I normally don't care about these award shows, but this year, the nominations were more diverse and the show ended up being quite interesting.
I was really glad that Pan's Labyrinth was the second biggest winner of the night. It's a shame it wasn't nominated for more awards, but I was really glad that it did win 3 of the 6 it was nominated for.
I was very pissed off though that Pan's Labyrinth didn't win best foreign language film. The German film, "The Lives of Others", won it and I hear that's pretty good as well, but the actress announcing the winner paused as well, and sounded disappointed when she announced it.
Pan's Labyrinth also won Best Cinematography, and I honestly thought Children of Men deserved that award more than Pan's Labyrinth. Children of Men had several scenes that were done in one take! It was just phenomenal camera work.
Another disappointment was when they announced the winner to best adapted screenplay (The Departed), but they referred to Infernal Affairs as a Japanese film, I was like WTF.
Forest Whitaker won for his role in The Last King of Scotland, and his acceptance speech was amazing. The best acceptance speech of the night, and had the other leading actors' nominees in tears.
Martin Scorcese got a standing ovation for his win as best director for The Departed...
and The Departed won best picture.
