crazy monkey
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In animated category I don't want UP to win. Coraline or The Secret of Kells should win. Up is very over rated.
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The 2010 Academy Awards of Something Something
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Puddles said:
And I liked almost all of those movies more than Avatar. So yeah we are definately not in the same boat here. I don#t think I would want to watch Avatar gain, because besides the visual fluff, which is awesome the first time, I don#t know what else is there.
Zophar said:
No, it's becasue Sony was too cheap to send out screeners.
Steppenwolf
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Moon wasted most of its great potential imo. Very underwhelming film.
Hurt Locker was an ok movie but nothing i would consider even worthy of a nomination in normal years. It's lack of realism (from a military pov) gave me a headache or two.
Hurt Locker was an ok movie but nothing i would consider even worthy of a nomination in normal years. It's lack of realism (from a military pov) gave me a headache or two.
crazy monkey said:
I definitely think Coraline was a much better film than UP.
UP started off fantastically, and then nose-divided due to a terribly predictable second half full of pixar-esque cliches. Even the trademark pixar humor was mostly a miss.
Heck, I enjoyed Cloudy with a chance of meatballs more than UP.
I knew about that, but in all honesty it wouldn't have a had a chance at any nominations, technical or otherwise. Maybe an acting nod for Sam Rockwell. I liked it well enough but that's all it deserves. The guy's next film will be much better, this one felt like a test run for him. Soderbergh's Solaris remake was a better film that occupied the same thematic space, and that one didn't have any Oscar clout despite having Academy-darlings like Clooney and Soderbergh attached to it.Xater said:
Biff
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The Academy kind of gave away Best Animated by accident.crazy monkey said:
Up is the only animated film nominated for Best Picture.. Wouldn't make sense if it therefore doesn't win best Animated, as the other nominees are apparently not good enough for Best Picture
Because you watched it after it's been ultra-hyped to hell?YYZ said:
I saw it when it was unknown. I was absolutely blown away (no pun intended).
The hate here for Up is insulting.
Sure, the first half hour was cute and all, but it was the rest of the movie that made the first half hour important, how Fredickson deals with what happens in the movie and how it parallels with the boy, the dog, and the bird.
Granted, Coraline was more visually impressive, but that's it.
Sure, the first half hour was cute and all, but it was the rest of the movie that made the first half hour important, how Fredickson deals with what happens in the movie and how it parallels with the boy, the dog, and the bird.
Granted, Coraline was more visually impressive, but that's it.
criesofthepast
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This is my take as well. Oscars always bring the lols on gaf. I also haven't seen most of the best picture nominees so I really couldn't give a damn who wins. But, I know if avatar loses the meltdowns will be amazing. So, i'll be rooting against avatar just for the fun of it.Brinbe said:
Only person I care about is Jeff Bridges because the DUDE is BOSS and i want him to win everything.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Probably won't get an answer :lol But did Marvin Hamlisch get nominated here or win anything this year for his Informant score? I thought it was really fantastic, it completely dictated the tone of the movie.
BenjaminBirdie
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crazy monkey said:
I finally saw Coraline this weekend. That, to me, is a much more overrated movie. The plot is really meandering. The animation is really phenomenal but it's a very contrived fairy tale with very few real moments of emotion, which UP has in spades. I'd much rather have seen Cloudy get nominated over Coraline. That was a spectacular movie across the board.
BenjaminBirdie
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Willy105 said:
It was very clearly a short, storybook-level story, which was visual masterpiece on the page and a great reading experience but not strong enough to sustain a real compelling narrative. I think it scores a lot of points for being so unsettling for a kids movie, but that doesn't necessarily make it great.
BenjaminBirdie
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Dresden said:
I don't think you could describe the detailed conversation, backed up with evidence, we were having as "troll-mode."
Sorry.
This is how I'd rank the stuff I actually give a shit about.
Best Picture
1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
3. A Serious Man
4. Up in the Air
5. Up
6. Avatar
7. The Hurt Locker
8. An Education
These last two shouldn't have been nominated.
