Yeah, they mentioned how they weren't too favourable for sci-fi films.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
The Oscars have a hard-on about disregarding sci-fi. No awards for District 9 fails.I think it was hyped a tad bit for what it was.Backupwayback wrote:
hurt locker was a boring movie imo
Somehow, the Hurt Locker wasn't released anywhere in Belfast last year .
I thought it was a great movie, it reminded me of the mini series Generation Kill in a way, which was
I thought it was a great movie, it reminded me of the mini series Generation Kill in a way, which was
Except D9 was an outrageously terrible movie and is extremely fortunate to even be nominated.M.O.A.B wrote:
Yeah, they mentioned how they weren't too favourable for sci-fi films.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
The Oscars have a hard-on about disregarding sci-fi. No awards for District 9 fails.I think it was hyped a tad bit for what it was.Backupwayback wrote:
hurt locker was a boring movie imo
Well yeah you got a point... but looking at the amount of great films throughout history which have not won... compared to the films that have? I'd say that winning an Oscar means just as much as being voted prom king. You're popular for a little while.. then no one gives a shit.cl4u53w1t2 wrote:
you do know that apocalypse now is from 1979, do you??!!Spearhead wrote:
Academy Awards are a fucking joke. Same with the Emmys.
The Hurt Locker wins best picture but Apocalypse Now does not?
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
This is why Golden Globes > Academy Awards. Hands down.
but yeah, no oscars for taxi driver, citizen kane (well, that was because of hearst), hitchcock, kubrick (ok, one for special effects, meh...), goodfellas (ok, one for joe pesci, meh...), dr. strangelove, a clockwork orange etc.
in 1994 (?), three great movies were nominated (pulp fiction, forrest gump and the shawshank redemption). that was hard to decide, i must admit...
Who else thinks Jarhead > Hurt Locker? I know I do. My god, Hurt Lockers overrated.
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the director michael haneke (das weiße band - the white ribbon; nominated for best foreign language film) said that for the artistically demanding work, cannes is the most important award, for publicity/the public, it's the oscars...Spearhead wrote:
Well yeah you got a point... but looking at the amount of great films throughout history which have not won... compared to the films that have? I'd say that winning an Oscar means just as much as being voted prom king. You're popular for a little while.. then no one gives a shit.cl4u53w1t2 wrote:
you do know that apocalypse now is from 1979, do you??!!Spearhead wrote:
Academy Awards are a fucking joke. Same with the Emmys.
The Hurt Locker wins best picture but Apocalypse Now does not?
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
This is why Golden Globes > Academy Awards. Hands down.
but yeah, no oscars for taxi driver, citizen kane (well, that was because of hearst), hitchcock, kubrick (ok, one for special effects, meh...), goodfellas (ok, one for joe pesci, meh...), dr. strangelove, a clockwork orange etc.
in 1994 (?), three great movies were nominated (pulp fiction, forrest gump and the shawshank redemption). that was hard to decide, i must admit...
Who else thinks Jarhead > Hurt Locker? I know I do. My god, Hurt Lockers overrated.
jarhead was horribleSpearhead wrote:
Well yeah you got a point... but looking at the amount of great films throughout history which have not won... compared to the films that have? I'd say that winning an Oscar means just as much as being voted prom king. You're popular for a little while.. then no one gives a shit.cl4u53w1t2 wrote:
you do know that apocalypse now is from 1979, do you??!!Spearhead wrote:
Academy Awards are a fucking joke. Same with the Emmys.
The Hurt Locker wins best picture but Apocalypse Now does not?
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
This is why Golden Globes > Academy Awards. Hands down.
but yeah, no oscars for taxi driver, citizen kane (well, that was because of hearst), hitchcock, kubrick (ok, one for special effects, meh...), goodfellas (ok, one for joe pesci, meh...), dr. strangelove, a clockwork orange etc.
in 1994 (?), three great movies were nominated (pulp fiction, forrest gump and the shawshank redemption). that was hard to decide, i must admit...
Who else thinks Jarhead > Hurt Locker? I know I do. My god, Hurt Lockers overrated.
Hurt locker was an alright movie but not oscar worthy
'Outrageously terrible' goes to weird shit like Big Man Japan, not District 9.mtb0minime wrote:
Except D9 was an outrageously terrible movie and is extremely fortunate to even be nominated.M.O.A.B wrote:
Yeah, they mentioned how they weren't too favourable for sci-fi films.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
The Oscars have a hard-on about disregarding sci-fi. No awards for District 9 fails.
I think it was hyped a tad bit for what it was.
I mean...a monster with an eyeball at the end of its retractable penis that it uses as a flail? WTF.
i like to see what i'm hitting, if you see what i mean . . .unnamednewbie13 wrote:
I mean...a monster with an eyeball at the end of its retractable penis that it uses as a flail? WTF.
I said hurt locker was bullshit as I was watching it for the first time on this forum
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