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My vote woulda gone to Avatar
MadManOriginal wrote:I saw the thread on the front page and had this reply in mind anyway but then you go and provide such a perfect setup I almost feel like I'm walking in to a trapMy vote woulda gone to Avatar
You talk about overhyped and then actually write that? Are you sh*tting me?
TurtlePerson2 wrote:Also, Avatar was a great spectacle, but not a great film. I enjoyed the film, but not as much as I enjoyed other films last year. I was actually surprised to find out that it had been nominated.
yogibbear wrote:When was the last time a sci-fi won an oscar anyway for best picture?
Captain Ned wrote:yogibbear wrote:When was the last time a sci-fi won an oscar anyway for best picture?
Never, unless you include Return of the King.
yogibbear wrote:Captain Ned wrote:yogibbear wrote:When was the last time a sci-fi won an oscar anyway for best picture?
Never, unless you include Return of the King.
So, never. Hollywood = losers. Or at least every single "blockbuster" is crap and does not get a spot in my very limited DVD collection that i've been building up over the years.
Some amazing movies that didn't win... (cause the oscars is rigged):
A Clockwork Orange
ET
Star Wars
Corrado wrote:I think the Hurt Locker benefited from reverse sexism, honestly. It got the female vote because it was produced and directed by a female and the media really played that up. I haven't seen the movie myself, but I know whenever I heard about it, I heard that 'its great... and was done by a woman.' I think thats insulting that they have to mention that its made by a woman and point it out as if to say 'Its pretty good... for a GIRL!'
PRIME1 wrote:Apparently the vote was rigged.
http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_gol ... ticle.html
tikrjee wrote:to the jerk out there suing the team behind Hurt Locker, I, as well as anyone else who's ever had to wear a bomb suit, kindly asks you to **** off and die. Claiming the story is based on you when there are over 3000 of us that have been through the EXACT same situation on a daily basis... really? I can't wait till the hearing. Your ass is going down.
blitzy wrote:I have read other comments that bombs are never disarmed this way, they only ever do it remotely, and this movie is just pure hollywood. Is that right?
Legend wrote:I believe it may have just simply come down to Avatar not being patriotic and THL was. With only 1 degree of separation between a malevolent futuristic human military force, and current day "global climate" its a "no brainer" for sure.
kvndoom wrote:That is a Bingo! [/inglorious basterds]
I think "Up" should have been a runaway winner, but there's a skittishness about giving certain types of movies Best Picture. I think people are afraid of some sort of "they gave it to a cartoon???" backlash. But you know, a great movie is a great movie, regardless of how it's presented.
Dashak wrote:Minus the sniper scene, I didn't have a problem with Hurt Locker.