The winners, the losers and the WTF?

As I had expected, the Academy Awards Ceremony left me with a very familiar bitter sweet taste. Ellen DeGeneres made me laugh (more than expected), Jared Leto won a million points in my count and 12 Years a Slave took a very undeserved Best Motion Picture Award. 

Nevertheless, I must admit I will continue to faithfully look forward the Oscars, as I will continue my almost psychopath love/hate relationship with the American Academy.   

The  night was full of ups and downs, as usual, so for those interested in getting a little summary of my impression, please read on: 





Rocking the night

Jared Leto's speech. Not only because of his support for Venezuelans and Ukrainians to keep fighting for their freedom and dreams, or beautifully encouraging people with AIDS to stay strong and making his mom look like a hero. But equally important, because he did it in such a well structured, perfectly simple and beautifully expressed way, that if they gave Oscars for speeches, he should have won that one too. 

Breaking Records

The whole pizza and selfie episode Ellen DeGeneres led last night was, in my opinion, just brilliant. What an original and clever way to give a more casual vibe to the ceremony and pulling off one of the most effective marketing campaigns of all times. It broke twitter records and became the most retweeted selfie in the history!! GENIUS...

The WTF???

Matthew McConaughey's speech started as something simple and even elegant until he started talking about him being his own hero and never getting to meet that hero because he would always be an even better hero, so he would continue to search for that hero, that in fact, would never be enough of a hero. WTF? Maybe it sounded great when he said it in front of the mirror, but to let me tell you something, not even close to a good result. 

The big disappointment

Because I'm so pissed and because it deserves to be reiterated, I still don't understand why a movie that didn't disrupt almost anything in the film industry, except reminding us that Americans need to be forever ashamed of how they treated black people back in the days, could have won the Best Movie of the Year. C'mon!!!! This is NOT the morale awards, this is the who-makes-the-best-movie awards. Gravity and Her were much better movies as a whole. Much more original, better productions, more innovative and by far more immersive. 

Anyway, here's the list of winners and, taking aside all disagreements, I must congratulate all filmmakers, producers, actors, artists, etc who bring to life all the wonderful films that inspire so much in our lives. 

BEST MOTION PICTURE

12 years a Slave

DIRECTOR

Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)

OLE

BEST ACTOR 

Matthew Mc Conaghey (Dallas Buyers Club) 

BEST ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett  (Blue Jasmine) 

ACTOR SUPPORTING ROLE

Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

ACTRESS SUPPORTING ROLE

 Lupita Nyong'o (12 years a Slave) 

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Spike Jonze (Her) 

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 

12 Years a Slave

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 

The Great Beauty

DOCUMENTARY 

20 Feet from Stardom 

ANIMATED FEATURE

Frozen 

SOUND EDITING 

Gravity

VISUAL EFFECTS 

Gravity

FILM EDITING 

Gravity

ORIGINAL SCORE 

Gravity

PRODUCTION DESIGN 

Great Gatsby 

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Gravity

COSTUME DESIGN 

Great Gatsby 

MAKE UP AND HAIRSTYLING

Dallas Buyers Club

SOUND MIXING

Gravity