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Oscar Pics - BEST PICTURE

Who SHOULD win Best Picture?

  • AVATAR

    Votes: 11 25.6%
  • THE BLIND SIDE

    Votes: 2 4.7%
  • DISTRICT 9

    Votes: 6 14.0%
  • AN EDUCATION

    Votes: 1 2.3%
  • THE HURT LOCKER

    Votes: 12 27.9%
  • INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

    Votes: 6 14.0%
  • PRECIOUS

    Votes: 2 4.7%
  • A SERIOUS MAN

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • UP

    Votes: 1 2.3%
  • UP IN THE AIR

    Votes: 2 4.7%

  • Total voters
    43
You take the Oscars seriously now?

the Oscars are not the high water mark in film anymore. the are a great award for people to have but a Palme d'Or is a really something to have.
 
the Oscars are not the high water mark in film anymore. the are a great award for people to have but a Palme d'Or is a really something to have.

Ah yes, from the noble institution that declared Fahrenheit 9/11 to be the greatest film of 2004.
 
Ah yes, from the noble institution that declared Fahrenheit 9/11 to be the greatest film of 2004.

have you seen The White Ribbon Palme d'OR best picture.

Have you seen Anticryst. have you seen A Prophet, Fish Tank, or Kinatay.

the one American Film that did well was Inglourious Basterds with a win for best actor Christoph Waltz who happens to be foreign as well.

the US makes films to put asses in the seats and that is usually what the get asses in the seats. when they do produce a great film no one goes because they don't understand them. so like i said the US makes films for asses for the most part.
 
have you seen The White Ribbon Palme d'OR best picture.

Have you seen Anticryst. have you seen A Prophet, Fish Tank, or Kinatay.

the one American Film that did well was Inglourious Basterds with a win for best actor Christoph Waltz who happens to be foreign as well.

the US makes films to put asses in the seats and that is usually what the get asses in the seats. when they do produce a great film no one goes because they don't understand them. so like i said the US makes films for asses for the most part.

That is why "The Road" isn't part of the list.
What an awesome movie.
 
have you seen The White Ribbon Palme d'OR best picture.

Have you seen Anticryst. have you seen A Prophet, Fish Tank, or Kinatay.

No, but since I'm not claiming that Cannes is the be-all and end-all of cinema, I don't see why it matters.

the one American Film that did well was Inglourious Basterds with a win for best actor Christoph Waltz who happens to be foreign as well.

the US makes films to put asses in the seats and that is usually what the get asses in the seats. when they do produce a great film no one goes because they don't understand them. so like i said the US makes films for asses for the most part.

Yes, and as everyone knows, the profit motive is limited to American theaters. Every other country eschews profit in order to pursue cinema as an art form - it's just us stupid Americans who don't appreciate film for its beauty.

(Nevermind that even if we assume that Cannes is the arbiter of quality cinema, the US has thoroughly dominated there as well.)
 
That is why "The Road" isn't part of the list.
What an awesome movie.

like i said when the US does produce a good film the die hard in the box office and see limited bookings on screens. many people look down their noses at the art house cinemas and see them as a place for snobs. oh well.
 
No, but since I'm not claiming that Cannes is the be-all and end-all of cinema, I don't see why it matters.



Yes, and as everyone knows, the profit motive is limited to American theaters. Every other country eschews profit in order to pursue cinema as an art form - it's just us stupid Americans who don't appreciate film for its beauty.

(Nevermind that even if we assume that Cannes is the arbiter of quality cinema, the US has thoroughly dominated there as well.)

the creation of excellence on film is an art. two helicopter crashes and 55 killings in a blood bath does not a great film make. District 9 was mentioned here. my god how awful can a film be. this is nominated as a best picture. the film UP is also on the list. this is a child's film and there is a place for this type of film at the Oscars. it has no business being on that list.

Avatar is good film making. it is not a good film.
 
the creation of excellence on film is an art. two helicopter crashes and 55 killings in a blood bath does not a great film make. District 9 was mentioned here. my god how awful can a film be. this is nominated as a best picture. the film UP is also on the list. this is a child's film and there is a place for this type of film at the Oscars. it has no business being on that list.

