The King's Speech Defeats The Social Network | Best Picture Oscar 2011

In 2011, The Social Network was the early favorite to win the Best Picture Oscar, but then The King's Speech came from behind to take the top prize. In this video, I break down the Best Picture race at the 83rd Academy Awards and discuss the reasons why The King's Speech defeated The Social Network. #academyawards #oscars #bestpicture #davidfincher #theawardscontender
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[@tofansultani8472]

Inception not winning best original screenplay and not being nominated for best director and editing…it a shame. For me the best movie of that year.

[@Jorge_Lima_]

great film

[@TheRobbieCorbett]

Hands down the best film that year

[@nickyoude2694]

If Kings Speech didn't win that category Kids are Alright (Anette Benning's LGBT vanity project) would have.

[@kellie-nd1yp]

Barbara Hershy and Mila Kunis should have been nominated that year with one of them taking it. They are both so good in Black Swan.

[@Stormy_Cloud]

I never viewed Mila Kunis as a good actress. I only like her in That 70's Show pretty much.

[@bev9708]

As someone who train commutes hours each day, my feed is so much more enjoyable now that Brian has gone professional full-time KZbinr!!! 🙏🏻😁🙏🏻

[@TheUnihorn]

I know I'm in the vast minority, but I prefer The King's Speech. Maybe it's Firth's performance or something else, but The Social Network, while I still think is very good, never quite clicked with me the same way it has for others. That being said if I had it my way Toy Story 3 would have won.

[@aqualcunopiaceclassico3201]

I prefer TKS too than TSN.

[@chrisbrass8930]

I don't think I've ever seen the social network, but I've seen the kings speech maybe half a dozen times and firmly believe that it's going to be on par with gone with the wind as far as longevity.

[@marvintran7813]

Agreed! I found Social Network to be boring! King’s speech was the superior film. I honestly wanted Toy Story 3 or Inception to win though. Those films were masterpieces! Absolutely AMAZING!! I knew they wouldn’t win thougb because they’re too mainstream for the elitists academy members.

[@richierich7229]

@@marvintran7813 The King's Speech literally grossed $400 million almost double what Social Network made.

[@johnnolan5579]

I agree with you about The Social Network. It's actually one of my least favorite Fincher movies. Doesn't do it for me.

[@BFA100]

The Social Network absolutely and definitely should have won Best Picture over The King's Speech because that is a more resonant film for our time and still is today while the other film is like a film that could have been made from the 1950's or 1960's.

[@johnnolan5579]

It might resonate with the Zuckerberg generation but it meant very little to the boomers.

[@15Candles]

Harvey Weinstein was probably the main reason why The King's Speech won

[@richardkovacs2006]

​@@johnnolan5579i don't think it's a generational thing. King's Speech has something more to it than a story of a stattering king in the door of ww2. I think it has some much deeper humanity to it, because of which it can step out of the timeframe it talks about and has so e timelessness to it. Human struggle, overcoming your weaknesses, facibg your biggest inner fears of failing esp in front of many, failing your family's expectations or even more: prove them wrong, when they don't even think you're able, those aren't just bommers' issues.

[@Starkardur]

The Social Network was hyped to oblivion when it came out but people responded somewhat indiffirently about it. Black Swan was the surprise hit of the award season (Outgrossing The Social Network by 100 million world-wide, despite costing 3 times less) and I believe a lot of the votes that would have gone to the Social Network went to that film.

[@roycerowland2699]

I think that The King's Speech was a good not great best picture Oscar winner. The reason why I like The King's Speech is because I am a stutter who has been stuttering off and on for the last 25 years mind you I am 32 but anyway the movie's message stays with me to this day.

[@kellie-nd1yp]

I definitely think many were drawn to that aspect of the movie. It’s what stays with me the most not so much being a movie about royalty.

[@mentonerodominicano]

I didn't know until recently that The King's Speech outgrossed The Social Network (helped by having a lower rating for sure). The King's Speech was also an easy way to award a prestige-looking film with huge mass appeal. If anything, I would commend the filmmakers for achieving that sweet spot because movies about royalty and period dramas generally can be a little heavy. The feel good message probably made it a breeze to campaign for, just like you rooted the King George VI, everyone was also rooting for Colin and his colleagues. It reminds me of the recent EEOAO campaign.

