Archive best picture of 2009

Non

Posts: 9,517

Mar 7, 2010 12:27pm

I've seen five of the nominated films.

District 9
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Up in the Air

Of those I'd say Avatar just for being an experience like nothing before.

GOONx19

Posts: 7,147

Mar 7, 2010 12:32pm

The Hurt Locker.

DeyDurkie5

Posts: 11,324

Mar 7, 2010 12:34pm

I really hope avatar doesn't win the best picture oscar..

dwccrew

Posts: 7,817

Mar 7, 2010 12:38pm

I really like District 9. But I haven't seen the rest, so I can't really comment.

Laley23

Posts: 29,506

Mar 7, 2010 1:12pm

Ive seen:

District 9
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker
Blind Side

I would rank them:
1. Avatar
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Hurt Locker
4. Blind Side
5. District 9

KR1245

Posts: 4,317

Mar 7, 2010 1:15pm

Avatar

End of Line

Posts: 6,867

Mar 7, 2010 3:31pm

IB better not win. I thought it really wasn't that great. I think Avatar will win but, I'd like to see District 9 take it.

3reppom

Posts: 765

Mar 7, 2010 4:45pm

Avatar probably should win. The academy looks very highly upon films that employ revolutionary technological advances on a grand scale. The Hurt Locker was fantastic, but the scale, scope and execution of Avatar will probably give it an edge.

KnightXC1

Posts: 1,031

Mar 8, 2010 12:34am

I saw Avatar, Inglorious Basterds, District 9, and Up. Of those, IB was the best with Avatar next. Will be seeing the Hurt Locker this week to see how deserving it was of the Best Picture nod. Avatar had no business winning the award to begin with and it's no surprise that it didn't.

dwccrew

Posts: 7,817

Mar 8, 2010 12:37am

Haven't seen The Hurt Locker, but I do want to and I'm guessing it deserved the win. I thought District 9 was very good and I thought the way the movie was put together and what it stood for was fantastic.

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I Wear Pants

Posts: 16,223

Mar 8, 2010 12:56am

I'd say Inglorious Basterds was the best film of the ones I saw. District 9 was really good as well. Avatar was more popcorn movie than quality film, imo.

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mattinctown

Mar 8, 2010 1:23am

Saw Up in the Air, The Blind Side, Avatar, and An Education

1) An Education
2) Up in the Air
3) The Blind Side
4) Avatar

hoops23

Posts: 15,696

Mar 8, 2010 2:28am

Non wrote: I've seen five of the nominated films.

District 9
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Up in the Air

Of those I'd say Avatar just for being an experience like nothing before.

I saw all of those except Up in the Air..

Out of those, I'd go..

1. The Hurt Locker (Simply amazing, intense, and very well done.)
2. District 9 (I really loved this movie. It had a political backdrop to it, but the overall movie was well executed and left me wanting another one.)
3. Avatar (great movie and visuals, but the plot wasn't "Best picture worthy"
4. Inglorious Basterds (Loved this movie, but the Basterds weren't featured enough, imo)

End of Line

Posts: 6,867

Mar 8, 2010 2:58am

I'm gonna have to check out The Hurt Locker now......

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sjmvsfscs08

Posts: 2,963

Mar 8, 2010 4:26am

District 9 was the best movie of the year, hands down.

Avatar had literally out-of-this-world graphics, but that was is. The plot wasn't mediocre, it was poor.

The Hurt Locker was solid, that was it.

Inglorious Basterds was solid too, but nowhere near Best Picture-worthy. The plot on this one lacked, but then again I'm not a big fan of historical fiction.

CenterBHSFan

Posts: 6,115

Mar 8, 2010 8:56am

Yeah, movies don't seem to rely on the actors acting much these days.
So instead, they try to wow you with sensational graphics and gunfire and flash cut scenes to take your mind off of the fact that there's not a whole lot of "acting" going on.
It's a shame, really.

j_crazy

Posts: 8,372

Mar 8, 2010 9:38am

i've had the hurt locker for 2 weeks from netflix and haven't watched it (too busy).

i'll try tonight.

ManO'War

Posts: 1,420

Mar 8, 2010 12:46pm

I loved District 9, but I knew it had a snowball's chance in hell to win.

MrPoke

Posts: 348

Mar 8, 2010 12:48pm

Maybe i'm the only one who thought that District 9 was awful.

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hilliardfan

Posts: 193

Mar 8, 2010 1:58pm

Most of the people on this message board would never consider seeing a movie like Precious but it had what I believe to be some of the best acting I have ever seen. Mo'nique as the mother was a performance that was incredible. To have a character that you absolutely hate and then actually have compassions for, while still hating, is good acting. She certainly deserved the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.

Thunder70

Posts: 748

Mar 8, 2010 2:39pm

Still haven't seen Hurt Locker. But, out of the rest, Avatar by a long ways...

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cbus4life

Posts: 2,849

Mar 8, 2010 2:51pm

People aren't seeing the right movies if they honestly think the quality of acting is going "down."

I really can't complain about the Hurt Locker winning.

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I Wear Pants

Posts: 16,223

Mar 8, 2010 3:11pm

cbus4life wrote: People aren't seeing the right movies if they honestly think the quality of acting is going "down."

I really can't complain about the Hurt Locker winning.

For some reason people think that everything used to be better. Music sucks now, movies suck now, athletes suck now, books suck now, art sucks now.

I really don't get why people always think the past was better.

3reppom

Posts: 765

Mar 8, 2010 4:00pm

I Wear Pants wrote:
cbus4life wrote: People aren't seeing the right movies if they honestly think the quality of acting is going "down."

I really can't complain about the Hurt Locker winning.
For some reason people think that everything used to be better. Music sucks now, movies suck now, athletes suck now, books suck now, art sucks now.

I really don't get why people always think the past was better.

There is a widespread tendency in western cultures to over sentimentalize the past way out of proportion. Can't really explain why that is the case though. I am sure studies have been done on this, just don't have the desire to rummage through databases looking for them.

CenterBHSFan

Posts: 6,115

Mar 8, 2010 4:16pm

Now hold on. Nobody is saying that all of the movies of the past are better than what is being made today.

You guys sure can make some giant leaps, eh?

What I in particular said, and mean, was that today's movie-making is focusing alot more on special effects (ex: computer animation), quick flash scenes and such and it takes alot of focus off of the acting.
It's undeniably the trend, lately. Well, I mean you can deny it if you want to, I suppose...