One of the most inventive and thoroughly enjoyable films of the past year was George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road.
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Fury Road were the stars of last night’s Oscars 2016, which kicked off with a monologue from Chris Rock about the recent controversy, #OscarsSoWhite.
The 38-year-old actor was the star of the “Mad Max” reboot, taking over for Mel Gibson in “Mad Max: Fury Road” – which landed 10 Oscar nominations and was a box-office smash. Gibson said in his acceptance speech, “I’d like to chalk this one up as the first Oscar for diversity”. “And last night, they picked up two fake Oscars that people tried to get in with”.
But despite the glory for The Revenant, the Best Picture award went to “Spotlight“.
The mad love for Mad Max: Fury Road has become so fervent that people are anxious it might steal Leonardo DiCaprio’s one guarantee for Best Actor.
The film was shot on a budget of $150 million – the most expensive film out of this year’s Best Picture nominees – and is also nominated for Best Visual Effects, Best Cinematography, Best Picture and Best Director.
Fury Road got nomination for ten categories and it already won in some. Alicia Vikander won Best Supporting Actress for The Danish Girl, a win that was also widely predicted. An enormous success at the box office, “The Revenant” perfectly straddled the two business models that define movie marketing: It embodied the kind of look-at-me spectacle that Hollywood specializes in hyping, as well as the artistically ambitious, auteur-driven film that gains valuable visibility during an Oscar campaign.
Louis C.K. presented the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject to “The Girl in the River” and pointed out the victor produced content that has social importance and a Honda Civic.
Gaga then sang “Til It Happens to You” while seated at a piano, and was later joined by fellow sexual assault survivors.
In a huge upset, Mark Rylance beat out Sylvester Stallone to take home the best supporting actor award for his role in “Bridge of Spies“. This is a guy who is delivering sensational work behind the camera. He even put in a message about climate change.
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Brie Larson, who has swept in the leading actress category all awards season, topped it off with Oscars gold. “I do not take tonight for granted”. Jennifer Lawrence, Margot Robbie and Rachel McAdams were among the night’s best dressed.
