All I'm saying is I knew that was an Oscar Worthy (which, I realizes, pre-supposes the Oscars are worth something) performance the second I saw him. Landa pretty much made Inglourious Basterds for me. I haven't seen any of the other actors' performances, so I can't judge. The man was a fucking brilliant Magnificent Bastard, and it would be hard to believe that anyone could've beaten him. The rest of the nominees looked like they were cast in pretty subdued roles; Matt Damon as the Afrikaaner soccer player, Woody Harrelson as the drunkard lieutenant, Christopher Plummer (who's awesome, by the by) as Leo Tolstoy (a writer. Not prone to lots of emotion) and Stanley Tucci as the quiet child murderer. They were up against a guy playing a charismatic psychotic SS officer, in a fucking Quentin Tarantino movie. Yeah, predetermined.
Mo'Nique won for her performance in Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (world's longest movie title, I've got to figure). I haven't seen the movie yet, and I may never. Tearjerkers very rarely grab my attention, though that's not to say I don't enjoy them, just that I don't go out of my way for to enjoy them. Haven't seen Penelope Cruz or Maggie Gyllenhaal do their bits, but Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick in Up in the Air (which I legitimately enjoyed, and thought was a well constructed narrative) definitely didn't deserve to be up there. They just weren't the performances for it. I don't how you get an Oscar Nomination for playing roles we've all seen 100s of times before.
Up won Best Animated Feature, which is nice, I guess, seeing as Pixar always wins. It'll help them feel better when they don't win Best Picture.
Logorama won Best Animated Short. It's a pretty sweet one, too, although, much as my experience goes with the Best Supporting Actor, I've only seen the one (which was recommended to me because World on Fire is also the theme song from the Fallout series). Very creative use.
Not sure The Hurt Locker deserves the Best Original Screenplay win, especially over Inglourious Basterds. I thought THL was pretty standard for plotlines, while IB was just great. That was such a well-tied together movie, much like all Tarantino films.
Of the Best Adapted Screenplay, there's really no surprise there for Precious, and I think that's probably the right choice.
With 1 hour left, here's hoping Sandra Bullock doesn't win!
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