Well, looks like I was wrong about Avatar. It didn't win after all, and six wins for The Hurt Locker, too. Crazy.

Maybe I just thought this was the Oscars of the old days, when the best overall production, or a big achievement, merited the Best Picture award. From Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth in 1952, to Around The World In 80 Days in 1956, to Ben Hur in 1959, all the way forward to Titanic. These were all great productions that merited an award for their technical achievement - as well as being decent movies. Obviously the message from The Hurt Locker seems to have gone a little further than the spectacle of Avatar.

Oh well, it'll be interesting to see which films from this year get the nod. Roll on 2011.