2010 Academy Awards Thread

[B-side]

District 9 is an adapted screenplay? What's it based on?

Short film.

[[ETM]]

For good reason they've neglected him ever since.

Fixed.

Don't understand what James Horner's lazy copy-and-paste score is doing in the same category though. Especially not when Moon and The Road are sadly missing.

This is infuriating. While it works in the film, Horner's score is just another example of his old "if it worked once (or ten times) it will work again" routine.

[[ETM]]

i honestly wasn't sure if you were a bit LOTR fan or not.

I love Tolkien (ETM stands for Eärendil The Mariner) and loved Jackson's films, so I was glad he got recognition for ROTK, but the sweep was completely unjustified and not fair to several films that year. So yeah, half joking.

[number8]

10 noms made it easier for Up, but obviously not as impressive as Beauty and the Beast.

[Dukefrukem]

District 9 should be in the noms for Sound Editing.

[Raiders]

Sorry Adam, I wanted there to be its own thread, but since vBulletin only allows, without hacking, threads to be shown in chronological order, I needed to edit your post to have it show the noms. Your comment is still at the bottom.

[Spinal]

10 Best Picture nominations is such a stupid idea.

[Dead & Messed Up]

10 Best Picture nominations is such a stupid idea.

You can look at the other categories (like best director) and easily ditch five nominees. It's very transparent.

[Skitch]

No nom for Sam Rockwell is unacceptable.

[Morris Schæffer]

10 Best Picture nominations is such a stupid idea.

Including the likes of The Blind Side is.

[Spinal]

There's only one way to solve this. Get drunk with friends and make disparaging remarks about the size of James Cameron's penis throughout the entire ceremony.

[Spinal]

Seriously though, this feels like the year where we're going to get a woman winning Best Director.

[Fezzik]

There's only one way to solve this. Get drunk with friends and make disparaging remarks about the size of James Cameron's penis throughout the entire ceremony.

Is that your advice for yourself, for us, or for Kathryn Bigelow? :P

[number8]

Pete Hammond is such a tool. He sent out an email this morning to colleagues bragging that he was the one that got The Blind Side nominated, because a month before release he saw an advanced screening and convinced WB that they have an Oscar bid, which WB wasn't even considering at that point.

[Fezzik]

10 noms made it easier for Up, but obviously not as impressive as Beauty and the Beast.

Agreed. Unless they go back to 5 nominees again at some point, Beauty and the Beast will stand alone atop that mountain, I guess.

(unless an animated film actually wins BP someday)

[Fezzik]

Pete Hammond is such a tool. He sent out an email this morning to colleagues bragging that he was the one that got The Blind Side nominated, because a month before release he saw an advanced screening and convinced WB that they have an Oscar bid, which WB wasn't even considering at that point.

:crazy::frustrated:

The more I hear about Hammond, the less I like him.

[Spinal]

Is that your advice for yourself, for us, or for Kathryn Bigelow? :P

Oh man. How bad would it be to lose an Oscar to your ex? Unless there is a major upset, that's going to happen to somebody.

[balmakboor]

:crazy::frustrated:

The more I hear about Hammond, the less I like him.

I don't even know who Pete Hammond is, but, if he had anything at all to do with The Blind Side, I automatically dislike him.

I'm way ahead though this year over previous years on seeing the best pic nominees. I only still need to see An Education, Precious, and A Serious Man. I suppose they'll all hit my small town soon now.

[NickGlass]

Seriously though, this feels like the year where we're going to get a woman winning Best Director.

You mean that old lesbian Cameron?

[balmakboor]

Was Ponyo eligible this year? I thought it was way better than Up.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Seriously though, this feels like the year where we're going to get a woman winning Best Director.

I'm also sure it's gonna win Picture. The Academy loves a narrative, and they already told the story of Cameron Triumphant.

[number8]

Was Ponyo eligible this year? I thought it was way better than Up.

It was, but not many people liked it.

[balmakboor]

I'm also sure it's gonna win Picture. The Academy loves a narrative, and they already told the story of Cameron Triumphant.

If The Hurt Locker wins the top prizes, this will be one of those rare years where I go to bed happy.

I'd be happier if Basterds wins, but I'm convinced that Tarantino's film will get the last laugh of sorts. I predict it will be the only movie in that best pic line-up that people will still be watching and caring about in five or ten years.

[[ETM]]

I'd be happier if Basterds wins, but I'm convinced that Tarantino's film will get the last laugh of sorts. I predict it will be the only movie in that best pic line-up that people will still be watching and caring about in five or ten years.

Depends on "people", really.

[dreamdead]

This sentence from the NYTimes threw me for a loop:

Mr. Daniels made instant Oscar history as the first black director of a best picture nominee.

Singleton was nominated for Boyz n the Hood (whereas the film wasn't nominated), but Lee's never had a best direction nomination. So weird.