[@rubytuesdayphoenix]

Retrospectively, I wonder if the groundswell of support for The King's Speech might have been at least partially due to the continuing American fascination with the British royal family. I did some googling and found that Prince William and Kate Middleton's engagement was announced ten days before The King's Speech was released. Therefore, there was a simultaneous media-led build up to the first British royal wedding in years and a general movie-going public feeling of "hey, look! There's this movie out now that's about William's great-grandpa!" The Royal Family/American media Industrial Complex train has been chugging away for a long time (see also, The Queen) and I think Academy voters, whether they did this consciously or not, were influenced to vote for a new movie somewhat connected to this big royal wedding mania then currently going on in the media. Maybe it had something to do with the aftershocks of the U.S. 2008 recession: a movie about terrible people perpetuating corrupt corporate practices in America vs a feel-good movie about a British monarch making an encouraging speech to his public? The Social Network was a warning we didn't want to hear; Academy voters instead reached for the safe shiny object that is the media image of the Windsor family.

[@filmfreak21]

I am sorry, Brian. But i love Kings Speech and thinks its an deserving winner

[@kellie-nd1yp]

I have plenty that I love winning more than others do it’s what we like. I love Chicago, The Artist, Shakespeare in Love, Oliver!

[@deniserodas6848]

As a stutter, I really loved The King’s Speech. It was entertaining to learn about King George VI with that lovely film that touched my heart. I’m one of those people that prefers TKS over Social Network as I didn’t care for the latter film. Colin Firth deserved the Oscar. I think David Fincher should have won best director as the directing was better in TSN.

[@quitequiet1]

My sentiments exactly. The King’s Speech should win Best Picture but David Fincher should’ve won Best Director.

[@dj71162]

I think you said it, Brian, the nominees were all so different that the "safest" option would ultimately win. And when the factor in the demographics of Academy voters, they are going to love a historical biopic. Let's not forget that some Academy members also don't actually see all of the nominated films and so some might have not bothered to watch The Social Network, relegating it to "that Facebook movie". If they had given it the time of day and with a more modern demographic, they I think it could have won.

[@JillMcKayFleisch]

Brian, you're always a must watch. You're a fantastic storyteller and have great taste. I can tell you just love movies--my people!

[@DitalianCole]

Thanks for breaking down this 2010 Oscars race for us, Brian! Good job as usual! I'm going to watch some of these movies you mentioned in this video.

[@mikegonzalez503]

Easily one of the strongest lineups for best picture ever. I think Hooper winning best director is even a bigger insult

[@pisceanbeauty2503]

The King’s Speech came on last night and I watched for the first time in a long time. Sorry, but it moved me just as much as it did 13 years ago. Colin Firth’s performance is phenomenal. I think it deserved to win. I will admit though, there were many great movies that season, it was not a sure win.

[@TheRobbieCorbett]

The real question is, why didn't Inception win best picture this year?!?!?

[@sunnybear178]

from what I gained, likely bc it was too science fiction or “genre film”

[@adrielayson749]

This honestly reminds me of the 58th Oscars, where Out of Africa won best picture along with 6 other awards over The Color Purple, which won no awards. It makes me realize that The King's Speech was like those movies that told of a simpler time (A Historial Epic with the struggles amongst a picture-esque backdrop), so it must've pleased the voters more than a movie like Black Swan and The Social Network. Out of Africa and The King's Speech even give off that vibe where we look back and ask "That was the Best Picture of the year? How?".

[@bethd1480]

I would add The English Patient to the list. Fargo should have won that year.

[@adrielayson749]

@@bethd1480 Oh yeah I heavily agree that Fargo should've won. Frances McDormand's great performance and the great writing should've given it the Director and Best Picture.

[@kellie-nd1yp]

Now I would be for Fargo winning but I do like The English Patient. In fact in that era TEP winning was standard but now it would be more likely that Fargo would win.

[@LouiseAndersen1991]

Personally I cant decide. I really love both Social Network and The Kings Speech. But I do feel like that The Kings Speech was the better movie of the two, but that Social Network should have won director.

