I don’t understand why everyone was so fucking enthralled with Mickey Rourke. I mean, honestly, did anyone SEE Milk? That was a fucking BRILLIANT film! Sean Penn was STELLAR. I don’t give a shit if The Wrestler was Mickey Rourke’s ‘return’ or whatever, Sean Penn has been making astounding films for years. Rourke didn’t even WANT that award and has been vocally opposed to the Academy as an institution. His performance was great, I’m not debating that, but FUCK, give Sean Penn a little credit!
On other notes, I’m very glad that neither Brad nor Angelina won, and thought it was a little bitchy that they kept cutting from shots of Jennifer Aniston to shots of Angelina Jolie… like gawd. I was happy about Heath Ledger, not upset about Kate Winslet, but didn’t really think Penelope Cruz deserved it. I also loved Slumdog Millionaire to the moon and back, but I thought Milk was a superior film.