After nearly four hours of winners and losers and montages and speeches and glitzy gowns and fancy jewels, all I can say is … not every Oscars can be magical.

Or, more accurately, the Oscars can be downright boring.

Sadly, last night’s show was one of the worst, not just for who won and lost, but for the way the winners and losers were presented.

What went wrong? First and foremost, there was the stiff, stilted Oscar show writing, which sounded – from the mouths of our young, hip hosts – decidedly unyoung and unhip.

Host Anne Hatheway, to her credit tried to smile through it all and treat the night with a sense of humor. But co-host James Franco came across as self-conscious delivering his unfunny lines the whole night through (and not just in that awful Marilyn Monroe get-up).

Then there were the winners. Despite some buzz about the possibility of a best supporting actress upset (based on suspicions that Melissa Leo ruined her chances of winning with her self-funded Oscar campaign), Leo took home the award, as expected, for The Fighter.

And Christian Bale (for "The Fighter") took home the Oscar for best supporting actor, as expected. And Natalie Portman (for "Black Swan") took home the Oscar for best lead actress, as expected. And Colin Firth (for "The King’s Speech") took home the award for best actor, as expected. And "The King’s Speech" also got best film, as expected.

In short, everything expected happened.

Were there any good parts of the night? I’ve been asking myself this. There was the cheesy, filmic opening and tear-jerking in memorium montage I always love. There was that nice moment at the end with the PS22 Choir and all the winners on stage. There was that split second when Melissa Leo swore during her acceptance speech. But overall, there wasn’t a lot of magic.

In total, "The King’s Speech" won four Oscars: Picture, Director, Actor and Original Screenplay. Inception also won four Oscars: Best Cinematography, both sound categories, and Visual Effects. And "The Social Network" was close behind with three Oscars: Achievement in Film Editing, Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, and Adapted Screenplay.

The full list of winners and nominees is below.

BEST PICTURE

• "127 Hours"
• "Black Swan"
• "The Fighter"
• "Inception"
• "The Kids Are All Right"
• WINNER: "The King’s Speech"
• "The Social Network"
• "Toy Story 3"
• "True Grit"
• "Winter’s Bone"

BEST DIRECTOR

• Darren Aronofsky, "Black Swan"
• Joel & Ethan Coen, "True Grit"
• David Fincher, "The Social Network"
• WINNER: Tom Hooper, "The King’s Speech"
• David O. Russell, "The Fighter"

BEST ACTRESS

• Annette Bening, "The Kids Are All Right"
• Nicole Kidman, "Rabbit Hole"
• Jennifer Lawrence, "Winter’s Bone"
• WINNER: Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"
• Michelle Williams, "Blue Valentine"

BEST ACTOR

• Javier Bardem, "Biutiful"
• Jeff Bridges, "True Grit"
• Jesse Eisenberg, "The Social Network"
• WINNER: Colin Firth, "The King’s Speech"
• James Franco, "127 Hours"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Amy Adams, "The Fighter"
• Helena Bonham Carter, "The King’s Speech"
• WINNER: Melissa Leo, "The Fighter"
• Hailee Steinfeld, "True Grit"
• Jacki Weaver, "Animal Kingdom"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• WINNER: Christian Bale, "The Fighter"
• John Hawkes, "Winter’s Bone"
• Jeremy Renner, "The Town"
• Mark Ruffalo, "The Kids Are All Right"
• Geoffrey Rush, "The King’s Speech"

BEST EDITING

• "127 Hours," Jon Harris
• "Black Swan,"Andrew Weisblum
• "The Fighter," Pamela Martin
• "The King’s Speech," Tariq Anwar
• WINNER: "The Social Network," Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• "Another Year," written by Mike Leigh
• "The Fighter, Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; 
Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
• "Inception," written by Christopher Nolan
• "The Kids Are All Right," written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
• WINNER: "The King’s Speech," Screenplay by David Seidler

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• "127 Hours," Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
• WINNER: "The Social Network," Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
• "Toy Story 3," Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
• "True Grit," written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• "Winter’s Bone," adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• "Exit Through the Gift Shop," Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz
• "Gasland," Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
• WINNER: "Inside Job," Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
• "Restrepo," Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
• "Waste Land," Lucy Walker and Angus Aynley

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT

• "The Confession," Tanel Toom
• "The Crush," Michael Creagh
• WINNER: "God of Love," Luke Matheny
• "Na Wewe," Ivan Goldschmidt
• "Wish 143," Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

• "Killing in the Name"
• "Poster Girl"
• WINNER: "Strangers No More"
• "Sun Come Up"
• "The Warriors"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• "Hors la Loi (Outside the Law)" (Algeria)
• "Incendies" (Canada)
• WINNER: "In a Better World" (Denmark)
• "Dogtooth" (Greece)
• "Biutiful" (Mexico)

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• "How to Train Your Dragon"
• "The Illusionist"
• WINNER: "Toy Story 3"

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

• "Day & Night," Teddy Newton
• "The Gruffalo," Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
• "Let’s Pollute," Geefwee Boedoe
• WINNER: "The Lost Thing," Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
• "Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)," Bastien Dubois

BEST SONG

• “Coming Home,” Country Strong, Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
• “I See the Light,” Tangled, Alan Menken, Glenn Slater
• “If I Rise,” 127 Hours, A.R. Rahman, Dido, Rollo Armstrong
• WINNER: “We Belong Together,” Toy Story 3, Randy Newman

BEST SOUND EDITING

• WINNER: "Inception," Richard King
• "Toy Story 3," Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
• "TRON: Legacy," Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
• "True Grit," Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
• "Unstoppable," Mark P. Stoeckinger

BEST SOUND MIXING

• WINNER: "Inception," Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novick
• "The King’s Speech," Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, and John Midgley
• "Salt," Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan, and William Sarokin
• "The Social Network," Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, and Mark Weingarten
• "True Grit," Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, and Peter F. Kurland

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• "127 Hours," A.R. Rahman
• "How to Train Your Dragon," John Powell
• "Inception," Hans Zimmer
• "The King’s Speech," Alexandre Desplat
• WINNER: "The Social Network," Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• "Black Swan," Matthew Libatique
• WINNER: "Inception," Wally Pfister
• "The King’s Speech," Danny Cohen
• "The Social Network," Jeff Cronenweth
• "True Grit," Roger Deakins

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• "Alice in Wonderland," Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
• "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1," Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
• "Hereafter," Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
• WINNER: "Inception," Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
• "Iron Man 2," Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

BEST ART DIRECTION

• WINNER: "Alice in Wonderland," Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara
• "Happy Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1," Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
• "Inception," Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
• "The King’s Speech," Eve Stewart, Judy Farr
• "True Grit," Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• WINNER: "Alice in Wonderland," Colleen Atwood
• "I Am Love," Antonella Cannarozzi
• "The King’s Speech," Jenny Beaven
• "The Tempest," Sandy Powell
• "True Grit," Mary Zophres

BEST MAKEUP

• "Barney’s Version," Adrien Morot
• "The Way Back," Eduoard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, Yolanda Toussieng
• WINNER: "The Wolfman," Rick Baker and Dave Elsey