[@quitequiet1]

Can’t agree with you more. I didn’t think The King’s Speech should’ve won best director but I felt it was a deserving win for Best Picture.

[@gidgitvonlarue9972]

2010 - The Social Network SHOULD have won.

[@patrarus6097]

Thanks so much, Brian, for another gem of a review. I agree completely with your choice. "The Social Network was awesome and deserved the Best Picture Oscar.

[@pophector]

Excellent video, Brian! I liked but never fully loved The King's Speech. I'm also incredibly annoyed Colin Firth didn't sweep the season the year before for his superior & devastating performance in A Single Man which would have made a stronger win for him than King's Speech. I also feel that The Social Network would have aged far better as a Best Picture winner, especially looking at the volatile changes Facebook has gone through the last 12 years plus it's an intense and much stronger film. Black Swan, Inception, and Toy Story 3 also would have made much stronger picture wins as well. Love that Natalie Portman performance, definitely an all timer in the Best Actress winner lineage. Like I said, your videos are like traveling in a time machine that's always fun to relive 😂 Thanks for another awesome video ❤ Your Annette Bening & Helena Bonham Carter Elusive Oscar videos will be fascinating to watch. I think also a "How Tom Hanks won back to back Oscars" video would be a cool one to delve into after finishing the 2021 race in a few years.

[@gabrielcastaneda9700]

The social network should of gotten Garfield in supporting

[@LukeScott74]

Thanks for another fabulous Oscar video.

[@bamabat8435]

One thing I find very interesting about 2 of the nominees in particular, True Grit and Winter's Bone, is that the latter is basically a modern day retelling of the former. Apparently I'm the first person to have noticed it, but it's kind of obvious once you do. Think about it.

[@Pdjohnners]

'The King's Speech' gave me my greatest experience EVER in a cinema: I watched it in France (in English with French subtitles). At the end the entire audience rose and applauded. A standing ovation. I have never witnessed before or since. I was incredibly proud to be English - my feelings have changed considerably since Brexit and incompetent governments. However, on that day I experienced something magical. A worthy winner for Best Film. And Best Actor. Only downside was Helena Bonham-Carter being robbed. Every cloud . .

[@kellie-nd1yp]

I could have gone for Toy Story 3 ( one of my favorite movies ever), Black Swan or Inception which would have been interesting choices. The Social Network I didn’t think would be something I would like but it was far more interesting than I expected. Now I do remember King’s Speech for Colin Firth but not much else. Interesting that I hear why couldn’t we flip best actor and Firth wins for Single Man and Bridges for True Grit .

[@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719]

I like that Best Actor flip

[@kellie-nd1yp]

Yes I think many do. Interesting because it’s just a year apart.

[@chelmrtz]

I’d like to see a video explaining how each of the awards ceremonies impact the Oscar voting. I know you do it in context with specific films but maybe something like “this is how these awards make XYZ happen” and a follow up of the wins that Buck the trend

[@MikeMJPMUNCH]

This just shows how the win doesn't gaurantee anything even though King's Speech won best picture I only see video analysis and people in general talking more about The Social Network and David Fincher may have lost but he went from strength to with each movie/project he's done since and Tom Hooper well he did Cats enough said

[@jackbennersmoviereviews]

I’ve always felt The King’s Speech was a good movie on its own, it’s well directed, well told and has fantastic performances. But as a Best Picture winner, it’s one I’ve always disagreed with. The only award it won I agree with is Colin Firth, he did a phenomenal job and I don’t have a single problem with his victory. Best Original Screenplay I would’ve given the award to Inception for its originality and how mind-bending it is. The Social Network is my favorite David Fincher with my second being Fight Club. It’s a masterwork in directing, acting, screenplay, film editing and music. What could’ve been a boring film made it to something riveting with the right cast and crew. My two favorite films of 2010 were Inception and Toy Story 3, The Social Network was my third favorite and still to this day would’ve loved to seen that win Best Picture and Best Director.

