Another Academy Awards show is over, ending minutes ago. The top six awards were:
Best Picture: The King’s Speech
Best Director: Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Best Actress: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Best Actor: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, The Fighter
You may find a full list of winners and nominees at the website for The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Regarding the Oscar Predictions from the critics posted on Chimesfreedom a few days ago, only two got all of the top six awards correct: Jeff Johnson at Popdose and The Best Picture Project. Congratulations!
As for the show itself, several of your favorite newspapers and news sources will have articles about it tomorrow, but Entertainment Weekly already has something up. Overall, there were few surprises with the awards but the show had its moments, like Randy Newman’s acceptance speech and an appearance by Kirk Douglas. I liked that Steven Spielberg introduced the Best Picture nominees by reminding everyone of some of the great movies of the past that did not win the award (“Citizen Kane. . . Raging Bull!”). To paraphrase Director Peter Jackson, movies should not be made for winning the Oscars, they should be made for the audience. And now the awards are over and we can get back to focusing on the films.
What did you think of the 2011 Academy Awards telecast? What did you think of the hosts? Leave a comment.
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