Oscars!

Well, it's official. The Oscars have been aired and there were some shocking wins and some shocking losses. Some great moments and some not so great moments.

Here is the list of winners for the bigger awards followed by some of my thoughts about the winners.

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Mo'Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christopher Waltz in Inglourious Basterds

Best Screenplay: The Hurt Locker

Best Animated Film: Up

Well, I'll start by saying that I have only seen four of the ten nominees for best picture so I may have a bit of a bias in my opinions. The four I have seen are Up, Inglourious Basterds, Avatar, and An Education. I have not seen The Hurt Locker so I cannot say whether or not is deserved to win best picture. I don't know if it did or not, but I will let you know after I watch it. I have seen Inglourious Basterds and I feel that it should have won an award for something. I would have been ecstatic to see it win best picture and I would have loved to see Quentin Tarantino win Best Director. However, I must say that it does make me happy that Kathryn Bigelow one. It's about time a woman one for best director and hopefully her win will open the category up for even more female directors. The main thing, however, I think the Academy got wrong was the Best Actress award. I have not seen The Blind Side so I cannot truly make an unbiased decision, but I do think that it is almost disgraceful that someone could win an Oscar and a Razzie in the same week. I know it wasn't for the same movie, but it's besides the point. Sandra Bullock is not the best actress that was nominated. I truly feel that Carey Mulligan did an amazing job in An Education and, even though she wasn't even nominated, I think Diane Kruger was just fantastic in Inglourious Basterds. The Academy didn't get everything wrong though. Up winning best animated picture was one obvious yet exciting part of the night. Up was an amazing movie and it definitely deserved to win. Another appropriate win was Christopher Waltz who played a Nazi obsessed with hunting Jews in Inglourious Basterds. He was incredible and truly deserved to win.

The Oscars was a fun-filled night and both Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were great hosts and made the night funny and enjoyable. Anyone who missed last nights show can catch up on all of the winners at imdb.com

What are your thoughts on the Oscars? Did the Academy get it wrong or am I just bias? Comment and let me know!

-H