It's the 81st Oscar Academy Awards night, and the red carpet is filled to the fiber with the pretty and prestigious. As for Hugh Jackman's performance as an Oscar host? Well, wouldn't it be better to hire an actual host to host a huge event, rather than hire an actor who will act like a host? Don't get me wrong, Hugh Jackman was deliciously good looking and charming, he sang, he danced, he smiled, he wooed the audience with his Australian accent, and he cracked a few jokes that the audience pity-laughed at since he was so deliciously good looking and charming. But I would have had more fun with Ellen Degeneres or Jon Stewart taking up the mantle of the Oscar host. Hell, Sarah Silverman would have been more entertaining. Sure, her quips would have had every single person watching uncomfortably shifting in their seats, but what with the uber-long duration of sitting on your ass, that would have been a good thing.
Once again some awards were spot on, and some were terribly wrong. Fortunately, it's not as bad as the previous years. But I am a little more than peeved that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button won over the action movies, The Dark Knight and Iron Man, in the visual effects category. Was distorting Brad Pitt's face harder than creating a man zooming around the sky in an iron suit?
Anyway, compared to the previous years, the 2008 Oscar Academy Awards was...kinda boring.
By the way, I'm ashamed but compelled to admit, that when the camera panned to close up on Mickey Rourke, my eyes were totally glued to Robert Pattinson over his right shoulder. Yo Mr. Pattinson, I love your haircut on you.
Slumdog Millionaire owned all the awards this year. And it effin' deserves to.
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Reader
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Sean Penn - MILK
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Kate Winslet – The Reader
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Achievement in Directing
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Reader
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz - VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
Amy Adams - Doubt
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Heath Ledger - THE DARK KNIGHT
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Departures
Best Animated Short Film
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
WALL-E
Adapted Screenplay
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Original Screenplay
MILK
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Achievement in Film Editing
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Achievement in Sound Mixing
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Achievement in Sound Editing
THE DARK KNIGHT
Achievement in Visual Effects
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Best Documentary Short Subject
SMILE PINKI
Best Documentary Feature
MAN ON WIRE
Best Live Action Short Film
SPIELZEUGLAND (TOYLAND)
Achievement in Cinematography
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Achievement in Makeup
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Achievement in Costume Design
THE DUCHESS
Achievement in Art Direction
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
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