OK, the Academy Awards are over. I watched about half of it, flipping back and forth between the Oscars and The Amazing Race (remember, I’m doing Competitours in June). I enjoyed the sparring between co hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin a lot. They work well together, in my opinion.
Over the course of 2009 and early 2010, I made an attempt to see most of the contenders. You can see a couple of my reviews here., although I did not review all of the movies I saw.
Did The Hurt Locker deserve to win Best Picture, etc? While I liked the movie a lot, I didn’t think that is was worthy of best picture, although I do believe Kathryn Bigelow deserved best director. I loved the movie-and the title made perfect sense, and the emotions evoked by the characters was riveting, but for Best Picture, I’m thinking Avatar.
Was Jeff Bridges the Best Actor for Crazy Heart? Dunno-haven’t seen it yet, but likely. The trailer makes it look like he deserved to win. However, A Single Man’s Colin Firth had me from the start. OMG-he swallowed that character completely.
Sandra Bullock-best actress for The Blind Side. Glad she won, love the gal. We could probably be BFF’s. However, Meryl Streep became Julia Child in Julie and Julia.
Best Animated film- Up. Definately! I was lucky enough to see it in 3-D, one of my faves of the year!!
Mo’nique as Bbest Supporting Actress for Precious—YES!!!! Hand’s down! I loved that movie BTW! Best Adaptation for the Screen?? Absolutely!!
Cristoph Waltz for best supporting actor in Inglourious Basterds? Since the only other one of the contenders I saw was Invictus (Matt Damon), I really can’t say.
Documentary– Couldn’t see The Cove–too painful, I’m thinking. Food, Inc is an important film, as well.
So, there is my two-cents worth. I would love for you to comment, disagree, agree, or just plain put in your vote. Happy movie-watching!
I agree that Avatar should have gotten Best Picture. The direction in Hurt Locker was what made the film. Her unflinching unfolding of the scenes captured the rhythm (and tension and boredom and stress) of military life.
All the other awards were spot on. You MUST see Christoph Waltz in Basterds. The film would not have worked without him. His tone was pitch perfect.
Hey Competitour buddy, I keep forgetting to watch Amazing Race! Just set to record it.
In my next life I want more time to watch movies. I did see UP and plan to watch it over and over again. I loved that movie. And Meryl Streep in Julie and Julia is one of the best performances I’ve ever seen. I liked seeing Sandra Bullock win because she’s such a great person. I have no idea if it was deserving. I’d give her an award for that speech! People keep saying I must see Avatar but I’m so disconnected from all the special effects stuff. Inglourious Basterds is on my PVR. I’ll report back!
I have yet to see The Hurt Locker, so I can’t say if it should have won or not. I will say that An Education was my favorite movie of the bunch, even though I knew it didn’t really have a chance. Jeff Bridges was fantastic in Crazy Heart, although I agree that Colin Firth was very good as well. I still haven’t seen The Blind Side or Precious! I will have to see both soon!