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hoopla.nu congratulates the Oscar winners!Another year's Academy Awards have been doled out and thank goodness the all-conquering Avatar failed to live up to its hype - there are several far more qualified films whose makers would quite rightly have been disappointed had the James Cameron juggernaut prevailed.
The big winner is The Hurt Locker which garnered 6 wins including Best Film, Director, Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Original Screenplay. (As well as being at the top of Mark's year-in-review list for 2009!)
Avatar takes home 3 gongs (all related to its visual appearance, which fits with many estimations of that film being pretty to look at but shallow and poorly written), while Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, Up and Crazy Heart each won two golden statuettes.
Perhaps the least surprising victory for the evening was Christopher Waltz picking up Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Colonel Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds, while more surprising is Sandra Bullock winning her first Oscar for her performance in The Blind Side - she may have been the favourite, but it is hard to see her win as anything other than a 'lifetime' award.
Congratulations again to all those lucky enough to take home the Oscar!
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We're assaulted by rapid-fire scenes, introduced to a dozen teenagers - who all look the same - and witness several montages in a row. I can only assume that the producer and editor are the enemies of the slow-burn feature.
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The Blind Side is an embarassment to the voters who have decided it is worthy to compete with such brilliant films as The Hurt Locker and Inglourious Basterds - this has 'Midday Movie' written all over it, but is dressed in Hollywood finery such that people are inclined to take it more seriously than it deserves.
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Focus on Australian Film:
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