Movies and TV ****OFFICIAL 2010 Academy Awards Thread**** - Page 14

Miles · 03-08-2010, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by frazod

Although I watched Hurt Locker and Moon on the same evening, and frankly I liked Moon better. It didn't get nominated for a goddamn thing, did it?

Nope. Not even score. And it was a year where sci-fi wasn't completely dismissed. I probably preferred Moon as well and it definitely stuck with me much longer after seeing it.

blazzin311 · 03-08-2010, 01:39 AM

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I'm glad a movie that I saw and liked won. Although I watched Hurt Locker and Moon on the same evening, and frankly I liked Moon better. It didn't get nominated for a goddamn thing, did it?

Nope. I agree with ya on Moon. I actually think Sam Rockwell should have been nominated in the best actor category and I think he should of won too. He did a brilliant job in the movie. Poor shame really that he wasn't recognized for his efforts.

Miles · 03-08-2010, 01:47 AM

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Nope. I agree with ya on Moon. I actually think Sam Rockwell should have been nominated in the best actor category and I think he should of won too. He did a brilliant job in the movie. Poor shame really that he wasn't recognized for his efforts.

I think it mostly suffered from being a limited release, British indy flick that didn't manage to gain enough popular attention before these award shows started. Sam Rockwell was ****ing outstanding in it.

Demonpenz · 03-08-2010, 06:43 AM

Saving private ryan looses 20 points having Sam Malone in the middle of the ****ing movie

**the Talking Can** · 03-08-2010, 07:15 AM

Buldyke getting an oscar for Blind Side is pretty embarrassing....

stevieray · 03-08-2010, 07:57 AM

I missed the Oscars again??

damn.

**Reaper16** · 03-08-2010, 08:45 AM

For everyone decrying the lack of nominations for Moon: I liked Moon an awful lot and I think that it should have gotten nominations consideration. BUT Sony apparently didn't think the same. Sony didn't send any Moon screeners out for awards consideration whatsoever.

Brock · 03-08-2010, 10:56 AM

JD10367 · 03-08-2010, 11:08 AM

Well, last night went pretty much as expected by most people.

Bridges and Bullock. Did they really deserve their awards? Maybe. Maybe not. You can't help but feel they both got them more as "lifetime achievement awards". Especially in Bullock's case. If Helen Mirrin wasn't so critically acclaimend, and if Meryl Streep wasn't so critically acclaimed, and if the other two weren't "who dat?"s, there's no way Bullock wins. (Side note: that girl from "Precious", holy crap, man.... that's one big woman. Mo'Nique sat behind her probably 'cause she said, "This is the only person in the room I look skinny when I sit behind."

)

Bigelow. Another one where you can debate it. Her work before this was pretty uninspiring. Did she win because she's a woman? Did she win because no one wanted to see Cameron up there again?

"The Hurt Locker". Again, people seem split on this film. Some love it, a few think it whacks it, and even a lot that enjoyed it think it's not worthy of an Oscar. Did "Avatar" get a backlash because it made so much money? Or maybe it's a technological thing. "Tron" was blacklisted for an effects award 'cause the Academy said they "cheated" by using computer graphics, LOL. "Beauty and the Beast" might have been the best picture in its year but they weren't going to give an Oscar for Best Picture to a cartoon at that point in time. Maybe, 10 years from now, an "Avatar"-style picture might win. But IMO right now it's too new and unusual and unknown for people to vote for it. (Hell, half probably didn't vote for it out of some irrational fear that "computer-animated films will take all of our acting jobs away", which totally isn't true if you know anything about how they made the film.) But, as has been mentioned, "Avatar" already won when it was "Dances With Wolves", and while "Avatar" was a very enjoyable film, I don't think it was "robbed" the way "Saving Private Ryan" was. Cameron's got his "Titanic" Oscars and his mattress full of Benjamins to console him.

The dual-hosting thing was okay. Funny in spots, flat in spots. I still don't think anyone's done it better than Billy Crystal, but that's JMO.

