Martin Scorsese finally got the Oscar he coveted. He certainly was worthy of several Oscars, so this was a kind of Lifetime Achievement award in disguise. The Departed is a good film, certainly not a very good film, nor is it even his top quality work, too long, a needless bloodbath ending. Besides, why do we need a remake of a film (a better one at that) that is only two years old?
The award to The Lives of Others, the German film, was outstanding, well-deserved and a pleasant surprise. Sometimes (rarely) the Academy gets it right. Of course, the highlight was the tribute to Maestro Ennio Morricone. Talk about someone being cheated out of an Oscar! This is film's greatest composer, hands down!
One final note: That stiff, Al Gore, got his Oscar (big surprise there). And Melissa Etheridge got one for that stupid song from that boring claptrap as well. Let me see, Hollywood gives an award to a lesbian singer from a left-wing film, what a shock!
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