Well guys, it’s finally here, and thankfully, it’s finally over.
The Academy Awards were Sunday night, and the winners of each respective award were shelled out, and there isn’t all that much to write home about. ‘The Artist’ took home top honors, with names like Octavia Spencer, Jean Dujardin and Christopher Plummer continuing their run of awards season domination.
There are little to no shockers here, save for a few below the line wins, particularly the costume win for ‘The Artist’ and a makeup win for ‘The Iron Lady.’ ‘Bullhead’ lost its Best Foreign Language award to the beloved Iranian film ‘A Separation,’ which was also up for an original screenplay award, and Criterion hopefully ‘Pina’ lost as well to the wonderful little film, ‘Undefeated.’
Overall, it was a rather boring and viscerally unfunny show hosted by Billy Crystal, which itself fit a horribly uninteresting and viscerally boring little awards season that this year found itself the victim of. If you care, here is the full list of winners:
Best Cinematography:
Hugo
Best Art Direction:
Hugo
Best Costume Design:
The Artist
Best Makeup:
The Iron Lady
Best Foreign Language Film:
A Separation
Best Actress In A Supporting Role:
Octavia Spencer – The Help
Best Editing:
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Best Sound Editing:
Hugo
Sound Mixing:
Hugo
Best Documentary:
Undefeated
Best Animated Feature Film:
Rango
Best Visual Effects:
Hugo
Best Supporting Actor:
Christopher Plummer – Beginners
Best Original Score:
Ludovic Bource – The Artist
Best Original Song:
“Man Or Muppet” – The Muppets
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Alexander Payne, Jim Rash and Nat Faxon – ‘The Descendants’
Best Original Screenplay:
Woody Allen – Midnight In Paris
Best Live Action Short:
The Shore
Best Documentary Short:
Saving Face
Best Animated Short:
The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Best Director:
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role:
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Best Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role:
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Best Picture
The Artist