Deberg_1990 · 03-08-2010, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JD10367

Bridges and Bullock. Did they really deserve their awards? Maybe. Maybe not.

This happens frequently. They both deserved it. Even if Bullock resume to this point hasnt been that great.

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Bigelow. Another one where you can debate it. Her work before this was pretty uninspiring. Did she win because she's a woman? Did she win because no one wanted to see Cameron up there again?

Shes been solid for a looong time. Even if most of her movies have been "geek/cult" hits up till now.

IMO, the best films nominated last night were Up and Basterds.

Frazod · 03-08-2010, 11:13 AM

It kind of amazes me that we live in a world where Sandra Bullock has won an Oscar but Sigourney Weaver hasn't.

CoMoChief · 03-08-2010, 11:18 AM

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It kind of amazes me that we live in a world where Sandra Bullock has won an Oscar but Sigourney Weaver hasn't.

Bullock deserved an oscar for that tight little ass she still has at her age.

Delano · 03-08-2010, 12:00 PM

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Bullock deserved an oscar...

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CoMoChief · 03-08-2010, 11:16 AM

I didn't like Hurt Locker. watched it last night.

Ing Basterds was my favorite movie so far.....one of the best I've seen in a while actually.

Avatar was cool, but it was pretty much Pocahontas in Sci-Fi

JD10367 · 03-08-2010, 06:44 PM

So Farrah Fawcett, who was very famous and did a bunch of movies (albeit bad ones), as well as TV shows, got no mention in the Academy's "In Memoriam" roll... but Michael the Child Molester, who was in ONE film ("The Wiz"), got a moment. F**king scumbag upstaged Farrah on the day she died, and did it again at the Oscars...

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JD10367 Cheaterlover* Join Date: May 2009 Location: RI Casino cash: $10010716	Well, last night went pretty much as expected by most people. Bridges and Bullock. Did they really deserve their awards? Maybe. Maybe not. You can't help but feel they both got them more as "lifetime achievement awards". Especially in Bullock's case. If Helen Mirrin wasn't so critically acclaimend, and if Meryl Streep wasn't so critically acclaimed, and if the other two weren't "who dat?"s, there's no way Bullock wins. (Side note: that girl from "Precious", holy crap, man.... that's one big woman. Mo'Nique sat behind her probably 'cause she said, "This is the only person in the room I look skinny when I sit behind." ) Bigelow. Another one where you can debate it. Her work before this was pretty uninspiring. Did she win because she's a woman? Did she win because no one wanted to see Cameron up there again? "The Hurt Locker". Again, people seem split on this film. Some love it, a few think it whacks it, and even a lot that enjoyed it think it's not worthy of an Oscar. Did "Avatar" get a backlash because it made so much money? Or maybe it's a technological thing. "Tron" was blacklisted for an effects award 'cause the Academy said they "cheated" by using computer graphics, LOL. "Beauty and the Beast" might have been the best picture in its year but they weren't going to give an Oscar for Best Picture to a cartoon at that point in time. Maybe, 10 years from now, an "Avatar"-style picture might win. But IMO right now it's too new and unusual and unknown for people to vote for it. (Hell, half probably didn't vote for it out of some irrational fear that "computer-animated films will take all of our acting jobs away", which totally isn't true if you know anything about how they made the film.) But, as has been mentioned, "Avatar" already won when it was "Dances With Wolves", and while "Avatar" was a very enjoyable film, I don't think it was "robbed" the way "Saving Private Ryan" was. Cameron's got his "Titanic" Oscars and his mattress full of Benjamins to console him. The dual-hosting thing was okay. Funny in spots, flat in spots. I still don't think anyone's done it better than Billy Crystal, but that's JMO.
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JD10367 Cheaterlover* Join Date: May 2009 Location: RI Casino cash: $10010716	So Farrah Fawcett, who was very famous and did a bunch of movies (albeit bad ones), as well as TV shows, got no mention in the Academy's "In Memoriam" roll... but Michael the Child Molester, who was in ONE film ("The Wiz"), got a moment. F**king scumbag upstaged Farrah on the day she died, and did it again at the Oscars...
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