Oscar Strikes Again

Last Sunday night was the Oscars, the classic commemerative film awards ceremony (or, as others would put it, "Hollywood's shameless self-promotion"), with Steve "the Jerk" Martin and Alec "30 Rock" Baldwin hosting. Now, these two didn't do anything really new for this run, besides pile on the Nazi jokes like hair gel onto Ben Mulrooney. Steve got to say most of the show's funniest lines ("Precious" is the only movie that lives up to it's video game"), leaving Alec to look swank on stage. As for the actual awards:

Cristoph Waltz won Best Supporting Actor for "Inglorious Basterds" because he realized playing a Nazi is a chance for an actor to lose themselves in a complete psychopath, so this Oscar's all his. "Up" is absoulutely Best Animated Feature, a classic Pixar mix of major heart and gleeful humour. Sandra Bullock for Best Actress, long deserved, Jeff Bridges for Best Actor, greatly deserved by the sound of it. Now, as for Best Picture, it's an average Cinderella story: small little Iraq War drama beats sci-fi, big studio behemoth. Hurt Locker is more deserving, it's more original and needs more moola from the public. Avatar winning would have been a major upset, so well done. Of course, best comedic performence goes to Ben Stiller for his little Navi'i skit, which seemed like a "better idea in rehearsal", during the show.