[@kellie-nd1yp]

Yeah a lot of people wanted to flip best actor wins for Firth and Bridges but I wouldn’t say they were bad wins . I definitely think Firth winning for that was good just not for best picture. I think both actors did well both years.

[@aqualcunopiaceclassico3201]

Original screenplay is not an award for most original film, but for the best written screenplay not based on anything. And INception is not particularly well written (too much expository dialogues), and I actually don't feel it's that original.

[@aqualcunopiaceclassico3201]

As someone who liked The king's speech more than the social network (I have my problems with Sorkin's writing), I think Hooper winning for director was so not worthy. All the other four movies deserved it more (personally, I would have voted for Aronofsky). The King's Speech is not a bad directed movie, but I think that Hooper did the bare minimum. He is good at directing actors, I'll give that to him, but his images are not that powerful and some choices are just "meh".

[@Weezing336]

good to see I'm not the only one who has problems with Sorkin as a writer.

[@aqualcunopiaceclassico3201]

@@Weezing336 Man, I think that you can see he is a '90 television writer every single word in the movie her writes. Too much exposition, too much talk, too much repetition. I appreciated the social network, mostly for Fincher's directing. Writing was OK, I think that Fisher cut Sorkinisms a little bit. But in the movies he directs, you can see how his writing is so expository and "explanatory". Chicago 7 was really bad.

[@Weezing336]

@@aqualcunopiaceclassico3201 Sorkin certainly does like to tell rather than show. He's working within the wrong medium.

[@aqualcunopiaceclassico3201]

@@Weezing336 100% agree

[@craigmmcgill]

I preferred KS at the time but I haven’t seen it since. I appreciate your perspective

[@kareninacarado]

This was the Oscar season in which I became a fan and therefore followed the awards season coverage on a regular basis. I remember back then being obsessed with The King’s Speech back in high school, and my friend at first (who is a huge film fan more than me) bet on The Social Network to win up until the guilds’ awards tilted to TKS. And we love Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter! (Btw, Helena’s surname is Bonham Carter, NOT Carter, and she’s basically part of the posh clique due to her ancestry (being a direct descendant of a former Prime Minister), but I look forward for your Elusive Oscar and Emmy on HBC) Looking back, though, TKS, although a great film, is no match to its Best Picture competitors which are more or less, become “classics” of this century - Inception, Black Swan, The Social Network. TKS is not a bad film, and it’s a great one to rewatch, but its association with The Weinstein Company (TWC) and Harvey’s machinations tainted its legacy as a worthy Best Picture winner. I did have a feeling that Colin Firth’s close association to Weinstein/Miramax in shaping his career did not do well especially in the last years of the 2010s until now. (To be clear, he did nothing wrong in his behavior) He still gets a good amount of work (I mean, he was even nominated for an Emmy recently) but it seems that his star somewhat faded among the middle-aged British men. I also think that another reason why TSN didn’t win Best Picture is that it may seem “too early” to do a biopic drama about the creation of Facebook. Facebook started in 2004 but it did not boom until the late 2000s and 2010s. It’s too contemporaneous to do a commentary on an emerging/ongoing social media revolution. (That’s why dramas pertaining to COVID tend to be contrived and too recent to think in a historical lens) I do have some hopes in the new film about the rise and fall of Blackberry, I hope IFC campaigns it well.

[@ahmedshoushareviews]

I started predicting the Oscar since 2010 and in that year I was still learning and I predicted the socialnetwork but I wanted Inception to win

[@nitsugazemag]

The King’s Speech is good, but gets lost in the shuffle of best picture winners being another stuffy period piece, a safe win. The Social Network is still a film that I think of. I agree that Andrew Garfield’s omission from supporting actor nomination still bugs me.

[@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719]

I hope Garfield wins an Oscar one day. The guy is extremely talented. I would've given it to him for Tick, Tick...Boom

[@marshaprice8226]

James Franco looked like he had no idea what he was doing there and was totally unaware of Anne Hathaway’s presence beside him.

[@PriyaSingh-rx6hx]

what i remember most about the king's speech was when it was the airplane movie (when airplanes only showed one movie) i was too young to appreciate it, but old enough to think why this one was THEE airplane movie. i learned later that it had won BP that year. that next year was when i started paying attention to the award shows and why a movie wins what and it's culminated to me now: dialed in to everything academy awards related lmao

[@KevinTRod]

Looking forward to the Green Book video (though I actually believe I know why it won...if you ever want to discuss it)!

