I didn’t watch the Oscar telecast. Instead, I went to Disneyland with a group of friends. Oscar Sunday is the only time we found to all go to Disneyland at the same time (we’re all extremely busy students with jobs and responsibilities), so I had to sacrifice the Oscars for my friends.
Admittedly, I’m not entirely upset that I missed watching the Oscars. In the final weeks of Award Season, the Oscar race became very certain. In all of the major categories, the winners had already been known for weeks. Award Season stopped being fun for me when it was extremely clear that The King’s Speech would take Best Picture. There were few competitive categories this year. (Obviously, I will watch the telecast later this week when I’m on spring break and have access to my DVR.)
Again, none of the winners are very surprising at all. It was clear a few weeks ago after The King’s Speech had a hell of an Oscar campaign that it would take the top prize. Harvey Weinstein wins again. Colin Firth was a lock for Best Actor, and Natalie Portman was a lock for Best Actress.
Inception did take 4 Oscars for Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects. It deserved much, much more than that. It could have taken Best Picture, should have taken Best Original Screenplay, and Christopher Nolan should have been nominated for Best Director. I do believe that when history looks back at this Academy Awards, they will name Christopher Nolan’s snub as one of the worst snubs in all Oscar history.
The Social Network was given the Oscar cold shoulder, and I don’t really get why. That film really should have won Best Picture for many reasons. It was robbed by the british, and I’m not really okay with that. History will also name this film as the film that should have won over TKS. Aaron Sorkin got his Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, which isn’t surprising at all. It would have been one of the worst snubs in Oscar history (Citizen Kane level) if Sorkin didn’t win. He deserves that award.
I’m kinda surprised that Exit Through the Gift Shop didn’t win Best Documentary. Its one of the most inventive and entertaining documentaries I’ve seen, and I do think that the Academy should have awarded this film. (But this snub is probably due to the Academy’s weird rules about voting for documentaries.)
Though I’m a huge fan of The King’s Speech, it and Harvey Weinstein really killed the excitement of Award Season.
I’m definitely looking forward to the 2011 Award Season. I’m excited for the films of 2011 that will blow us away, and looking towards the 2012 Academy Awards, I’m hoping for a competitive show.