Wow, that was painful! Not the show, which I generally enjoyed, but watching my predictions be so completely wrong. My final score was 10/24, 2 less than my previous worst of 12. I did manage to get the big 5 all right (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Original Screenplay), but that felt like about it.
Inception did a fair bit better than I'd expected, winning 4 Oscars. And while The King's Speech was obviously the big winner, picking up Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture, that's all it won, just 4. I was also surprised by how Black Swan was completely shut out, with the exception of Natalie Portman's Best Actress win, and by how Alice in Wonderland won not one but two Oscars.
The film student from NYU winning an Oscar for his thesis project is such an incredible story. Hopefully he's able to take that and turn it into a successful career.
I thought James Franco and particularly Anne Hathaway were pretty good hosts. Hathaway definitely seemed more comfortable, but she seemed a little too starstruck, considering how big of a star she is herself. I thought Franco had some hilarious moments, and I liked the opening montage, but mostly he just stood there and squinted. I guess the lights must have been pretty bright or something.
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it was painful for me to see your predictions not be right!! haha
i thought Anne was really really cute. I was a little unimpressed by James but whatever.
Are you happy with the main wins? Colin Firth? Christian Bale? Supporting Actress? Kings Speech?
Yeah, relatively happy. If I had picked the awards, they would've gone to Black Swan for Best Picture, Colin Firth for Best Actor, Natalie Portman for Best Actress, John Hawkes for Best Supporting Actor, and Amy Adams for Best Supporting Actress. So I guess that's pretty different from the end result, but I don't think anybody undeserving won, if that makes sense.
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