Oscars 2010: The Results

As is tradition, I didn't watch the Oscars live because it's (a) on at some ridiculously late/early hour here in the UK and (b) it's only available on Sky Movies, which I don't subscribe to. But, here is the full list of winners. My immediate response: it panned out pretty much as I guessed it would, although I thought Avatar would cause an upset by winning Best Picture over The Hurt Locker, more as a reward for its financial success than anything else. But it was fantastic to see Kathryn Bigelow become the first ever female winner of Best Director. Also, I found it a bit strange that Avatar won for Best Cinematography, as you don't really "photograph" CGI landscapes. I guess we'll have to broaden our definition of that term now.

Regarding my official Oscars predictions for VoucherCodes, I got 12 out of 16 predictions correct, giving me a final score of 9. I doubt that's enough to win their £250 prize, but it ain't bad. I beat Mark Kermode, anyway. My results are below (+1 for a correct prediction, -1 for an incorrect prediction):

Best Film: Avatar -1
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow (Hurt Locker) +1
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) +1
Best Actress: Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) +1
Best Suporting Actor: Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) +1
Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique (Precious) +1
Best Original Score: Up +1
Best Editing: The Hurt Locker +1
Best Cinematography: Inglourious Basterds -1
Best Animated Feature: Up +1
Best Visual Effects: Avatar +1
Best Documentary Feature: The Cove +1
Best Foreign Language Film: Un Prophete -1
Best Adapted Screenplay: Up In the Air -1
Best Art Direction: Avatar +1
Best Original Song: "The Weary Kind" (Crazy Heart) +1