I didn’t so well, huh…

Matt Damon actually had some wisdom in such oscar matters.

As he wisely said in Parade: “I think that the best way to judge movies is, like, 10 years after they’re released. I think they should actually do the awards that way. I think they should have done the Academy Awards this year for movies from 1998. I think it’s better to look at a movie and then step back and look at it again. I don’t think that the awards necessarily get it right. I think they get it wrong more often than they get it right.”

This year pretty much supports his belief, I mean Hurt Locker? For real? The likelihood of this movie having any impact or generating discussion 2 years from now…much less 5 or 10 years is highly doubtful.

Best Picture: Inglourious Basterds
Best Picture: The Hurt Locker

Please!

Leading Actor: Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart
Leading Actor: Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart

As expected…boring.

Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds

No surprise.

Lead Actress: Carey Mulligan An Education
Lead Actress: Sandra Bullock Blind Side

Ugh. Yet another potent sign the world is doomed come 2012. Can’t wait for the oscar curse to kick in and she goes off the radar.

Supporting Actress: Maggie Gyllenhaal Crazy Heart
Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique Precious

Makes no sense…it’s not like Mo has any sort of longevity as an actor so this must be a PC movie by the shallow academy.

Directing: Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds
Directing: Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker

Really? Seriously? This is the woman who gave us Point Break. ummm ok. And she beat James and Quentin…really? Seriously?

Adapted Screenplay: Nick Hornby An Education
Adapted Screenplay: Precious

Playing it safe huh?

Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker
Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker

Yup.

Documentary Feature: Food, Inc.
Documentary Feature: The Cove

This coulda gone either way…it was only down to those 2 anyways.

Animated Feature Film: Up
Animated Feature Film: Up

No surprise.

Art Direction: Avatar
Art Direction: Avatar

Had to give James something.

Cinematography: Inglourious Basterds
Cinematography: Avatar

Did the computers and nerds get this?

Visual Effects: Avatar
Visual Effects: Avatar

Yup.

Sound Mixing: Avatar
Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker

Sure.

Sound Editing: Inglourious Basterds
Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker

Why not…

Original Score: Up, Michael Giacchino
Original Score: Up, Michael Giacchino

Too little too late for my oscar points.

Original Song: The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) from Crazy Heart, Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Original Song: The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) from Crazy Heart, Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Yeah…T Bone gets some lovin is awesome!

Costume: The Young Victoria
Costume: The Young Victoria

Rather obvious, yes?

Documentary (short subject): The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Documentary (short subject): Music by Prudence

Darn…GM was decent too.

Film Editing: Avatar
Film Editing: The Hurt Locker

Oh boy…I’ll let this one slide.

Makeup: Star Trek
Makeup: Star Trek

Ah makeup…you’d think the academy would take that word seriously and makeup for all the years they ignore horror and science fiction but nope, still relegated to this feeble tip of the hat.

Short Film Animated: A Matter of Loaf and Death
Short Film Animated: Logorama

I dunno. Never saw any of them.

Short Film Live Action: Instead of Abracadabra
Short Film Live Action: The New Tenants

Shrug…see my above comment.

Foreign Language Film: The White Ribbon
Foreign Language Film: El Secreto De Sus Ojos

See my above comment.

-28-

---

Also published on Medium.