On Feb. 27, the 83rd Academy Awards aired to eager viewers worldwide.

However, it failed to impress with its second-rate monologues and obvious winners. This year, the academy hired new producers, directors, and hosts to create a show for the younger generation. Still,  the show lacked the youthful and enjoyable energy that it wanted to produce.

Anne Hathaway and James Franco failed to come together to create a relaxed chemistry that their predecessors such as Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, hosts of last year’s Oscars, were able to create with impeccable grace and humor.

The two hosts seemed distant and awestruck throughout the whole show. Hathaway, with her multiple unnecessary wardrobe changes, couldn’t help herself from giggling with each passing moment while Franco seemed to be unable to unglue his eyes from the ceiling by staring everywhere other than into the audience and cameras.

“The King’s Speech” and “The Social Network” were the night’s well-deserving yet completely obvious winners. “The  King’s Speech” stole away four Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Original Screen Play. While “The Social Network” won Best Adapted Screen Play, Best Film Editing, and Best Original Score.

“The King’s Speech” was an actor’s movie, not a director’s movie, which caused utter shock when Tom Hopper’s name was called out rather than David Fincher’s name when the Best Director award was announced. “The King’s Speech” wins were this year’s answer to the Academy’s love for safe, British, historical movies over contemporary, youthful, and intelligent movies such as “The Social Network.”

While “The King’s Speech” was a well-made film, it will eventually fade and disappear into film history while “The Social Network,” a movie that defined a generation, will become a classic with many audiences to come.

While “The King’s Speech” and “The Social Network” were the night’s winners, “The Fighter,” “Black Swan,” and “Inception” ended the night with multiple wins. “The Fighter” won Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. “Black Swan” also won top acting honors with Best Actress, which was given to the very pregnant and very talented Natalie Portman.

The Academy Awards focus on the industry’s wide range of talent with awards such as Best Documentary which was given to “Inside Job” over the controversial documentary “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” which followed Banksy, a graffiti artist. The Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film was given to NYU alum Luke Matheny’s “God of Love.”

This year’s award winners will find themselves on a long list of marvelous and groundbreaking pictures. However, the awards show itself will soon fade away into oblivion and hopefully be forgotten for Franco and Hathaway’s sake.

• Best Picture
  • Winner- The Kings Speech
• Best Director
  • Winner- Tom Hopper
• Actor in a Leading Role
  • Winner- Colin Firth
• Actress in a Leading Role
  • Winner- Natalie Portman
• Actor in a supporting role
  • Winner-Christian Bale (The Fighter)
• Actress in a supporting role
  • Winner- Melissa Leo
• Adapted Screen play, Original Screen Play
  • Winner- The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin
  • Original Screen Play Winner- The King’s Speech
• Animated Feature Film, Animated Short
  • Animated Short Film- The Lost Thing
  • Feature- Toy Story 3
• Foreign Language Film
  • Winner- In a Better World (Denmark)
• Original Score
  • Winner- The Social Network
• Original Song
  • Winner- Toy Story 3
• Art Direction
  • Winner- Alice in Wonderland
• Cinematography
  • Winner- Inception
• Costume Design, Make- Up
  • Make Up Winner- The Wolfman
• Costume Design
  • Winner- Alice Wonderland
• Film Editing
  • Winner- The Social Network
• Documentary Feature
  • Winner- Inside Job
• Documentary Short Subject
  • Winner- Strangers No More
  • Live Action Short Film Winner- God is Love
• Sound Editing, Sound Mixing
  • Mixing Winner- Inception
  • Editing Winner- Inception
• Visual Effects
  • Winner- Inception