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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #180 on: February 02, 2010, 11:01:58 AM »

Ans while The Blind Side being nominated is utter bullcrap, I think it's also a sign of the politics of this year's Oscars. The push is to be more audience-friendly, and what better way than including a film for everyone (Avatar), a film for the middle-aged women and southerners (The Blind Side), and a film for the action lovers and total geeks (District 9). Could you imagine if all of those very successful films were beat out by The Hurt Locker? It would be a dream come true. It would leave just about the entire audience yelling at the screen because they haven't seen the movie, but it would maybe prompt a lot more of them to check it out it.


Eh, surely it's going to be more of a surprise if The Hurt Locker doesn't win?

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #181 on: February 02, 2010, 11:09:04 AM »
The Hurt Locker featured prominantly in my Filmspot ballot (perhaps helped by seeing it again the night before) and I'm glad to see Renner get a nom. What I'm not so happy about is the lack of anything for WTWTA. Max Records surely deserves some kind of something. Let's hope we fix that.
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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #182 on: February 02, 2010, 11:19:58 AM »
I think I'm most disappointed that Bright Star didn't get a cinematography nomination.

Don't know if that's because I'm OK with the rest, or my expectations were just really low.
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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #183 on: February 02, 2010, 11:20:12 AM »
I just don't understand why A Serious Man was nominated (deservedly) for Best Picture and then basically ignored in every other category. Also if Christoph Waltz doesn't win, I'm done with movies.

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #184 on: February 02, 2010, 11:23:55 AM »
I just don't understand why A Serious Man was nominated (deservedly) for Best Picture and then basically ignored in every other category. Also if Christoph Waltz doesn't win, I'm done with movies.



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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #185 on: February 02, 2010, 11:24:17 AM »
I just don't understand why A Serious Man was nominated (deservedly) for Best Picture and then basically ignored in every other category.

The only other place it really had a shot was Best Actor (other than screenplay, which it got).  It just wasn't flashy enough in any of the technical categories, and Actor was stacked this year with longtime Academy favorites.    Even Christopher Plummer didn't get a nomination.
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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #186 on: February 02, 2010, 11:27:16 AM »
Even Christopher Plummer didn't get a nomination.

Best Supporting Actor, actually. I've never heard of the movie.

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #187 on: February 02, 2010, 11:27:24 AM »
It would benefit no one if The Hurt Locker beat out the more deserving films.

Less deserving films often eek out wins at the Oscars. So I try and make the best of it by saying this: in a fight between Avatar and The Hurt Locker, The Hurt Locker easily deserves to win.


Ans while The Blind Side being nominated is utter bullcrap, I think it's also a sign of the politics of this year's Oscars. The push is to be more audience-friendly, and what better way than including a film for everyone (Avatar), a film for the middle-aged women and southerners (The Blind Side), and a film for the action lovers and total geeks (District 9). Could you imagine if all of those very successful films were beat out by The Hurt Locker? It would be a dream come true. It would leave just about the entire audience yelling at the screen because they haven't seen the movie, but it would maybe prompt a lot more of them to check it out it.


Eh, surely it's going to be more of a surprise if The Hurt Locker doesn't win?

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #188 on: February 02, 2010, 11:28:23 AM »
I think the answer to that (and some of the questions regarding District 9 or The Blind Side) may be that it's now a ten nominee-category and they needed something to fill it up.
I also liked how The Hollywood Reporter had to point out that, surprisingly, only five of the Best Pictures nominees got a nod for Directing too.
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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #189 on: February 02, 2010, 11:30:52 AM »
I just don't understand why A Serious Man was nominated (deservedly) for Best Picture and then basically ignored in every other category. Also if Christoph Waltz doesn't win, I'm done with movies.



I'm sure you mean that if Christoph Waltz doesn't win, you'll be done with award shows, not movies. I would feel very sad for you if that were the case.

Well yeah. I just haven't felt this strongly about a nomination ever before.
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