9. District 9
10. The Blind Side
Actor in a Leading Role
1. Jeremy Renner
2. Jeff Bridges
3. Collin Firth
4. Morgan Freeman
5. George Clooney
Actor in a Supporting Role (I thought Alfred Molina deserved to win but he wasn't nominated)
1. Woody Harrelson
2. Christoph Waltz
3. Christopher Plummer
4. Matt Damon
5. Stanley Tucci
Actress in a Leading Role
1. Gabourey Sidibe
2. Carey Mulligan
3. Meryl Streep
4. Helen Mirren
5. Sandra Bullock (Joke nomination)
Actress in a Supporting Role
1. Mo'Nique
2. Vera Farmiga
3. Anna Kendrick
4. Penélope Cruz
5. Maggie Gyllenhaal
Animated Feature Film (I personally would have chosen Ponyo as 1, but it's not listed)
1. Up
2. The Princess and the Frog
3. Coraline
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. The Secret of Kells
Cinematography
1. The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)
2. Avatar
3. Inglorious Basterds
4. The Hurt Locker
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Directing
1. Avatar
James Cameron
2. The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow
3. Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino
4. Up in the Air
5. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (This was a tough one, I don't think Lee Daniels is an impressive director in a traditional sense, but he's good at judging which actors/actresses are perfect for the roles in his films.)
Lee Daniels
Foreign Language Film (I've only seen two)
1. A Prophet (Un Prophète)
2. The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
1. In the Loop
2. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
3. Up in the Air
4. An Education
5. District 9 (This being nominated is a joke)
Writing (Original Screenplay)
1. Inglourious Basterds
Written by Quentin Tarantino
2. A Serious Man
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
3. The Hurt Locker
Written by Mark Boal
4. Up
Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter. Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
5. The Messenger
Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
Best Picture
1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
3. A Serious Man
4. Up in the Air
5. Up
6. Avatar
7. The Hurt Locker
8. An Education
These last two shouldn't have been nominated.
9. District 9
10. The Blind Side
Actor in a Leading Role
1. Jeremy Renner
2. Jeff Bridges
3. Collin Firth
4. Morgan Freeman
5. George Clooney
Actor in a Supporting Role (I thought Alfred Molina deserved to win but he wasn't nominated)
1. Woody Harrelson
2. Christoph Waltz
3. Christopher Plummer
4. Matt Damon
5. Stanley Tucci
Actress in a Leading Role
1. Gabourey Sidibe
2. Carey Mulligan
3. Meryl Streep
4. Helen Mirren
5. Sandra Bullock (Joke nomination)
Actress in a Supporting Role
1. Mo'Nique
2. Vera Farmiga
3. Anna Kendrick
4. Penélope Cruz
5. Maggie Gyllenhaal
Animated Feature Film (I personally would have chosen Ponyo as 1, but it's not listed)
1. Up
2. The Princess and the Frog
3. Coraline
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox
5. The Secret of Kells
Cinematography
1. The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)
2. Avatar
3. Inglorious Basterds
4. The Hurt Locker
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Directing
1. Avatar
James Cameron
2. The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow
3. Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino
4. Up in the Air
5. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (This was a tough one, I don't think Lee Daniels is an impressive director in a traditional sense, but he's good at judging which actors/actresses are perfect for the roles in his films.)
Lee Daniels
Foreign Language Film (I've only seen two)
1. A Prophet (Un Prophète)
2. The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
1. In the Loop
2. Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
3. Up in the Air
4. An Education
5. District 9 (This being nominated is a joke)
Writing (Original Screenplay)
1. Inglourious Basterds
Written by Quentin Tarantino
2. A Serious Man
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
3. The Hurt Locker
Written by Mark Boal
4. Up
Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter. Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
5. The Messenger
Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
Dresden said:
Are you trying to say that you disagree with me, but don't have a proper argument to convince me otherwise?
Come on. People read NeoGAF, we have an audience. Show them your views.
BenjaminBirdie said:
It definitely had great ideas, and by the ending, it was really interesting, but it didn't build up it's story very well or how the characters react to it. It felt like the story was meant to be for a videogame instead of a movie.
WrikaWrek said:
The writer himself used movies such as those as models for The Hurt Locker.
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1969623,00.html
Time said:
I don't feel The Hurt Locker comes close to measuring up to those films. It's gone down as the pre-eminent Iraq War movie mostly due to scarcity of competition, while there have been countless films about Vietnam and the World Wars.
