Another awards ceremony over and the winners were mainly as expected with a few nice surprises thrown in.

Australian documentary filmmaker Eva Orner won the Oscar for best documentary. Orner, 38, from Melbourne, produced the documentary Taxi to the Dark Side, a film critical of the US war on terrorism. Congratulations Eva. Other Aussie contenders missed out on the Golden Man in a year where the Acadamy seemed intent on recognising the dark side of American society.

As expected “No Country for Old Men” cleaned up, “Atonement” hardly got a mention. Javier Bardem playing the killer in No Country for Old Men deserved the Oscar, Joel and Ethan Coen were like a couple of mute gamer dudes up there on the stage and I must say it annoys me when people refuse to put an effort in for their audience. Maybe they are just shy but I seriously doubt that! Having said that, I loved the film and felt it deserved to get the gong. I know a lot will disagree with me.

There were a couple of refreshing acceptance speeches from the winners of best Original Song from the movie “Once” Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. Best Original Screenplay writer Diablo Cody who penned “Juno” also made me laugh and cry a bit! Tilda Swinton couldn’t quite believe her gong and gave Cate (who was up for it for her portrayal of Bob Dylan) a disbelieving look as she headed for the statue on offer. Marion Cottilard was a surprise recipient of best Actress for La Vie en Rose.

I look forward to catching the films I missed as they come into the store, am hoping that we are able to get hold of “Taxi to the Dark Side” quick smart.

Oh and all the performances of songs from “Enchanted” bombed badly. I hope someone in planning land realises this and doesn’t program big musical numbers for the cavernous Oscars stage without the big chorus, song and dance support. All and all I felt like it went on way too long as usual but am always horrified when people’s acceptance speeches are drowned out the microphone turned off mid sentence. Now that’s just rude! ‘Spose you can’t have your cake and eat it too.

I am sure I heard an Aussie accent during the acceptance for Best Visual Effects winning “The Golden Compass”. Can’t seem to find out if Ben Morris is an Australian or not.

Here’s the full list of winners:

Posted February 26th, 2008 under Movie News.
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