The scorecard is below.

Best Picture: wrong
I really thought they'd try to split the baby between Avatar and The Hurt Locker; I'm fine with the outcome, though. I do wonder how Avatar will be thought about in 5-10 years, and whether not having a Best Picture statuette will make a difference there. I also wonder whether some of the non-Avatar voters were correcting for a perceived mistake with Titanic.

Best Actor: correct

Best Actress: correct
I'll give it to Sandra Bullock: she gave a great speech, and I think she knows that win is crap. One of my poolmates cynically pointed out that she's had several awards shows' worth of time to perfect that "I'm not worthy" shtick, but on the other hand, 1) Bullock showed up to the Razzies, and 2) she admits to her Botox. I don't love the win, but props for the handling of it.

Best Supporting Actor: correct

Best Supporting Actress: correct
Mo'Nique had a point, don't get me wrong, but she seemed out-and-out pissed, to the point where I wondered why she'd showed up if she's that resentful of the process. I agree that the campaign process/"season" for these awards is horseshit, but she didn't really play that, and she still won. Why focus everyone's attention on that aspect, then? Still, it's always fun when someone hits a nerve and the room doesn't know how to react to it. "Yeah! …Wait, did she just insult us?"

Best Director: correct
Now maybe we can focus on the work. Bigelow did a great job, but so did several others. I'm just glad this particular "it's time" discussion can end.

Best Original Screenplay: wrong
The directing made that writing look better than it is, in my opinion, but maybe something on the page did set it apart. HL wouldn't have gotten my vote, but I don't have an issue with it.

Best Adapted Screenplay: wrong
I liked Precious in spite of the writing, not because of it. The source material may factor in here. It's not the worst choice, but I'm not crazy about the win.

Best Cinematography: correct

Best Editing: correct

Best Art Direction: correct

Best Costume Design: wrong
Young Victoria is the only movie in the category during which I forgot that I was watching a Best Costume nominee. The clothes are gorgeous, but not necessarily all that striking (I admit that I don't care for that era, really…late Regency, whatever it's called). And must the winners in this category dress so kookily? It's a formal event, and there's a chasm of difference between an innovative design and accessory scheme and the fuglo prom dress from Pretty in Pink. (Maybe the specter of that miscarriage of fashion is what had Molly Ringwald so terrified onstage. I was tempted to take side bets on whether she would throw up.)

Best Makeup: correct

Best Original Score: correct
I feel bad for the interpretive dancers. They worked very hard, those side flips were rad, and yet the routines were completely irrelevant to both the scores and the subject matter of the films, to the point of being almost inappropriate. That portion of the show no longer speaks to American culture and needs swift and permanent cutting.

Best Original Song: correct

Best Sound Mixing: correct

Best Sound Editing: wrong

Best Visual Effects: correct

Best Animated Feature: correct

Best Foreign Film: wrong
If it means more people see El Secreto, great, but I think White Ribbon operates on a grander scale. Surprising outcome, to me.

Best Documentary Feature: wrong
I did not think the voters would go there, but it works for me.

Best Documentary Short: wrong
I considered picking it in the pool at the last minute, and didn't.

Best Animated Short: wrong

Best Live-Action Short: wrong
I'm happy The Door didn't get over, but The New Tenants was kind of obvious, too, in a different way. Still, a more satisfying result than I expected.

Gabourey Sidibe is outstanding.She has a unique charisma — a gravity, outside of her size or the way she's styled from scene to scene; you can feel her thinking, mulling, but you don't necessarily know the thoughts, or even the topic.At one point, the VO is delivered in a rueful half-chuckle, and you seldom hear that.

What can it win?It will not win Best Picture or Best Director; the latter is kind of a shame, because Daniels's balancing act with the material is very impressive.I don't think it takes Adapted Screenplay, either, but that category is weird this year: it's up against a dog's-breakfast slate of An Education, District 9, In The Loop, and Up In The Air, so it's not impossible.

But Mo'Nique: dang.Unabashed, feral misery, and then hand over hand she pulls it back around so that you pity Mary a little.For sheer, hardcore commitment, she's got it in the bag.

Whether you'd like the movie itself, I really can't say.It's both over-praised and over-backlashed; in the middle, though, there is a story that tries too hard, tries to do too much, stumbles over its own timelines, and occasionally makes magic next to its mistakes if you give it a chance.

Death Race 41, Sarah 17; 6 out of 24 categories completed