Not bad at all!

Not to toot my own horn, but I'd say I did pretty well on my Oscar choices. I only missed one on the major categories but who saw Tilda Swinton's win coming? She did a great job in "Michael Clayton" but no one was buzzing about her taking home the award. Of course, unless I have a strong opinion to the contrary, I love a good surprise winner. Case in point, I felt Marion Cotillard deserved the Oscar for Best Actress and was tired of hearing all the talk about Julie Christie. When Marion's name was called on Sunday night, I was so excited for her. She was so graceful and humble about her win that you couldn't help but be happy for her. And, I will admit, I had a bit of smugness in me the next day when everyone was talking about her being the surprise win of the night...I called that one all along!

I can't be too proud though because I was beat in our Oscar contest by a guess. Rian takes the ribbon by blindly choosing "A Golden Compass" for visual effects. We didn't even see the movie! But, I will accept my defeat and move on. After all, if I wouldn't have changed my choice for Art Direction (from Sweeney Todd to Atonement)at the last minute, I would've at least tied him. I did however, also change my choice for Costume Design to "Elizabeth" after watching that film...and, it won so therefore paid off!

Here are all of my correct choices for this year's Oscars:

Best Picture: "No Country for Old Men"
Best Director: Joel & Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"
Best Actor: Daniel-Day Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"
Best Actress: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"
Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"
Adapted Screenplay: "No Country for Old Men"
Original Screenplay: "Juno"
Original Score: "Atonement"
Costume: "Elizabeth"
Makeup: "La Vie en Rose"
Animated Feature: "Ratatouille"

Ok, I know that 11 out of 24 doesn't sound so great but when the others are mostly "guess" categories, I'd say I at least deserve a little kudos.

All in all, it was a good show and the 2 hour arrival special was enjoyable as usual. Gary Busey interrupting Jennifer Garner's interview was great and when he had no clue who she was, that was even better. Gotta love that!

I will say that the most entertaining part of the night was the last few minutes of the broadcast when Channel 7 accidentally broke into the feed with audio and you could clearly hear them talking. Right after the announcement of the Best Picture, you heard "I don't believe in this Oscar bulls**t but this is the best movie of the year." Someone says "What's it about?", "A guy with no expression keeps blowing up everything." ha ha. Great to hear the uncensored opinions of the news broadcasters waiting for their go ahead to do the news...

I will stop back by later this week with my Best/Worst Dressed list...