Mark's Oscars Reaction

Let's just get this out of the way... Ellen Page got robbed. I'm not too sore about this, because I've heard amazing things about La Vie En Rose (Life in Pink)... however, Juno will forever hold a special place in my heart.

Anyway, as far as Best Picture, and the Male Acting categories there were no surprises. Daniel Day Lewis was no contest, and the same with Javier. Don't get me wrong there were some other fantastic performances, but really... when it came down to it, these two men had the performances of the decade!

As for the women, Tilda Swinton came up big, and I think even she was surprised! Congrats to her. This is the first time since the 60's where the four acting oscars all went to foreign actors.

Bourne picked up a few sound awards and cinematography, and I can't agree with those, while yes the sound editing in the films were good, I disagree that it should've taken the awards.

However, the HIGHLIGHT of the evening... is unquestionably the performance of "Falling Slowly" by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova of Once. If you're a member of digg, search for it on digg and digg it (that's a lot of diggs in one sentence) and let's get it to the front page.

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