2011 Oscars! ‘The King’s Speech’ and ‘Inception’ tie at the Academy Awards

Here is the complete list of winners for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards 2011, presented at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.

Big Winners:

The King’s Speech

won 4 awards for
:: Best Picture
:: Director – Tom Hooper
:: Best Actor – Colin Firth
:: Original Screenplay – David Seidler

Inception

won 4 awards for
:: Cinematography – Wally Pfister
:: Sound Editing – Richard King
:: Sound Mixing
:: Visual Effects

Toy Story 3

won 2 awards for
: Animated Feature
:: Original Song – We Belong Together

The Social Network

won 3 awards for
:: Adapted Screenplay – Aaron Sorkin
:: Film Editing
:: Original Score

Alice in Wonderland

won 2 awards for
:: Art Direction
:: Costume Design – Colleen Atwood

The Fighter

:: Supporting Actor – Christian Bale
:: Supporting Actress – Melissa Leo

Others:
:: Foreign Language Film: In a Better World (Danish film)

:: Best Actress – Natalie Portman, Black Swan

:: Documentary Feature: Inside Job

:: Documentary Short Subject: Strangers No More

:: Makeup – The Wolfman

:: Animated Short Film – The Lost Thing

:: Live Action Short Film – God of Love

Top Films of year 2010

2010 – the Year of the Animated Films

‘Toy Story 3’ tops the List of Highest-rated Films of 2010‎

1. Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3 is a 3D computer-animated film and is the third in the installment of the ‘Toy Story’ series. This film is a worthy conclusion of a trilogy with beautiful animation, brilliant vocal performances and a superbly crafted script. The No 1 movie worldwide which earned $1,063,100,000 at the box office of course strike a chord with grown-ups as well as with kids. In part 3, the toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it’s up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren’t abandoned and to return home.

2. Alice in Wonderland

Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, the only other film to make more than $1 billion. It also a computer-animated/live action fantasy adventure film. Written by Linda Woolverton, and released by Walt Disney Pictures, the film is inspired by Lewis Carroll’s 1865 fantasy novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

Wasikowska plays the now nineteen-year-old Alice who, 13 years after her previous visit, returns for the first time as a young woman. She is told that she is the only one who can slay the Jabberwocky, a dragon-like creature controlled by the Red Queen who terrorizes Underland’s inhabitants.

3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1) is the first part of the last chapter in the Harry Potter saga directed by David Yates. The story following Harry Potter on a quest to find and destroy Lord Voldemort’s secret to immortality – the Horcruxes. The film is considered to the best in the series so far (as well as the darkest and most violent).

4. Inception

Inception is a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind where one’s mind is the scene of the crime. It is a psychological thriller film about corporate raiders invading other people’s dreams which was written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan.
This summer blockbuster is a mind-bending thriller featured a complicated, fascinating plot and stunning action scenes. The film also taps into psychological phenomena like false memories and the introspection illusion.