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

Dante84 · 03-07-2010, 03:53 PM

The Oscar Awards 2010 are taking place today at 7:00 PM CST. The live coverage of the Oscars Awards 2010 can be watched on ABC. The 82nd Annual Academy Awards are being held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Actors Alec Baldwin and Steve martin will host the show. The 2010 Oscars will be the first telecast since the 59th ceremony to have multiple hosts.

Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon in “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Animated Feature Film
“Coraline” Henry Selick
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
“The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
“The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
“Up” Pete Docter

Art Direction
“Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
“Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
“Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Cinematography
“Avatar” Mauro Fiore
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
“The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
“Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
“The White Ribbon” Christian Berger

Costume Design
“Bright Star” Janet Patterson
“Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
“Nine” Colleen Atwood
“The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

Directing
“Avatar” James Cameron
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
“Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
“Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

Documentary (Feature)
“Burma VJ” Anders Ostergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
“The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
“Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
“Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa

Documentary (Short Subject)
“China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
“The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
“The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
“Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
“Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Film Editing
“Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
“District 9” Julian Clarke
“The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
“Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz

Foreign Language Film
“Ajami” Israel
“The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)” Peru
“A Prophet (Un Prophète)” France
“The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” Argentina
“The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)” Germany

Makeup
“Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
“Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
“The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Music (Original Score)
“Avatar” James Horner
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
“The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
“Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
“Up” Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)
“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
“Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Picture
“Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
“The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
“District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
“An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
“Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
“A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
“Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
“Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Short Film (Animated)
“French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
“Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
“The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
“Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
“A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park

Short Film (Live Action)
“The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
“Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
“Kavi” Gregg Helvey
“Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
“The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing
“Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
“The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
“Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
“Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
“Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing
“Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
“The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
“Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
“Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Visual Effects
“Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
“District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
“Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
“An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
“In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
“Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay)
“The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
“Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
“The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
“A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

**Fire Me Boy!** · 03-08-2010, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by JD10367

I disagree. Frankly, they'd already lost respectability when they gave it to "Shakespeare In Love" over "Saving Private Ryan".

Shakespeare in Love won that year because there were two legitimate Best Picture nominees - Saving Private Ryan and Life is Beautiful. The two legitimate films split the vote, and the No. 3 movie took the prize. Sucks, but that's what happens in voting sometimes.

Miles · 03-08-2010, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

Shakespeare in Love won that year because there were two legitimate Best Picture nominees - Saving Private Ryan and Life is Beautiful. The two legitimate films split the vote, and the No. 3 movie took the prize. Sucks, but that's what happens in voting sometimes.

Still pretty unusual since that was one of the random years they let a foreign language film in for best picture consideration.

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, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by dirk digler

What kind of movie is it then?

A character study. The movie is set in a war, sure, but it makes no commentary on war and is apolitical. It uses the setting to excellent dramatic effect but the film is about its characters and nothing more.

**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.

JD10367 · 03-08-2010, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by MoreLemonPledge

She's quietly attractive.

Eek. She looks too much like Odo from "DS9".

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.

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, 11:16 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

CoMoChief · 03-08-2010, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by frazod

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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Originally Posted by CoMoChief

Bullock deserved an oscar...

There you have it folks.
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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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Originally Posted by JD10367

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.

03-07-2010, 03:53 PM
Dante84 Tossed Salad & Scrambled Eggs Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: ATX & OPKS Casino cash: $-2028004 VARSITY	**OFFICIAL 2010 Academy Awards Thread The Oscar Awards 2010 are taking place today at 7:00 PM CST. The live coverage of the Oscars Awards 2010 can be watched on ABC. The 82nd Annual Academy Awards are being held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Actors Alec Baldwin and Steve martin will host the show. The 2010 Oscars will be the first telecast since the 59th ceremony to have multiple hosts. Actor in a Leading Role Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart” George Clooney in “Up in the Air” Colin Firth in “A Single Man” Morgan Freeman in “Invictus” Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker” Actor in a Supporting Role Matt Damon in “Invictus” Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger” Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station” Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones” Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds” Actress in a Leading Role Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side” Helen Mirren in “The Last Station” Carey Mulligan in “An Education” Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia” Actress in a Supporting Role Penélope Cruz in “Nine” Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air” Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart” Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air” Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Animated Feature Film “Coraline” Henry Selick “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson “The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements “The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore “Up” Pete Docter Art Direction “Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith “Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim “Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer “The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray Cinematography “Avatar” Mauro Fiore “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel “The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd “Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson “The White Ribbon” Christian Berger Costume Design “Bright Star” Janet Patterson “Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme “Nine” Colleen Atwood “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell Directing “Avatar” James Cameron “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow “Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels “Up in the Air” Jason Reitman Documentary (Feature) “Burma VJ” Anders Ostergaard and Lise Lense-Møller “The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens “Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith “Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa Documentary (Short Subject) “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett “Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra Film Editing “Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron “District 9” Julian Clarke “The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis “Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz Foreign Language Film “Ajami” Israel “The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)” Peru “A Prophet (Un Prophète)” France “The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” Argentina “The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)” Germany Makeup “Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow “The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore Music (Original Score) “Avatar” James Horner “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat “The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders “Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer “Up” Michael Giacchino Music (Original Song) “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas “Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett Best Picture “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers “The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer “Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers Short Film (Animated) “French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin “A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park Short Film (Live Action) “The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn “Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström “Kavi” Gregg Helvey “Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson Sound Editing “Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson “Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman “Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin “Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers Sound Mixing “Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett “Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano “Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson Visual Effects “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones “District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken “Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton Writing (Adapted Screenplay) “District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell “An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby “In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher “Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Writing (Original Screenplay)** “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal “Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino “The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman “A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen “Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy
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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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