Random post-Oscar thoughts...

• Was I the only one who was not impressed with The Hurt Locker?  I suppose the good thing about it taking Best Pic is that Avatar didn't win it
• Avatar deserved Visual Effects and maybe one or two other technical awards, but - just like a film like Star Wars back in the day - doesn't merit Best Pic
• On the flip side, even my non-movie-fanatic wife asked, as Avatar took the Oscar for Art Direction: 'how can a computer-generated movie win for Art Direction?!?'; I nodded...then asked the same question when it took Cinematography; maybe we need some new 'technical' categories?
• Hooray for The Dude, Sandra B, and Christoph Waltz, but boo for a lot of snubbing of Inglourious Basterds - the best film of the year in my opinion
  
• And don't even get me started up again on the snubbing of Moon (Sam Rockwell especially) and (500) Days of Summer this year
• At least Star Trek got something, however minor...another one that should have been up for Best Pic
• As bad as the category has become, the music from Up definitely was the best Original Score that was nominated
• 'Steve Martin should just host himself'...my comments midway through; as much as I love Alec, Mr. Steve Martin is the best host we've had in the last decade, easily
• ...though Neil Patrick Harris should certainly get consideration next year!