Even though I have only seen two of the nine Best Picture nominees, I was still interested in who would win the night's top prize. (I'm also an Ellen fan and she's always fun to watch.)
And I must say that I am pretty happy with these winners! Going in to the show, all I wanted was for Alfonso Cuaron to win something for Gravity. And he won two statuettes for both directing and editing! So from then on I could go to sleep with my mind at ease.
I was a bit surprised that 12 Years A Slave won Best Picture over Gravity, but it does make sense. 12 Years A Slave does look like it is a superior film as a drama and most likely is. It was a bit of a bait and switch though because Gravity had been winning just about everything until the end. And this way, both McQueen and Cuaron walked away with some Oscar gold. And Brad Pitt too!
It was great seeing Matthew McConaughey win Best Actor because if you told your average moviegoer 10 years ago that the guy who starred in all of those terrible rom-com chick flicks that he's gonna win an Oscar one day, they would have thought you were crazy. But like the legend of the phoenix, out of the fiery ash emerged an actor born anew. I'm glad for the guy. He seems totally cool and he definitely deserved it. (Or at least from what I've seen from the trailers and clips.)
Same goes for Jared Leto! Keep up the acting and the music!
I would say I was surprised that "Baz Lurhmann's The Great Gatsby" won Oscars for Production and Costume Design, but it really did deserve it because on a technical level it didn't disappoint. Even if the film might have been a "Great Letdown."
I really wanted Bad Grandpa to win for Makeup. Mostly for the fact that you would be able to call Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa an Academy Award winning film. How great would that have been?
It was a bit of a bummer U2 once again got snubbed for Best Original Song. But when you're going up against the powerhouse vocals of Idina Menzel, it was a real toss-up choice. Could have gone either way.
By the way, did you hear how John Travolta pronounced Idina Menzel's name? I'm pretty sure he said something in Klingon because that did not sound human or of this earth.
Once again, the perpetually "Oscar-less" went home with jack squat. What I mean by that is anyone who has continually been snubbed year in and year out. And I'm not just talking about Leonardo DiCaprio, but rather cinematographer Roger Deakins and composer Thomas Newman. One day they'll get their due.
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