Meditating on the Critics Choice Awards

Last nights Critics choice awards were actually the best I've seen in years. There was just the right amount of surprises, as well as both good acceptance speeches and a horrible one , and a funny opening monologue from Jason Alexander. I  think last night was Slumdog Millionaire's coronation as this years frontrunner to win best picture as it picked up most of the awards it was up for, if not all of them. So, without further adu, here are my thoughts on this years winners.

Best Comedy Movie- Tropic Thunder, a decent choice and a decent film. I'm sad that Vicky Cristina Barcelona did not win this one, but I love to see examples of just how liked Ben Stiller is within the industry.

Best Acting Ensemble- Milk, I was pleasantly suprised to see a truly good ensemble win this year, in a year that featured some of the best ensemble acting of this decade. I would have been happy with any of the nominees.

Best Young Actor/Actress- Dev Patel, I loved his performance but I think David Kross had the most impressive debut of any other actor this year.

Best Writer- Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog millionaire, no big suprise, the oscar is his to lose.

Best Action Film- The Dark Knight, Another given.

Best Composer- A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire, I hated this score to be honest with you. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's Alexandre Desplat should have won this, hands down.

Best Song- Bruce Springsteen's The Wrestler, Hands down the most deserving winner of the entire night. The best song from a film this year  in my opinion.

Best  Documentary- Man On Wire, biggest lock for an oscar win receives yet another award. Yawn

Best Foreign Language Film- Waltz With Bashir, Ari Folman gave the best speech of the night and truly deserves this award.

Best Animated Feature- Wall-e, loved the movie love that its winning awards.

Best Movie for TV- John Adams, didn't this come out exactly a year ago ?

Part Two: Tonight by 10, hopefully