Unbeknown Paedobaptist

No suprises really on the night...
Here is a list of the winners and my opinion on the matter.
Best picture
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Couldn't have been any other film.
Lost in Translation was directed by an American woman on a budget of 4 million. Enough said.
Sea Biscuit was on horse racing. All I can say is that I'm glad I didn't go and see that one at the cinema.
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. OK, so any film with Russel Crowe in it has to be pretty good. I will have to watch it before I can make an objective judgement.
Mystic River carries the "tagline" "We bury our sins, we wash them clean." On the basis of that, Atheistic approach to life it's a good thing that it didnt win.

Best director
Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
He should at least get an award for being New Zealands closest thing to a monster. The film he directed was good which is why he won the award I would assume, both realistic and movingly beautiful.
The rest are but irrelavent mediocre directors.

Best actor
Sean Penn - Mystic River
My only memory of Sean Penn is that of "Dead Man Walking" when he played death rower Matthew Ponselot having studied it for English GCSE. He did perform admirably but I only remember the terrible hair style.
So Sean Penn won the Oscar
Bill Murray won the BAFTA
Johnny Depp won the hearts of most of the girls in the world (a wee bit greedy really)
Sir Ben Kingsly won an Oscar years ago for playing "Ghandi" in that "Thriller" of a film.
Jude Law... well, he can content himself that he has a name that means "praise".

Best actress
Charlize Theron - Monster
For a women who normally looks like this... it's impressive she allowed herself to look like this.

Best supporting actor
Tim Robbins - Mystic River
Hes a confused man I think. I blame it upon the fact that he was kicked off his "high school" hockey team for fighting. Haven't seen the film so I can't complain about his acting.

Best supporting actress
Renee Zellweger - Cold Mountain
She looks like an idiot in the trailer...

Best foreign language film
The Barbarian Invasions (Canada)
No point in this award. Whats the fun in a film that is in a foreign language. (The Passion of Christ could be up for the award next year though)

Best animated feature film
Finding Nemo
Great film, but it doesn't beat Monsters Inc.

Best adapted screenplay
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Cold Mountain didn't even get nominated for this award and yet I know people to whom that film is the best ever!

Best original screenplay
Lost in Translation
No comment.

Best music (score)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Apparently, Cold Mountain has a great score but then again, it was competing against an epic film in The Return of the King.

Best music (song)
Into the West - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Annie Lennox got a wee bit emtional when giving an acceptance speech... life changing facts from James Leverton donations go to me promptly please...

Best documentary feature
The Fog of War
Well done for filling in the time whilst waiting for the BIG announcements.

Best documentary short subject
Chernobyl Heart

Best visual effects
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best cinematography
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Best art direction
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best animated short film
Harvie Krumpet

Best short film
Two Soldiers

Best costume design
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best make-up
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Best sound
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Sound editing
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Film Editing
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

There, in brief (yeah right) is the Oscars and my opinion on them. Glad that the Lord of the Rings won 11 Oscars from 11 nominations. Titanic won 11 also but thinking about it Titanic sucks.
Bye. As you can tell, it got pretty boring after the main awards were written down...