Okay, so the Oscars this year were brill:

THE ARTIST WOOO

And Colin Firth was adorable, and Natalie Portman was preeetty, and The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore and A Separation won their respective awards.

But Harry Potter should have won something, and Meryl Streep, bless her heart, didn’t even want to win again (and Hugo didn’t deserve to win anything). Also that bit with Emma Stone and what’s-his-face was painfully awkward. Everything else, though, with Cirque du Soleil, and the brilliant montages, and aaaaah, it was just a great celebration of film.

So dammit, Benedict Cumberbatch, why didn’t you just show up?

ETA: AAAAAAHHHHHHH So apparently Benedict Cumberbatch WAS there, and I just missed him! aljdalsdjaksdasdjaskdjjaks oh my thwarted fangirl-ism