the obligatory oscar post

Dave's picks.

Best Supporting Actress: who cares

Best Supporting Actor: dust mites on mars know Ledger wins

Best Actress: who cares

Best Actor: the only one I care about. Sean Penn. Mickey Rourke was great, at being Mickey Rourke. Aronofsky made an fantastic movie, and Rourke benefited from Aronofsky letting him simply live in that meat sack of a face and body he's accumulated. But the movie is a Johnny Cash song because of Aronofsky (and the thoroughly underappreciated set designers and costumers -- flashy sets get the love, but man those guys created a world.)

Adapted Screenplay: personally, I'd go Frost/Nixon.

Original Screenplay: Wall-E. Although, I haven't seen Frozen River and do want to.

Best Director: Darren Aronofsky. What? Not nominated. Oh. Who cares.

Best Picture: Eh. Whatever. Frost/Nixon, Slumdog, Milk. All really good. But stellar?

I Really Don't Know Clouds

I can see both sides of the Diablo Cody/Juno debate.

The first 15 minutes were overwritten to the nth degree. But the rest had heart and personality to spare. I understand that Diablo has the greatest inherent gift for self-marketing since Spike Lee. And I feel very sorry for all the readers in Hollywood who are going to spend the next year getting slapped with Cody-esque quips like "that's one doodle that can't be undid."

But last night, she showed up with a tattoo that couldn't be missed, and a history of taking her clothes off in public. She made writers seem cool.