Monday, March 8, 2010

2010 Oscars Recap



What a night it was for The Hurt Locker! The film won Best Picture and Best Director, along with four other Oscars. Director Kathryn Bigelow was the first female director to win in the Directing category. A lesser known fact was that The Hurt Locker was the lowest-grossing Best Picture award winner.

Other highlights from the evening included Ben Stiller dressed as a character from Avatar. (Some would argue that Avatar getting shut out of the Oscars was another highlight, only winning Art Direction, Cinematography and Visual Effects.) The tribute to John Hughes and his movies was great (video at the bottom). There was also a decent horror film montage.

The winners are as follows. The full list of nominees is here.

Best Picture
The Hurt Locker

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side

Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress
Mo'Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Animated Feature Film
Up

Art Direction

Cinematography

Costume Design
The Young Victoria

Documentary Feature
The Cove

Documentary Short
Music by Prudence

Film Editing
The Hurt Locker

Foreign Language Film
The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos), Argentina

Makeup

Music (Original Score)
Up

Music (Original Song)
Crazy Heart, The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)

Short Film (Animated)
Logorama

Short Film (Live Action)
The New Tenants

Sound Editing
The Hurt Locker

Sound Mixing
The Hurt Locker

Visual Effects

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Hurt Locker

We did pretty well with our predictions, especially in the major categories. How did you do?

Here is the John Hughes tribute montage:

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