[@niccage6375]

I actually know one of the casting directors from winters bone. The movie used actors from kansas city (my hometown) and she also done mars attacks, about schimt, kansas city(1996), election and american honey

[@aziragoramo]

The social network is david finchers best work imo and should have won best picture!

[@michaelugwueke6312]

Will you take a look at the artist: the winner for best picture of 2011

[@gidgitvonlarue9972]

I love Sandra too - what is your favorite Sandra movie? Mine is Hope Floats. Random I know - but I love that film. Touches my heart.

[@mrrational2046]

What a year for cinema

[@thecoolj45221]

I just watched The Kings Speech it was great

[@wavesofwoodenlegs]

While I like "The King's Speech," just fine, I don't think I will be ruffling any feathers when I say that it still is Tom Hooper's best film.

[@van8ryan]

Surprised you havent' done a THE COLOR PURPLE video yet (considering the movie version of the musical comes out this Decemeber). Easily one of the biggest PRAISED/SLAMMED nominated films of the past 40 years; near-record Oscar nods and totally ignored (of course controversial, but controversy has rarely stopped the Oscar wins)

[@joecalahan4068]

I love the kings speech. It’s my favorite winner for best picture from the 2010s😊

[@craigrm74]

The King's Speech won because it was the better film. End of.

[@marvintran7813]

The Social Network was boring to me. The King’s Speech was a better movie in my opinion. Honestly, I truly wanted Inception or Toy Story 3 to win best picture. Those 2 movies were amazing, but I guess they were too mainstream for The Academy. As for The Departed(you mentioned that), I think that Infernal Affairs the original Chinese movie is waaaaay better. Moonlight was depressing and boring La La land should have won for real. I was sooo glad Everything Everywhere all at once won though that was amazing!

[@saint18ruben]

Still hurts

[@andreiiliepopescu6393]

Annette Bening losing to Hilary Swank twice is a strange Oscar coincidence, cause Swank was only nominated twice.

[@00Noir]

I'll always remember this as the Oscars where James Franco was clearly way, way too high. Great video! :)

[@gabrielcastaneda9700]

I want the moonlight vs la la land video

[@ieatgremlins]

Fincher directed a masterpiece.

[@yanitchka]

I really liked that year’s Best picture line up. Winter’s bone was a bit slow and tedious for me and The kids are all right has some unlikable characters, but both are ok. My favourite films this year are Inception and Toy story 3 - I still rewatch them to this day and they are awesome. I like 127 hours as well. The King’s speech is all right, but not the best film of the year. How amazing would have been to have Inception or Toy story 3 win? The social network or Black swan would have been deserving winners. The king’s speech win is not horrible, it has not aged well, but not like Green book. However Fincher should have absolutely won. There is nothing spectacular about Hooper’s directing in The king’s Speech.

[@Weezing336]

I would have chosen 127 Hours or Black Swan as Best Picture. And I think Mark Wahlberg has at least three other performances that I consider better than that of The Fighter.

[@breensprout]

interesting to see both jennifer lawrence and josh hutcherson in best picture nominee films in 2010 pre-hunger games series, which are unironically some of my favorite film adaptations of books lol

[@Scottynsb765]

I’m shocked how many people prefer the social network, it isn’t even in my personal top 5 films if that year while the kings speach is

[@gabrielcastaneda9700]

How do you live could surprise this season

[@carlosalonsoperezsosa8162]

Best Original Screenplay For Nolan

[@richardkovacs2006]

King's Speech and The Queen are the very few biographical movies I actually like. I guess it's because they could tell a story beyond the main character's life, much more than just a biography and have some deep humanity in them. Social Network (another biographical movie) wasn't that strong on these fronts. To me at least it's much less memorable as either The Queen or King's Speech. And the climax in these 2 is just perfect. By the time you get there, you literally can breath and feel together with the main character.

