Sunday, March 7, 2010

Oscar winners

Proving once again that highest grossing movie does not equal best movie

Hurt Locker wins 6 oscars, Avatar wins 3, Precious wins 2

I'm glad that the Oscars are the way they are. I know we all saw THL coming, but come on... it was the lowest grossing picture on the list and it won. It won because the academy thought it was the best movie. If this was based on popularity, the Oscars would be the equivalent of the MTV Movie Awards. Sure, Avatar was the highest grossing movie of all-time and for good reason, it's a highly entertaining spectacle of a movie. But, The Hurt Locker was a great movie in all aspects and therefore I feel like it deserves its accolades. Obviously, the Oscars don't get them right all the time and really it didn't get it right this time (Basterds should've won), but I feel like they made a good choice this year. People complain every year about how the Oscars played out and I didn't like that Tarantino and Reitman got snubbed, but it doesn't matter. And it doesn't matter that Avatar lost, it's still the highest grossing movie of all-time and nobody can take that away. But, it was not the best picture and to award the movie simply because it made the most money is stupid. Really stupid.

Anyway...

  • Best Picture: “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro
  • Best Director: “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
  • Best Actor: Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
  • Best Actress: Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
  • Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”
  • Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique in “Precious”
  • Best Original Screenplay: “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
  • Best Adapted Screenplay: “Precious” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
  • Best Foreign Language: “The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” Argentina
  • Best Animated Film: “Up” Pete Docter
  • Best Documentary: “The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
  • Best Cinematography: “Avatar” Mauro Fiore
  • Best Art Direction: Avatar” Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
  • Best Costumes: “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell
  • Best Editing: “The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
  • Best Score: “Up” Michael Giacchino
  • Best Song: The Weary Kind”(Crazy Heart) Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
  • Best Makeup: “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
  • Best Visual Effects: “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones
  • Best Sound Editing: “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
  • Best Sound Mixing: “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
  • Best Animated Short: “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
  • Best Live Action Short: “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
  • Best Documentary Short: “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor

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