Oscars 2011: the results

-Best Picture: correct!

-Best Leading Actor: correct!

-Best Leading Actress: incorrect...

Second choice: correct.

-Best Supporting Actor: incorrect...

Second choice: correct.

-Best Supporting Actress: incorrect...

Second choice: correct.

-Best Director: correct!

-Best Original Screenplay: incorrect...

Second choice: correct.

-Best Adapted Screenplay: correct!

-Best Animated Movie: incorrect...

Second choice: correct.

-Best Foreign Movie: incorrect...

Second choice: incorrect...

-Best Cinematography: correct!

-Best Editing: incorrect...

Second choice: incorrect...

-Best Art Direction: correct!

-Best Costume Design: incorrect...

Second choice: incorrect...

-Best Makeup: correct!

-Best Score: correct!

-Best Song: correct!

-Best Sound Mixing: incorrect...

Second choice: correct.

-Best Sound Editing: incorrect...

Second choice: correct.

-Best Visual Effects: incorrect...

Second choice: correct.

-Best Documentary: incorrect...

Second choice: correct.

Correct: 9

Correct on second choice: 9

Fully incorrect: 3

Not a bad score overall. Surprising to see how many of my second choice hunches proved to be right. I guess I should listen to that silly voice inside my head more... And Rango won! Wow, who would have thought the Academy would condone a gritty weird movie about talking animals appropriating an iconic American genre, with a fair amount of jokes about alcohol and inbreeding? There's hope yet for oddball animation in mainstream cinema!

So, are there some decisions I feel like bitchin' about? Sure. Drive didn't even get that one Oscar it was nominated for, the Academy must really hate that movie! Also, it's obvious the potential of Motion Capture is still way over the Academy's head, robbing the Apes of their prize. I'm also quite disappointed by the choices of winning actresses. It's no news Meryl Streep is a good actress, and it's harsh to see poor Rooney Mara paying the price for that, losing to that old hag. I guess two Oscars for Streep just wasn't enough, eh? A similar feeling rose when Bérénice Bejo didn't get the Oscar for a performance just as gripping as Dujardin's. They really made The Artist work together, neither of them did it single handedly. Giving one an award and the other none seems cruel. Other than that, me and the Academy seem to be largely on the same page. So where can I apply for Academy membership again? I still see room for improvement!