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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | I finally go around to seeing Avatar...went last night after the Oscars...and thought it was well worth the price of admission. With that added to the list, I have seen 6 of the 10 nominations. Of those 6, The Hurt Locker would not have been my choice as Best Picture.
My ranking, of the 6 I have seen, would be:
Avatar
District 9
Up
The Blind Side
Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
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  | Eagle | | Registered: Oct 31, 2001 |
| Registered: March 15, 2007 | | Posts: 563 |
| | Posted: | | | | I've only seen 4 of the 10. Based on what I have seen, I do agree with the winner.
My rankings are:
- The Hurt Locker
- Up
- Avatar
- District 9 | | | | My phpDVDprofiler collection |
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,945 |
| | Posted: | | | | I am glad that the mediocre overhyped Avatar didnt make it.
My choice would have been:
1.Inglorious Basterds
2. District 9
3. The Hurt Locker
cheers
Donnie | | | | www.tvmaze.com |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 6,730 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting DarklyNoon: Quote:
I am glad that the mediocre overhyped Avatar didnt make it.
My choice would have been:
1.Inglorious Basterds
[...] Talking about overhyped ...  The only bearable performance I could find in this movie was Christoph Walz's. The rest was totally far below their usual standards (Esp. Tarantino and Pitt) | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 3,197 |
| | Posted: | | | | I know why they created an animation category but I think it will always prevent films like Up from winning Best Picture.
Personally, I like District 9 best, but that doesn't mean I disagree with the academy's choice. It was probably well deserved. | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 844 |
| | Posted: | | | | Of the 8 nominees I saw, my rankings are as follows:
Inglorious Basterds
Up
Avatar
District 9
Up in the Air
The Blind Side
The Hurt Locker
Precious
The top 3 are very close in rank, and I keep changing the order in my head, but as of this nanosecond that is how they sit. | | | | Last edited: by bob9000 |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Maybe Cameron getting owned by his ex wife might get him off his high horse and start putting his talent towards something more credible and down to earth.
This is the guy that made T1 and T2 ppl. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 844 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting FilmAlba: Quote:
This is the guy that made T1 and T2 ppl. What is your point? |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,202 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting bob9000: Quote:
Quoting FilmAlba:
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This is the guy that made T1 and T2 ppl.
What is your point? I was wondering that myself. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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| Registered: March 20, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,852 |
| | Posted: | | | | I haven't seen any of the ten films, so I don't disagree.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting scotthm: Quote:
I haven't seen any of the ten films, so I don't disagree.
--------------- Neither have I, but I disagree, just on principle.  | | | | Hal |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 1,777 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'm not sure if I cared who won. I will say that the Avatar story already won best picture some years ago when it was called Dances with Wolves, so no need to go there again. Did anyone else read that article suggesting that Avatar basically had no chance because the voters are actors and actors still prefer real people on real sets? |
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| Registered: August 23, 2008 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,656 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting FilmAlba: Quote:
Maybe Cameron getting owned by his ex wife might get him off his high horse and start putting his talent towards something more credible and down to earth.
This is the guy that made T1 and T2 ppl. ?? You realize they were married for like 2 years 20 years ago, right? And they are still good friends, so "owned" is an irrelevant term. Either way, do you honestly think Cameron cares? The dude is probably a gajillioniare by now, and Avatar will probably bust a billion dollars. Pretty sure he doesn't care what the naysayers are saying.  I'm glad she won the Oscar, as well as Hurt Locker. Both were deserving. | | | Reviewer, HorrorTalk.com
"I also refuse to document CLT results and I pay my bills to avoid going to court." - Sam, keeping it real, yo. | | | | Last edited: by Alien Redrum |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 742 |
| | Posted: | | | | I haven't seen "The Hurt Locker" yet, too much work and too little time to spend before the home screen, so I can't tell if "Avatar" (seen already and loved it) or the winner are better suited.
"Inglorious Basterds" however is in no way a "Best Picture" winner, at least not in comparison to some of the other nominees. Tarantino has proven several times he can do seriously better than he did here, and if it weren't for Christoph Waltz, this movie wouldn't even have made the nominee list I'm sure. It's not a bad movie, don't get me wrong, it's enjoyable and has it's moments (Pitt's speech is hilarious) but so did the first three Rambo installments, and no one thought about nominating them for Best Picture (and rightfully so). | | | | Lutz |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Box Office does not equal Oscar. Avatar was a very interestinand well prtrayed story. It deserved the nomination, it did not deserve the Award. I think the right film won.
Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting mdnitoil: Quote:
I will say that the Avatar story already won best picture some years ago when it was called Dances with Wolves, so no need to go there again. I'd described it as Dances with Aliens to a number of people since i saw it. Someone told me last week they'd been describing it as Dances with Smurfs. | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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