District 9, Avatar and Up
These are best movie of the year contenders? What a shitty fucking year.
yeah Moon getting snubbed is funking ridiculous.
Coraline is a technical achievement and I think it should win over Up, but rooting for it is rather stupid considering Up managed to secure a Best Picture nomination. Although, Coraline winning the Best Animated Feature award would be hysterical. :lol
Also because you're gay
Why?
:fbm You will never be a movie guru like Green Shinobi
I'm pulling for A Serious Man.
Like I said, no drama. Boooooooring..
I'm pulling for A Serious Man.
I need to finish Inglourious Basterds, but I kinda feel the same way.
I enjoy GS's posting habits. Just stop it in this thread, Ichirou.spoiler (click to show/hide)Until AVATAR wins.[close]
I'm pulling for A Serious Man.
I need to finish Inglourious Basterds, but I kinda feel the same way.
Yeah. I'd love to have A Serious Man win but I don't have any confidence in it. Especially because of NCFOM. Which is a shame, because I like A Serious Man a lot more.
Like I said, no drama. Boooooooring..
Gonna watch basketball instead. At least there's a chance it'll be entertaining. Enjoy your three hours of tedium, losers
Oh yeah, Christolph Waltz, aka Hans fucking Landa, needs to take home the Best Supporting Actor trophy. But I'm pretty sure this one is a lock.
I haven't seen a tenth of these movies. I just watch for teh boobz.
He's easy to troll, that's the only thing he's got going for him.
Not really. I'm pretty knowledgeable about a wide variety of subjects. But again, this isn't about me; it's about the 2010 Academy Awards.
Will suck if Avatar wins any major award, but money makes the world go around so, that's life.
I can almost agree with the argument against Best Picture, but what Cameron did is completely deserving of Best Director, IMO.
Hardly.
I think he deserves some sort of award, but his work is largely sub par when it comes to the final picture. Everything is average, drama is average, tension almost non existing, action is average, creation of momentum is average, etc.
Really gotta disagree with the bolded parts. Especially the part about the action. This film had some of the best action scenes of all time. But that's why we have opinions.
Of all time? Really? Holy shit. Can barely remember a single worthy action sequence in it.
Of all the things to hate on, you're going to hate on the action scenes? Really? Holy shit.
/grandpasimpsonwalkinginandoutofroom.gif
My boyfriend, Ryan Reynolds looks damn good.
You speak as if i'm singling it out. The action is just one of many average parts in Avatar, which amount to an average sci fi movie, that is only worth its salt, because it has amazing Special effects done by Weta, and little else.
The fact that you would call it average is pretty surprising though, considering that the action scenes are one aspect of the film that have receieved virtually universal acclaim.
Spoke too soon. Damn.My boyfriend, Ryan Reynolds looks damn good.
You like Ryan Reynolds, Particle? :o
He's the only guy I'd go gay for.
the 180+ iq borecrew is pulling for a serious man
Spoke too soon. Damn.My boyfriend, Ryan Reynolds looks damn good.
You like Ryan Reynolds, Particle? :o
He's the only guy I'd go gay for.
The only guy...? Wait, what about me?
Well, only famous guy.
Waltz will probably be the only nod IB gets tonight
Coraline was robbed.
Up is great in its first 15 minutes, then it becomes some formulaic kids crap. Whatever, this whole award should just read "Pixar presents"
I will be mopping up floors at the Academy Awards, distraught over my life's progressive.
I will be mopping up floors at the Academy Awards, distraught over my life's progressive.
Car insurance?
john lasseter with real talk. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE STORY.
Yeah, what the fuck, I could totally tell that green chick was Shaun White.
I fucking love that clip they showed for Precious: Based on the novel: Push: By Sapphire. Now I kinda see why black people don't like it.
What about Transformers 2?
Mo'nique strikes me as the type to eat her husband.
Maggie used to be so hot.
I don't believe you.
Mo'nique strikes me as the type to eat her husband.
Fixed.
I laughed really loud. Good job.
Also, Sorry but The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was ROBBED. ROBBED.Maggie used to be so hot.
I don't believe you.
Watch Donnie Darko.
Only one Gyllenhaal is hot in that movie and she ain't it.
I'm liking this "Fuck avatar" thing going.
