Kudos to Alan Arkin - complete surprise in this category, but an often underappreciated actor (my favorite Alan Arkin roles: Grosse Pointe Blank, Wait Until Dark, Catch 22, Edward Scizzorhands, Glenngerry Glen Ross, Little Miss Sunshine)
Kudos to Ennio Morricone, one of my favorite film composers, and a tribute long overdue (my favorite Morricone scores: Once Upon a Time in America, Tie Me Up Tie Me Down, Once Upon a Time in the West, Untouchables)
Kudos to Martin Scorcese, long overdue for a TON of work equally worthy
overall show quality - give Ellen the boot, those sillouette dancers the boot, bring on much more film clip montages, when is Hollywood going to understand that film is the medium they excell in, not stagecraft - leave that to the Tonys -- I'd also appreciate more attention on the scores to the films and much less attention to the 'original song' category
Not a Jack Black or Will Ferrell fan, but their segment was the funniest thing of the night. (besides the Wes Anderson commercial for Mastercard or the 'hello' commercial for the iPhone)
Robbed: Borat, Little Children both should have been in the best picture category, or how about Nacho Libre for original screenplay? Catherine O'Hara in 'For Your Consideration'