Well, as most of you already know last night was the 83rd Annual Academy Awards! 2010 was an amazing year for movies and many of these great movies were honored with the ultimate award in film: an Oscar. That being said, however, last night's Oscars were not very interesting. There were no upsets or surprise winners. Everything was pretty much straight forward. Hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco were bland and uninteresting and the nights funny moments came from an autotune version of Harry Potter and Twilight and a shout out to "Marky Mark" from James Franco's grandma. However, unlike many years, the show seem to progress at a nice speed which kept many viewers watching despite the failed attempts at humor. But the point of the Oscars is not to be funny. But to honor the best of the best in movies for this past year. So, here are a list of winners and my thoughts on the bigger awards. Best Picture: The King's Speech
My thoughts: The King's Speech is a heart-warming and inspiring story of the Duke of York overcoming his terrible stutter to become King. The movie greatly deserved to win the honor of Best Picture. However, it was not my personal favorite of the year.
Best Director: Tom Hooper for The King's Speech
My thoughts: Well, this proved to be the night's only upset. Many, including myself, thought this award would go to David Fincher for the amazing movie The Social Network. However, Tom Hooper deserved this award just as much if not more than Fincher so no complaints from me.
Best Actor: Colin Firth for The King's Speech
My thoughts: No complaints here either. Personally, I loved Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network and I wanted him to get recognized for that role. However, Firth acted his heart out in The King's Speech and he deserved this award just as much as Eisenberg.
Best Actress: Natalie Portman for Black Swan
My thoughts: I know a lot of people did not exactly love her performance as the crazed ballerina Nina in Black Swan but I loved it. I love Natalie Portman and I loved Black Swan and I am just so thrilled that it received some recognition.
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale for The Fighter
My thoughts: I haven't seen The Fighter so I am neither happy nor unhappy about this particular victory. However, I do plan to watch the movie eventually and will get back to you when I know what I'm talking about.
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo for The Fighter
My thoughts: As I've said before, I have not seen The Fighter yet. However, Melissa Leo's speech did prove to be one of the most interesting moments of the night when she dropped the F-bomb half way through her speech. Presenters and even her costars poked fun at her for the rest of the night and it will go down in Oscar history because it was the first time the F-word has ever been said onstage at the Oscars.
Best Animated Film: Toy Story 3
Best Documentary: Inside Job
Best Foreign Language Film: In a Better World from Denmark
Best Visual Effects: Inception
Best Original Screenplay: The King's Speech
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Social Network
Best Music: The Social Network
Best Original Song: We Belong Together from Toy Story 3
Best Costume: Alice in Wonderland
Best Make-up: The Wolfman
Well, there are the big winners. There are more categories for more technical awards and those winner can be found on oscars.go.com/nominations. Hope you enjoyed watching the Oscars last night and let me know your thoughts about all the winners.
-H
PS- Just want to let you all know that this is our 100th post! :)
