If you were looking to define irony, I have a sobering suggestion: Sandra Bullock, one of the most affably likable actors we've ever seen, has one of the most atrociously unlikable Oscar wins on her resume. The Blind Sidehas gotten so many backyard beatdowns as an embarrassingly dated attempt at faux racial progressivism, and her finally winning the Oscar by donning a cheap blonde wig and a barely passable Southern accent is the rotten cherry on top. I don't want to live in a world where Sandra Bullock doesn't have an Oscar, but it simply shouldn't have been for The Blind Side. It should have been forGravity, the most challenging and meticulous work of her career.