Best Picture? No. Brilliant? Yes.

Rating: 9/10 (21 March 2011)

It was about 2 weeks after the first time I had ever watched Fight Club, and as an aspiring filmmaker- I was going through a "ZOMG David FINCHER IZ THE BEST FILMMAKER EVAH" phase. I figured since the Oscars were the following week, i'd rent myself a copy and see what all this hype was about.
Firstly, I'm going to put it on the record that I do think The King's Speech deserved to win Best Picture. Colin Firth was incredible, every moment of the script was enjoyable, and even as a person who is as jaded as myself actually cried during the film. However, I will say that comparing the two is like comparing "Donnie Darko" to "Toy Story 3".
Alright, with that little chunk of opinion out of the way let me get to the actual film which is in a word "brilliant". They made what could be Razzie Fodder into literally one of the best films made in the decade (Not in the top 15, but somewhere in the upper 50's). The script is brilliant, and creates vivid characters, all of which are perfectly cast (Although being of the age where I actually watched some of Brenda Song's Disney material- it was kind of disturbing on some levels).
All in all it's a great film, with a brilliant script and sublime acting-but I stand by the academy entirely in their Best Picture Decision.