Oscar awards, 2013, as Arbitrary as they can be...??

Saw Lincoln, one more time yesterday and was in raptures. Hope to see the film again and again. 

Was very confident that Lincoln would win the Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screen Play, Best Picture and Best Director.

Needless to say quite disappointed, especially very 

upset about Tony Kushner not winning the the Best Adapted Screenplay for Liincoln. Not recognizing Kushner's work is unpalatable.

As far as Steve is concerned, I only hope he is immortal and  can direct for as long as he can. That would be our greatest blessing. 

Having Michelle Obama come and address for the best picture, for hardcore Lincoln fans like me, was a sad and bad joke!!!!!

After the disappointment, just checked with Wikipedia about the measures taken  by the Academy to maintain standards and fairness....(For your consumption.......But do the measure really reflect the fairness in results, the history is replete with unfair results???.)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), a professional honorary organization, maintains a voting membership of 5,783 as of 2012.[22]

Academy membership is divided into different branches, with each representing a different discipline in film production. Actors constitute the largest voting bloc, numbering 1,311 members (22 percent) of the Academy's composition. Votes have been certified by the auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (and its predecessor Price Waterhouse) for the past 73 annual awards ceremonies.[23]

All AMPAS members must be invited to join by the Board of Governors, on behalf of Academy Branch Executive Committees. Membership eligibility may be achieved by a competitive nomination or a member may submit a name based on other significant contribution to the field of motion pictures.

New membership proposals are considered annually. The Academy does not publicly disclose its membership, although as recently as 2007 press releases have announced the names of those who have been invited to join. The 2007 release also stated that it has just under 6,000 voting members. While the membership had been growing, stricter policies have kept its size steady since then.[24]

In May 2011, the Academy sent a letter advising its 6,000 or so voting members that an online system for Oscar voting will be implemented in 2013.[25]