OT's 2010 Officially Unofficial Oscar Thread! (Stickied For Your Protection)

Welcome fellow movie buffs, to the OT's2010 Officially Unofficial Oscar Thread!

I thought it's only fair to make myself presentable.

In anticipation of tonight's Oscar ceremony, all of Hollywood--and OT--will be wanting to comment on the nominees, the winners, and those some people who think SHOULD win. Any other threads regarding the Oscars on the boards will remain open until 90 minutesprior toshowtime;from that point onthey will be locked, and this will be the thread to come to. And for those who don't have a complete list yet, here are 2010's Academy Award nominees:

BEST PICTURE

"Avatar"

"The Blind Side"

"District 9"

"An Education"

"The Hurt Locker" WINNER

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Precious"

"A Serious Man"

"Up"

"Up in the Air"



BEST ACTOR

Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart" WINNER

George Clooney, "Up in the Air"

Colin Firth, "A Single Man"

Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"

Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"



BEST ACTRESS

Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side" WINNER

Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"

Carey Mulligan, "An Education"

Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious"

Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"



BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Matt Damon, "Invictus"

Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"

Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"

Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"

Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds" WINNER



BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Penelope Cruz, "Nine"

Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"

Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart"

Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"

Mo'Nique, "Precious " WINNER



BEST DIRECTOR

James Cameron, "Avatar"

Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker" WINNER

Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"

Lee Daniels, "Precious"

Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"



BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

"Ajami" Israel

"El Secreto de Sus Ojos" Argentina WINNER

"The Milk of Sorrow" Peru

"Un Prophete" France

"The White Ribbon" Germany



BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, "District 9"

Nick Hornby, "An Education"

Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, "In the Loop"

Geoffrey Fletcher, "Precious"WINNER

Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, "Up in the Air"



BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Mark Boal, "The Hurt Locker" WINNER

Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"

Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, "The Messenger"

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "A Serious Man"

Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy, "Up"



BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

"Coraline"

"Fantastic Mr. Fox"

"The Princess and the Frog"

"The Secret of Kells"

"Up" WINNER



BEST ART DIRECTION

"Avatar" WINNER

"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"

"Nine"

"Sherlock Holmes"

"The Young Victoria"



BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

"Avatar" WINNER

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"

"The Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"The White Ribbon"



BEST SOUND MIXING

"Avatar"

"The Hurt Locker" WINNER

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Star Trek"

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"



BEST SOUND EDITING

"Avatar"

"The Hurt Locker" WINNER

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Star Trek"

"Up"



BEST 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 WINNER



BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog," Randy Newman

"Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog," Randy Newman

"Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36," Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas

"Take It All" from "Nine," Maury Yeston

"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart," Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett WINNER



BEST COSTUME DESIGN

"Bright Star"

"Coco Before Chanel"

"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"

"Nine"

"The Young Victoria" WINNER



BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

"Burma VJ"

"The Cove" WINNER

"Food, Inc."

"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"

"Which Way Home"



BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

"China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province"

"The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner"

"The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant"

"Music by Prudence" WINNER

"Rabbit a la Berlin"



BEST FILM EDITING


"District 9"

"The Hurt Locker" WINNER

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Precious"



BEST MAKEUP

"Il Divo"

"Star Trek" WINNER

"The Young Victoria"



BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

"French Roast"

"Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty"

"The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)"

"Logorama" WINNER

"A Matter of Loaf and Death"



BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM

"The Door"

"Instead of Abracadabra"

"Kavi"

"Miracle Fish"

"The New Tenants" WINNER



BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

"Avatar" WINNER

"District 9"

"Star Trek"

I'll keep the thread up for more comments until tomorrow morning. What do you think...did your favorites win, or were they robbed?

I'm heading out for the Oscars now - but DOWN WITH AVATAR!

Oh yeah...

BEST PICTURE

"Avatar"

"The Blind Side"

"District 9"

"An Education"

"The Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Precious"

"A Serious Man"

"Up"

"Up in the Air"



BEST ACTOR

Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"

George Clooney, "Up in the Air"

Colin Firth, "A Single Man"

Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"

Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"



BEST ACTRESS

Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"

Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"

Carey Mulligan, "An Education"

Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious"

Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"



BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Matt Damon, "Invictus"

Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"

Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"

Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"

Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"



BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Penelope Cruz, "Nine"

Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"

Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart"

Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"

Mo'Nique, "Precious "



BEST DIRECTOR

James Cameron, "Avatar"

Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"

Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"

Lee Daniels, "Precious"

Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"



BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

"Ajami" Israel

"El Secreto de Sus Ojos" Argentina

"The Milk of Sorrow" Peru

"Un Prophete" France

"The White Ribbon" Germany



BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, "District 9"

Nick Hornby, "An Education"

Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, "In the Loop"

Geoffrey Fletcher, "Precious"

Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, "Up in the Air"



BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Mark Boal, "The Hurt Locker"

Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"

Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman, "The Messenger"

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "A Serious Man"

Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy, "Up"



BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

"Coraline"

"Fantastic Mr. Fox"

"The Princess and the Frog"

"The Secret of Kells"

"Up"



BEST ART DIRECTION

"Avatar"

"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"

"Nine"

"Sherlock Holmes"

"The Young Victoria"



BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

"Avatar"

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"

"The Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"The White Ribbon"



BEST SOUND MIXING

"Avatar"

"The Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Star Trek"

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"



BEST SOUND EDITING

"Avatar"

"The Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Star Trek"

"Up"



BEST 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



BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog," Randy Newman

"Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog," Randy Newman

"Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36," Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas

"Take It All" from "Nine," Maury Yeston

"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)" from "Crazy Heart," Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett



BEST COSTUME DESIGN

"Bright Star"

"Coco Before Chanel"

"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"

"Nine"

"The Young Victoria"



BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

"Burma VJ"

"The Cove"

"Food, Inc."

