It didn't make any difference to the Academy that historically The King's Speech might not be as true a story as it claims to be.
The comparatively small 'Brit' film about a monarch's struggle to overcome a speech impediment has caused the most upsets at this year's Oscars.
While Colin Firth was always in the running to win his Best Actor statuette, its director Tom Hooper was never considered a threat.
Ideally this should be David Fincher's golden hour but the director of films like Se7en and The Fight Club isn't the goody two shoes that the Academy would like to send a friend request to! So even with a film like The Social Network, which in addition to be a very well made film happens to be his most accessible work, Fincher was beaten by Hooper.
While this year can be called a big one for upsets, the Oscars were by and large predictable.
You might be surprised by a few upsets but you can't really be shocked at the wins.
The Academy loves men who cry, women who defy and films that seem small on budget but high on efforts...
or how else can you explain the sweeping night The King's Speech had? Out of the 10 films in the running for the Best Picture nod at least three are better films than The King's Speech for sure.
The chronicle of a generation, The Social Network is a film that takes storytelling to a new level.
Fincher takes Aaron Sorkin's script and crafts such a compelling tale of ambition, friendship, loyalty and deceit that one wonders how it lost to The King's Speech.
But thank god Sorkin's crisp writing didn't go unrewarded.
Inception might not be the greatest film ever made and even though it tries to be too smart at most places, it nevertheless wins hands down as far as audacity of ideas is concerned.
Even the multi-layered psychological drama of Black Swan looks better crafted than The King's Speech.
At least Darren Aronofsky garnered a nomination for his efforts in helming Black Swan but Christopher Nolan was unceremoniously ignored save the writing nomination he mustered.
In addition to David Fincher losing to Tom Hooper, Roger Deakins' cinematography not winning for True Grit is the biggest upset at this year's Oscars.
Deakins has long been considered one of the best cinematographers in the world but his luck at the Oscars has been pathetic.
Deakins' exquisite frames add great resonance to True Grit and truth be told even if True Grit were a silent film, his photography would be speak volumes! It's strange then that Wally Pfister, who like Deakins is a master lensman himself, would get acknowledged for Inception and an effort that when compared to True Grit looks passable.
If the work of a cinematographer is to add to the storytelling then Matthew Libatique's work in Black Swan pips Pfister to the post as well.
Everything said and done the Oscars were same, same but different.
Perhaps the biggest success of the year was the return of Harvey Weinstein, the producer behind the many Oscar successes, who orchestrated 2011 to be the year when everyone listened to The King's Speech!