Oscars (A few surprises)

This was probably the best year I've ever had when it came to my annual Oscar predictions. With the exception of Sean Penn winning in the Best Actor category and Dustin Lance Black's win in the Best Original Screenplay category I pretty much nailed all of the other categories. Oh, if I were a betting man I probably could have paid this month's bills off early! "Slumdog Millionaire" out-distanced the highly anticipated "Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (which had the most nominations) in the major categories. There was speculation that "Milk" would split the Best Picture/Best Director category giving Gus Van Sant the nod for top directing honors but giving the "Slumdog" the top prize for motion picture. I'm glad Danny Boyle snagged both honors for Best Director and Best Picture. When the announcement came for that category you would have thought that half of India was present for the Oscar award. Just goes to show that you don't always need top names to push a picture over the coveted 100 million dollar mark to be a success. Given a great script based on a great story with a little hope tossed in than even the under dog of under dogs can be made and not in Hollywood either. Here's hoping that Hollywood will can the remakes they have planned for this year and try making something with an original storyline. If you follow that criteria than we will come out and see what it is you have created.