And the BEST film of 2010 is...

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Well, despite going for a "young Hollywood" feel, with James Franco and Anne Hathaway acting as hosts, the 83rd Annual Academy Awards proved that once again the Academy members will always gravitate towards safe, inspiring and highly pedigreed feel-good tales.

Despite expectations that Facebook movie The Social Network (read my review here) would be the big winner after its success at the Golden Globes, it was royal-with-a-stammer movie The King's Speech that took home the most, and most high profile awards - including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay.

So yeah, not the most exciting Academy Awards ceremony ever. Predictability, playing it safe and going the crowd-pleaser route really dominated proceedings.


A big thank you for Dark Horizons for putting up such a nice, neat, easy to copy and paste winners' list, below:)

BEST PICTURE: "The King's Speech"

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Colin Firth for "The King's Speech"

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Natalie Portman for "Black Swan"

DIRECTING: Tom Hooper for "The King's Speech"

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Christian Bale for "The Fighter"

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Melissa Leo for "The Fighter"

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "In a Better World" - Denmark

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: "Toy Story 3"

SCREENPLAY (Adapted): Aaron Sorkin for "The Social Network"

SCREENPLAY (Original): David Seidler for "The King’s Speech"

ART DIRECTION: "Alice in Wonderland"

CINEMATOGRAPHY: "Inception"

COSTUME DESIGN: "Alice in Wonderland"

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: "Inside Job"

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: "Strangers No More"

FILM EDITING: "The Social Network"

MAKEUP: "The Wolfman"

MUSIC (SCORE): Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for "The Social Network"

MUSIC (SONG): 'We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3"

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED): "The Lost Thing"

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION): "God of Love"

SOUND EDITING: "Inception"

SOUND MIXING: "Inception"

VISUAL EFFECTS: "Inception"

For a full list of all of this year's Academy Award nominees, click here.

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