In my pre-Oscar post, I lied. I watched one more movie before Oscar night and that was The Big Short. And I really liked it! Now onto the main points:
Best Picture: Spotlight
I was very surprised. I thought it was going to either be The Revenant or The Big Short. I would have been perfectly happy with the latter, but I was equally happy to see Spotlight take the win. It was a great movie about a very important topic.
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio
This was not a surprise, but I'm glad he won. He's a fantastic actor, even if I didn't enjoy this particular role. What's more, he devoted his acceptance speech to talking about climate change. He won my heart.
Best Actress: Brie Larson
I was absolutely delighted to see her win. She deserved it. I can't wait to see her career take off now. In the mean time, I'll watch Room again.
Best Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
This was not a surprising win, and The Revenant clearly had fantastic direction. However, I would have loved to see Room's director or George Miller of Mad Max take home the win.
Speaking of Mad Max...
It was so fun to see this movie sweep a lot of the technical awards. In number of trophies, this movie was the big winner.
