So the results are in, the campaigning and speculation are over for another year (and no, I'm not talking about the US presidential elections). Oscar has made its decisions and, for once, there's not much you could really argue with.
No Country for Old Men edged out There Will be Blood in the big categories and it was the more enjoyable of the two films. Daniel Day-Lewis' performance was justly recognised as was Javier Baardem's - a talented and undersung actor finally getting his deserved moment in the spotlight. There was finally some deserved love for the Coens and a subtitled performance winning in best actress. It was also good to see The Bourne Ultimatum picking up awards, albeit only in the technical categories.
Atonement thoroughly deserved the best score as Juno did for screenplay and it was nice to see indie-charmer Once holding off the Enchanted three-pronged attack for best song. Ratatouille was always a shoe-in and The Counterfeiters was the only one of the foreign language films I'd seen, but it was good, so no complaints there.
The only slight quibble I'd have would be in the best supporting actress - not that Tilda Swinton wasn't good - she was, but Cate Blanchett was just superb in I'm Not There. At the end of the day maybe her double nomination hurt her or maybe the film was just too inaccessible for many Oscar voters.
But all in all, Oscar has set itself a high standard to live up to in years to come and given the right people the prizes.
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