BF2S Forums 82nd Annual Academy Awards, March 7th, 2010

Mekstizzle wrote:

I've never heard of this film "The Hurt Locker" but it seems interesting

life in war as a bomb defuser.

Pretty good movie jsut abit slow kinda like jarhead

Directing will be interesting, since Bigelow is Cameron's ex-wife.

I reckon Avatar will win a few though.

The Hurt Locker has got far too many nominations. It was good, but not that good.

My picks:

Actor in a Leading Role

* Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

Actor in a Supporting Role

* Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Actress in a Leading Role

* Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”

Actress in a Supporting Role

* Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”

Animated Feature Film

* “Up” Pete Docter

Art Direction

* “Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair

Cinematography

* “Avatar” Mauro Fiore

Costume Design

* “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme

Directing

* “Avatar” James Cameron
* “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
* “Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino

ugh, can't pick... if I had to go with one I'd go with The Hurt Locker... no, Inglourious Basterds... fuck me

Documentary (Feature)

* “Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein

Documentary (Short Subject)

N/A

Film Editing

* “Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron

Foreign Language Film

N/A

Makeup

* “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow

Music (Original Score)

* “Up” Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)

* “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Best Picture

* “The Hurt Locker” Nominees to be determined

Short Film (Animated)

N/A

Short Film (Live Action)

N/A

Sound Editing

* “Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin

Sound Mixing

* “Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson

Visual Effects

* “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

* “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

Writing (Original Screenplay)

* “Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino

My top 5 for the year:

1. Avatar
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. The Hurt Locker
4. Star Trek
5. Up

It's really so hard to pick for directing. Quentin Tarantino did such an amazing job with Inglourious Basterds but Kathryn Bigelow did PHENOMENAL with The Hurt Locker. I'm taking a Great Moral Questions class this semester and we're going to be watching The Hurt Locker due to how accurate it is. Even EOD people say it's the most accurate depiction of the war. Best original screenplay definitely goes to Inglourious Basterds though. The whole idea of a revenge fantasy is just too good to give up.

However, for best picture I just had to give it to The Hurt Locker as much as I loved Inglourious Basterds and Avatar. It had the best all around presence.

Oh and if Christoph Waltz doesn't win best supporting actor I will throw something at my TV.

I hope The Hurt Locker wins in all its categories, it's just that fucking good.

I hope Avatar doesnt win shite

How come Avatar didn't get nominated for any of the 'Writing' awards?

Dauntless wrote:

cause of pocahontas

i fap to her often

OUt of all of those I've seen "District 9" and "Avatar".

Thought "Mary + Max" deserved at least a nomination for best animation. Oh well.

CameronPoe wrote:

How come Avatar didn't get nominated for any of the 'Writing' awards?

As Dauntless said, same shit as Pocahontas.

Most Euros wouldn't know The Hurt Locker because it's an independent film and didn't get distributed properly, but you can torrent. The film has less action but more drama, and it was a really good film, especially the acting.

henno13 wrote:

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On a more serious note, I really need to watch The Hurt Locker, somehow it didn't come to any cinemas in Belfast.

It came to hardly any cinemas in the US, so don't feel sad.

It's still the best fucking movie this year by a longshot though.

I watched The Hurt Locker last night, good film. Sort of bigs up EOD abit too much but you'd expect that seeing as it's a film based on them. Also the main character is portrayed abit too much as a hero type. But the film keeps going and picks itself up afterwards. I liked the filming style. Lack of stupid BGM for the most part (hate BGM in general, even in games, unless it's awesome, but none of that orchestral or cliche shit). I always notice that there's always heightened tension and a sense of being involved when films do away with BGM.

I'm just surprised I've never heard of it until they nominated it. The plot still had quite a few question marks but I guess that's the situation, right.

solid 9/10

Dunno what the military types/Rackie vets think of it, but I liked it

Just saw this, trippy ...