Academy Awards 08

IN SHORT

- Wall-E Best Animated Feature win - Excellent!, take that Annie awards!

- Wall-E not winning anything in sound categories - WTF!? Does the Academy not know who Ben Burtt is? This guy worked on Star Wars for fucks sake, and his work in this film was just as great, yet you give Sound Mixing to Slumdog millionaire?, WHAT!?

- Heath Ledger - Another well deserved award, i hate people saying that he only won because he's dead, if you're saying that you're an idiot. If he was still alive he still would have been given the award, every scene with him in that movie was amazing and hypnotising, i completely forgot who was playing him, there was no doubt in my mind HE WAS THE JOKER, amazing.

- Dark Knight wins sound award - I'm glad they won at least one other award for that film, it deserved a best picture nom though.

- Christopher Nolan Best Director? - Why was he not nominated for The Dark Knight? This guy has made so many great films and has not slipped once, and this was the greatest combination of all he's learnt in his career so far and you dont even ACKNOWLEDGE the guy? WHY!?

- Mickey Rourke - Robbed...what else can i say?. Who cares about Sean Penn?, i dont care that he kissed dudes for a movie role, why should i?, i wouldnt give him award for it. Mickey deserved that damn award and i hope he gets one next year for whatever he has up his sleeve at the moment.

That about sums up my feelings aboutthe awards part of the show this year. Hugh was a great host very funny and witty, i loved his opening song and the Baz Lurhmann directed musical number halfway through, it's the kind of stuff they don't do when there is just a comedian hosting.

I liked the smaller format too, the theatre was much smaller and the "stars" were all very clost to the stage and it had a very intimate feeling, like you were a part of the show this year, i liked it a lot.