Star-studded 2011 Critics Choice Awards

The 2011 Critics Choice Awards made for a star-studded night in Hollywood on Friday.

It was a gorgeous evening when all the nominees and award season favorites hit the red carpet dressed to the nines before heading in for the big show. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were particularly loving and affectionate throughout the night, though his movie ‘The Town’ didn’t take home any statues. His friend Matt Damon did accept the Joel Seigel trophy and he stepped backstage afterwards where he posed with Emily Blunt and Jimmy Kimmel and talked about the possibility of another Bourne movie. Ryan Gosling sat close by his ‘Blue Valentine’ costar Michelle Williams and the two shared an intimate chat at their table. Pregnant Natalie Portman was glowing all night long and Emma Stone was so adorable congratulating Hailee Steinfeld and complementing Andrew Garfield’s ‘Spider-man’. The most commercially viable film of the year, ‘The Social Network’ won the Best Picture award. It fought against five other successful and critically acclaimed films, including ‘Black Swan’, ‘127 Hours’, ‘The Fighter’ and ‘Inception’. Many critics anticipated that ‘Black Swan’ had a good possibility to emerge as the winner, due to the intense critical acclaim it invited. However, according to the rest, the youth appeal factor of ‘The Social Network’, made it more deserving for the award. The film also bagged the Best Adapted Screenplay award in the Critics’ Choice Awards 2011. The Best Original Screen Play award went to David Seidler for the film, ‘The King’s Speech’. The few other nominees of this category were ‘Fighter’ and ‘Black Swan’ and ‘Inception’.Colin Firth won the best actor award for the film, ‘The King’s Speech’ while the best Actress award obviously went to Natalie Portman for ‘Black Swan’. This was one award that everyone was assured of, right from the beginning. David Fincher, who won the Best Director Award, added yet another achievement to ‘The Social Network’. Guy Hendrix Dyas was chosen as the best art director for ‘Inception’. The film was also a winner for its remarkable editing, thanks to Lee Smith. Where all other films were based on a contemporary set up, ‘Alice In Wonderland’ was the film that demanded costumes based on a fairytale backdrop. Colleen Atwood won the Best Costume Designer Award, for creating the dresses for the film that were completely coordinated to the backdrop and situation. – www.movies.about.com

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