With a ceremony that ended earlier than usual and with not-so-funny hosts, James Franco and Anne Hathaway, the 2011 Oscars have finally come and gone. The jokes were not funny and the hosts appeared to be trying too hard. Now, whether that was their fault or just not having witty writers, we cannot say for certain. Former host, Billy Crystal and Kurt Douglas stole the spotlight from Franco and Hathaway. According to various reports ratings were down by 10% this year… The point is, the ceremony was simply tedious to watch.
All in all, there were no major surprises in last night’s winners but perhaps a couple of disappointments for Canadians rooting for the film Incendies, nominated in the Foreign Language Film category and for Adrien Morot‘s efforts in Make Up for Barney’s Version.
In case you missed the entire broadcast or chose not to watch, here is the full list of winners:
Best Picture: ‘The King’s Speech’
Best Actor: Colin Firth for ‘The King’s Speech’
Best Actress: Natalie Portman for ‘Black Swan’
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christian Bale for ‘The Fighter’
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Melissa Leo for ‘The Fighter’
Best Director: Tom Hooper for ‘The King’s Speech’
Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin for ‘The Social Network’
Best Original Screenplay: David Seidler for ‘The King’s Speech’
Best Foreign Language Film: ‘In a Better World’ (Dir Susanne Bier)
Best Animated Feature: ‘Toy Story 3′
Best Documentary Feature: ‘Inside Job’
Best Documentary Short: ‘Strangers No More’
Best Short Film (Animated): ‘The Lost Thing’
Best Short Film (Live Action): ‘God of Love’
Best Art Direction: Robert Stromberg and Karen O’Hara for ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister for ‘Inception’
Best Costume Design: Colleen Atwood for ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Best Make-up: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey for ‘The Wolfman’
Best Film Editing: Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter for ‘The Social Network’
Best Original Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for ‘The Social Network’
Best Original Song: ‘We Belong Together’, music and lyrics by
Randy Newman, for ‘Toy Story 3′
Best Sound Editing: Richard King for ‘Inception’
Best Sound Mixing: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo and Ed Novick for ‘Inception’
Best Visual Effects: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and
Peter Bebb for ‘Inception’