10 Year Oscars

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Any view changes from back then in terms of winners or who should have won?


Best Picture

The King's Speech – Winner
127 Hours 
Black Swan 
The Fighter 
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The Social Network 
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone 

Best Director

Tom Hooper – The King's Speech - Winner
Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
David O. Russell – The Fighter
David Fincher – The Social Network
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – True Grit

Best Actor

Colin Firth – The King's Speech as King George VI  - Winner
Javier Bardem – Biutiful as Uxbal
Jeff Bridges – True Grit as Deputy U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn
Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg
James Franco – 127 Hours as Aron Ralston

Best Female Actor

Natalie Portman – Black Swan as Nina Sayers  - Winner
Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right as Dr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood
Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly
Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine as Cynthia "Cindy" Heller

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale – The Fighter as Dicky Eklun  - Winner
John Hawkes – Winter's Bone as Teardrop Dolly
Jeremy Renner – The Town as James "Jem" Coughlin
Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right as Paul Hatfield
Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech as Lionel Logue

Best Supporting Actress

Melissa Leo – The Fighter as Alice Eklund-Ward - Winner
Amy Adams – The Fighter as Charlene Fleming
Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech as Queen Elizabeth
Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit as Mattalyn "Mattie" Ross
Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom as Janine "Smurf" Cody

Best Original ScreenPlay

The King's Speech – David Seidler  - Winner
Another Year – Mike Leigh
The Fighter – Screenplay by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson
Inception – Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich  - Winner
127 Hours – Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy based on the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
Toy Story 3 – Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich based on the previous films Toy Story and Toy Story 2
True Grit – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen based on the novel by Charles Portis
Winter's Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini based on the novel by Daniel Woodre

[Reactionary Rage]

And to think the best director winner went on to direct...CATS. Nice one Oscar! How like Oscar to spot THE REAL TALENT.

It's funny looking back at how useless the oscars are. I mean, at least they are consistent I guess.

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Oscars are a joke now.

[Reactionary Rage]

They’ll only get worse with their diversity bollox

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That's part of the reason for me, there's always a part of me thinking did this person/film win because the oscar crew thought they were the best or is there external social pressures influencing the decision.

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Has it been only ten years since the superhero/Marvel onslaught

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Feels longer.

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They've traditionally always got it pretty wrong, so plus ca change.
The King's Speech is nothing great, but it's not as if the others on the list are obviously better either.

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Jan 6, 2021 17:21:58 GMT Markus said:

That's part of the reason for me, there's always a part of me thinking did this person/film win because the oscar crew thought they were the best or is there external social pressures influencing the decision.

It's always been like that to a degree but has taken it to absurd levels.  

Let them virtue signal and let the rest of us normal folk ignore them.

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Best Picture
Winter's Bone

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges – True Grit as Deputy U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn

Best Female Actor
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale – The Fighter as Dicky Eklun - (Winner) or
John Hawkes – Winter's Bone as Teardrop Dolly

Best Supporting Actress
Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit as Mattalyn "Mattie" Ross

Best Original ScreenPlay
Another Year – Mike Leigh

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich (Winner)