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Old 02-05-2010, 03:00 PM   #16
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The Blind Side? Avatar? District 9? Up!?

What a shitty year for movies if this is what we get for best picture. Seriously, why did they broaden the category to include so many movies.

The Oscars are one step closer to being the Grammys.
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Old 02-06-2010, 01:36 PM   #17
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Best Picture

Who I'd like to win: The Hurt Locker
Who Will win: The Hurt Locker


Best Director
Who I'd like to win: Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds
Who Will win: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker


Best Actress
Who I'd like to win: Gabourey Sibide
Who will win: Carey Mulligan

Best Actor
Who I'd like to win: Jeremy Renner
Who will win: Jeff Bridges


Best Supporting Actress
Who I'd like to win: Penelope Cruz
Who will win: Penelope Cruz


Best Supporting Actor

Who I'd like to win: Cristoph Waltz
Who will win: Cristoph Waltz

Animated Feature Film
Who I'd like to win: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Who will win: Up

Art Direction
Who I'd like to win: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
What will win: Avatar

Cinematography
Who I'd like to win: The Hurt Locker
What will win: Avatar


Costume Design
What I'd like to win: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
What will win: Nine

Documentary Feature
What I'd like to win: Food, Inc.
What will win: Food, Inc.

Documentary Short
No opinion

Makeup
No opinion


Music (Original Score)

What I'd like to win: Alexandre Desplat, Fantastic Mr. Fox
What will win: Michael Giacchino, Up

Music (Original Song)
What I'd like to win: Either Randy Newman song
What will win: Either Randy Newman song

Sound Editing
What I'd like to win: Inglorius Basterds
What will win: Avatar

Sound Mixing
What I'd like to win: Inglorious Basterds
What will win: Avatar

Visual Effects
What I'd like to win: Avatar
What will win: Avatar

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
What I'd like to win: Up in the Air
What will win: District 9

Writing (Original Screenplay)
What I'd like to win: Up
What will win:The Hurt Locker
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Old 02-06-2010, 03:00 PM   #18
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The Blind Side? Avatar? District 9? Up!?

What a shitty year for movies if this is what we get for best picture. Seriously, why did they broaden the category to include so many movies.

The Oscars are one step closer to being the Grammys.


I can see the hate for The Blind Side and Avatar seems to be very love it or hate it. What could possibly be wrong with District 9? At least, so wrong that its a mark on the entire year that is what nominated? It was fantastic.

And I won't even ask what's wrong with Up!. Up! is one of Pixar's best movies. And considering that there's always some talk about "Maybe it'll get nominated for the Best Picture Oscar!" for every Pixar movie, I think their arguably best one certainly deserves it. It may not be "artsy," but it certainly resonates emotionally more than most Best Picture nominees.

Just a few noms from prior year's that I think District 9 and Up! were better than:

- Frost/Nixon
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Crash
- Brokeback Mountain



Anyway, not like it really matters that they were nominated. Avatar might win (and probably would have been nominated even if there were only five noms), but the others don't have a chance. They were only nominated to try to boost viewership. Even with the extra, more popular noms I'm sure there will be plenty of people wondering why Transformers isn't on the list.
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Re: Oscar Nominees
Old 02-07-2010, 01:39 AM   #19
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I can see the hate for The Blind Side and Avatar seems to be very love it or hate it. What could possibly be wrong with District 9? At least, so wrong that its a mark on the entire year that is what nominated? It was fantastic.

And I won't even ask what's wrong with Up!. Up! is one of Pixar's best movies. And considering that there's always some talk about "Maybe it'll get nominated for the Best Picture Oscar!" for every Pixar movie, I think their arguably best one certainly deserves it. It may not be "artsy," but it certainly resonates emotionally more than most Best Picture nominees.

Just a few noms from prior year's that I think District 9 and Up! were better than:

- Frost/Nixon
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Crash
- Brokeback Mountain



Anyway, not like it really matters that they were nominated. Avatar might win (and probably would have been nominated even if there were only five noms), but the others don't have a chance. They were only nominated to try to boost viewership. Even with the extra, more popular noms I'm sure there will be plenty of people wondering why Transformers isn't on the list.
I don't think you can directly compare Frost/Nixon, Benjamin Button, Crash or Brokeback Mountain to District 9 or Up!. But that is a subjective matter...and I respect that.

In my opinion District 9 fell apart and become a less-than-stellar film after the second act. And I don't think Up! was in the same league as WALL-E, which all things considered should have been a Best Picture film....

I think we can find some common ground though, I'd much rather see Up! or District 9 beat out Avatar or The Blind Side.
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Old 02-07-2010, 08:38 AM   #20
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I actually think District 9 got better as it went along. Once it got past the apartheid analogy and started concentrating on the desperate situation of the protagonists, the movie really picked up and its imperfect but realistic ending lent well to the hand-held camera style of film making. Neil Bloomkamp is a name to look for, and from the buzz I'm hearing he's considering picking the Halo project back up again, nd I think that would be fantastic.

District 9was one of those movies that made you think after the credits rolled, and any movie that does that deserves a nomination, IMO.
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