This year the Academy Awards were very highly anticipated, even more so than in years past, because they nominated 10 films for best film of the year once again. However, this year there were a lot more close races for all the different awards. This year the hosts were James Franco and Anne Hathaway, and it was not very entertaining to watch them because of the lack of chemistry they had together, unlike last year’s hosts Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin who worked very well together. But James Franco and Anne Hathaway did have a funny introductory video to the awards of course thanks to a funny cameo from Alec Baldwin.
When it got down the actual awards it was a pretty predictable night. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's nice to have a few upsets in there every once in a while. But there really weren't any. As expected, "Inception" won all of the sound-related awards and Christian Bale won best supporting actor and Melissa Leo won best supporting actress and "Social Network" won best original score. All of the awards up to this point had been the exact same winners as they were for the Golden Globes. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it is nice to have a few upsets sprinkled in as well.
This is the way it went all the way through until it went to best director. Up until the night of the awards, almost everyone was saying that David Fincher, who did some incredible work in "The Social Network," was a sure win in that category. However, when the award was announced he was not the one who went up on the stage. Instead it was Tom Hooper, the director of an equally fantastic film, "The King's Speech." Many people may question the Academy's decision of Hooper over Fincher but that's what will happen when there is a year with so many close races, because Tom Hooper in no way didn't deserve the award. His film was a brilliant piece and he did a lot to make it happen.
The next two awards were pretty predictable with Natalie Portman talking the win for best female lead in "Black Swan." Of course, Colin Firth took best lead actor for his emotionally powerful performance in "The King's Speech." Last but not least, the closest race of all, the best film of the year. Everyone has been saying back and forth that either "The King's Speech" or "The Social Network" deserved to win this award. As the reviewers suggested, the winner was "The King's Speech." With that, "The King's Speech" took the night with 4 big awards.
(On a side note, I don't know whose idea it was to have a bunch of kids sing "Over the Rainbow" for the finale, but it was an interesting decision to say the least.)
By Ben Stevenson
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