Inception picked up both Sound Editing and Sound Mixing awards at the Oscars! I read a fascinating interview with the team behind the sound on it at the New York Times website - now seems like an appropriate time to link it.
Of the other contenders, Tron I thought had a good shot at Sound Editing, and True Grit wouldn't have been a poor choice either - I thought it was particularly interesting how they accurately pulled off the echo delay for gunshots in the distance without jarring the audience, who are long used to physics being ignored in movie soundtracks. Surprisingly strong field this year!
Though I have often had a hard time taking the Academy Awards seriously since 2008, when The Dark Knight beat out WALL-E for sound editing. Not to say The Dark Knight wasn't deserving of the accolade, but it was nowhere near the feat of a movie where sound design carried more of the script than actual speech. But perhaps that's just being jaded. :)
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