pagemaster_b Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I'm not impressed that much with the Oscar Noms this year. It still feels too political and too subbish. Of course that could be said for every year. I'm rooting for Inception for best picture. I absoluletly loved that mindbending trip. And (excuse me while I get on my soapbox) I find it really stupid of the Academy to snub the actors and actresses in Sci-Fi, Fanstasy, Horror, and Action movies. While I'm not a Leonardio DiCapio fan, I felt that he did a way better acting job in Inception than that horrid Aviator crap and awful Titanic garbage. (Okay, enough of the soapbox) As for The Social Network, I found it to be silly and pointless, so I'm rather stumped as to why it's graced with so many nominations. Which means it's probably gonna clean house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the ghost Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I'm not impressed that much with the Oscar Noms this year. It still feels too political and too subbish. Of course that could be said for every year. I'm rooting for Inception for best picture. I absoluletly loved that mindbending trip. And (excuse me while I get on my soapbox) I find it really stupid of the Academy to snub the actors and actresses in Sci-Fi, Fanstasy, Horror, and Action movies. While I'm not a Leonardio DiCapio fan, I felt that he did a way better acting job in Inception than that horrid Aviator crap and awful Titanic garbage. (Okay, enough of the soapbox) As for The Social Network, I found it to be silly and pointless, so I'm rather stumped as to why it's graced with so many nominations. Which means it's probably gonna clean house. Whats political? One I suppose could argue that The Kids Are All Right is too "liberal"(if you buy into that sort of thing) but overall it is a great film. There have been many other years while Ive held your beliefs, but not so much this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I'd say the nominations are political, as in "movie-industry-politics." And this year, I'll really be rooting for James Franco and 127 Hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagemaster_b Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 . . . as in "movie-industry-politics." That's pretty much what I was meaning by "too political". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the ghost Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Hahaha...I'm not smart. I was watching Fox news with my dad, which drives me insane, and it always makes me think of politics, so I read your post and it threw me off. I apologize, that makes MUCH ore sense. I am about to watch Dogtooth by the way, Tyler, so we'll see if I like it. Based on your movie ratings we seem to have fairly similar tastes, and I've got a 4.8 recommendation on netflix, but as of now every review is not mentioning any humor, so I am going into it with the mentality of it being a drama with possible a few funny moments? We'll see. The plot does sound interesting and kind of creepy though. The I Fail Ghost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Of Spades Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Any word on the nominees for best soundtrack? I swear, if Inception or Tron doesn't get that award...just, I'll be unpleasant to be around for a day or two while I'm busy cursing the Academy to the pits of hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack44 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 ^Maybe, but I personally think that Tron: Legacy not being nominated for Best Visual Effects was a bigger snub. I can't imagine films like Toy Story 3, Inception, or Social Network winning Best Picture either. Don't get me wrong, they're all great films, but I think they're all too popular compared to the rest of the nominees. I hope to get a look at the rest of the Best Picture nominees before the actual awards to get a more precise opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagemaster_b Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Honestly, I'm not surprised that Tron: Legacy was not nominated for Visual Effects. It can be argued that it's computer animation, not real visual effects (just like the first movie). Of course, these days, much of the visual effects are computer generated, especially since it can be cheaper to produce than constructing the real thing or using models and stop motion. (Part of Inception's high production cost was the rotating hallway set they constructed.) As for the Best Score category, I'm not happy with most of the nominations. Han Zimmer is the only one I like. I'm starting to warm up to A. R. Rahman, especially now that I'm recognizing his name in other movies that I liked. But if John Williams is not on the list, then it's bad year for the Best Score category--in my jaded narrow-minded opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Nominating Toy Story 3 in both the "Best Picture" and the "Best Animated Feature Film" pretty much guarantees it'll win the latter. If the other two toon flicks weren't "Best Picture" worthy, they couldn't possibly be as good at Toy Story 3, right? Having ten nominees for "Best Picture" is such nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernierocker Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Having ten nominees for "Best Picture" is such nonsense. Agreed. They will spend half the show introducing the nominees! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Of Spades Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 You know, I think I know why viewership for these shows is (or at least has been) going downhill. Simply, it's that the popular films for the public rarely manage to get more than a token nomination, whereas art house films (or at least those their styling) tend to be seeing more of the awards these days. While it is true that we've had a novel year with four of the best film nominees being VERY mainstream and popular films, it's hard to deny that cases like The Godfather, which was both the highest grossing and best picture of its year, are becoming rarer. Forgive me if any/all of that ramble was based off of pseudo-fact, I don't keep up too well with the movie industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Clinksalot Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Now that I've seen 8 of the 10 Best Picture Nominees (Haven't seen Winters Bone or 127 Hours) I think I can do my picks: Should win/Will win BEST PICTURE: Inception/The Social Network DIRECTING: David Fincher/David Fincher ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Colin Firth/Colin Firth ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Natalie Portman/Natalie Portman ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Christian Bale/Christian Bale ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Hailee Steinfeld/Melissa Leo ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Social Network/The Social Network ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: The King's Speech/The King's Speech ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Toy Story 3/Toy Story I just wanted to mention, about Best Supporting Actress ... I watched both True Grit and The Fighter back to back yesterday. I honestly don't see why Melissa Leo's performances is so heralded. I didn't find it that great. Hailee Steinfeld on the other hand was not only the best performance in that category, but perhaps the best performance of the year, Period. She was fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movieguy Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 I'm going to be working tonight, so I will miss the Oscars...and I don't mind one bit. I know I call myself the movie guy here, but year after year, I've become more and more disillusioned with the Oscars. They're nothing more than a glorified fashion show, where the Academy awards the best costume drama of the year. I'm sure The King's Speech, the likely winner, is an excellent film, and I'll like it when I see it, but I also loved Inception, which has suddenly become a "cool to hate" movie in the heat of this season. Christopher Nolan is a damned genius, who, like Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock before him, will most likely be unappreciated in his own time by hipsters who don't get him, and by an Academy that is increasingly averse to Sci-Fi, horror, comedy, and all other genres that aren't costume dramas. Screw the system, and screw the Oscars. I watch what I feel like...and what should I care about "who" these people are wearing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Clinksalot Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 ^ I agree with you 100% about Nolan/Inception. Even though I've seen all of the other nominated movies (except the two I mentioned) Inception is still my favorite and IMO the best movie of last year. I will say though, this is the first time that I can honestly say that all of the "Best Picture" nominated films are actually REALLY good movies that I really enjoyed. There are typically at least 1 or 2 movies that I just "don't get" why they are the "Best". If Kings Speech, Social Network, True Grit, Toy Story 3 or Inception win, I won't be at all disappointed. The other 3 I've seen (Black Swan, The Fighter, The Kids Are All Right) are good enough to have been nominated, but not good enough to win IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
live2tell75 Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 I've also only seen 8 of the 10 nominated films. (Haven't seen The Fighter or 127 Hours). Based on what I have seen, I would love Inception to win, but I know it won't. It felt like the most original story I have seen in a long time. The King's Speech and Black Swan both are favorites of mine from this awards season. Toy Story 3 and The Kids Are Alright were both charming. Winter's Bone was a good surprise, pretty gritty. I enjoyed the Social Network's score a lot, thought the story was interesting considering it took place only a few years ago. It was nice to see a college movie not about screw ups. True Grit was good for a western, but I hate westerns, so I found it boring. But I thought Hailee Steinfeld did a great job considering she was in almost every scene. I saw Rabbit Hole recently and thought Nicole Kidman did a fantastic job, also felt Aaron Eckhart was overlooked. In my opinion, that was the best performance I have ever seen him do. Also enjoyed Michelle Williams performance in Blue Valentine and thought Jeffery Rush was great in The King's Speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDcoasterMAN Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 and The King's Speech wins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Of Spades Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 ^Is anyone really shocked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movieguy Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 ^ Of course not. The King's Speech is the kind of film that's tailor-made to win Oscars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Clinksalot Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Yeah, there were no surprises last night, at least not that I can think of. Pretty much all of the predictions were right on, which made for a rather boring show. I'm still mad that Hailee Steinfeld didn't win for Best Supporting Actress. That was the only award I was actually disappointed there wasn't an "upset". My personal "best" movie didn't win, but Kings Speech WAS a great movie. Throw in the absolutely stoned James Franco (and not even a funny stoned) and the show was pretty bad. I thought Anne Hathaway did a good job hosting, I'd like to see her back, maybe with Hugh Jackman? They left some people off the In Memoriam such as Fess Parker and Cory Haim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movieguy Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 So who got the biggest applause on the in memoriam section? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Clinksalot Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Honestly, they weren't clapping during the segment. It was weird. But probably Lena Horne since they gave her a separate little tribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Clinksalot Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I thought this video was pretty great last night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwhg17WLHlU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jynx242 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I thought Anne Hathaway did a good job hosting, I'd like to see her back, maybe with Hugh Jackman? I'll agree! Loved her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I thought it was a bit weird, and rather a shame, that the "Documentary Short Subject" category got more airtime than the "Documentary Feature" category. I sat there watching the latter category's nominees thinking, "Wait, what the hell are any of these actually about??" Those two, and the technical categories are most interesting to me. The rest are mostly politics. Also, did I catch some audience members moaning about Christian Bale giving his character's real life inspiration a "plug" during his speech? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryancrash Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Throw in the absolutely stoned James Franco (and not even a funny stoned) and the show was pretty bad. Franco wasn't stoned - that's just how he is. He has a rather unique energy and personality. Danny Boyle almost didn't cast him in 127 Hours for the same reason. They met to discuss the role, and Boyle thought Franco was stoned. He wasn't going to cast him - then a number of people explained to him that Franco doesn't smoke pot, he's just naturally like that all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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