Red = Winners.
Blue = My comments about what's going on.
Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon in “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”
Comment: Hell yeah. There was only one worthy winner. The guy made that frickin' movie!
Animated Feature Film
“Coraline” Henry Selick
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
“The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
“The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
“Up” Pete Docter
Comment: Again, only one worthy winner. Up rocks!
Music (Original Song)
“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
“Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Comment: How DARE they put Miley with Amanda as presenter?? Not same class! Miley are not even able to reed a fuckin' prompter (and blames it on them BOTH being nervous). Screwup. (You're not supposed to be there, Miley! Why do I have to know who you are??) The winner? The only one I'd heard. Not bad.
Writing (Original Screenplay)
“The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
“Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
“The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
“A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
Comment: Robert Downey och Tina Fey presenting together! Comedy-gold! <3
John Hughes tribute
Comment: Wow, Molly ringwald looked terrified at first! Until Broderick started reading anyway.
A couple of actors from Hughes-movies are on stage to say a few words. Nice to see that even Mac is there, he's rearly out in public. Seems very comfortable :)
Short Film (Animated)
“French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
“Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
“The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
“Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
“A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park
Comment: Was hoping for 'Lady and the Reaper' :P Had actually seen the winner too though! Cute speach from the winner :)
Documentary (Short Subject)
“China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
“The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
“The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
“Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
“Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
Comment: Messy speach..
Short Film (Live Action)
“The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
“Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
“Kavi” Gregg Helvey
“Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
“The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
Comment: Darn! Was hoping for Abracadabra (of course). They cut the speach before guy two got the chanse to talk. Rude..
Makeup
“Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
“Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
“The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore
Comment: Lol at Avatar-Stiller. And Avatar is not even nominated, haha. Btw, are the winners drunk? Or high? lol
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
“An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
“In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
“Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Comment: McAdams and Jake. Lovely. Boooring and expected winner. I was hoping for 'District 9'. Winner-speach is emotional and precious though, even though it's a complete mess. Is he going to break down..? Nah, he made it. (Great comment by Steve Martin after. "I wrote that")
Actress in a Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Comment: Haven't seen any of these movies. Hoped for Maggie or Vera, but Mo’Nique was more than expected and I'm sure she was good. Did she have to bring God into the speech though? Saw that "God bless us all" coming as soon as she opened her mouth :P
Art Direction
“Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
“Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
“Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray
Comment: Duh.
Costume Design
“Bright Star” Janet Patterson
“Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
“Nine” Colleen Atwood
“The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell
Comment: Tom Ford and SJP presents. Fashionweek? :) Hm, the winner. Has somebody actually seen it?
Horrorfilm tribute (becuase of Twilight?)
Comment: Funny Paranormal-skit by Steve and Alec. If they show Twilight in the montage I'm gonna.. Fuck, there it was. Ugh, sparcle-vamps aren't horror! It's teen-fluff-puke-whatever disguised in "darkness". Just sayin'. Enjoyed the rest of the tribute though. Especially Jaws & Scream love <3
Sound Editing
“Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
“The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
“Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
“Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
“Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers
Comment: Go Ottosson from Sweden!!
Sound Mixing
“Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
“The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
“Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
“Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson
Comment: Go Ottosson from Sweden x2!!
Cinematography
“Avatar” Mauro Fiore
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
“The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
“Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
“The White Ribbon” Christian Berger
Comment: Duh again? :)
Memorial-montage
Comment: Nicely done this year :,)
Music (Original Score)
“Avatar” James Horner
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
“The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
“Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
“Up” Michael Giacchino
Comment: The presentations of the scores is presented with dance-moves. Don't really think it works. They're good but I'm bored.. And the award goes to...? Michael Giacchino. Was really really hoping for Hans Zimmer but this was the next best thing. Storytelling-speach.
Visual Effects
“Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
“District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
“Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton
Comment: There can be only one! And we all knew which one.
Random comment: Oh Clooney, I love you, hehe
Documentary (Feature)
“Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
“The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
“Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
“Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa
Comment: Decided to finally see The Cove earlier today cuz I was pretty sure it would would win. It's good :)
Film Editing
“Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
“District 9” Julian Clarke
“The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
“Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz
Comment: Funny presentation, hihi. And funny pair of winners, hihi.
Foreign Language Film
“Ajami” Israel
“The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)” Peru
“A Prophet (Un Prophète)” France
“The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” Argentina
“The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)” Germany
Comment: The guy in the trailer for 'A Prophet' reminds me of Leo Fitzpatrick. And it's a prison-movie. Think I'm gonna try to catch that one! :) Anyway, panicked speach, lol.
Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”
Comment: Nice ego-boosting speaches by co-actors about/to the nominated. (Tim Robbins to Morgan was especially awsome)
Kate Winslet presents. She looks like shes made out of glass. Perfection!
A very excited winner, aww :)
Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”
Comment: Here we go again. Let the ego-boosting continue. Sidibe gets it from m-f Oprah! Gawd damn! Tuccis speach to Meryl's the best :)
Presenter Sean Penn is nervous in a cute way. I expected Bullock to win but I think it is a joke. Oh academy, you're so lame sometimes. The speach is everything people could ever hope from of a best winning actress but I'm not moved and I don't care.
Directing
“Avatar” James Cameron
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
“Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
“Up in the Air” Jason Reitman
Comment: Good for her, and first time for a woman to bring this home. I have a hard time taking hurt Locker serious though, since I read real bomb squad unit-people thinks the movie is totally unrealistic. I'm all for fiction, but.. hm, nah.
Best Picture
“Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
“The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
“District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
“An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
“Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
“A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
“Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
“Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers
Comment: Surprise surprise (or not.) Well, again, good for them. I'm sure it's good. My favourite 'District 9' didn't have a chanse in hell anyway.
summory: No surprises and no speaches worth remembering. Alec and Steve did well. Hm, okay..