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Oscars 2010 – Best Supporting Actress: Mo’st Deserving Win
I caught Precious at the Racquet Club theater in Park City. I'm pretty sure everyone in that audience had the same impression I did - Mo’Nique's character is so ugly, and the performance was so raw that it would easily spread its wings beyond the indie fest - it had gold dust sweat stains spilling out of her pores.
Oscars 2010 – Writing (Adapted Screenplay): Spirit and Oscar for Geoffrey Fletcher
I was so sure that this was Up in the Air's win, but this crazy category also included a dark horse picture in my books with first-timer Geoffrey Fletcher and his reaction at winning pretty much tells me that this was far from being in the bag.
Oscars 2010 – Makeup: Star Trek klingons to Oscar
I thought they did some great work on aging Toni Servillo's character in this mysterious nomination for Il Divo, but the Academy want to promote the blockbuster film in some fashion. Trekkies all over are high-fiving one another.
Oscars 2010 – Short Film (Animated): Logorama Plasters Itself with Oscar Logo
Caught Logorama at Sundance and when I heard the noms I thought there is no way that this could win - the expletive language is simply too harsh for sensitive ears. Wallace & Gromit felt like an accomplished, polished production - but Logorama gets great grades for originality.
Oscars 2010 – Writing (Original Screenplay): Smells like Victory for The Hurt Locker
When I look at this category I think to myself - weren't War-themed pictures of the military supposed to be box office poison. Matter of the fact is neither The Hurt Locker or The Messenger will rack up the dough, but it shot down the theory that you can't make a such a pic in such times. I thought Basterds was a more lavish screenplay - and that the dialogue would win out on technical details in Boal's screenplay.