And Platoon functions perfectly fine as an action movie, though it has greater ambitions than that. The battle scenes are lengthy and as intense as anything else that's been on-screen. All of these movies bring elements to them that The Hurt Locker doesn't bother to venture into, content to remain a straightforward action movie. As a result, it isn't going to be anywhere near as timeless.
This also describes Wall-E, IMO. Pixar has really dropped off lately.dmshaposv said:
Up's coronation as best animated film is just sad; Coraline really deserves it.
Oh wow, BB. -10,000 respect points for that one. Cloudy was garbage, even my kids didn't like it. I'd rather see one of the Ice Age movies, and I thought they were all utterly terrible.BenjaminBirdie said:
The truly great Iraq War movies won't be made for another decade or so, as it was with Vietnam.
THL is certainly good if not a bit overrated, I think its major failing is that it refuses to make any statement about the war. There's no real "message" in THL. Heck, I sort of prefer Black Hawk Down's jingoistic sentiment simply because it had the guts to say something, or at the very least provokes discussion about the American involvement. THL just sort of "presents" the Iraq War and some scenarios but it's terrified to make any commentary on our presence there.
THL is certainly good if not a bit overrated, I think its major failing is that it refuses to make any statement about the war. There's no real "message" in THL. Heck, I sort of prefer Black Hawk Down's jingoistic sentiment simply because it had the guts to say something, or at the very least provokes discussion about the American involvement. THL just sort of "presents" the Iraq War and some scenarios but it's terrified to make any commentary on our presence there.
BenjaminBirdie
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GhaleonEB said:
Wow, really? I don't know what to say, man. I very much admired Coraline from a visual standpoint. It's absolutely amazing. But storywise it was very simplistic and contained. Cloudy, sure, was a very pure comedy, but it was a fantastic one, which wasn't surprising considering its Clone High pedigree.
And I still feel Up was better than Coraline in a whole host of ways.
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Halfway to 2/3s of the way through maybe.
The hate for Up is asinine. It was a fantastic movie and was much more consistent than Wall-E. Coraline, while a visual masterpiece, had a pretty mediocre plot, same with the Secret of Kells. I would certainly rate Cloudy above either of them, but it's brand of comedy doesn't stretch across a wide demographic.
Future PhaZe
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Would not be upset to see Basterds take some awards home..great film.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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Somebody earlier called A Serious Man a mid-tier Coen Brothers film, which is a level of crazy I can't even begin to diagnose.
ryutaro's mama
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Tobor said:
If it does win, I await your bitter tears.
Wah, wah, wah.
Elan tedronai
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Avatar is pretty overrated. And like one poster said hurt locker contains no inherent message in it.
District 9 and IB are the best movies of 2009.
District 9 and IB are the best movies of 2009.
I think it was a poor year to expand it to 10 noms. You have shit that isn't going to be remember 5 years from now like Precious, Up in the Air, Hurt Locker...mixed with embarrassingly bad attempts at the popular vote; Avatar, Blindside, and Up. Basically allot of blah in the pool with only two films that feel like they deserve it. 2006 or 2007 would have made for a better argument if they wanted to expand it to 10.
Also, Yeah for Black Hawk Down mention! I loved it
Also, Yeah for Black Hawk Down mention! I loved it
So so looking forward to the Oscars tonight. Thought it was still another few weeks away, and because of UK time I'll be sitting up through the early morning hours and just hope I'm all good with some coffee during work tomorrow morning.
Because of the way voting has changed I really can't see Avatar winning best picture.
I feel Hurt Locker is pretty bang on to outright win that. Would love an Inglourious Basterds shock win also, but only chance of that happening is if the Avatar/Hurt Locker fan judges out right go against the other one........could very well happen though.
'A Prophet' best win Foreign Language Film as well. Easily one of the best films I've seen in the past 12 months.
Because of the way voting has changed I really can't see Avatar winning best picture.
I feel Hurt Locker is pretty bang on to outright win that. Would love an Inglourious Basterds shock win also, but only chance of that happening is if the Avatar/Hurt Locker fan judges out right go against the other one........could very well happen though.
'A Prophet' best win Foreign Language Film as well. Easily one of the best films I've seen in the past 12 months.
The Awkward Wizard
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I think I'm the only one, but I hope Up wins the Oscar for Best Picture.
ryutaro's mama
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If AHBUHDAR wins, I need the camera on Reitman for the birth of the Manning Face successor.
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