Author Topic: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.  (Read 50184 times)

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #270 on: February 02, 2010, 01:10:57 PM »
This is the Golden Globes:

Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
'(500) Days of Summer'
'The Hangover'
'It's Complicated'
'Julie & Julia'
'Nine'

Best Motion Picture, Drama
'Avatar'
'The Hurt Locker'
'Inglourious Basterds'
'Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire'
'Up in the Air'
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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #271 on: February 02, 2010, 01:11:59 PM »
Thank god we didnt see noms for It's Complicated or The Hangover (which I liked).

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #272 on: February 02, 2010, 01:15:10 PM »
Then again, last year everyone here was over the moon for Wall-E and I'm the one that had to bring it back to reality. Looking back, do all of you think that it was the best film of the year? I hope not.

It's still my favorite.
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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #273 on: February 02, 2010, 01:16:50 PM »
What were people (general consensus) expecting to be nominated instead of say, The Blind Side (which I'm anxious to see).  Which Best Picture nominees don't overlap with AFI or whatever other thing has a ten picture field?
Some of these didn't have much of a shot at a best pic nomination, but here's the AFI's top ten.

Coraline
The Hangover
The Hurt Locker
The Messenger
Precious
A Serious Man
A Single Man
Sugar
Up
Up in the Air
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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #274 on: February 02, 2010, 01:20:03 PM »
I haven't seen any of the movies that were nominated for Best Actress. I wonder what that says about me?

I try not to get too upset about what didn't get nominated, but there's some ridiculous omissions. :D No Where the Wild Things Are at all? No Michael Stuhlbarg? No Ponyo?

Oh well. Filmspots!

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #275 on: February 02, 2010, 01:22:36 PM »
I have only seen the first two Comedy/Dramas from the GG list but I do wish there would be at least one comedy on the Academy's list.
Or probably I just wish there would be more good comedies.
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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #276 on: February 02, 2010, 01:22:50 PM »
I figured that either A Single Man or Crazy Heart would score a Best Pic nomination instead of The Blind Side because it seemed that last year many of the nominees were not great films but three or four were huge actor vehicles, meaning the actors were mostly the only redeeming quality. Though I suppose The Blind Side fits that description, if Sandra is really that good, so it's not overly surprising since there seemed to be a concious effort to stray away from the obvious prestige pic picks.

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #277 on: February 02, 2010, 01:29:00 PM »
I did not see near enough non-English language films this year. It's pathetic.

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #278 on: February 02, 2010, 01:32:14 PM »
I did not see near enough non-English language films this year. It's pathetic.
Moi aussi. I assume The White Ribbon and 35 Shots of Rum will get Filmspot nominations and I'm looking forward to both of those.
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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #279 on: February 02, 2010, 01:33:26 PM »
I've seen enough, though I want to see the four remaining foreign films nominated here, and 35 Shots, so that I can have an informed decision of what the deserving winner is titled.