Oscar Nominations Announced

[PCD]

http://www.oscars.org/awards/academy.../nominees.html

Up got nominated for Best Picture, hell to the yeah. I wouldn't say it's got much chance of winning, but the first nomination for an animated movie since '93, I'm happy enough for that.

[Donomni]

Seriously. Shows the academy is making some progress.

Now watch them say Up isn't "really" a true animated work, just to let us down.

[Bells]

I'm pretty sure Up! might win Writing, but Avatar is pretty much set to get Best Picture

[PCD]

Oh god I hope Avatar doesn't. It can get all sorts of art awards and whatnot, because sure it was gorgeously made, but the plot itself was, in my opinion, lacking more than enough to not be worthy of the Best Picture. If they decide to go for a Scifi flick, I'd rather they pick District 9.

Though, this is the Academy we're talking about. Up in the Air is more their comfort zone.

[Masked Jedi]

Okay. Here's what I'm predicting for Best Picture. Either Hurt Locker wins (winning the DGA is a good sign) or it and Avatar split the vote and either UITA or Inglorious wins.

[Funka Genocide]

Up was crap, if it wins that just goes to show the Academy has no taste, same with Avatar.

I mean that has to be the worst Pixar movie ever made.

Alternatively: Yeah Avatar was great, when it had Kevin Costner in it! ZING!

[POS Industries]

Originally Posted by Funka Genocide

Up was crap, if it wins that just goes to show the Academy has no taste, same with Avatar.

I mean that has to be the worst Pixar movie ever made.

That's not how you spell "Cars."

[Azisien]

Originally Posted by Funka Genocide

Up was crap, if it wins that just goes to show the Academy has no taste, same with Avatar.

I mean that has to be the worst Pixar movie ever made.

Oh wow I totally missed this post. Fuck you Funka. Just fuck you. Up was great. Even my mom, who almost universally writes off animated movies, loved Up. Up made people that have ever shed a tear in their life cry like babies. District 9? This is what District 9 managed.

[pochercoaster]

Originally Posted by Azisien

Oh wow I totally missed this post. Fuck you Funka. Just fuck you. Up was great. Even my mom, who almost universally writes off animated movies, loved Up. Up made people that have ever shed a tear in their life cry like babies. District 9? This is what District 9 managed.

I thought the first 20 minutes of Up was amazing (it nearly made me cry) and the rest was awful. I got the feeling the writers didn't really pick any particular direction and just sort of hinted at multiple ideas without fully realizing any of them.

I don't see how swearing has anything to do with the quality of a movie. I mean I'd say fuck if my arm started sprouting claws; in fact, it'd be kind of unrealistic to omit swears in that sort of movie.

[Azisien]

Originally Posted by pocheros

I thought the first 20 minutes of Up was amazing (it nearly made me cry) and the rest was awful. I got the feeling the writers didn't really pick any particular direction and just sort of hinted at multiple ideas without fully realizing any of them.

I don't see how swearing has anything to do with the quality of a movie. I mean I'd say fuck if my arm started sprouting claws; in fact, it'd be kind of unrealistic to omit swears in that sort of movie.

I dunno. I thought almost all of Up was great. The only aspect I really didn't like was, um, the kid. He was annoying. But then at least I could spend most of the movie hoping he would die. I thought Dug and Kevin were hilarious.

And I thought the swearing in District 9 was the GOOD part of the movie, not the bad. And he swore that much because he had no script. It did add to the realism. To contrast, however, I thought District 9 was just too much apartheid allergory mixed with usual "Risk your life for the alien buddy you've spent the entire 120 minutes hating." Not to mention his transformation into an alien at all makes no sense and would require a sequel just to explain.