82nd Annual Academy Awards

[Schlosser85]

But Inglourious Basterds was still the best film of the year and far more original or at least more creative than the super-serious and self-congratulatory Avatar.

I admit I haven't seen The Hurt Locker, Precious, or A Single Man, but I have seen both Avatar and Inglourious Basterds multiple times, and in my opinion the only exceptional thing about IB is what it received its Oscar for, Christoph Waltz.

 

[danoyse]

I've seen 6 of the 10 Best Picture nominees...but that number goes up to 7 tomorrow, I'm getting Precious from Netflix.

 

[Figs]

I thought Mo'nique deserved to win and I liked Baldwin and Martian but as usual most of the show sucked and the winners were predictable.

I really like Sandra Bullock and her speech and I'm happy for her but she shouldn't have won.

Were you disappointed with some of the winners?

 

[Iceman]

Impossible not to like Sandra Bullock. I'm glad she won.

 

[Apollo]

I've seen All of the nominated films. I pretty much liked them all. Now that Hurt Locker won, I'm gonna want to see it again. Avatar is the only one i saw twice.

My grades
Avatar - A
Up - A
Inglorious Basterds - A
Up in the Air - A
The Blind Side - A
The Hurt Locker - B
District 9- B
An Education - B
Precious - C
A Serious Man - D

 

[Kud-Dukan]

I've seen All of the nominated films. I pretty much liked them all.

That's refreshing to see lol. With the way people talk on the internet, you'd think we're only allowed to like a single film, and attempt to tear down the others and anyone who likes them. t:

 

[Sawyer]

Jeez how old is Cameron's current wife? She looks easily ten years older than Bigelow, but I doubt that she's almost seventy, so I'm guessing she's just aged badly.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I admit I haven't seen The Hurt Locker, Precious, or A Single Man, but I have seen both Avatar and Inglourious Basterds multiple times, and in my opinion the only exceptional thing about IB is what it received its Oscar for, Christoph Waltz.

That not true. I also thought Melanie Laurent's performance as Shoshanna was also very good. Whether it deserved an Oscar nomination is whole 'nother debate that I would rather not get into.

 

[Iceman]

The black family struggle genre is pretty much my favorite.

LMAO!!

Jeez how old is Cameron's current wife? She looks easily ten years older than Bigelow, but I doubt that she's almost seventy, so I'm guessing she's just aged badly.

48. Bigelow is 58!!

 

[Sawyer]

48. Bigelow is 58!!

That's bad.... when you look older than a woman that's ten years older than you....

 

[Bunker]

I've seen 6 of the 10 Best Picture nominees...but that number goes up to 7 tomorrow, I'm getting Precious from Netflix.

Um...how may I ask? All the new releases on Netflix automatically get the Long Wait BS for me.

 

[danoyse]

Um...how may I ask? All the new releases on Netflix automatically get the Long Wait BS for me.

You have to time it right. Keep the new release at the top of your queue, then mail back the movie you have either on Friday or Saturday. By the time it gets there, you should be just in time to snag it when it's released on Tuesday.

I've done that a few times, and it always works for me. Wait a few days after the release date, and you get stuck on long wait.

That's also how I got The Hurt Locker the first week it was on blu-ray. I just got the email that Precious is on its way, so I should have it tomorrow.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Um...how may I ask? All the new releases on Netflix automatically get the Long Wait BS for me.

If you have new releases at the top of your queue, and time it so that the movies you send back arrive at Netflix on Monday, you have a good chance of getting one or more of them.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Someone made that point about Sandra Bullock winning too. She also won the SAG for Best Actress, which is voted on by other actors. So it's not just an Oscar-politics thing. People just thought it was the best performance.

(and I was very happy she won) t:

She also won the Director's Guild of America award too, which is voted on by the director's union. Obviously, everyone felt she deserved the award. I don't think it was politics.

 

[Gilpesh]

I'm surprised that no one has made the easy joke:

It also helps that the movie is Precious.

 

[DACrowe]

I admit I haven't seen The Hurt Locker, Precious, or A Single Man, but I have seen both Avatar and Inglourious Basterds multiple times, and in my opinion the only exceptional thing about IB is what it received its Oscar for, Christoph Waltz.

Fair. I loved the writing, the dialogue, the tone of the picture and the mixing of genres. I loved the performances of Laurent, Kruger and even Pitt. I thought it was funny, beautifully photographed, memorable and the image of Shosanna laughing on the burning movie screen and then smoke unforgettable. As was every scene Waltz was in.

But to each their own. IMO Avatar won for the only thing noteworthy about it as well. Visual Effects. Otherwise it is a run-of-the-mill blockbuster that recycles stories from better movies. And it most certainly did not deserve an Oscar for cinematography when everybody else in the category spent most of the film actually photographing their work as opposed to designing it in a computer.

But to each their own.

 

[Kane52630]

btw, Katheryn Bigalow is frigin' hot.

i agree

 

[Episode29]

A Serious Man - D

Wow. Just wow. I'd easily rank it in the top 5 of the year, not to mention probably of the Coens' entire filmography.

 

[Dark Victory]

Wow. Just wow. I'd easily rank it in the top 5 of the year, not to mention probably of the Coens' entire filmography.

Agreed.

 

[DACrowe]

[edt

 

[Brother Jack]

I'm ecstatic that UP won Best Score. It was a beautiful opus by Michael Giacchino, and the first time in a while that the Academy actually got it right with that category.

 

[Marx]

I loved Up! Definitely one of Pixar's best to date.

 

[Schlosser85]

That not true.

Notice how I said "in my opinion".

Fair. I loved the writing, the dialogue, the tone of the picture and the mixing of genres. I loved the performances of Laurent, Kruger and even Pitt. I thought it was funny, beautifully photographed, memorable and the image of Shosanna laughing on the burning movie screen and then smoke unforgettable.

But to each their own. IMO Avatar won for the only thing noteworthy about it as well. Visual Effects. Otherwise it is a run-of-the-mill blockbuster that recycles stories from better movies. And it most certainly did not deserve an Oscar for cinematography when everybody else in the category spent most of the film actually photographing their work as opposed to designing it in a computer.

The biggest thing for me is it seems pointless. The movie is barely even about the Basterds, and even Landa isn't really given much to actually do as far as an actual plot until the end. Waltz completely makes that character memorable.

90% of it between the first scene and the climax seems like a bunch of characters sitting around having witty conversations in various languages just to be showing Tarantino can write witty conversations.

Yea some scenes are good. The opening scene gets so tense it almost makes you physically uncomfortable. And the scene in the bar gets that way. But most of it doesn't feel like it's in the service of an actual story. The closest thing to a consistent plot is Shoshanna avenging her family, not anything to do with the actual Basterds, who are actually almost completely pointless, as they really affect little or nothing about the way things turn out.

And it's not that I just don't like Tarantino...I really enjoy the Kill Bill movies, for example.

IB just was a lot of "meh" to me. It just didn't do much for me besides Landa and the spectacular Nazi pwnage in the end, which was pretty epic.

 

[Dark Victory]

Wow. Just wow. I'd easily rank it in the top 5 of the year, not to mention probably of the Coens' entire filmography.

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[-Arya-]

Agreed.

I would guess the main problem much of the general audience would have is there wasn't much going on and it lead to an abrupt and meaningless ending.

I loved it, but I can see why many would think this.