Originally posted by super furry blue:
I hope no-one actually watched these - a terrible borefest. But the results are always interesting.

What did people think of the winners? I was surprised to see The Hurt Locker win both director and picture, thought they would split them with it and Avatar.

Originally posted by DAF:
I have not seen the Hurt Locker yet so i cant pass judgement however i agree with siurboy Inglorious Basterds was brilliant and I dont think I have seen a more purely enjoyable movie in quite a while.However it lwould never have a hope of winning the Best picture simply because it is a film which is not filled with good intenetions and the oscars voters love to award these well meaning films.You only have to look at the amount of films about the holocaust or about mentally handicapped people that have won oscars.A film about the holocaust or about mentally handicapped people seems to be one of the main criteria for winning an oscar.

Originally posted by DAF:
I have not seen the Hurt Locker yet so i cant pass judgement however i agree with siurboy Inglorious Basterds was brilliant and I dont think I have seen a more purely enjoyable movie in quite a while.However it lwould never have a hope of winning the Best picture simply because it is a film which is not filled with good intenetions and the oscars voters love to award these well meaning films.You only have to look at the amount of films about the holocaust or about mentally handicapped people that have won oscars.A film about the holocaust or about mentally handicapped people seems to be one of the main criteria for winning an oscar.

Originally posted by DAF:
I have not seen the Hurt Locker yet so i cant pass judgement........

Originally posted by Mondo88:


Did you steal that from Extras?? The episode with Kate Winslet in it.....

. This is in an army which would nuke a small town if they thought it woud save one of their own getting a hangnail.

Originally posted by DAF:


No I stole it from Tropic Thunder although they are right just look at the amount of awards films about the holocaust and mental illness get compared to the amount of these films that are made.

Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man:All he did was mumble a few phrases for two hours.
Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump:Just spoke in a dumb voice that any of us on this forum could do just as well as he did it.

Forrest Gump won best picture in 1994 ahead of Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption.One flew over the Cuckoos Nest won in 1975 ahead of Jaws and Dog Day Afternoon which were much better films.You just have to look at some of the choices for best picture over the years and wonder.Hollywood likes to award films that have great intentions i.e look at Slumdog Millionaire last year although a good film was not a patch on the Dark knight which did not even get nominated because it was a comic book film and hollywood would loathe to give its top award to a mere comic book film.

Titanic in 1997 ahead of LA Confidential
Kramer vs Kramer in 1979 ahead of Apocalypse now
Rocky in 1976 ahead of Network an All the Presidents Men
Ordinary People ahead of Raging Bull in 1980.
Rain man Ahead of Mississippi Burning in 1988.
The English patient ahead of Fargo in 1996
Shakespeare in Love ahead of Saving private Ryan and the Thin Red Line in 1998.
I could go on and on.

The Oscars constantly give awards to actors for performances that don’t deserve awards but ignore their best performances.i.e. Paul Newman, John Wayne ,Al Pacino.

The fact is the though there is no precise way of judging whether a film or performance is great and thus the Oscars are pointless.They have now become a big back clapping session for Hollywood and are no longer an event about the film industry but a celebrity event as there is more talk about the dresses the women attending wear than about the actual films and also you just have to look at the amount of celebrities that attend that have nothing to do with the films nominated.Rant over.

Originally posted by Dixiedean:
Yeah right. This is in an army which would nuke a small town if they thought it woud save one of their own getting a hangnail.

I love these pontifications from keyboard warriors like yourself.What life experience are you basing this opinion on?It won for best film not best documentary

Originally posted by super furry blue:
I hope no-one actually watched these - a terrible borefest. But the results are always interesting.

What did people think of the winners? I was surprised to see The Hurt Locker win both director and picture, thought they would split them with it and Avatar.

This message has been edited - 08-mar-2010 @ 15:45

Originally posted by stones_off:
How many Holocast films have won an oscar? All I can think of is Schlinders List.

I haven`t seen the Hurt Locker, but I saw Avatar and Inglorious Basterds, they were both rubbish. This must be the worst year for films, in a long time   (probably 1991  )  .

Originally posted by stones_off:
How many Holocast films have won an oscar? All I can think of is Schlinders List.

I haven`t seen the Hurt Locker, but I saw Avatar and Inglorious Basterds, they were both rubbish. This must be the worst year for films, in a long time   (probably 1991  )  .

Originally posted by DAF:


Sophies Choice,The Pianist,The Reader,Judgement at Nuremberg,Defiance .These films all got oscar nominations and there are probably more.But it is a fact that when a film is made about the holocaust it gets a huge deal of attention from the Oscar voters some of it deserved some of it not.

The great thing about Inglorious Basterds was that it is one of the very few films that actually portrayed jews as being something other than victims and perfect innocent human beings.I know the story was completely fictional but at least it has a sense of fun and enjoyment about it something which cant be said about the vast majority of films that get recognised by the Oscars.i also thought that Drag me To Hell was one of the most enjoyable films made last year however you would not get the oscars recognising something that is as much fun as drag me to hell.

Originally posted by Deise Vu:


Possibly you never heard of `Shock and Awe` tactics or maybe Hiroshima or Nagasaki. I don`t have time for a history lesson, the internet is there for you if you want to check out how the Yanks run their many wars.

I don`t even disagree with those tactics but don`t try to tell me the best film of the year is some comic book, George Bush version of how the war in Afghanistan is being conducted.

I`m more into gritty realism myself so forgive me for having an opinion.

Originally posted by Mondo88:


Fair enough..... Tropic Thunder has a few gems alright!!
He went full retard..... you never go full retard!!!

Originally posted by magpie:
Sandra is slipping a bit ,not half as hot as she used to be