"The Hurt Locker" won the most Oscars this year, five. Image from Flickr.
In case you missed it, The Academy Awards have already come and gone. The Academy has been thanked, the Oscars have been distributed, and the tabloids have made lists of the Oscars best and worst dressed. In case you avoided all of that , but you’re still curious about the results, here are the winners of the 10 “big ones.” Maybe after this we can all relax. That is, of course, until tax day and the ensuing debt settlement relief.
1. Best Picture
“The Hurt Locker” controversy started long before it won the Oscar for Best Picture. I was pretty surprised by this Academy Award; I thought “Avatar” would win.
2. Best Directing
Because “The Hurt Locker” won Best Picture, it was not-so-surprising that director Kathryn Bigelow won the Academy Award for Best Directing. I guess James Cameron will just have to be satisfied with his hundreds of millions of dollars and the three Oscars he already has.
3. Best Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock got a lot of attention for her acceptance speech when she won the Oscar for Best Actress, thanks to “The Blind Side.” She mentioned kissing Meryl Streep in her excellent, funny speech. Feedback was generally positive.
4. Best Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges had my vote for Best Actor on principle alone, and I was delighted to see that he won it for his performance in “Crazy Heart.”
5. Actress in a Supporting Role
No one seemed to be surprised that Mo’Nique won the Oscar for supporting actress. She took home the Academy Award for her performance in “Precious.”
6. Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz won the Oscar for supporting actor for his performance in “Inglourious Basterds.” Despite eight nominations for Quentin Tarantino’s latest flick, Waltz’s Oscar marks the only Oscar win for “Inglourious Basterds.”
7. Writing in an Adapted Screenplay
Besides Mo’Nique’s supporting actress win, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” also scored the Oscar for Best Writing in an Adapted Screenplay.
8. Best Writing in an Original Screenplay
“The Hurt Locker” won a total of five Oscars, including Best Original Screenplay. Other Academy Awards for “The Hurt Locker” were for editing and sound.
9. Best Animated Feature Film
The Academy declared Pixar’s film “Up” the Best Animated Feature Film of 2009. With its $293 million box office earnings, the “Up” producers are one group of people who will not be needing debt settlement relief.
10. Music: Best Original Score
“Up” also took home the gold for its soundtrack, an original score by Michael Giacchino. That wraps up the list of the top 10 Oscar winners. Check out Oscar.com for more.
I just knew The Hurt Locker was going to take home the Best Picture award. I mean, Avatar was great; it had a good story line and the picture was ridiculously sick. But The Hurt Locker went above and beyond that. I am definitely pleased with the ruling.