Oscar Agreements and Bereavements!

Hey Everyone,

I do not know how many of you reading this watched the Oscars. I did; it is the only awards show that I watch anymore. Here I will list my agreements and bereavements for the winners for all the categories; some of my comments will be very brief and others lengthy (like a good hallmark card). Enjoy.

Costume Design - Elizabeth: The Golden Age won in this category. I have no problem with that. I heard that the Elizabeth movies were good, as I have not seen them but maybe someday I will give them a try.

Animated Film - Ratatouille won in this category. I heard it was good and I heard that it was not so good, so I do not know what to think. I guess I should see it. I actually did not see any of the nominees in this category

Make-Up - La Vie En Rose won in this category. I suppose they did a good job because they made a relatively hot women (actress Marion Cotillard) look like Edith Plaf, who in my eyes was not attractive; not ugly just not attractive.

Visual FX - The Golden Compass won in this category, which mildly upset me because I thought that Transformers had great visual effects and should have won, but I do not cry myself to sleep about it...anymore cause it has been almost a week.

Art Direction - Sweeney Todd won in this category. This seemed to be worthy of the win with the sets, costumes etc ( I am not really sure what this category means). I still have to see this film; OUT ON DVD APRIL 1.

Supporting Actor - Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Me) won in this category and it was a much-deserved win for him; everyone in that film was great.

Short Film - Les Mozart Du Pickpockets won; way to go. I never see short films, so any fight here.

Animated Short - Peter and the Wolf won and I think this film was based on a children's book. Way To Go.

Supporting Actress - Tilda Swinton won this Oscar; she is great in whatever she is in and I supposed that she did a good job; I have mixed feelings about Michael Clayton though.

Adapted Screenplay - No Country For Old Men won in this category and as I read the book before I saw the film, I am in a prime position (which is rare) to compare the two and The Cone Brothers did a great job adapted the amazing book by Cormac McCarthy; only minor things were changed in the translation from book to film.

Sound Editing - The Bourne Ultimatum won this Oscar. They did a good job with all that sound edition stuff.

Sound Mixing - The Bourne Ultimatum also won for this category; again they did a good job with all the sound mixing stuff.

Actress - Marion Cotillard won for her portrayal of Edith Plaf, who I think was a French singer in the 40s. I am guessing here. If you know better please let me know. I had no pick for this category, but it would have been cool for Canuck Ellen Page to win or even Cate Blanchett who did win for the other Elizabeth movie (90 % sure).

Film Editing - The Bourne Ultimatum won for film editing and I feel this film deserved it; there were little to no clunky bits for story or character development that slowed down the plot of the film to any annoying level.

Foreign Language Film - The Counterfeiters won for foreign language film; I wished I lived in Toronto, so I would actually have a chance in having seen any of the films nominated in this category maybe next year I will try an see some.

Original Song - Falling Slowly ('Once'); After hearing all the nominated songs, I was glad that this song won because I felt that it was the most deserving. I have heard also that the film is very good so I aim to try to rent it in the near future.

Cinematography - There Will Be Blood won for cinematography; I still have to see this film.

Original Score - Atonement won for original score; still have to see the film. I thought that I had not seen any of the film nominated in this category but I did see Michael Clayton but released it was nominated after I saw it and did not get a chance to see it again and decide whether or not the music was any good. I think a lot of the film scores that I enjoy were not nominated or if they were did not win Oscars.

Documentary Short - Freeheld; Sure it deserved it but again never saw it.

Documentary Feature- Taxi To The Darkside won for best doc. I wanted Sicko to win but I have more confidence in the doc, and animated film categories that those most deserving win the Oscars. Maybe I am being to trusting. I do not know.

Original Screenplay - Juno won for this category; I thought it was a good story. So hats off to you Diablo Cody; Crazy, Hot name. She is hot did you see her? She used to be a stripper, so she has to be or should be pretty nice to look at naked or not.

Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis won for his performance in There Will Be Blood; again I did not see this film but I thought that it would be cool if Viggo won or even cooler if Johnny Depp won or really nice if Tommy Lee Jones won for in the Valley of Elah (very good movie; I recommend).

Director - The Coen Bros won for best director(s). They are pretty awesome. I have only seen No Country For Old Men, Raising Arizona and the Big Lebowski.

Best Picture - No Country For Old Men most deservedly won for best picture. I did enjoy Juno, but Michael Clayton was a disappointment (it was good but I had higher hopes because it was nominated for best picture; in the valley of elah would have been a more deserving nominee) and I did not see the remaining two films. I would have been really upset if any film other than No Country For Old Men won. I cannot wait for the DVD release. This film masterfully deals with tension and action in story (see also History of Violence). Great performances from Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem and Woody Harrelson can be seen in this film.

I hope you have enjoyed reading my thoughts on the Oscar winners. take it easy. watch a lot of films and tell me about them.

FaNbOy DaVe