Glad Reitman lost. By all accounts, dude is a complete asshole.
Glad Reitman lost. By all accounts, dude is a complete asshole.
His movies are horrible. I'm convinced he's never been in an adult reltionship. I'll never understand the adulation.
George Clooney's Up in the Air is an awesome film, fuck anyone that disagrees.
Glad Reitman lost. By all accounts, dude is a complete asshole.
His movies are horrible. I'm convinced he's never been in an adult reltionship. I'll never understand the adulation.
He's a Hollywood Kid with an undeserved sense of ego. By all accounts he didn't even write the screenplay but made very minor changes to what Sheldon Turner had already done and then petitioned the WGA to take Turner's name off the movie.
Total douchebag.
Glad Reitman lost. By all accounts, dude is a complete asshole.
His movies are horrible. I'm convinced he's never been in an adult reltionship. I'll never understand the adulation.
He's a Hollywood Kid with an undeserved sense of ego. By all accounts he didn't even write the screenplay but made very minor changes to what Sheldon Turner had already done and then petitioned the WGA to take Turner's name off the movie.
Total douchebag.
I enjoyed both Thank You for Smoking and Up in the Air but Jesus this is massive douchebaggery.
Man, I totally want to sex up Anna Kendrick.
Though Reitman has claimed in countless interviews that he wrote the parts specifically for George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Danny McBride, Melanie Lynskey, Amy Morton, Sam Elliott and Zach Galifianakis,[19][20] some of his actors have publicly stated their confusion in Reitman's assertion, if only because they knew he was meeting other actors all along including for his choice to fill his last lead role with Ellen Page for the part that Kendrick ended up ultimately playing.
Once I become a big time actor, I'll star in one of those Twilight flicks and use that as an excuse to get close to her and maybe even steal a hairbrush or two.
shots fired at Avatar
no pre-screening required :bow
No Farrah Fawcett in the memorial tribute? Major fail.
WTF? Cinematography for "Avatar" and all that CGI and green screen? Not for Basterds or White Ribbon?
WTF? Cinematography for "Avatar" and all that CGI and green screen? Not for Basterds or White Ribbon?
It would be a pretty big travesty if the most visually impressive film of all time walked away with only Visual Effects. It had to win either Cinematography or Director (or both). Had to.
It would be a pretty big travesty if the most visually impressive film of all time walked away with only Visual Effects. It had to win either Cinematography or Director (or both). Had to.
Both of those of the awards has nothing to do with visual effects. What you just described merits a visual effects award. Bigelow ran circles around Cameron.
Four for THL, three for Avatar, two for Precious. And now it's Hurt Locker the rest of the way
It would be a pretty big travesty if the most visually impressive film of all time walked away with only Visual Effects. It had to win either Cinematography or Director (or both). Had to.
Both of those of the awards has nothing to do with visual effects. What you just described merits a visual effects award. Bigelow ran circles around Cameron.
Both of those of the awards has nothing to do with visual effects. What you just described merits a visual effects award. Bigelow ran circles around Cameron.
She didn't have a third as much on her plate as Cameron did. In terms of degree of difficulty, it's no contest.
He had a high budget, but every dollar of that ended up on the screen. Making Avatar was still a ridiculous challenge. Denying this is pretty foolish, IMO, even if you didn't like the film.
I saw it, gets way too much hate.
It's a good movie, try not looking too hard at it.
He had a high budget, but every dollar of that ended up on the screen. Making Avatar was still a ridiculous challenge. Denying this is pretty foolish, IMO, even if you didn't like the film.
Foreign language film, Arvie.
Are you also the type who thinks sports win MVP awards if the team around them is too good?
I see. I'm not actually watching the awards. Just for a second there I thought GS finally took up his true calling; being a na'vi linguist on the beautiful planet Polyphemus.
You can't recognize Spanish when you see it typed out? Didn't you take Latin classes?
The Dude abides!!!
:rock :rock :rock
Edit: goddamn the ratio of Avatar haters to fans on this forum is ridiculous. This really is bizarro-internet.
James Cameron is like the Trent Dilfer of directors.
Saldana, Weaver and Lang were widely praised.
Saldana, Weaver and Lang were widely praised.
gtfo :rofl
:bow Jeff Bridges :bow2The Dude, El Duderino, etc. etc.
