After a two-hour search on the TV, I was finally able to find the goddamn channel that broadcasted this program… Thankfully, I found it and watched it! In fact, I’ve never seen an Oscar live, and it was really fun watching it with friends here! I won’t post the whole thing here, I’m too lazy, sorry. I’m just going to blog about some of the highlights and awards I care about. The blog post was updated live, so all of the events below are in correct timeline.
Christopher Waltz (Best Supporting Actor) – I think his performance in Inglourious Basterds was the best of 2010. I would’ve felt very bad for him if he hadn’t got it because he definitely deserved that award. Congratulations!
Ben Stiller appearing on stage with the Avatar costume was definitely a great comedic highlight of the evening!
Star Trek (Makeup) — Definitely deserved the award. The characters looked almost exactly like the ones in the original series. The movie was a GREAT job. Congratulations to all three of the makeup winners!
Avatar (Art Direction) — Although I didn’t like Avatar’s story, I think they did a great job in set decoration and CGI, so I can say that they have deserved this award. Congratulations!
Avatar (Cinematography) — Sandra Bullock said that cinematographers’ jobs were to make the characters look good. The damn characters in Avatar were made with a COMPUTER, where you can make anything look just like you want! I’m sorry, Avatar did not deserve this award!
I have to say, none of these scores piqued my interest. I don’t any one of them are a match for John Williams‘ compositions. Without doubt, John Williams is the best film-score composer so far!
Avatar (Visual Effects) — I think this award should have gone to Star Trek because they deserved it more than Avatar and District 9. Too bad. I don’t think Avatar really deserved this effect…
Jeff Bridges (Best Leading Actor) — To be honest, I haven’t seen Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart, but I know that he is a great actor and I’m sure he deserved the award! Congratulations!
Sandra Bullock (Best Leading Actress) — She looked like a winner at the Red Carpet, and guess what? She got the award. We all knew she was going to get it! Well deserved, congratulations!
Kathryn Bigelow (Best Director) — I really think Quentin Tarantino should have gotten this award. If not QT, then at least James Cameron, but not Kathryn Bigelow. Congratulations anyway!
The Best Motion Picture Award…
…goes down the trash, because The Hurt Locker won it. That movie is WAY overrated and did not deserve that award at all. It was either Avatar or Inglourious Basterds.
Too bad that the 2010 Academy Awards actually sucked. I haven’t seen a less exciting Oscarcast, ever. Organization was perfect, Red Carpet was awesome but the nominees were just not enough. There were only a couple of them I could support. See you next year, with hopefully a better list of nominees!
