And the Oscar goes to...

Finally we could listen to these words on Sunday night. One more year, actors, directors and other members of the cinema world met in the Kodak Theater to see, hand in and hand out the most important awards of the big screen: the Oscars.

There weren’t many surprises this year, maybe that “The curious case of Benjamin Button” just won three of the thirteen awards that it was nominated, or “Doubt” that didn’t win anyone. The greatest surprise, in my opinion, was that “Departures”, a Japanese film, won the Oscar of Best Foreign Language Film instead of “Waltz With Bashir”, the film that everybody bet for winner.

On the other hand, some awards were well known, like Kate Winslet for “The Reader” that this year accumulates a lot of awards in her house: Golden Globes, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild Awards and now the Oscar. Another non-surprise was the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor to Heath Ledger, one of the most emotive moments of the ceremonies when his parents and his sister went to the stage to take the price and said thanks to everybody for that. Other affecting minute was the Honorific Oscar to Jerry Lewis for his entire career and his humanity labor. And the last touching moment was the video to remember all the people of the industry who has die the last year.

Of course we can’t talk about the Oscars, without say anything about “Slumdog Millionaire” the big winner of the night. Best Film, Best Director and other six awards for this movie that shows something different of India, an especial view that makes it the film most searching on Internet.

And just two more awards: Best Actor, the only Oscar for “Milk” thanks to Sean Penn, and the best new for Spain: Penélope Cruz as Best Supporting Actress for “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”, makes her the first Spanish actress that won an Oscar.

To conclude, a few word for Hugh Jackman, the host. His musical actuations prove that he is good singing and dancing  but, his less presence on the stage makes me doubt about if he was hosting or just entertaining the ceremony. In any case, it was quite great see something different this year. For the moment, Oscar, see you next year!

The curious case of Benjamin Button

There are not many words to describe this film, because people is speechless with the masterpiece, but also a good work needs a lot of word to be explained.

The plot is touching, simple and complicated at the same time because is just a film about a life, but this life is so different at any other you may know. David Fincher wants to draw our attention in all the situations that are the life of this man who goes at the other way, because is the way to understand the film.

David Fincher, the director, is the type of name that maybe it’s not very known but he has a lot of films, which talks for him, like “Zodiac”, “Fight Club”, “The Game”, “Seven”, just to say some of them. These films help us to make an idea about what we are going to see: methodical, detailed characters and original work, also if it’s an adaptation. The screenwriter who made that work is Erin Roth as well-known as the director. Again the films talk about him: “The Good Shepherd”, “Munich”, “Ali”, “The Insider”, “Forrest Gump”, and a big etcetera.

The work in front of the cameras has to be mentioned. Brad Pitt was a men that creates excitement in the women, but I didn’t like it too many when I was young. He wasn’t the tipe of men that I put my eyes on and I thought that his work was bad and that he was in films just for his face. Well, the maturity feels fine to everybody and Brad Pitt is not an exception of that. His career has risen up (in my opinion from “Twelve Monkeys”), and now he has the appreciation of everybody. Different is the career of Cate Blanchett who hasn’t a constant progress, she has ups and downs. Sometimes she works really good and in very good films, but other time you see her in films that you can’t explain to yourself how she could accept this role. This film is definitely an up point in her career.

There is not too much to say. Very good audiovisual effects in the same way as the make-up, a setting well worked in the period time of the film, enviable stages (like the daybreak) and many other details that compose the film, and give a hope to people who likes go to cinema but not to see a Chihuahua as a main role. “The curious case of Benjamin Button” has a lot of possibilities in the Oscars.