Saldana, Weaver and Lang were widely praised.
gtfo :rofl
:bow Nerdy Scientist Guy :bow2
I haven't watched this at all but I just turned it on and heard Forrest Whitaker going on about Sandra fucking Bullock. Someone kill me now.
You guys honestly don't think Weaver and Lang did well in their roles? Not Oscar-caliber well, but at least well?
You guys honestly don't think Weaver and Lang did well in their roles? Not Oscar-caliber well, but at least well?
Weaver does absolutely nothing in the film wtf
But seriously though guys, Meryl Streep. Would you?
Holy fucking shit. Did these people just save the world? I can't believe the introductions here.
Has this been going on all night long?
watched Police Story
The Academy Awards are a huge circle jerk, this is fairly well known.
watched Police Story
You made a great choice. Best action movie ever.
Holy fucking shit. Did these people just save the world? I can't believe the introductions here.
Has this been going on all night long?
The Academy Awards are a huge circle jerk, this is fairly well known.
I've never seen it this bad though....or maybe I have and I just wasn't paying attention. They're just motherfucking actors, not astronauts. Crazy adulation going on here.
Holy fucking shit. Did these people just save the world? I can't believe the introductions here.
Has this been going on all night long?
The Academy Awards are a huge circle jerk, this is fairly well known.
I've never seen it this bad though....or maybe I have and I just wasn't paying attention. They're just motherfucking actors, not astronauts. Crazy adulation going on here.
watched Police Story
You made a great choice. Best action movie ever.
It was pretty cool, but I watched License to Kill last night and I thought the latter was better. Sorry, Father Mike!
I'd hit that so hard
watched Police Story
You made a great choice. Best action movie ever.
It was pretty cool, but I watched License to Kill last night and I thought the latter was better. Sorry, Father Mike!
License to Kill is pretty awesome too. This is mostly do to the fact that the first time I saw it was when I had a super high fever as a kid. I watched this and Romancing the stone in the same night and kept fading in and out the whole time. Anyways their stories got a bit mixed up for me and now when ever I watch Romancing the stone I feel like Michael Douglas gets eaten by a shark at the end and when this doesn't happen something feels terribly wrong.
i really want Avatar to win best picture. The meltdowns here would be more awesome than the ones over at GAF if it doesn't win.
I'd hit that so hard
Cameron hit that so hard :smug
Is Cameron still married to his long time boyfriend Linda Hamilton?
i really want Avatar to win best picture. The meltdowns here would be more awesome than the ones over at GAF if it doesn't win.
Only dumb people will meltdown, it's been totally confirmed for months now after it made a ridonkulous amount of money. Hollywood loves it some money.
Fuck yeah. Took a pussy to make a movie with balls, none of that blue cat shit.
Hanks skipping the bullshit and going straight for the kill :lol :lol :lol
Oh my word! Tom Hanks did not even read out the best picture nominees before announcing The Hurt Locker as the winner. What drama!:lol
Looking forward to the Academy completely destroying whatever credibility it has left, thus giving me a reason to never watch the Oscars again!
Man, it was a long time coming, but Bigelow finally screwed Cameron over :smug
Months of posts and hissy-fits about the critically acclaimed Avatar, all for naught.
At least when Shake pulled this with The Departed, it ended up winning Best Picture
Miles Trahan, Visionary.
Green Shinobi, trash.
WTF? I've said from the beginning that it should be either The Hurt Locker, Avatar or Inglorious Basterds. I'm just fucking glad Up in the Air didn't win.
Basterds didn't win anything, did it? Should have won something for the screenplay or whatever you win for words.
Months of posts and hissy-fits about the critically acclaimed Avatar, all for naught.
At least when Shake pulled this with The Departed, it ended up winning Best Picture
Miles Trahan, Visionary.
Green Shinobi, trash.
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Basterds didn't win anything, did it? Should have won something for the screenplay or whatever you win for words.
I feel pretty good knowing that there is critical and industry consensus that Avatar wasn't even worthy of any serious awards.
Waltz got Best Supporting Actor.
QuoteI feel pretty good knowing that there is critical and industry consensus that Avatar wasn't even worthy of any serious awards.
What the fuck is Avatar ???
