82nd Academy Awards
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for the first time in a while - there are 10 nominees for best picture
“Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
“The Blind Side” Nominees to be determined
“District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
“An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
“The Hurt Locker” Nominees to be determined
“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
see full list of nominees here ... http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawa ... inees.html
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i think the 10 nominees is to allow for films that previously wouldn't get best picture consideration - i think WALL-E last year was a film that was on many critics top 5 and should have gotten a nomination but it wasn't traditional best picture fare ... so, this is their solution to that ...
anyways - a wide selection will split many votes i think ... i'm guessing the hurt locker and avatar are front runners ...
“Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
“The Blind Side” Nominees to be determined
“District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
“An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
“The Hurt Locker” Nominees to be determined
“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
see full list of nominees here ... http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawa ... inees.html
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i think the 10 nominees is to allow for films that previously wouldn't get best picture consideration - i think WALL-E last year was a film that was on many critics top 5 and should have gotten a nomination but it wasn't traditional best picture fare ... so, this is their solution to that ...
anyways - a wide selection will split many votes i think ... i'm guessing the hurt locker and avatar are front runners ...
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Let's go Jeff Bridges!!!
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I'm looking forward to the Academy Awards.
Every year AMC theaters has a movie marathon showing all 5 "picture of the year" nominee's. It's a long day, like 13 hours but well worth it (if you can sit that long). It's like $30 and you get a bottomless popcorn and drink (in the past anyway). There is break time between each movie to eat and stuff and they even do trivia for silly prizes. I was really looking forward to doing it again this year but not sure if they're going to do it being there are 10 movies nominated??? Hmmmmmmmmmm.
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The best time to Love is Now.
I'm never as good as when you're there.........
I have a cool memory though of being in LA a few years back for the awards. Hanging around outside and the endless limos coming and coming and coming as far as you could see. It was very cool
I've lived in So Cal my whole life and I've never ventured anywhere near any of the awards.
The best expression of Love is Time.
The best time to Love is Now.
I'm never as good as when you're there.........
i can see that.
it's like us NYers never going anywhere near times square for NYE.
the movie marathon sounds like such a cool thing!
i do believe our local AMC/regal cinemas does the same. my only fear is it being PACKED, i hate being stuffed into a packed theatre.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
either have i nor would i
and i think 10 best picture noms is ridiculous
agreed.
i mean really, how many decent pictures come out in a year?
i haven't been my usual movie-going self this past year. loads of DVDs, not that much time/$$$ spent in theatres. i've seen 5 of the 10 (only 2 of which seen in the theatre), and all the rest on my netflix queue awaiting their DVD release.
*realized i saw 5.
up
up in the air
inglorious basterds
the hurt locker
district 9
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
Hurt Locker and Up in the Air seemed like the best of those listed. If I had to rate them i would go as follows:
Up in the Air
Hurt Locker
Inglourious Besterds
Avatar
District 9
Blind Side
Biggest snub for me was Viggo Mortenson not being nominated for best actor for his role in "The Road".
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District 9? really? the movie was so predictable and the acting so lifeless. zero character development. but hey, it's suppose to be about racism and since we have a half black president...why not give it a vote. :roll:
I saw more than half of them and I'd say that Inglorious Bastards might have been my favorite followed by UP or The Blind Side.
Here are some other thoughts:
Avatar was absolutely amazing from a visual standpoint. The story and "acting" was not good.
District 9 just had way too many holes in it and kind of fell apart.
Hurt Locker was amazingly intense and well acted, but there wasn't much of a story....if any.
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yeah, i was surprised to see that there as well. Not a terrible movie, but nothing great at all.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
I haven't seen this movie but I've heard from several adults that its very good.
I'm pretty sure it was nominated in the "cartoon" category.
The best expression of Love is Time.
The best time to Love is Now.
I'm never as good as when you're there.........
sorry ... you're right ... i meant not nominated for best picture ... and does stop motion animation qualify as "cartoon" :?:
stop motion is classified as animated
they are doing that here. all 10 movies for $50... 5 on 2/27 and 5 on 3/6
http://www.amcentertainment.com/bps/
you can also just pick one day for $30
I'll be rooting for "UP" !
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beyond that, the best acting in a movie, all year, was precious. the acting in that was flawless.
as far as my favorite movie, my best picture of the year, out of the list, would be up. pixar keeps on making these unreal movies. what a great movie.
in general, my two favorite films of the year: away we go and where the wild things are
what the hell are you talking about. all the movies up for best picture are really impressive.
i keep saying it, but i am a massive fan of tarantino. i wanted to love inglorious, but it just didnt hit me, and i am a big fan of brad pitt as well, so the cards were in my favor here.
additionally, based, on the opening sequence of inglorious alone, yeah you are probably right, the guy does deserve an oscar. flawless scene. the one where the nazi guy goes to the guys house. wow. i know it wasnt a horror flick, but i hate modern horror films because of the lack of suspense. scaring people is an art. too often our generation's films just show blood and gore and dead bodies. horror film directors would be wise to study the opening scene for this reason alone. it is perfect in the suspense department. that is how you do suspense.
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dont think she was in any movies this year. last year she had rev road and the reader, of course.