OneEightZero
aka ThreeOneFour
Popularity (read 'money made') does not always equate 'Oscar win'. Nor should it.
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The 2010 Academy Awards of Something Something
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VelvetMouth
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Solideliquid said:
I would have preferd District 9 over everything but just having that POS Avatar losing, I'm willing to take anything in it's place.
tekumseh
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harSon said:
Oh, no, I've seen the Leone catalog, I completely understand the homage. For me, however, the environment and character types in IB served to provide a much more palpable sense of angst and dread in me than the Leone originals, that's all...
Here's the difference. You see Star Wars today, and you still get it.
You will watch The Hurt Locker, Inglorious Basterds 20 years from now, and they will be as good then as they are now.
Avatar? Dude, Avatar will just be an old special effects show case of a movie, that looks dated and gives you zero reason to see it.
You will watch The Hurt Locker, Inglorious Basterds 20 years from now, and they will be as good then as they are now.
Avatar? Dude, Avatar will just be an old special effects show case of a movie, that looks dated and gives you zero reason to see it.
brianjones
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my only letdown is coraline not winning over up even though I knew it wouldnt.
but cmon, give pixar a year off for a change
but cmon, give pixar a year off for a change
way more
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omg rite said:
The Hangover was only good because of Zach Galifinkis and 'Nard Dawg. The plot, other castmates and story only held them back. It was not great comedy. It was stifling and slow.
My nomination and winner of Best Body Double goes to whoever played Vera Farmiga's ass in Up in the Air.
LordAzrael
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MiamiWesker
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Dresden said:
Or no. Star Wars works on far more levels than Avatar does. It has WAY better characters. It has a hell of a lot more meaning, heart. Yes it takes from so many of the classic tales of our history but that is what makes it special. Star Wars is our modern myth. Avatar will never be viewed in the same way.
Mike Works
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I personally think Inglourious Basterds deserved BP over The Hurt Locker, but I can accept that win.
What I can't accept is Hurt Locker winning best screenplay. THAT is a fucking joke. I don't care how much that guy risked his damn life for that Playboy article, the story structure is fucking lazy as shit.
What I can't accept is Hurt Locker winning best screenplay. THAT is a fucking joke. I don't care how much that guy risked his damn life for that Playboy article, the story structure is fucking lazy as shit.
You people think Avatar is better than Star Wars? I'm outta here before bad taste consumers my entire being!
Oh you know, white people.
I was talking about people that think Avatar is this definitive film. It won the awards it should have and lost the one's it shouldn't have. It will be remembered as the film that finally got the ball rolling on 3D and unsurprisingly it won an award for that. The Hurt Locker is a film that will be remembered for being one of the best, if not the best, war films released.
Dresden said:
Oh you know, white people.
I was talking about people that think Avatar is this definitive film. It won the awards it should have and lost the one's it shouldn't have. It will be remembered as the film that finally got the ball rolling on 3D and unsurprisingly it won an award for that. The Hurt Locker is a film that will be remembered for being one of the best, if not the best, war films released.
PantherLotus
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Is it possible that none of the top 10 were really best picture material?
DeathNote said:
Considering the box office rat race of the past few years, I wouldn't expect Avatar to be #1 for very long. And I was referring to the individual HP films. The franchise will stay in peoples minds obviously because it's still running but I imagine most have no idea which HP film is more successful than any other or can even distinguish between them at this point.
Equus Bellator Apex
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This is a huge victory for Avatars haters, Hurt Locker fans and the people in between.
OneEightZero
aka ThreeOneFour
PantherLotus said:
I'll bite. Who should have been nominated/won? ^_^
MiamiWesker
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How the hell was District 9 not nominated for best make-up.
Justin Timberlake
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The fact that people are comparing it to Star Wars in the first place should tell you why it should have won.
STAR WARS PEOPLE. STAR WARS.
STAR WARS PEOPLE. STAR WARS.
ryutaro's mama
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PantherLotus said:
I think that could be said, depending on your tastes.
I think Hangover should have got in over, say, The Blind Side.
PantherLotus
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AstroMan said:
The bold makes me want to ask you where exactly you think it ranks in the pantheon of great war movies.
Washed_Out
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Calcaneus said:
Maybe so. He'll be like Martin Scorsese winning for The Departed. Good film but no way is it his best.
OneEightZero
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MiamiWesker said:
Most of it's 'make up' was CG?
DeathbyVolcano said:
We're on a massive forum, people live blog every single event, whether it's politics, sports, film or video game related. You constantly berating people for disagreeing with your opinions is a hell of a lot more annoying than live blogging and constant negativity.
Get over yourself and stop acting like such a drama queen.
I really enjoyed UP, BTW but I feel like the first 20 minutes of that film is what won.
Coraline was better overrall IMO and had a unique and important message: "Your parents love you even thought they are boring dicks. Nice adults are probably kidnappers or pedos."
Coraline was better overrall IMO and had a unique and important message: "Your parents love you even thought they are boring dicks. Nice adults are probably kidnappers or pedos."
-COOLIO- said:
I don't see the point in rewarding what is essentially a guy setting up these enormous challenges for himself and producing something that excels in one facet of film while doing nothing else that would even get noticed by the lowliest clerk working blockbusters straight to DVD aisle. It's a beautiful film and I enjoyed it for that reason, but that's all it has going for itself. That's it.
I was blown away (as it were) by The Hurt Locker and am delighted that it won Best Picture. Watching it on the big screen - not a terribly easy task, mind you, when it's widest release was roughly 500 theaters - was an amazingly tense experience. Since then, I've been telling friends that The Hurt Locker was my favorite movie of the year, so I'm glad to see that the Academy agreed with me. Kudos to Kathryn Bigelow for all of the richly deserved awards.
FnordChan
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wizword said:
my ass it is
OneEightZero
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AFreak said:
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these award shows are annoying because they force people to compare two completely different movies on the same merits. nowhere else would avatar be compared to the hurt locker, but eh...
loved both. now i've just gotta catch up on all the films i still didn't get around to seeing: up in the air, inglorious basterds, a single man... shame 'moon' wasn't entered, would have been nice to see it get some recognition.
also disappointed i missed the insanely hot tom ford
loved both. now i've just gotta catch up on all the films i still didn't get around to seeing: up in the air, inglorious basterds, a single man... shame 'moon' wasn't entered, would have been nice to see it get some recognition.
also disappointed i missed the insanely hot tom ford
MiamiWesker
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noisome07 said:
Not the aliens, on Wikus.
Anticitizen One
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Star Trek should have won Best Picture/Best Director
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