The one with the Oscars

Ive geeked out all over the place this weekend. First it was the blog awards with a constant does of geekness, including tweets and pics and then last night I came home, sat down with way too much lemonade and geeked the f$%k out with the Oscars. Really enjoyable time, on my own in the front room with Twitter. Sad I know. But the folks @empiremagazine, @totalfilm, @movies_ie, @rejects and @KaiMovieReviews provided some banter along the way!

Anyway, onto the Oscars, themselves. No surprises really. I'm sure plenty felt Mickey Rourke was a dead set. Given his last few acceptance speeches (particularly at the Baftas) and his want to go to WWE, I'm sure some of the Academy were saying WTF?
Its a pity though, as his performance in the Wrestler is superb. But I think Penn had a better performance as Harvey Milk. And kudos to his speech as well.

And well done to all @ Slumdog. As rightly predicted by many, unlike myself. I didn't think it would do as well as it did. Its a great flick, but the Oscars can be a little demented at times.

The Oscars this year were a little more intimate. Gone were the big sweeping stage and the 300 hundred or so tripable steps. That said, there was a little Xmen vibe about the stage at times. Wolverine kicked ass in the opening with a great song and dance number. But then it almost turned into Wolverine - The Broadway fuckin musical!


Also, I was moved, as were the whole audience when the late Heath Ledger got Best supporting actor! Wonderful speeches!

Im not a huge Ben Stiller fan, but his Joaquin Phoenix was superb and the lads from Pineapple Express were quite good as well, although hard to follow Stiller.


Anyway, heres the full list of winners.

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Richard Jenkins--The Visitor
Frank Langella--Frost/Nixon
**Sean Penn--Milk**
Brad Pitt--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke--The Wrestler

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Josh Brolin--Milk
Robert Downey Jr.--Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman--Doubt
**Heath Ledger--The Dark Knight**
Michael Shannon--Revolutionary Road

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Anne Hathaway--Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie--Changeling
Melissa Leo--Frozen River
Meryl Streep--Doubt
**Kate Winslet--The Reader**

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams--Doubt
**Penelope Cruz--Vicky Cristina Barcelona**
Viola Davis--Doubt
Taraji Henson--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei--The Wrestler

BEST DIRECTOR
David Fincher--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard--Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant--Milk
Stephen Daldry--The Reader
**Danny Boyle--Slumdog Millionaire**

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Frozen
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
**Milk**
Wall-E

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Eric Roth--The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley--Doubt
Peter Morgan--Frost/Nixon
David Hare--The Reader
**Simon Beaufoy--Slumdog Millionaire**

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
**Wall-E**

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
**Slumdog Millionaire**