Big Wins at the Oscars

The Oscars were full of surprises last night. Overall, the show was entertaining, and I was pleased with who won the awards. About a week before the show, I predicted who would win the awards, and I was way off in some areas. Here were my predictions for the winners:

Best Picture:

Avatar

Best Director:

James Cameron

Original Screenplay:

The Hurt Locker

Adapted Screenplay:

An Education

Actor in a Leading Role:

Jeff Bridges

Actress in a Leading Role:

Sandra Bullock

Actor in a Supporting Role:

Matt Damon

Actress in a Supporting Role:

Mo' Nique

Art Direction:

Avatar

Cinematography:

Avatar

Film Editing:

Avatar

Visual Effects:

Avatar

Sound Mixing:

Avatar

Sound Editing:

The Hurt Locker

Original Song:

Crazy Heart

Original Score:

Avatar

Costume Design:

The Young Victoria

Best Makeup:

Star Trek

Animated Feature:

Up

Animated Short Film:

A Matter of Loaf or Death

Documentary Feature:

The Cove

Documentary Short:

China's Natural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province

Foreign Language:

The White Ribbon

Live Action Short Film:

The Door

Here is the actual list of winners at the 82^nd Annual Oscars as seen on IMDB.com:

Best Picture:

The Hurt Locker

Best Director:

Kathryn Bigelow

Original Screenplay:

The Hurt Locker- Mark Boal

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

Jeff Bridges- Crazy Heart

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

Sandra Bullock- The Blind Side

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:

Christopher Waltz- Inglourious Basterds

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

Mo'Nique- for Precious

Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire- Geoffrey Feltcher

Cinematography:

Avatar- Mauro Fiore

Editing:

The Hurt Locker- Bob Murawski, Chris Innis

Art Direction:

Avatar- Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair

Costume Design:

The Young Victoria- Sandy Powell

Best Makeup:

Star Trek: Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow

Best Original Score:

Up- Michael Giacchino

Best Original Song:

Crazy Heart- T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham ("The Weary Kind")

Sound Mixing:

The Hurt Locker- Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett

Sound Editing:

The Hurt Locker- Paul N.J. Ottosson

Visual Effects:

Avatar: Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year:

Up- Pete Docter

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year:

El secreto de sus ojos (Argentina)

Best Documentary Feature:

The Cove

Best Documentary Short:

Music by Prudence

Best Animated Short Film:

Logorama

Live Action Short Film:

The New Tenants

As one can see, at the end of the night I was way off in many categories. That just shows the unpredictability of the awards show. Overall, I was pleased with the entire show. I thought Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin were wonderful hosts and were quite funny. I especially liked the part where they made fun of the movie Paranormal Activity. I also like how they were able to poke fun at the actors and actresses.

In the end, I was pleased with who won the Oscars. While some may be disappointed that Avatar did not take home the Best Picture award, I wasn't all that disappointed. The Hurt Locker does look like a wonderful movie. Besides, James Cameron is now the owner of the two highest grossing movies of all time (Avatar and Titanic). Also, he won Best Picture for Titanic back in the late 90s. Sometimes you just can't have it all. In the end, Avatar took home three awards, and The Hurt Locker took home six awards. Not too shabby if you ask me.

I did notice a few things last night that were somewhat interesting. The first thing was the horrible attitude exhibited by Kristen Stewart. She couldn't smile even once while presenting last night. This is not how one should act at such an event. Also, was anyone feeling the chills between George Clooney and his girl? I am not quite sure what that was all about.

Overall, the Academy Awards was entertaining and I congratulate all of the winners (you rock Sandra Bullock!).

Source:

"Road to the Oscars 2010," The Internet Movie Database.