And the Oscar goes to...

...The Departed.
...How strange!!

In my opinion, they gave the award to the worst movie among the nominees. The others were: Letters from Iwo Jima, Little miss sunshine and The Queen.
However, this doesn't matter. It's only my opinion.

I already knew Hollywwod was less and less creative; making money is more important for this industry.
Creation and money aren't that incompatible, though.
Nevertheless, what shocks me the most is that they gave an award, the most important one, to a remake.
The Departed is a remake of the movie from Hong Kong: Infernal Affairs by Wai Keung (Andrew) LAU & Siu Fai (Alan) MAK
It's a brilliant cop movie, with a sublime plot and great acting by the two leads Andy Lau and Tony Leung.

Giving this award to a remake is highly symbolic. It's supposed to reward a creation; it crowns a re-creation, instead.
There's a kind of ethical problem here.
I have nothing against Martin Scorcese: i was a big fan...until "Cape fear".
Casino wasn't bad, but i can't be fair: i'm in love with Sharon Stone.
They gave him the award for "best director", as well: i just hope it rewards his entire career, not only his work on this movie.