Things i wish had happened at the Oscars

I love the fact that The Kings Speech won Best picture, best director, best screenplay and best actor (definitely best actor). But there is always that part of me that roots for the underdog, the underdog being Toy Story 3. If it had won i would have been ecstatic as i thoroughly enjoyed the movie, but yes, at the end of the day The Kings Speech is far more 'oscary'.

Now i'm going to tell you who i thought would win, who did win and who a hoped would win.

Best Picture
What i thought would win: The Kings Speech
What won: The Kings Speech
What i hoped would win: Toy story 3.
My reasons: TS3 is a personal favorite of mine because i loved the way it tapped into so many different types of emotions and the way it could be scary and heartwarming. *sigh*, i suppose i'll have to wait a bit longer to see an animated feature win top honors.

Best Actor
Who i thought would win: Colin Firth, The Kings Speech
Who won: Colin Firth
Who i hoped would win: James Franco, 127 Hours.
My reason: i think James Franco is a great actor, i first saw him portray James Dean so perhaps thats why i like him so much, but still, it was a great performance. But Colin Firth won, and quite deservedly, but, you know, underdogs RULE!! He''l get his Oscar someday.

Best Actress
Who i thought would win: Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Who won: Natalie Portman
Who i hoped would win: Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole.
My reason: The performance was solid and wholly good. Natalie Portman deservedly won but i suppose i hoped that Kidman would win because she is an Aussie, and i always barrack for the Aussies.

Best Director
Who I thought would win: Tom Hooper, the Kings Speech
Who did win: Tom Hooper
Who i hoped would win: Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
My reasons: since i picked The Kings Speech to win best picture, naturally i also picked Hooper to win best director, for obvious reasons- he deserved it. Darren Aronofsky's amazing visuals in Black Swan seemed pretentious to some, while artistically brilliant to others. I thought he did a marvelous job.

Best Supporting Actor
Who i thought would win: Geoffrey Rush, The Kings Speech
Who did win: Christian Bale, The Fighter
Who i hoped would win: Geoffrey Rush
My reasons: he's an Aussie. I think that Christian Bale was great in The Fighter, but i thought and hoped that Geoffrey Rush would win. Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! oi! oi! oi!

Best supporting Actress
Who i thought would win: Amy Adams, The Fighter
Who did win: Melissa Leo, The fighter
Who i hoped would win: Jackie Weaver, Animal Kingdom
My reasons: not only is Jackie Weaver an Aussie she was also bloody good! She was the underdog in Oscar Race because she appeared in a non-american film and the other nominees had names that were a bit bigger than hers. Honorable mention to Helena Bonham Carter as well, i thought she was pretty good in The Kings Speech.

Best animated film
What i thought would in: Toy Story 3
What won: Toy Story 3
what i hoped would win: Toy Story 3.
My reasons: its just so damn good!

I'll stop there, because i'm not well versed on the other categories and don't want to start prattling on about things i don't understand.

"Timing isn't my strong suit" King George IV (Colin Firth), The Kings Speech.