Yeah, writing off a film because you didn't like the script/story - that's really immature! It's only a minor part of the whole thing after all.
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Yeah, writing off a film because you didn't like the script/story - that's really immature! It's only a minor part of the whole thing after all.
Avatar has a lot more things going for it than just its story. Thats obvious.Quote:
Originally Posted by charliepanayi
My personal favourite from the nominations list is A Serious Man, even though it has no way of winning it. This 10 nominations thing is a bit much I think. I mean who actually thinks something like The Blind Side has a chance against, well, Avatar (which I didn't like)?
The Blind Side shouldn't be anywhere near that shortlist.
Not many surprises. I was hoping Mélanie Laurent would sneak in there and get a nod since I think her performance in Inglourious Basterds was really fantastic.
Love that UP got nominated for Best Picture, yay Pixar! They've deserved a Best Picture nod for a long time now.
Waltz needs to win.
Oh and even though The Hurt Locker and District 9 are awesome, im now hoping Avatar will win best picture because it does not get enough love on here, screw you all! :p
BEST PICTURE
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up In the Air
BEST DIRECTOR
James Cameron, Avatar
Katherine Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarentino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up In The Air
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up In The Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
BEST ACTRESS
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penélope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up In The Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air
Mo'Nique, Precious
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Neil Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell, District 9
Neil Hornby, An Education
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, In The Loop
Geofrey Fletcher, Precious
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up In The Air
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mark Boall, The Hurt locker
Quentin Tarentino, Inglourious Basterds
Joel And Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Up
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Coraline
Fantastic Mr Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
I wouldn't mind any of the bolded ones winning.
Yeah, Avatar is like a nice sweet looking sports car with no engine... at least its pretty... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolf KannoQuote:
Originally Posted by DreddzAvatar has a lot more things going for it than just its story. Thats obvious.Quote:
Originally Posted by charliepanayi
For the most part, I don't watch the Oscars anymore, its mostly Hollywood politics nowadays.
I had little interest in any of the films nominated and beyond the Animated section (Must I really choose between Up and Coraline? :( ) I can't say I have much interest in any of the categories. It was mostly an uneventful year for movies for me sadly.
Nowadays? It's always been Hollywood politics! Right back to when Citizen Kane was fobbed off with only a Best Screenplay award (and probably before that too). That's what makes it so fun to poke holes in the decisions they make.
^ Same with Shawshank.
@ charlie: Crash & Braveheart are brilliant films. How can you think they are anything less?
Avatar deserves everything it gets. You people need to wake up and see how much balls it took to make a film on such a grand scale, and pull it off spectacularly. Avatar will still be talked about in 50 years, whereas the Hurt Locker will be forgotten about in 5.
I can't make any good predictions as I haven't seen most of the films nominated.
Yeah it does. But forgive some people for thinking that a Best Picture winner should be more than just a pretty face with admittedly great action and high production values.Quote:
Originally Posted by DreddzAvatar has a lot more things going for it than just its story. Thats obvious.Quote:
Originally Posted by charliepanayi
If you ask me, something that actually gets voted best picture should excel in all aspects of what it tried to do. Because of that I don't think Avatar should win because as much fun as it was to watch, it was so predictable that it's hard to like it on any other level than that. It's fun, but there's not really anything else to it even though it tries to be at least somewhat deeper than it is.
Hmm, isn't Up the second animated movie to ever be in the Best Picture category, along with Beauty and the Beast? It doesn't have a chance of winning, but I think putting it there is a statement.
Waltz definitely needs to win. I don't know about the others. I haven't heard of a few of these, honestly. Best part of the Oscars is giving me movies I didn't know existed. Yeah, yeah, I run off and watch critically acclaimed movies, spit on it if you want.
Yeah, but Beauty and the Beast was nominated before the introduction of 10 nominees in the Best Picture category :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Noctiluca
Every since they introduced the Best Animated Feature category in 2001, there was no way any animated film was going to get a nomination for Best Picture. Wall.E definitely deserved to be considered one of the best films of last year, moreso than UP for this year imho, and it didn't get a nod. It should have.
Every year there's always a few movies up there that seem to come out of nowhere. Are some of those indie films, released only in select theatres, or good straight to DVD movies?