2010 Academy Awards Thread

[baby doll]

Now let's compare the Oscars with Cannes...

Great: The Pianist, Elephant, L'Enfant, Entre les murs, The White Ribbon

Solid: Dancer in the Dark, The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Overrated: Fahrenheit 9/11, 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days

Haven't seen: The Son's Room

If I picked the winners:

2000: Yi Yi
2001: La Pianiste
2002: demonlover
2003: Dogville
2004: The Holy Girl
2005: Manderlay
2006: Marie Antoinette
2007: Persepolis
2008: Entre les murs
2009: The White Ribbon

[Chac Mool]

Picking from the nominees, along with (my own choice(s) listed in brackets for your convenience...):

2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(ditto)

2001: The Fellowship of the Ring
(In the Mood for Love)

2002: Gangs of New York
(Talk to Her / Spirited Away / Y Tu Mama Tambien / The Quiet American)

2003: The Return of the King
(Dogville)

2004: Million Dollar Baby
(Before Sunset / Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring / Hero / Kill Bill, Vol. 2)

2005: Munich
(2046 / Memories of Murder)

2006: The Departed
(Borat / Children of Men)

2007: There Will be Blood
(ditto)

2008: Benjamin Button
(ditto)

2009: Inglorious Basterds
(ditto, if Love Exposure doesn't qualify)