The competition was pretty tough in the technical categories this year; and although Mad Max: Fury Road surprisingly lost out on Best Visual Effects (more on that, later), the Academy more than made up for it by awarding the George Miller sequel/reboot both Sound categories - as well as Production and Costume Design. It's almost like the Academy were thinking, hey, we really want to give you Best Picture, but we can't do it - so as a consolation prize, please enjoy these several other awards. Really though, if a film scoops the most awards of any other film that year, doesn't that automatically make it the best picture? Forest for the trees, and all that?
Cinephile since 1993, aged 4, when he saw his very first film in the cinema - Jurassic Park - which is also evidence of damn fine parenting. World champion at Six Degrees of Separation. Lender of DVDs to cheap mates. Connoisseur of Marvel Comics and its Cinematic Universe.
