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

As much as I am glad James didn't win, I actually really wanted to see what kind of Ego-filled speech he would give. :PJazz_Fan

Well, in this case the majority of the world seems to agree with my opinion...

swamprat_basic

And the majority of the world seems to think that Transformers 2 is a better movie than The Shawshank Redemption...

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Yes. I pulled out a few movies because it would be absolutely pointless to list ever Best Picture winner which was highly successful commercially.

Most Best Picture winners make quite a bit of money and are seen by a hell of a lot of people, before ever getting nominated.

There is simply no basis in saying that the Academy just likes to award the "underdog". Dark Knight didn't get nominated because it just plain wasn't that good.

Serraph105

In my opinion, The Hurt Locker winning is a combination of James Cameron being viewed as a bit of an arrogant prick within the industry, and Hollywood really, really, really wanting to celebrate an Iraq War film.

At least those are the only reasons I can think of, because The Hurt Locker definitely was not the best movie of the year.

Of the 9 Best Picture nominees I've seen, I would rank them:

1. A Serious Man

2. Avatar

3. Up

4. District 9

5. Up in the Air

6. Inglourious Basterds

7. The Hurt Locker

8. An Education

9. Precious

My favorite film of the year was (500) Days of Summer.

The Hurt Locker was a good film, in my opinion, but not great.

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Well, in this case the majority of the world seems to agree with my opinion...

MetroidPrimePwn

And the majority of the world seems to think that Transformers 2 is a better movie than The Shawshank Redemption...

Well, I haven't seen Transformers 2, so I can't judge, but The Shawshank Redemption is seriously overrated, in my opinion.

[QUOTE="Jazz_Fan"]As much as I am glad James didn't win, I actually really wanted to see what kind of Ego-filled speech he would give. :PLegendaryFox77

but you have a serious point take a look at these "Memorable Quotes" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549/quotes it's just sadSerraph105

What the hell?

It's like they just posted a transcript of the whole movie...

You missed out first ever female director oscar, and american vs. canadian director., and oscar-bait movie vs. action movie.

F1_2004

What the what? Did you really just call The Hurt Locker -- a movie that was released during the summer blockbuster season, gave its biggest-name cast member an almost inconcequential role and went out of its way to avoid "taking sides" in the Iraq war debate -- Oscar bait? Especially considering that Avatar is, as MetroidPrimePwn so eloquently put it, "Dances with Smurfs...In SSPAAAAACEEE!!!"?

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You missed out first ever female director oscar, and american vs. canadian director., and oscar-bait movie vs. action movie.

PBSnipes

What the what? Did you really just call The Hurt Locker -- a movie that was released during the summer blockbuster season, gave its biggest-name cast member an almost inconcequential role and went out of its way to avoid "taking sides" in the Iraq war debate -- Oscar bait? Especially considering that Avatar is, as MetroidPrimePwn so eloquently put it, "Dances with Smurfs...In SSPAAAAACEEE!!!"?

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You missed out first ever female director oscar, and american vs. canadian director., and oscar-bait movie vs. action movie.

PBSnipes

What the what? Did you really just call The Hurt Locker -- a movie that was released during the summer blockbuster season, gave its biggest-name cast member an almost inconcequential role and went out of its way to avoid "taking sides" in the Iraq war debate -- Oscar bait? Especially considering that Avatar is, as MetroidPrimePwn so eloquently put it, "Dances with Smurfs...In SSPAAAAACEEE!!!"?

One thing I will give the Academy credit for this year is that they didn't nominate the big Oscar-bait films like Invictus and The Young Victoria for Best Picture.

One thing I will give the Academy credit for this year is that they didn't nominate the big Oscar-bait films like Invictus and The Young Victoria for Best Picture.

swamprat_basic

The dartboard they use to select the best-picture nominees must've been upside-down.

It's the only way to explain A Serious Man getting nominated. A movie that good having a shot at best picture is a mistake that I'm hoping The Academy fixes very shortly :P

My predictions were pretty much correct and I'm very happy with the results.

The only award that caught me off guard was Precious winning Best Adapted Screenplay. I for sure thought Up in the Air had it in the bag, but oh well.

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You missed out first ever female director oscar, and american vs. canadian director., and oscar-bait movie vs. action movie.

PBSnipes

What the what? Did you really just call The Hurt Locker -- a movie that was released during the summer blockbuster season, gave its biggest-name cast member an almost inconcequential role and went out of its way to avoid "taking sides" in the Iraq war debate -- Oscar bait? Especially considering that Avatar is, as MetroidPrimePwn so eloquently put it, "Dances with Smurfs...In SSPAAAAACEEE!!!"?

I just wanted to come in and say I am so happy tonight. My picks all won. I made some decent money. WOohoo!Sajedene

[QUOTE="Sajedene"]I just wanted to come in and say I am so happy tonight. My picks all won. I made some decent money. WOohoo!Serraph105

[QUOTE="Serraph105"][QUOTE="Sajedene"]I just wanted to come in and say I am so happy tonight. My picks all won. I made some decent money. WOohoo!Sajedene