Avatar is good film making. it is not a good film.

And believe it or not, other people have different opinions about those things, hence the reason why they were nominated for Best Picture.

As a side note, if you thought that UP was solely a child's film, then I don't think you really understood the movie.
 
And believe it or not, other people have different opinions about those things, hence the reason why they were nominated for Best Picture.

As a side note, if you thought that UP was solely a child's film, then I don't think you really understood the movie.

it is shot in a child's format. there is a place for animated features. this is not the place.
 
Star Trek wins.

Even if it wasn't nominated, it should win.
 
it is shot in a child's format. there is a place for animated features. this is not the place.

I'm surprised that you are so arbitrarily rigid.

I would have thought you had heard enough "just because I say so" sorts of arguments in your lifetime that you would avoid using them, yourself.
 
I have only seen Avatar, District 9 and Inglourious Basterds...

So for me the award goes to Inglourious Basterds, no doubt.
 
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Inglourious Basterds, because the Hurt Locker felt like an HBO Movie and not a feature film, and because I already saw Avatar when it was called Pocahontas.

I've been searching for an all encompassing comparison, you nailed it. It's Disney's version of Pocahontas at that. The animation isn't even all that special. A very disappointing film experience.


Inglorious Basterds.

Avatar was good, but what it did to the minds of those over at the Avatar forums is repulsive. Some of them are clinically depressed because there is no Pandora (I **** you not).

That's really sad given how truly un-original it is.


That's almost disturbing.
 
The Hurt Locker, definitely. An amazing movie.

Avatar, like almost everyone here has said, contains all the originality of a dung beetle. And I apologize to the dung beetle.
 
And the 10 Nominees are:



Avatar - nah. Dances with Smurfs.

The Blind Side - not seen it and don't intend to

District 9 - nah. The Flying Saucershank Redemption

An Education - Miss Jean Brody: the early years - good though

The Hurt Locker - not a patch on Danger: UXB with Anthony Andrews

Inglourious Basterds - The A-team meets Hogan's Heroes

Precious - Haven't seen it. Sounds like Supersized Mike Leigh

A Serious Man - How to kill yourself and look FABULOUS while you do it

Up - not one for grown-ups surely

Up in the Air - Death of a Fails man
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Winner: An Education. Failing that, anything except Avatar.
 
The Hurt Locker, definitely. An amazing movie.

Avatar, like almost everyone here has said, contains all the originality of a dung beetle. And I apologize to the dung beetle.

God, The Hurt Locker was amazing! I loved how James acted invincible throughout the movie, but still had a human side to him, with his squad and with Beckham.
 
Inglourious Basterds was just a fun, shoot em up movie, it was great.

I didn't vote because I'm torn between that and District 9.

See, I thought Inglourious Bastards was so much more then that. A movie within a movie... A self-conscious homage and an original WW II adventure film. Humor, drama... Multiple story lines, great characters.

When you talk about originality, a film that is not like any that have come before (even though it's part homage), pretty amazing to pull that off.

Tarantino's best film.

I loved District 9 - but it's appeal is not universal.
 
See, I thought Inglourious Bastards was so much more then that. A movie within a movie... A self-conscious homage and an original WW II adventure film. Humor, drama... Multiple story lines, great characters.

When you talk about originality, a film that is not like any that have come before (even though it's part homage), pretty amazing to pull that off.

Tarantino's best film.

I loved District 9 - but it's appeal is not universal.

I agree fully, I loved it.
District 9 was very distinct and original to me as well.

"The Road" should of been on that list, it was a great movie, pretty original in design.
 
Out of those choices? I'd say "Up".
But I really don't think any of those were 2009's best offerings.
 
That is why "The Road" isn't part of the list.
What an awesome movie.

It was an interesting adaptation--a thought-provoking breakdown of society piece... But there weren't too many layers to it--compared to something like District 9.

I liked it though.
 
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