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03-07-2010, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by vapour_lock  ^ I CAN. woot. but sandra bullock for best actress. didnt see that one | sandra bullock was actually a heavy favorite to win. I would of been suprised if anyone else did
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03-07-2010, 09:30 PM
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#27 | | I don't get it
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I'm just glad Avatar didn't "own the Oscars" with all the hype, it was amazing and all but it really doesnt deserve to win all the awards it was nominated for, there are better ones as we saw tonight.
Sandra Bullock wooooo
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03-07-2010, 09:31 PM
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#28 | | My name is Michael. J. Caboose, and I hate BABIES!
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Hurt Locker was a great movie, may not have been spot on for realism but it was great nonetheless. I've heard nothing but bad things about Avatar. People have told me it's like watching a Starcraft match get put into a movie. Snore. No thanks.
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03-07-2010, 09:36 PM
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all the movies nodded for best picture are horribly mediocre movies except avatar
that is one movie we might even remember a year down the road
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03-07-2010, 10:13 PM
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i read that many iraq vets thought the hurt locker didn't represent them well
i rather watch HBO's generation kill
james cameron aquaman should've won 
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03-07-2010, 10:24 PM
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aww wtf
shitty, hurt locker god damm
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03-08-2010, 02:12 AM
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Originally Posted by liu13 all the movies nodded for best picture are horribly mediocre movies except avatar
that is one movie we might even remember a year down the road | Are you serious!? I'm guessing you are still in High School?
Well deserved for Hurt Locker.
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03-08-2010, 02:47 AM
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Just because it made the most amount of money doesn't make it the best movie.....
Obviously, there isn't any credibility when a bunch of high school kids and morons watch Avatar over and over again.
Look where your money went guys.....A GOLDEN GLOBE! The only voting panel that would give BORAT a movie of the year award....  | |
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03-08-2010, 02:48 AM
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agreeing with most of you.
I still cant get over the fact the hurt lcoker won best pictures
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03-08-2010, 02:49 AM
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Originally Posted by liu13 all the movies nodded for best picture are horribly mediocre movies except avatar
that is one movie we might even remember a year down the road | Yep. I sure hate character driven drama with stellar acting and a genuinely tense atmosphere carefully developed through camera work and sound. I'd much rather have a story we've heard at least six times before in movie that little more than a display for next generation technology.
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03-08-2010, 02:51 AM
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Originally Posted by wuuhoo agreeing with most of you.
I still cant get over the fact the hurt lcoker won best pictures | That's because movies like The Hurt Locker aren't for retards.
If The Hurt Locker didn't win, it would've been Up in the Air. Avatar was only there because the movie is a technical achievement...not actually a good movie.
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03-08-2010, 03:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Ronin That's because movies like The Hurt Locker aren't for retards.
If The Hurt Locker didn't win, it would've been Up in the Air. Avatar was only there because the movie is a technical achievement...not actually a good movie. | i would have love to see up in the air win it
but i agree, hurt locker was awesome!!!
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03-08-2010, 10:03 AM
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#38 | | Da Vinci's real masterpiece: The Mona Diesel
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Originally Posted by Ronin That's because movies like The Hurt Locker aren't for retards.
If The Hurt Locker didn't win, it would've been Up in the Air. Avatar was only there because the movie is a technical achievement...not actually a good movie. | Man i hate this attitude with awards comes around. Hurt locker was the better movie but for pure ENJOYMENT factor avatar wins hands down.
In here lies the problem, people will want what they found to be the most enjoyable movie to win. This in itself, does not indicate that they are somehow retarded because they have a "lowbrow" taste in movies.
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03-08-2010, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Jsunu Man i hate this attitude with awards comes around. Hurt locker was the better movie but for pure ENJOYMENT factor avatar wins hands down.
In here lies the problem, people will want what they found to be the most enjoyable movie to win. This in itself, does not indicate that they are somehow retarded because they have a "lowbrow" taste in movies. | I think you have to keep in mind is that the Oscars doesn't award movies based on just pure ENJOYMENT factor. If that was the case, movies like StarTrek or Zombieland would be in contention.
