academy awards

[Mew_User]

Today I went to see the shorts that were nominated and all of them were great. Of the animated ones, French Roast was probably the weakest but it was still original and I liked it. Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty was hilarious. The Lady and the Reaper was incredible. A Matter of Loaf and Death was great. Logorama was fantastic. I got to see a few that weren't even nominated like the Pixar one that played before Up, which was okay. My favorite of all of them was called Runaway by Canadian director Cordell Barker who also made The Cat Comes Back and Strange Invaders. I was sad that Alma didn't get at least an honorable mention. The last one was called The Kinematograph and it was kind of pretentious but still worth a watch.

The live action ones were great as well. I especially likes The New Tenants, Miracle Fish and Instead of Abracadabra.

[creamcorn]

logorama was shit
it was just one big logo pun parade(barely even) , and at the end there is a halfassed attempt at a 'message'  when all of logorama is flooded by oil

[Mew_User]

I liked it.

[Jeinu]

OK I've almost watched all the films nominated for best picture with the exception of the blind side and avatar. Here are my opinions on them:

District 9 - i watched this a while back, but from what i remember i recall being impressed at how the movie switched from documentary-style to movie-style pretty seamlessly. that's all i remember um

An Education - loved this film, very strong character hitting some confusing and conflicting choices in her life. it was easy to sympathize with her, i think a lot of people could relate to this

The Hurt Locker - characters were interesting but the plot wasn't memorable. the way it was shot was fantastic however, and i'm glad to see kathryn bigelow get a lot of attention for this. most memorable shot for me was near the end, when he's picking out cereal in a huge aisle.

Inglourious Basterds - really fascinating antagonist, Landa, most memorable character of them all. however, most of the other characters were one-dimensional. had some great shots and great action, and i was impressed that it used little to no CG !! (or so i heard anyway)

A Serious Man - not as great as the Coens' previous films, but still pretty great. It had me curious and saddened at how a life can unravel so quickly. some of the side characters felt sort of muted (perhaps due to atmosphere or setting).

Precious - i feel this is the strongest movie of the bunch: it's startling, horrific, and no character is one-dimensional or flat, even Precious's detestable mother is given a chance to show her side of the story. It breaks the mold in that these are not the typical charming characters in films, these are real people that might live next door to you or go to school with you. their not amiable, suave, or even awkwardly likable at first glance. stunning performances from Sidibe and Mo'nique.

Up - fantastic animation. my favorite thing about pixar films is they never sacrifice a part of the story. it's moving within the first five minutes of the film, and keeps the momentum. even small, few-second shots are carefully thought out (my favorite example, when Karl dumps all the furniture/life treasures out of his house to get it floating again, all this junk is piled up and scattered everywhere except for his and his wife's armchairs, which are placed carefully side by side). i love the attention to detail this film has. however, i think the one weakness that pixar (and disney) films tend to have is to leave out mother characters (making them dead or just absent) and focus on these sort of male bonds. but i have heard that the next film (the bear and the bow) will focus more on a mother to daughter bond, so i'm looking forward to see how that balances out.

Up in the Air - i thought it was pretty overrated (and also somewhat uncomfortable to watch when i found out the people that got fired in the movie weren't actors, but real people that got laid off), didn't really have any strong characters, esp. the females. to me, this film just didn't use clooney to his full potential, and i just don't feel that this was cast well. The plot and situations also felt somewhat contrived.



to put it short - i think Precious should win.

oops i can't believe i wrote all that      

[Mew_User]

Jeinu is intelligent as well as charming.

I went to see them again today and the only ones that really held up were The Lady and the Reaper, Runaway and Logorama. I would say the Wallace and Gromit one but I'm not a big fan of Nick Park. I hope Runaway is online soon.

[jjjjjjjjjj]

When avatar wins everyone act surprised

[Mew_User]

Avatar for president.

[texas]

logorama won

[Mew_User]

And I am happy.

[texas]

eehehehehahhahahaahhahah yes hurt locker thank god

[DrRumack]

christoph waltz got his oscar and that's good enough for me

[jjjjjjjjjj]

the dude won best actor
sandra bullock is the first actress to win a razzie and a oscar in the same year
avatar didnt win best picture

i am ok with this

[Mew_User]

You are all in denial Avatar did win.

[Ashington]

It was nice to see Jeff Bridges win something he's a great actor, along with Christoph Waltz. When The Hurt Locker beat out Avatar for almost every award at the BAFTA's i was pretty confident the same was going to happen at the AA's and im glad it did.

[billy]

You are all in denial Avatar did win.

avatar won best picture because it was the best picture

[Casey Pixmintro]

christoph waltz got his oscar and that's good enough for me

[jjjjjjjjjj]

[MarcK]

[redmongoose]

[Necronomitr0n]

lmfao redm i was going to post that