[@franciskristiantullo4851]

Pls do a video about Bong Joon Ho vs. Sam Mendes. Tnx 👍😊

[@christiancardenas2975]

Inception was the best movie of that year; followed by The Social Network, Black Swan and Toy Story 3. King’s Speech was fine, but nothing out of the ordinary.

[@flandersucks]

And Inception. And The Kids Are Alright. And True Grit. And The Fighter. All not just better but WAAAAAY better movies.

[@rorrt]

I followed the film press around The Oscars, and what the frontrunners were/are.. I never thought, or saw THIS as an upset.. All the others films you listed are as upsets are fair. Brokeback Mountain, Greenbook, and the others.. But King Speech is Oscar Bait.. A film about British Royalty with a handicap.. Overcoming all the odds to do a speech.. The Social Network was very good.. With a great wordy screenplay.. But in other departments, it wasn't much better, it was just much different.. And with The Oscars, as we had with Jeff Bridges, Paul Newman had one and arguably Martin Scorsesesese's was, sometimes you just get oscars that are "it's their time" oscars.. That was the case for Firth. He wasn't the best.. He was just solid..

[@lewisoconnor5947]

I watched both of those movies 3 years ago and I remember absolutely nothing about the kings speech 😭

[@lonellfletcher]

I know I'm in the minority, but The King's Speech invested me more emotionally than the Social Network. SN was brilliant for sure, but didn't absorb me as much as following King George's journey to overcome significant emotional repression and family issues to lead a nation through war. Love it and all of its wins.

[@Pdjohnners]

Agree. 💯 %

[@thankyoujodi]

I think Jesse had the best shot at an upset, though I love Franco in 127 hours. I wish Jesse got more love for his performance. Social network deserved the win. It's a shame twc had to be involved because this really feels like a Shakespeare in love repeat.

[@sfitz0076]

Shocker Fitcher lost the DGAs to Hooper.

[@skscott34]

I did like The Social Network more than The King's Speech but the real head scratcher was Hooper over Fincher😖

[@mojorojo818]

Dev Patel and the Elusive Oscar please...!!!

[@marikamarika7205]

Inception was so ahead of its time! Shallow minds of the academy members couldn’t handle it! Best script! Nolan and Fincher are GOATS! With best movies of that year❤ Moonlight for me is worst winner, so as SiL🤨

[@singstreetcar5881]

Armies hammer popping up

[@andreiiliepopescu6393]

Death Match Face Off: In this corner, Bertie, aka George VI, King of Great Britain and in the other corner, Zuck you Suck, aka Mark the King of Social Media. Let the battle of the Biopics begin. The Oscars have a huge biopic addiction it NEEDS to kick.

[@rebeccamurphy4695]

Seems like the academy favors British period dramas, as do I, not saying either of us should have a vote in the Oscars. (Mostly commenting for the YT algorithm because I love this channel)

[@mart73100]

The irony is that David Fincher won the BAFTA best director that year not Tom Hooper. Everything else was The King's Speech.

[@garymeise673]

Also ironically I wish this were a year where there were two best actress winners. Not just Natalie but Annette Bening

[@marthasandler6691]

I jumped for joy when The King's Speech won Best Picture. I do enjoy The Social Network, but for me, The King's Speech has more rewatchability because of its lovable cast. If The King's Speech is a crowd-pleaser, I was certainly part of that crowd! Edit: I'm also looking forward to your Annette Benning video!

[@etherealtb6021]

I rolled my eyes. I loved King's Speech up until it won. Funny you thought Black Swan had no shot, as I assumed it had as good a chance as Social Network. I'm surprised you didn't bring up the possibility that with so many good films, the vote was split and the least offensive snuck in. That's what I thought happened at the time.

[@knightterror2826]

Best Picture should have gone to a movie that wasn't even nominated. The Swedish version of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

[@alexanderminchin6094]

That was an odd lineup for the Best Makeup category that year.

[@allisontucker9874]

Do Ben Affleck vs Aang Lee for best director, I feel Ben Affleck was snubbed for best Director that year, Argo was a great film

[@sontagtwist714]

I don't buy the preferential ballot as a way to explain the film's win. It won Directing. It had it in the bag, even in the case of plurality voting.

