
0500 The award for Directing. Could it be the first African-American in Lee Daniels, or the first woman and it is... Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker! Wow, fantastic. Guardian film critic Jason Solomons is right, she does have great arms. And without much messing around, Tom Hanks is on stage, opening an envelope and the Best Picture goes to The Hurt Locker as well!
So that's six Oscars for The Hurt Locker, the overall winner you might say and a fine, fine film. I thought Avatar was a great spectacle and Up was the most outright enjoyable film of the year but I can't deny that The Hurt Locker was terrific in what was a year of very good but not absolutely brilliant movies. Here are Adam's final thoughts.