"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"

"Which Way Home"



BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

"China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province"

"The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner"

"The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant"

"Music by Prudence"

"Rabbit a la Berlin"



BEST FILM EDITING



"District 9"

"The Hurt Locker"

"Inglourious Basterds"

"Precious"



BEST MAKEUP

"Il Divo"

"Star Trek"

"The Young Victoria"



BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

"French Roast"

"Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty"

"The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)"

"Logorama"

"A Matter of Loaf and Death"



BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM

"The Door"

"Instead of Abracadabra"

"Kavi"

"Miracle Fish"

"The New Tenants"



BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

"Avatar"

"District 9"

"Star Trek"

I see Avatar winning best picture. It is one of the worst films on the list too, but if the Oscars is the mad ad machine for the film industry it is, it will stick Avatar at the top. Why? Because it is the final push for 3-D to truly be in the mainstream, and considered a viable method of filmmaking, which in terms helps combat piracy, and also helps bring people into cinemas fueling Hollywood's economic side.

Yet, I'm not so sure Cameron will win Best Director, see the Academy has to put something that deserves to win somewhere on their winners list, and so I see Kathryn Bigelow winning that gong. That's right, I'm suggesting a split.

I hope district nine will win best picture, it probably wont, but I can always hope.

awesome :D

OH and btw

AVATAR FTW!

screw the haters

awesome :D

OH and btw

AVATAR FTW!

screw the haters

legend26

The more awards Inglorious Basterds and The Hurt Locker get, the happier I am. I just wish they hadn't put them both into so many categories with each other...

Oh, and I'll also become angrier with every award Avatar wins. It can have best animation or whatever, but that's it. :x

If District 9 wins Best Picture, I will buy everyone a round of beer.JustPlainLucas

If Avatar wins Best Picture, I'll... Have the same respect I had for Hollywood in general in the first place.dreDREb13

[QUOTE="dreDREb13"]If Avatar wins Best Picture, I'll... Have the same respect I had for Hollywood in general in the first place.cell_dweller

alll this hate for avatar :(

I'm probably the only one, but I really want Up in the Air to win, but I'll be fine so long as Avatar doesn't.

^I prefer The Hurt Locker, but I wouldn't really have a complaint if Up in the Air somehow pulls out the miracle win.

The more awards Inglorious Basterds and The Hurt Locker get, the happier I am.

SeraphimGoddess

Exactly how I feel. I'm hoping for a screenplay win for Tarantino, best director for Bigelow, and Best Picture for Hurt Locker.

Inglurious Basterds and District 9 ftw!

I'll lol if Up wins Best Picture.

I'm probably the only one, but I really want Up in the Air to win, but I'll be fine so long as Avatar doesn't.

Serraph105

i still wish Neil Blomkamp was nominated for best director

[QUOTE="cell_dweller"][QUOTE="dreDREb13"]If Avatar wins Best Picture, I'll... Have the same respect I had for Hollywood in general in the first place.legend26

[QUOTE="legend26"]

[QUOTE="cell_dweller"] :lol: I couldn't have said it better myself...cell_dweller

alll this hate for avatar :(

so its basicly just that same old pretentious "its a pretty fun popcorn flick, nothing more" mentality...

i though the acting was great, especially zoe saldana, considering that her character was all cgi. I also loved the story, i diddnt care if it was predictable.

it was a great retelling of a classic story with a new look

also while i liked inglorious, i dont think it was best pic worthy

so its basicly just that same old pretentious "its a pretty fun popcorn flick, nothing more" mentality...

legend26

Wait...it's pretentious to say the plot wasn't anything special and to have the opinion that the acting wasn't that good? :?

[QUOTE="legend26"]

[QUOTE="cell_dweller"] :lol: I couldn't have said it better myself...cell_dweller

Ajami, the hurt locker and district 9 are the only ones of these i've seen.....and,apparently ,none of those is going to win.....grape_of_wrath

The Hurt Locker is one of the two favorites for Best Picture. :P

[QUOTE="legend26"]

so its basicly just that same old pretentious "its a pretty fun popcorn flick, nothing more" mentality...

JML897

Wait...it's pretentious to say the plot wasn't anything special and to have the opinion that the acting wasn't that good? :?

no, im saying that this is the general opinion twords avatar, and its mostyl coming from the typical "profesional" critics who feel they must hate anything popular and big budget

[QUOTE="JML897"]

[QUOTE="legend26"]

so its basicly just that same old pretentious "its a pretty fun popcorn flick, nothing more" mentality...

Wait...it's pretentious to say the plot wasn't anything special and to have the opinion that the acting wasn't that good? :?

no, im saying that this is the general opinion twords avatar, and its mostyl coming from the typical "profesional" critics who feel they must hate anything popular and big budget

[QUOTE="grape_of_wrath"]Ajami, the hurt locker and district 9 are the only ones of these i've seen.....and,apparently ,none of those is going to win.....JML897

The Hurt Locker is one of the two favorites for Best Picture. :P

OMG Niel Patrick Harris is doing awesome

Gonna be a long 3 hours. >__>quadraleap

Anyone else think this opening monologue is awkward as hell? Some of it is really funny (I liked the reference to The Jerk), but there seem to be more misses than hits. JML897

[QUOTE="quadraleap"]Gonna be a long 3 hours. >__>JustPlainLucas

..Clooney looks pissed. ROFL :lol:

Woot for Christoph Waltz.:D He deserves it.