My Cart - Yes, it’s that time at last – the night of glitz, glamour and glory that is the Academy Awards. Last night’s ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood celebrated the very best moviemaking achievements of 2015. So, who got to take home a shiny golden Oscar, and who’s consoling themselves with the contents of their controversial goody bag?
It Was Finally Leo’s Night
Yes, that’s right, you can finally put all of those memes about Leo and his lack of Oscars to bed, as he finally received the Best Actor award for his role as frontiersman Hugh Glass in The Revenant – having been nominated five times before without success. He used his acceptance speech to raise awareness of climate change, which affected filming of the movie.
He wasn’t the only one carrying off a long-awaited award either – Ennio Morricone received his first Oscar nomination for Best Original Score way back in 1979, and just like Leo racked up five unsuccessful nominations before winning last night for Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. Unlike Leo, however, he already had an honorary award from 2007.
But Not The Revenant’s
If you read our look at the nominations back in January, you’ll know The Revenant was this year’s most nominated film – but it only won three out of those twelve categories. The big winner of the night was a certain spectacle of dust and guzzoline; Mad Max: Fury Road took home six awards, more than half of its nominated categories. They were largely the categories that made it such a spectacle; Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design and Best Film Editing. And those wins seem obvious – after all, just look at it!
The Rest of the Bests
We’re going to say we called it on this one – Brie Larson did indeed take home the Best Actress award for her role in Room, beating off competition from the likes of Jennifer Lawrence and Cate Blanchett. Meanwhile, Alicia Vikander took the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in The Danish Girl, and Mark Rylance took the Best Supporting Actor award for his role in Bridge of Spies. The Revenant’s two other wins were for Best Director and Best Cinematography. Best Animated Feature went to Inside Out, and Best Visual Effects quite rightfully to Ex Machina.
On the British side, Sam Smith and his songwriting partner Jimmy Napes won the Best Original Song award for Writing’s on the Wall from the film Spectre, and Smith dedicated his win to the LGBT community.
“And the award for Best Picture goes to…”
The big award of the night went to Spotlight, a biographical crime drama following The Boston Globe’s investigative team of the same name as they investigate widespread cases of abuse by Roman Catholic priests in the Boston area. The original investigations won the team the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
So, how many of this year’s winners have you seen? If you missed them at the cinema, you can always catch up at home – and our cheap 50 inch TVs can help you to recreate the big screen feeling in your own living room!
