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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #280 on: February 02, 2010, 01:39:34 PM »
I guess I was assuming that ten nominations would be enough to get (500) Days of Summer recognized.  Oh well.

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #281 on: February 02, 2010, 01:40:37 PM »
Let us be thankful that didn't occur. But there's always Spiderman!

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #282 on: February 02, 2010, 01:42:56 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.

Me either, though all the ones I did see are probably in my top 10 or 15.

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #283 on: February 02, 2010, 01:44:24 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?

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All the Best Picture nominees are exactly what I expected other than The Blind Side over Invictus.  

I really don't see how people get so bent out of shape each year when the Academy Awards nominate exactly the type of films they nominate every year.

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #284 on: February 02, 2010, 01:52:52 PM »
Philip, you really expected A Serious Man? I'm pleased because I expected it to be "too weird" for the Academy.

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #285 on: February 02, 2010, 01:53:49 PM »
I guess I was assuming that ten nominations would be enough to get (500) Days of Summer recognized.  Oh well.

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Yeah, I figured this and WTWTA would get in over District 9 and The Blind Side.
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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #286 on: February 02, 2010, 01:56:25 PM »
I guess I was assuming that ten nominations would be enough to get (500) Days of Summer recognized.  Oh well.

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I knew it wouldn't, but I help out hope.  Philip is right, they're pretty much exactly what I thought they would be.  Blind Side getting a Best Picture Nod was surprising and annoying.
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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #287 on: February 02, 2010, 02:16:38 PM »
my Summary;

Biggest "Where the hell is that movie"

Bright Star is totally absent!
Except for costumes. (Which is deserving, if ironic, given the film's main character and how she is patronized for her needlework.) Should have got a cinematography nom and art direction nom, too, at least.

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #288 on: February 02, 2010, 02:40:31 PM »
Reading back in this thread inforces the idea that all Oscar discussion on the internet is like that discussion scene in The Fellowship Of The Ring.
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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #289 on: February 02, 2010, 02:43:17 PM »
Reading back in this thread inforces the idea that all Oscar discussion on the internet is like that discussion scene in The Fellowship Of The Ring.
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