The Hurt Locker ftw! It took home not only Best Director for Kathryn Bigelow, but also the coveted Best Picture award.
A lot of people (me included) thought that The Hurt Locker and Avatar would split the awards, with Bigelow taking home the Best Director plum, and Avatar winning Best Picture.
Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn the Best Director award.
The Hurt Locker and Avatar came in with 9 nominations each. Avatar won the Oscars for Visual Effects, Art Direction, and Cinematography. In addition to the Best Picture and Best Director awards, The Hurt Locker took home the Film editing, Sound editing, Sound mixing, and Best Original Screenplay.
Wow. Have you seen this movie yet?
That’s what’s funny, I haven’t actually watched it! I’m pretty excited to watch it though.
I thought Avatar was good, but not that great, and from what I’m hearing of Hurt Locker, it looks like it deserves the award.