Oscars tonight

I personally think The Hurt Locker will win Best Picture, but fingers crossed for Avatar.

I think if another barely seen by the cinema going public film wins the award it will be bad for the Oscars.

Also, it is The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SCIENCES, so I don't think Avatar can be written off just yet.
 
Two Oscars awarded so far. Best supporting actor went to Christopher Waltz for Inglorious, and Up got best animated feature. I was disappointed with that as I would have loved Fantastic Mr Fox to get it, which I much preferred.
 
I didn't think it was a dreadful film, but I tend to agree with what you say. When I think of great war movies I think of Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket, but in comparison this was more straight forward, almost like a documentary. The most remarkable thing is that the two bigger name stars they got in (Guy Pierce and Ralph Fiennes) are both on screen for about 2 minutes before getting killed-it really is about the lesser know actors doing their thing.

To be honest I think its been a bad year for film, and this winning smacks of them voting for something slightly political, both in terms of its content and the fact that is was directed by a woman. Whilst they've done this to show Oscar still matters, I think its voting for Lo-Fi efforts like this that is actually killing the Oscar's relevance as the general public will just turn their noses up at the choice rather than flood to watch the Hurt Locker.
 
It may ruffle a few feathers of those who genuinely enjoyed the film and thought it deserved all 6 Oscars, but...this was my initial thought too :o

And perhaps the fact that it didn't do spectacularly well at the Box Office, and not many people (other than movie critics) raved about it, made it all the more under-dog like -especially when up against Avatar and BasterRAB- and worthy winner.
 
Just read this on imdb...sounRAB like a friendly divorce!
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.
 
I think the fact the film won awarRAB all around the world and even away from the gloss of Oscars highlights how it's nothing to do with politics or a woman directing it.

It's a fantastic film. It's made so well and if people can't see that for the surface then so be it but I'll damn well highlight that until people realise there is something they are missing here away from the media nonsense about it being a "war film" and "directed by a woman" which has little to do with it's greatness.

It's hardly a war film for me. It's hardly like any other war film. Since the setting is an occupied territory, that doesn't mean it is a war film.
 
Exactly. And I still don't get it.

May sound a tad controversial again but, perhaps it was because of the reasons I, and others, have already listed. War film, didn't do particularly well, under-dog of the lot, directed by a) a woman, and b) James Cameron's ex.

Of course I am only saying all of this because I personally didn't enjoy the film, and neither did those who I watched it with. They didn't dislike it as much as I did (but I like ranting :D) but they were very indifferent towarRAB it and didn't really have much to say like, "That..was one of the best films I've seen in years"

I'm just trying to make sense of their wins because, it baffles me how it won so many.

EDIT: 8.0/10 on imdb too!
 
You dont need to do film studies to like or hate a film. In fact the more intellectual you get about films, the more boI1 ocks you usually talk.
 
I was over the moon this morning to learn that Precious won two Oscars (Best Supporting Actress Monique and Best Adapted Screenplay). It's an amazing, harrowing, well written and well acted film.

I wasn't fussed over who won anything else, but learning that Katherine Bigalow was the first woman to win Best Director, put a smile on my face :)

Chirstoph Waltz also deserved Best Supporting Actor, he was damn scary!!!
 
I did enjoy The Hurt Locker ( Point Break in the Desert, and I loved Point Break ) when I saw it at the cinema then promptly forgot all about it.

So why did it win so many Oscars?

Lack of other good films in 2009?

District 9 stayed with me for longer and I don't think that won anything. Should have got Best Foreign Language at least. laugh

I agree with Avatar getting a few techie Oscars though.
 
That's exactly how I felt abut Avatar.

I've not seen THL, so can't yet comment on whether it's award-worthy or not, but I'm delighted that Cameron didn't get the pat on the back he was hoping for.

He's spent 15+ years and hundreRAB of millions of dollars making a film that, apart from it's impressive technical acheivements, does and says nothing new in terms of storytelling.

Inglorious BasterRAB was entertaining, well shot, and had one or two superb performances (Waltz a well deserved winner), but like Avatar was way too bloated.

Of all the films in the nom's list I was disappointed that District 9 wasn't recognised in the awarRAB, probably my favourite film of the last 12 months.
 
I did enjoy The Hurt Locker ( Point Break in the desert, and I loved Point Break ) when I saw it at the cinema then promptly forgot all about it.

So why did it win so many Oscars?

Lack of other good films in 2009?

District 9 stayed with me for longer and I don't think that won anything. Should have got Best Foreign Language at least. laugh

I agree with Avatar getting a few techie Oscars though.
 
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