[Nuclear1]

http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/82/nominees.html

Nothing too exciting so far, but Christopher Waltz won best supporting actor for Inglorious Basterds.

Ten movies up for Best Picture though..thoughts?

[iamzack]

the what?

[Nuclear1]

You know, like the adult film awards, except it's a statue of a dude they hand out and not a dildo.

Otherwise it's the same thing.

[iamzack]

ohh...

sounds boring

[Nuclear1]

Well yeah...but it means something..to..somebody.

[Blue Lion]

To you? Not to me

[watsisname]

I'm just glad Hurt Locker won.

[BloodEagle]

Ten movies up for Best Picture though..thoughts?

As someone who hasn't watched a new movie in years (save Zombieland), they're going to give it to Cameron. You know, just 'cause.

[General Battuta]

Hurt Locker dominated. Best Picture, best...lots of stuff.

Best Director for a woman, finally.

[Nuclear1]

Hurt Locker's a fantastic movie though.  And it was up against some stiff competition (ten movies total nominated for best picture).

Good on Kathryn Bigelow too. 

Haven't seen Crazy Heart, so can't comment on Jeff Bridges winning best actor...but then again I haven't seen half the movies that were nominated this year.

[SpardaSon21]

Waltz really deserved that award.  Hans Landa was a supremely well-acted character.

[Nuclear1]

Waltz pretty much made that movie what it was.  Pitt was definitely the comic relief, but Hans Landa was legitimately terrifying.

[Mongoose]

The only category I generally care about is Best Animated, which Up predictably won.  It didn't really have any sort of chance in the Best Picture category, but it was at least nice to see an animated film finally get back in there.

[Klaustrophobia]

i generally don't give a damn about entertainment awards, but Hurt Locker?  really?  what was so damn special about that movie?  i was bored out of my mind.  as for its supposed drama and insight, every article i saw on it blasted it for its inaccuracy and ludicrous suggestions on how things work in iraq.  i didn't even have to read those to know soldiers don't go walking around baghdad at night like a thug, go hunting insurgents on their own, or go up to the bomb themself when they have a robot that can do the job.  to which the reply is usually "it's a movie, it's entertainment".  welp, failure on both counts then.

[TrashMan]

ohh...

sounds boring

Not so much boring as stupid...and useless...and not really a measure of anything meaningful.

[Nuclear1]

ohh...

sounds boring

Not so much boring as stupid...and useless...and not really a measure of anything meaningful.

You don't think Avatar, Up in the Air, District 9, Hurt Locker, Precious, or any of the ten movies nominated for Best Picture weren't good?  Admittedly, there's some politics to the Academy, but when a group of people whose entire lives and professions either involve being in movies or studying cinema and it's effects on audiences nominate ten movies as the best, there's usually some validity to it.

Did you not think Christoph Waltz deserved Best Supporting Actor?  Do you disagree with the Best Director or Best Actor award?

[StarSlayer]

Being apathetic and condescending is the rule of cool though.

[TrashMan]

IMHO, the academy awards have had plenty of politicking and bad picks lately.

For me, it lost all of it's credibility.
And I really couldn't care less about the judges.
After all, all those modern art expert have degrees and qaulifications, and the only thing I'd use the works they applaud is as toilet paper. Appeal to authority....no worky here.

[Nuclear1]

Examples, or just going to generalize again?

[Blue Lion]

Examples, or just going to generalize again?

What do you think?