Cue Colin Welland...

And sometimes Oscar gets it absolutely right. This is punch-your-fist-in-the-air time - the right film at the right time winning the awards it deserves. No, Slumdog Millionaire isn't the greatest film ever made. It doesn't really stand up even against No Country for Old Men or There will be Blood from last year. But it does, as plenty of the commentators have been saying this morning, sum up the moment in a way that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button just can't. You see what I mean though - how exciting it all is! These contests between films are like sporting bouts, with fascinating duels - Raging Bull v Ordinary People (1980), Forrest Gump v Pulp Fiction (1994), Crash v Brokeback Mountain (2004) - or just complete knockouts like Ben Hur (1959) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). Sometimes you even cheer!