I feel pretty good knowing that there is critical and industry consensus that Avatar wasn't even worthy of any serious awards.
What is Avatar and why did it win best cinematography?
Find me a post where I actually came out and directly advocated Avatar for Best Picture over The Hurt Locker. It doesn't exist. I've always said that it should be one of those two (or three, depending on how I felt about IB at the time).
Michael Bay just had to win Best Director for that. I had never seen such tits that evoked a sense of awe and wonder.
It was James Cameron who convinced his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow to direct this film. She originally had planned on doing another project and wasn't sure about doing this film. Cameron read it and told her to do this film, and it ended up earning her an Oscar nomination for Best Director -- in fact, Hurt Locker was nominated in seven categories against Cameron's Avatar (2009), including Best Picture.
:bow cameron :bow2
It won Cinematography, so I'm satisfied.
Too be honest, District 9 should have won.
Cameron didn't win dick Shinobi.
Stab yourself
District 9 was a fun movie. I was surprised it was nominated but I think in the end it just degenerates into a typical action movie which takes away a little from it.
Inglorious Bastards was good but I think it went on for too long and had a fundamentally flawed narrative (take out the bastards and nothing in the story actually changes).
Avatar was pretty good. I'll buy the blu-ray.
Michael Bay just had to win Best Director for that. I had never seen such tits that evoked a sense of awe and wonder.
It was James Cameron who convinced his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow to direct this film. She originally had planned on doing another project and wasn't sure about doing this film. Cameron read it and told her to do this film, and it ended up earning her an Oscar nomination for Best Director -- in fact, Hurt Locker was nominated in seven categories against Cameron's Avatar (2009), including Best Picture.
:bow cameron :bow2
Avatar fans trying to get Cameron an Oscar by proxy :lol :lol :lol
Best night ever :lol
District 9 was a fun movie. I was surprised it was nominated but I think in the end it just degenerates into a typical action movie which takes away a little from it.
Inglorious Bastards was good but I think it went on for too long and had a fundamentally flawed narrative (take out the bastards and nothing in the story actually changes).
How does that really make it a flawed narrative?
You guys trying to make this about me are fucking whack. I've been praising The Hurt Locker consistently for months now.
Maybe I was a litle too zealous in defending Avatar against Billco's incessant trolling, but you guys are up your own asses if you think I'm half the Avatard that some of those wankers on GAF are.
Also :lol at anyone who thinks I'm actually upset over tonight's outcome.
So now you're not only saying you have better taste than me, but you have better taste than the Academy?
You're delusional, Federman.
You guys remember when WrikaWrek posted in the movies thread about how he just watched this war flick that you might think is not good from the title/trailer, but is actually pretty good?
Well that movie just won the Oscar. Whoda thunk
So now you're not only saying you have better taste than me, but you have better taste than the Academy?
You're delusional, Federman.
So now you're not only saying you have better taste than me, but you have better taste than the Academy?
You're delusional, Federman.
So now you're not only saying you have better taste than me, but you have better taste than the Academy?
You're delusional, Federman.
You're digging for something that isn't there, Bill.
Let it go.
District 9 was a fun movie. I was surprised it was nominated but I think in the end it just degenerates into a typical action movie which takes away a little from it.
Inglorious Bastards was good but I think it went on for too long and had a fundamentally flawed narrative (take out the bastards and nothing in the story actually changes).
How does that really make it a flawed narrative?
You ever taken any writing classes, Himu? There's about an hour of plot that goes absolutely nowhere and is completely unnecessary. The main character is clearly the Jewish girl, Shoshanna, but intersected with her story are a bunch of pointless, marginally entertaining vignettes starring Brad Pitt and his men.
This thread is a perfect example of why you should never overextend yourself too early. There will be plenty of time for gloating when, or if, you win. And if you lose, you didn't leave behind a trail for everyone to point to and laugh about.
BUT GUYS, AVATAR WILL BE REMEMBERED IN 20 YEARS. THE HURT LOCKER WONT.
This thread is a perfect example of why you should never overextend yourself too early. There will be plenty of time for gloating when, or if, you win. And if you lose, you didn't leave behind a trail for everyone to point to and laugh about.