[@gidgitvonlarue9972]

Oh how different things are now! Haha

[@khairularchi]

I am the only person to think that Remake films should not be allowed to be nominated at any awards ceremony. It's so redundant and reductive, storylines are the same with some minor tweaking, the only difference is the casting of the actors/actress and how are they going to portray the same characters with nuances. The songs for the musical break (if there is one) might be slightly different to make it tasteful with the current era in which the movie was released. Nothing so special about it to me other than just worsened than previously. That's it.

[@ammyt2082]

Hey, I beg to differ: I TOTALLY prefer The King's Speech over The Social Network.🙃

[@HecticNova]

No one is in the minority for preferring the kings speech. Clearly, the academy thought so, too.

[@jehaustin]

The Social Network was defintely the one that should've won Best Picture in 2010! I think there would've been a big inclination of a possible Best Picture win and that was if Andrew Garfield would've snuck in the Best Supporting Actor category for his performance but he didn't. I felt if Garfield might have gotten in Supporting Actor that might have helped increase the films chances. But the Tom Hooper for director was rather meh. Btw if you want a chuckle, go check out Miriam Margolyes comments about "The Social Network" she hated the movie and while I don't neccessarily agree with her comments it was quite funny from the hilariously unfiltered Miriam!

[@75aces97]

I forgot King’s Speech was that same year. I thought it was from the following year for some reason, in which case it still wouldn’t have been the best film, but that next year was a weaker field. That being the case was a genuine travesty, since 2010 was one of the great years for ambitious films by directors near the top of their games. Inception, Social Network, Black Swan, or the Fighter all would have been better choices. Heck the Kids Are All Right or Winter’s Bone would at least have been more interesting. King’s Speech was one of those period pieces I swore I’d seen 10 times already. It didn’t appear to be made to make money, to entertain, or to be seen at all by the masses. Instead it felt like a ping to test whether academy voters still respond to tropes. WW2 setting: check. Famous, award winning actor: check. Protagonist with an impediment: check.

[@MatthewMFoster]

It feels strange whenever I hear anyone passionately promote one film I find mediocre over another film I find mediocre. I preferred The King's Speech over The Social Network, but neither of them are worth the air to me. I left both with a shrug and don't think either were worthy of a Best Pic nomination. I have rewatched them, just to keep informed, and getting through The Social Network again was a real slog. Generally I found it to be a weak year, one where I can't get emotionally involved with the awards since nothing really grabbed me. Now things are very different with Green Book and I agree that was a far worse Best Pict winner. But that's largely due to there being so many much, much better films (both nominated, and not).

[@neutral7786]

The social network never seemed like a great movie to me, rather when I saw it I said to myself, "What's so great about this movie? there are better nominated films". The protests for The social network are more about David fincher than about the film itself.

[@marcor7044]

Best Director is my fav Oscar category and I cannot for the life of me find a logical reason to vote for Tom Hooper. Every other nominee did a much more impressive job on their films and they didn´t even nominate Nolan for Inception, Hooper´s style on the other hand is so painfully okay and formulaic it looks like a KZbin skit.

[@felixgato125]

I find The Social Network totally overrated, it's fine and entertaining, but nothing spectacular. Out of the 10 nominated movies, I would probably put it in 5th or 6th. The King's Speech is not my winner that year but I vastly prefer it over The Social Network.

[@Jorge_Lima_]

inception is great film

[@gabrielcastaneda9700]

The killer is gonna be 🔥

[@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719]

I'm not as opposed to The King's Speech victory in Best Picture as I am in it winning for Best Director. That one baffles me more. Personally, I would've voted for Toy Story 3.

[@dariussalepetru6770]

For me, my vote is Inception as Nolan fan

[@tanmaychandak8314]

I N C E P T I O N

[@jesusjavierondo6774]

I agree that the king's speech did not deserve better but the social network is not a masterpiece, in fact it is a bit overrated. the king's speech at least has something that the social king does not, a much better performance of the characters and actors

[@MuhammadAhmad-oj6mf]

So, now Slumdog Millionaire is a great movie??

[@garymeise673]

Number one should have been Black swan