Biggest Surprise:
Not a lot of big ones, but I wasn't expecting Precious to take Best Adapted Screenplay. I thought there'd be a chance Quentin Tarantino would take home Best Original Screenplay (and frankly, I would have rather heard his acceptance speech than anyone else's), but Up in the Air seemed a safe bet for Adapted Screenplay.
Best Acceptance Speech:
I kind of liked Jeff Bridges's rambling list of "thank you's" and occasional bursts of laughter for no apparent reason, but my favorite was the French guy, Nicolas Schmerkin, who won for Best Animated Short. A couple weird jokes about being in America and taking 6 years to make a 15 minute film and that was it. Nice and short. Though, Sandy Powell's brief acceptance for Best Costume Design was welcome too.
Worst Acceptance Speech:
This one easily goes to Best Documentary Short where Roger Ross Williams got the Kanye treatment by his co-winner, Elinor Burkett. Not sure why they didn't both go up together, but you can relive the awkwardness here.
Easiest Way to Cut Down the Overlong Telecast:
I'm tempted to say that long dance number for Best Original Score (why were they doing "the robot" to music from The Hurt Locker?), but this award has to go to those self-indulgent speeches for every Best Actor and Actress nominee. These people don't need to hear any more about how great they are, and I certainly don't want to listen.
Other than that, the Oscars were what they always are: the Oscars... drawn-out and full of pompous self-importance. I liked Ben Stiller's Na'vi and a few of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin's jokes (though even those weren't much to speak of), but I'm happiest to see that at the end of the day, The Hurt Locker took home the big prize it deserves and even a few of the technical awards I thought Avatar would scoop up. Congrats, Ms. Bigelow.
- Steve Avigliano, 3/08/10
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