So the Oscar just ended a few moments ago but the list of winners look pretty much pre-indicated although Tom Hooper was the only major exception. Here are the list of winners and some commentaries to fill this post out.
James Franco and Anne Hathaway pull some decent job, although not spectacular duty in hosting the night. The opening frames of Best Picture nomination seems as the best thing they have ever done together. After all, this is the first time the hosting duty is done by a man and a woman. Franco did most of the backstage job while Hathaway tries to charm us with her hosting skill. Overall, a good job for the beginners and I hope they will be given a chance in later years.
The night winner is The King's Speech, going home with 4 wins including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. Inception also take home four in science andx technology categories. The Social Network deemed as the early front-runner seems to have bowed down at the very last minute.
BEST PICTURE
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
"I said it was tough and close....in the end the stammer king wins"
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
David O Russell, The Fighter
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
David Fincher, The Social Network
Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit
"Looks like David Fincher been snubbed....after Christopher Nolan. You may notice that Darren Aronofsky felt agitated at that time."
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Javier Bardem, Biutiful
Jeff Bridges, True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
James Franco, 127 Hours
"Expected after all."
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Benning, The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
"Similarly expected"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Fighter
John Hawkes, Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner, The Town
Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
"Jesus, you need a shave before that Batman role"
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
"Amazing, a double for The Fighter in the Best Supporting categories"
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mike Leigh, Another Year
Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson and Keith Dorrington, The Fighter
Christopher Nolan, Inception
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right
David Seidler, The King's Speech
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufroy, 127 Hours
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich, Toy story3
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, True Grit
Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, Winter's Bone
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
How To Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Toy Story 3
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Biutiful (Mexico)
Dogtooth (Greece)
In A Better World (Denmark)
Incendies (Canada)
Outside the Law (Algeria)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Exit Through The Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Wate land Lucy Walker
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Killing In The Name
Poster Girls
Strangers No More
Sun Comes Up
The Warriors of Qiugang
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Watch the first part of The Lost Thing here
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let's Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
John Powell, How To Train Your Dragon
Hans Zimmer, Inception
Alexandre Desplat, The King's Speech
A.R. Rahman, 127 Hours
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Coming Home," Country Strong
"I See the Light," Tangled
"If I Rise," 127 Hours
"We Belong Together," Toy Story 3
BEST SOUND EDITING
Richard King, Inception
Tom Myers and Michael Silvers, Toy Story 3
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague, Tron: Legacy
Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey, True Grit
Mark P. Stoeckinger, Unstoppable
BEST SOUND MIXING
Inception
The King's Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit
BEST ART DIRECTION
Robert Stromberg and Karen O'Hara, Alice in Wonderland
Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias and Doug Mowat, Inception
Eve Stewart and Judy Farr, The King's Speech
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Matthew Libatique, Black Swan
Wally Pfister, Inception
Danny Cohen, The King's Speech
Jeff Cronenweth, The Social Network
Roger Deakins, True Grit
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, The King's Speech
Danny Elfman, Alice in Wonderland
A.R. Rahman, 127 Hours
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
Hans Zimmer, Inception
BEST MAKEUP
Barney's Version
The Way Back
The Wolfman
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Colleen Atwood, Alice in Wonderland
Antonella Cannarozzi, I Am Love
Jenny Beaven, The King's Speech
Sandy Powell, The Tempest
Mary Zophres, True Grit
BEST FILM EDITING
Andrew Weisblum, Black Swan
Pamela Martin, The Fighter
Tariq Anwar, The King's Speech
Jon Harris, 127 Hours
Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter, The Social Network
BEST VISUAL EFFECT
Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips, Alice In Wonderland
Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Michael owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell, Hereafter
Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb, Inception
Janek Sirrs, Ben snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick, Iron Man 2
