84th Oscars

For the total tally of tonight's Oscar winners, The Artist won 5 including Best Pic, Hugo also won 5, and The Iron Lady won 2. Any other winners had 1 apiece. My correct predictions (15/24) are colored:

• BEST PICTURE: The Artist
• BEST DIRECTOR: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
• BEST ACTOR: Jean Dujardin, The Artist
• BEST ACTRESS: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
• BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
• BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Octavia Spencer, The Help
• BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Midnight in Paris
• BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Descendants
• BEST FOREIGN FILM: A Separation (Iran)
• BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Undefeated
• BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: Saving Face
• BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Rango
• BEST ANIMATED SHORT: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
• BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT: The Shore
• BEST ART DIRECTION: Hugo
• BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Hugo
• BEST COSTUME DESIGN: The Artist
• BEST FILM EDITING: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• BEST MAKEUP: The Iron Lady
• BEST MUSIC - ORIGINAL SCORE: The Artist
• BEST MUSIC - ORIGINAL SONG: The Muppets
• BEST SOUND MIXING: Hugo
• BEST SOUND EDITING: Hugo
• BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Hugo

I was primarily glad to see that Hugo would only take the tech categories. Its story, as of viewing the film last night, seemed too "goody-two-shoes" to win top prize, with unreal dialogue that shattered my suspension of disbelief. Alexander Payne and Woody Allen know exactly what I'm talking about. If I'd not voted for Drive and Apes, it could have been my highest correct prediction yet. Glad Christopher Plummer is finally a winner at age 82, even older than Jessica Tandy was.