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Author Topic: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.  (Read 50231 times)

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #550 on: March 08, 2010, 12:21:41 PM »
I'm just glad I got to hear Geoffrey Fletcher's voice.

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #551 on: March 08, 2010, 12:33:17 PM »
A Serious Man, yo!

No way.  I agree (but I was rooting for IB a little bit more) but that movie is going to seem way too opaque for most viewers.  There are very few people I would urge to watch that.  Most people would be just WTF? when it ended. 

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #552 on: March 08, 2010, 12:35:25 PM »
A Serious Man, yo!

No way.  I agree (but I was rooting for IB a little bit more) but that movie is going to seem way too opaque for most viewers.  There are very few people I would urge to watch that.  Most people would be just WTF? when it ended. 

I totally agree. On my other forum the people are pretty well educated about film (nothing like here though) but I cant get a single person to acknowledge that A serious Man is a great film. They all hate it. :(

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #553 on: March 08, 2010, 12:38:37 PM »
A Serious Man, yo!

No way.  I agree (but I was rooting for IB a little bit more) but that movie is going to seem way too opaque for most viewers.  There are very few people I would urge to watch that.  Most people would be just WTF? when it ended. 

I totally agree. On my other forum the people are pretty well educated about film (nothing like here though) but I cant get a single person to acknowledge that A serious Man is a great film. They all hate it. :(

What's your other forum?
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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #554 on: March 08, 2010, 12:39:47 PM »
Up's screenplay nomination is probably more embarrassing than The Hurt Locker's screenplay win.

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #555 on: March 08, 2010, 12:43:49 PM »
What's so bad about the writing in Up?
I assume your question is rhetorical, but here.

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #556 on: March 08, 2010, 12:53:04 PM »
A Serious Man, yo!

No way.  I agree (but I was rooting for IB a little bit more) but that movie is going to seem way too opaque for most viewers.  There are very few people I would urge to watch that.  Most people would be just WTF? when it ended. 

I totally agree. On my other forum the people are pretty well educated about film (nothing like here though) but I cant get a single person to acknowledge that A serious Man is a great film. They all hate it. :(

What's your other forum?

It's a poker forum with a subforum about film. It's called 2+2.

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #557 on: March 08, 2010, 01:19:10 PM »
A Serious Man, yo!

No way.  I agree (but I was rooting for IB a little bit more) but that movie is going to seem way too opaque for most viewers.  There are very few people I would urge to watch that.  Most people would be just WTF? when it ended. 

I agree it didn't have much of a shot at actually winning, but of the nominated films it was my first choice. IMO the screenplay is amazing, even if only a small portion of people appreciate it.

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #558 on: March 08, 2010, 02:26:14 PM »
A Serious Man, yo!

I agree. Though I wouldn't have minded seeing IB winning Best Screenplay either, as it was my choice. Haven't seen the final nominee, (The Last Station, right?) but these two screenplays make The Hurt Locker and Up look like a five year old's first narrative by comparison.

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Re: 2009 Awards That Are Not Filmspots.
« Reply #559 on: March 08, 2010, 03:11:37 PM »
I like that essentially 3 (great) genre movies have won in the past 4 years. It seems like Oscar is trying to make for all that terrible Oscar-bait that won in the past.
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