ON LAST NIGHT”S OSCAR CEREMONY

Out of my predictions for all 24 categories, at least 23 of the 24 were correct. I was wrong on my prediction for Best Original Song. I thought that Sinners would win, but instead it went to KPop Demon Hunters, which is an equally great film. The Master of Ceremonies (a.k.a. the host) Conan O’Brien was hilarious and I also loved the tributes to Rob Reiner and Robert Redford. The highlights for me were the winners of many of the categories.

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

I was so happy. Beyond happy to see One Battle After Another winning six Academy Awards including Best Picture, Director (Paul Thomas Anderson), Supporting Actor (Sean Penn), Adapted Screenplay, Casting and Film Editing.

For myself, One Battle After Another stands out as Anderson’s magnum opus and he took home three Oscars – as co-producer, director and screenwriter. I also loved his acceptance speech.

SINNERS

I was also super joyous to see Sinners awarded 4 Oscars including Best Actor (Michael B. Jordan), Cinematography, Original Score and Original Screenplay.

Michael B. Jordan’s acceptance speech was inspirational as was that of the film’s director Ryan Coogler, who won the Best Original Screenplay prize.

Speaking of which, I was happy to see Chicago Blues legend Buddy Guy present at the award ceremony, who also appeared in the film as well.

Frankenstein

Along with One Battle After Another and Sinners, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein took home well-deserved Oscars as well. In the case of Frankenstein, it was awarded 3 Academy Awards. Guillermo del Toro’s film won for Best Costume Design, Makeup and Production Design. All of the acceptance speeches for those aforementioned awards were inspiring as well. Though I do wish that del Toro was nominated for Director.

WEAPONS

Another high point of last night’s ceremony was seeing fellow Illinoisan Amy Madigan take home a well-deserved Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the horror film Weapons.

Madigan’s acceptance speech was every bit as inspiring as the other aforementioned ones and for myself, I am very proud of the fact that she hails from Illinois.

Hamnet

The Irish Jesse Buckley won a well-deserved Oscar for Best Actress for Hamnet and once again, she gave a very inspiring speech. One of my followers sweetly remarked that she gets to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day a day earlier 🙂

In Closing

Warner Bros and Netflix must be more than very happy that a number of their films took home quite a considerable number of Oscars. What makes it doubly awesome is that the major studio films that won are truly original works of art. All in all, this was a great awards 🙂

For those interested, click here to read my predictions and picks post 🙂