Oscars 2010

I did a sort of live blog last year of the Oscars and are going to attempt to do the same this year. I must admit, with 10 nominated pictures I have not seen nearly enough of them. But I will do my best to not come off sounding stupid. The nominees this year are:

Best Picture 2010:
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Sadly, I have only seen District 9 (creepy and gross, held my attention, but no clue why it is nominated); Up (one of the best movies of this or any year; a complete triumph of story and execution); and Up In The Air (one of the best written and acted films in recent years; Clooney is fantastic).

I am assuming Avatar will win Best Picture, but that Kathryn Bigelow will be the first woman to win best director.

Red Carpet Musings:

Kathy Ireland is awful. She should rarely be seen and certainly not heard.

Jess Cagle, hot silver haired daddy.

Penelope Cruz looks amazing as usual.

Jake Gyllenhaal: Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

George Clooney needs a haircut.

Zac Efron looks like a teenage girl.

J Lo looks like a marshmallow peep.

Sarah Jessica Parker: it may be Chanel but it looks terrible.

Mylie Cyrus' dress is like a combo of a Madonna bustier and a bedazzled shower curtain.

Kate Winslet: classy as usual.

Kathy Ireland still pointlessly awful. Her dress looks like a cross between an Etch-A-Sketch and Tetris.

Meryl Streep looks good in a Chris March dress.

Opening Of The Oscars

Neil Patrick Harris!!!!!!

The set is a little too trashy looking.

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are so so as the hosts. Funny, but not hysterically so.

And Now The Awards:

Best Supporting Actor:

Christoph Waltz: Inglorious Basterds

Didn't see the movie, but hear he was great and that it is a deserved win.

Best Animated Feature Film

UP!

Beautiful, touching, marvelous film. Deserved to win!

Best Original Song

"The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart

Best Original Screenplay

The Hurt Locker

Best Animated Short Film

Logorama

Best Documentary Short

Music By Prudence

Best Live Action Short

The New Tenants

Best Makeup

Star Trek

Best Adapted Screenplay

Precious

Best Supporting Actress

Monique: Precious

Would have rather seen Vera Farmiga win, but Monique looked like she did an amazing job.

Best Art Direction

Avatar

Best Costume Design

The Young Victoria

Best Sound Editing

The Hurt Locker

Best Sound Mixing

The Hurt Locker

Best Cinematography

Avatar

Best Original Score

Up

Completely deserved to win. The opening 15 minutes is almost completely silent except for his score and it is breathtakingly beautiful and emotional.

Best Visual Effects

Avatar

Best Documentary Feature

The Cove

Best Editing

The Hurt Locker

Best Foreign Language Film

The Secret In Their Eyes (Argentina)

Very surprised that Michael Haneke's film The White Ribbon didn't win.

Best Actor

Jeff Bridges: Crazy Heart

Glad he won, but I really wanted to see Colin Firth win. He gave such a deep and moving performance in A Single Man.

Best Actress

Sandra Bullock: The Blindside

Don't get me wrong, I like Sandra Bullock, but for her to win over Meryl Streep or the girl from Precious is a travesty.

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow: The Hurt Locker

Well deserved. The first female best director winner.

Best Picture

The Hurt Locker

Wow, that was a surprise. I would have bet money it would be Avatar. Congrats!

The Oscars this year were painfully boring. I would barely rate it a C. No real surprises, and the same long and drawn out broadcast. There weren't even any great dresses to look at, and no major missteps. Just a big bag of meh. I don't think the additional 5 films made any direct impact to the show. Just made it infinitely longer. I hope they do not keep this format for next year.

Off to bed.