Let's face it, most people's tastes are more align with the People's Choice Awards than say the Oscars anyway.
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03-08-2010, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Jsunu Man i hate this attitude with awards comes around. Hurt locker was the better movie but for pure ENJOYMENT factor avatar wins hands down.
In here lies the problem, people will want what they found to be the most enjoyable movie to win. This in itself, does not indicate that they are somehow retarded because they have a "lowbrow" taste in movies. | If people looked into who won the previous years, they'd likely have a better ideas as to who will win the current year. Yes, I realize many people enjoyed Avatar, but it was nothing more than a technical achievement. Those sort of popcorn movies never win a Best Picture award at the Academy's. The majority of movies that win are ones that make you sit back when the credits start rolling and think for a few minutes about what you just saw. American Beauty, No Country For Old Men, Schindler's List, Slumdog Millionaire, etc., etc. That's not to say "entertaining films haven't won before -- Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Chicago, Gladiator, etc. -- but most of those movies won not because of the entertainment factor, but because of something more.
And I'm sorry, but Avatar just didn't have that.
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03-08-2010, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Lomac If people looked into who won the previous years, they'd likely have a better ideas as to who will win the current year. Yes, I realize many people enjoyed Avatar, but it was nothing more than a technical achievement. Those sort of popcorn movies never win a Best Picture award at the Academy's. The majority of movies that win are ones that make you sit back when the credits start rolling and think for a few minutes about what you just saw. American Beauty, No Country For Old Men, Schindler's List, Slumdog Millionaire, etc., etc. That's not to say "entertaining films haven't won before -- Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Chicago, Gladiator, etc. -- but most of those movies won not because of the entertainment factor, but because of something more.
And I'm sorry, but Avatar just didn't have that. | Bla should have been more clear. I actually believed that Hurt locker should've have won this year, hands down. I was just trying to argue against how often people say avatar = retard, hurt locker = intellectual enjoyment.
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03-08-2010, 12:30 PM
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james cameron's Aquaman should've won last year
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03-08-2010, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by liu13 all the movies nodded for best picture are horribly mediocre movies except avatar
that is one movie we might even remember a year down the road | seriously dude? "horribly mediocre"?
Inglourious Basterds
Hurt Locker
District 9
and UP!?!?
Give your head a shake.
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03-08-2010, 06:02 PM
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Wanting Avatar to win Best Picture is like saying you think The Fast and the Furious is Best Picture...or you think Zoolander should've been Best Picture.
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03-08-2010, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Lomac The majority of movies that win are ones that make you sit back when the credits start rolling and think for a few minutes about what you just saw. | That happened in Avatar...I saw the future of movies. Did I see a good movie? Not really.
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03-08-2010, 06:07 PM
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Way to go for the first best female director....=)
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03-08-2010, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Yuffa Way to go for the first best female director....=) | I should find the number of her attourney.
You gotta give credit to a lawyer that can take 4 Oscars aways from James Cameron in the divorce.
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03-09-2010, 03:27 PM
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i was pretty happy supporting male lead won by Chris, he deserved it.
I was sort of disappointed Hurt Locker won, the movie almost went straight to DVD.
You guys are right, Avatar was a cool movie but it wasn't in with a lot of depth and it just wasn't worthy. Now, Up in the air was a great script but i still didn't think George was close to winning. I really didn't think Streep was going to win for Julie and Julia but damnnnnnn Sandra's speech was just sooo freaking amazinggggg.
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03-09-2010, 04:15 PM
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#49 | | DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?
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it's always the same every year,
the movie that gets the most prestigious awards happens to be the one I didn't watch before the awards.  | |
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03-09-2010, 04:17 PM
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#50 | | DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?
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That aside, I don't think Inglorious Basterds deserved to be in the nominations for Best Picture. From a creativity perspective, I would agree it's more than adequate, but I just don't think it was that great.
Maybe I'm just dull and unable to see the light, but there's gotta be somebody else that agrees with me.
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