Well, the Oscar winners were announced yesterday. Once again the same annual ego fest and some really ugly dresses.

I’ll just list the important ones:

Best Motion Picture of the Year: No Country for Old Men. A drama. What a shocker right? Can anyone remember the last time a movie that WASN’T a drama packed with contemplation on the human condition won? I would have voted for Juno, a comedy about the human condition, because it was funny and didn’t bore me to tears.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Daniel Day-Lewis for some or other movie I will never ever watch because I do not willingly bore myself to the point of wanting to gouge my eyes out for fun. I think there’s a conspiracy going on that whenever Johnny Depp is nominated for Best Actor, they scrounge through a pile of scripts looking for one that could ensure any actor chosen for the role will win. I can only take solace in the fact that Depp still rakes in more money even without the Oscar. After all these years though he damn well deserves it.

Best Actress - Marion Cotillard. She’s French. That’s as much as I know.

Then some other people won some supporting actor awards, the Coen brothers took the best directing award, I won’t begrudge them this because they have done some cool flicks in the past, Juno (Yay) won the best writing for a screenplay written directly for the screen and No Country for Old Men won the best writing for a screenplay based on material previously published award.

There were of course loads of other awards but we all know after this has been going on for 80 years, the above are the ones that count. If you would like to see the full list of winners and nominees, then please click HERE. You will be taken to IMDB where they have a lovely little list.

Once again it’s a year where you can quite clearly tell the academy members need to come out of their little caves and experience something besides dramas or Meryl Streep.

Best Picture:
No Country For Old Men

Best Director:
Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country For Old Men

Best Actor:
Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood

Best Actress:
Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose

Best Supporting Actor:
Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men

Best Supporting Actress:
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best Original Screenplay:
Juno

Best Adapted Screenplay:
No Country For Old Men - Joel & Ethan Coen

Best Animated Film:
Ratatouille

Best Foreign Language Film:
The Counterfeiters

Best Documentary Feature:
Taxi to the Dark Side

Best Short Documentary:
Freeheld

Best Short Film (Live Action):
Le Mozart des Pickpockets

Best Short Film (Animated):
Peter and The Wolf

Best Cinematography:
There Will Be Blood

Best Art Direction: Sweeney Todd:
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Costume Design:
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Best Film Editing:
The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Makeup:
La Vie En Rose

Best Original Score:
Atonement

Best Original Song:
Falling Slowly - Once

Best Sound Editing:
The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Sound Mixing:
The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Visual Effects:
The Golden Compass

Honourary Award Presented to Robert Boyle

My Score: 17/24

To check how my predictions match with other critics, click here, Oscar Central.