Back to back (Slumdog last year), a low budget movie has beaten the titans.

Yes, much of it has to do with the story line, with Avatar pretty much being a plain story (AKA Pocahontas) mixed with some straight war and “earth” message at the end. But it also had to do with how Oscar chooses the winner this time; if there is a panel who didn’t like Avatar, and there are plenty right wingers who didn’t like it, then your chances of winning is very very slim; meanwhile movie like Hurt Locker would be no 1 or no 2 in most of the panel’s radar.

I just think the highest grossing movie of ALL FREAKING TIME deserved a better night, but can’t complain much because of the story treatment.