Effects – Avatar
Adapted Screenplay – Precious
Original Screenplay – The Hurt Locker
That photo makes me smile to no end.
Any pic of naked golden men do that for you.
It makes me frown slightly, but that's okay.
What did you want to win, Max?
Personally, I wanted Avatar to win. But after venting for a couple hours, I just accepted it. Before you ask, yes, I did like The Hurt Locker. It's just….I dunno. Kathryn Bigelow did deserve Best Director, but I felt the film itself didn't deserve Best Picture (or Editing or Sound). Like I said, it's just me though. I'm not going to jump on a Hurt Locker hate wagon or anything, rest assured.