

Although comic book movies are not so hip at the yearly Annual Academy Awards, there were a few nominations and a couple of winners this year. The Dark Knight was nominated for eight awards (Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Achievement in Editing, Best Achievement in Art Direction, Best Achievement in Makeup, Best Achievement in Sound, Best Achievement in Visual Effects) and won two, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role : Heath Ledger and Best Achievement in Sound Editing : Richard King. Iron Man was nominated for two awards (Best Achievement in Sound Editing and Best Achievement in Visual Effects). Hellboy II: The Golden Army was nominated for one award (Best Achievement in Makeup). Wanted was nominated for one award (Best Achievement in Sound).
Heath Ledger truly deserved the award for the superb portrayal of the Joker in The Dark Knight, and it was received by his father, step mother and sister but the beneficiary of the Oscar will be his daughter, Matilda, who is only three years old and will not receive it until she is an adult at the age of eighteen.
To add to this, this year's Academy Awards, they were hosted by Hugh Jackman, X-Men's Wolverine who gave the May X-Men Origins movie a plug in a musical tribute to the nominated candidate movies and was quite outstanding and fresh as the host having the show being made much faster and more intimate than previous boring award shows.