haha, I would have preferred any of the other nominees that year had won. 2010 was a year for game-changing, highly original, risky and challenging films which were miraculously balanced in style and substance, both popular and art films. Fincher's "The Social Network" was an obvious winner, but also True Grit (the Coen Brother's magnificent western), Arronofsky's psychological horror film, and then the mainstream masterpieces, Toy Story 3 and Inception, both unbelievable films.
I'd have to agree! King's Speech was great, but nothing in comparison to Inception, True Grit and Toy Story 3. The Oscars so inaccurately portray the "best" of anything, it's almost a joke.
Oh and Danny Boyle's 127 Hrs, a feat of immense power, very difficult to execute. All in all, Tom Hooper is not a great director, he is a pleasant and "safe" director. The King Speech was a really good movie, but not any better than many BBC tv shows that get aired every year, why give the award to something that is merely just very good when you have revolutionary films to choose from. Several of the greatest living directors made seminal masterpieces that year, but they gave it to Hooper?
