Well the wait is finally over. I'll admit that I'm not entirely happy with this years outcomes, but then again, it is the Oscars. I did honestly believe that
The Social Network was a more deserving winner of Best Picture, but what really disappointed me was the Best Director award, which I felt all the nominees were more deserving of than the ultimate winner. Anyway, the dust has settled and the victors emerged, and as has always been the case, there is just nothing you can do about it.
Best Picture:
Winner: The King's Speech
Nominated: The Social Network
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
127 Hours
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Best Director:
Winner: Tom Hooper The King's Speech
Nominated: Darren Aronofsky Black Swan
David O. Russell The Fighter
David Fincher The Social Network
The Coen Brothers True Grit
Best Actor:
Winner: Colin Firth The King's Speech
Nominated: Javier Bardem Biutiful
Jeff Bridges True Grit
Jesse Einsenberg The Social Network
James Franco 127 Hours
Best Actress:
Winner: Natalie Portman Black Swan
Nominated: Annette Bening The Kids Are All Right
Nicole Kidman Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence Winter's Bone
Michelle Williams Blue Valentine
Best Supporting Actor:
Winner: Christian Bale The Fighter
Nominated: John Hawkes Winter's Bone
Jeremy Renner The Town
Mark Ruffalo The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush The King's Speech
Best Supporting Actress:
Winner: Melissa Leo The Fighter
Nominated: Amy Adams The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter The King's Speech
Hailee Steinfeld True Grit
Jacki Weaver Animal Kingdom
Best Animated Feature:
Winner: Toy Story 3
Nominated: How To Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Best Original Screenplay:
Winner: The King's Speech
Nominated: Another Year
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Winner: The Social Network
Nominated: 127 Hours
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Best Foreign Language Film:
Winner: In A Better World (Denmark)
Nominated: Biutiful (Mexico)
Dogtooth (Greece)
Incendies (Canada)
Outside the Law (Algeria)
Art Direction:
Winner: Alice in Wonderland
Nominated: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit
Cinematography:
Winner: Inception
Nominated: Black Swan
The King's Speech
The Social Network
True Grit
Costume Design:
Winner: Alice in Wonderland
Nominated: I Am Love
The King's Speech
The Tempest
True Grit
Documentary Feature:
Winner: Inside Job
Nominated: Gasland
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Restrepo
Waste Land
Film Editing:
Winner: The Social Network
Nominated: The Fighter
The King's Speech
127 Hours
Black Swan
Makeup:
Winner: The Wolfman
Nominated: Barney's Version
The Way Back
Original Score:
Winner: The Social Network
Nominated : Inception
The King's Speech
127 Hours
How to Train Your Dragon
Original Song:
Winner: "We Belong Together" Toy Story 3
Nominated: "I See the Light" Tangled
"If I Rise" 127 Hours
"Coming Home" Country Strong
Animated Short:
Winner: The Lost Thing
Nominated: The Gruffalo
Let's Pollute
Day & Night
Madagascar, A Journey Diary
Live Action Short:
Winner: God of Love
Nominated: The Crush
The Confession
Na Wewe
Wish 143
Sound Editing:
Winner: Inception
Nominated: Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy
True Grit
Unstoppable
Sound Mixing:
Winner: Inception
Nominated: The King's Speech
Salt
The Social Network
True Grit
Visual Effects:
Winner: Inception
Nominated: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Hereafter
Alice in Wonderland
Iron Man 2