BUT GUYS, AVATAR WILL BE REMEMBERED IN 20 YEARS. THE HURT LOCKER WONT.
this is the truth, actually. quality of either movie withstanding, Avatar will be remembered for a long time.
BUT GUYS, AVATAR WILL BE REMEMBERED IN 20 YEARS. THE HURT LOCKER WONT.
this is the truth, actually. quality of either movie withstanding, Avatar will be remembered for a long time.
It'll be remembered as a technical achievement, nothing more. That's not what Green "Loser" Shinobi was saying in his "overly vigorous" defense of it.
BUT GUYS, AVATAR WILL BE REMEMBERED IN 20 YEARS. THE HURT LOCKER WONT.
this is the truth, actually. quality of either movie withstanding, Avatar will be remembered for a long time.
Boogie, we're talking about things people actually care about.
Americans insisting they don't like or care about hockey, in spite of talking mad shit before the game, having the second most registered hockey players in the world, and watching the game in record numbers.
Cry moar :smug
BUT GUYS, AVATAR WILL BE REMEMBERED IN 20 YEARS. THE HURT LOCKER WONT.
BUT GUYS, AVATAR WILL BE REMEMBERED IN 20 YEARS. THE HURT LOCKER WONT.
Boogie, we're talking about things people actually care about.
..
Americans insisting they don't like or care about hockey, in spite of talking mad shit before the game, having the second most registered hockey players in the world, and watching the game in record numbers.
Cry moar :smug
DAMAGE CONTROL HAS BEGUN!
- "In 20 years, Avatar will be remembered, not The Hurt Locker."
- "Cameron told Bigelow to make The Hurt Locker, so her Oscar is now his by proxy."
- "Cameron actually deserves credit for creating both The Hurt Locker and Avatar."
- "The Academy snubbed Cameron because it wanted to give a female director a pity Oscar win."
- "It was amazing for a popcorn flick like Avatar to even be nominated!"
- "Nerdy Scientist Guy was much more memorable than whoever starred in The Hurt Locker."
etc.
DAMAGE CONTROL HAS BEGUN!
- "In 20 years, Avatar will be remembered, not The Hurt Locker."
- "Cameron told Bigelow to make The Hurt Locker, so her Oscar is now his by proxy."
- "Cameron actually deserves credit for creating both The Hurt Locker and Avatar."
- "The Academy snubbed Cameron because it wanted to give a female director a pity Oscar win."
- "It was amazing for a popcorn flick like Avatar to even be nominated!"
- "Nerdy Scientist Guy was much more memorable than whoever starred in The Hurt Locker."
etc.
Avatar will be remembered in the future, but only as a technological achievement/stepping stone. One of my favorite points from that 70min Star Wars review was that the new trilogy didn't have a single memorable character anyone could easily explain to someone who hasn't seen the films. Months after release the majority of Avatar viewers can't name one character from the film, what type of personality they had, etc. Even if someone can't name the marines for Aliens, they can at least describe some key facts about them, years after seeing the movie.
Avatar is a movie about a punk ass bitch who betrayed humanity for a pair of legs.
Get it? Pair of legs? I'm so cash.
hahahaha, Green Shinobi's not even logged on anymore. I bet he got mad, started raging and punched out a co-worker and is currently being hauled in by the cops.
:rock
Oh shit, muckhole - I got so carried away that I forgot about our phone call. :-\
hahahaha, Green Shinobi's not even logged on anymore. I bet he got mad, started raging and punched out a co-worker and is currently being hauled in by the cops.
:rock
I'm not going to read through the thread, was he taking things personally or something?
IT'S AN AWARD CEREMONY FOR FILMS THAT HAVE NO IMPACT ON YOU LIFE SMH.
:smug
Remember when Green Shinobi was so excited about the Best Cinematography nomination, and it was all he could talk about for months? That he felt that Avatar deserved to win Best Cinematography?
Because I don't.
I was at a party with my friends who don't post on message boards and don't really care about movies that much.
Everyone was rooting for Avatar. To lose. Good times were had by all.
Eh, once the dust settles, we'll all be friends again. We just need to put this episode behind us!
Green Shinobi has been so silent for the last half hour or so. He's either furiously deleting his post history or committing suicide.
*fast 'n furious retconning*
A film that I said should be nominated was nominated.