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  • Blzer
    Resident film pundit
    • Mar 2004
    • 42515

    #166
    Re: Oscars 2009

    Originally posted by ZB9
    why continue on the 2009 Oscar thread?

    this is 2010
    Honestly, I didn't even realize that this is what I bumped. I just searched "oscars academy awards" and I thought this was a continuation of what we once started at the end of last year. I guess not heh.

    I figured the "2009" meant for 2009 movies.
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    • ZB9
      Hall Of Fame
      • Nov 2004
      • 18387

      #167
      Re: Oscars 2009

      Originally posted by Blzer
      Honestly, I didn't even realize that this is what I bumped. I just searched "oscars academy awards" and I thought this was a continuation of what we once started at the end of last year. I guess not heh.

      I figured the "2009" meant for 2009 movies.
      It doesnt matter. I apologize. I was just curious
      Last edited by ZB9; 03-07-2010, 11:59 PM.

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      • Bellsprout
        Hard Times.
        • Oct 2009
        • 25652

        #168
        Re: Oscars 2009

        Oh look, the right movie won Best Picture.

        Color me surprised.
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        • Adam Dayton
          Banned
          • Jan 2008
          • 1835

          #169
          Re: Oscars 2009

          Politics won. Sandra Bullock from The Blind Side, lol! That was like a glorified Disney movie. She was nothing special at all. I thought it was ridiculous she was even nominated. I would have given it to Helen Miren.

          Best director I knew would be the chick since it would make a good story. In all honesty, James Cameron freaking developed the technology, wrote the screenplay, and did like everything in Avatar, should have won it.

          Best picture I would have guessed Avatar but am not necessarily upset about Hurt Locker winning. It gets the swing vote from the academy for its "statements."

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          • Bellsprout
            Hard Times.
            • Oct 2009
            • 25652

            #170
            Re: Oscars 2009

            I see Bullock's win as more of a lifetime achievement award. Which, in itself is a crock since they never decided to nominate any of those past performances. But while it's a crock, I think that's why she won.
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            • Adam Dayton
              Banned
              • Jan 2008
              • 1835

              #171
              Re: Oscars 2009

              That hot director that won was 59, wtf!-

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              • Adam Dayton
                Banned
                • Jan 2008
                • 1835

                #172
                Re: Oscars 2009

                Originally posted by WeAreAllWitnesses
                I see Bullock's win as more of a lifetime achievement award. Which, in itself is a crock since they never decided to nominate any of those past performances. But while it's a crock, I think that's why she won.
                Yeah but all she has ever done is mediocre comedy romance films. Why not nominate Jennifer Anniston?

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                • Lintyfresh85
                  Where have I been?
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 17492

                  #173
                  Re: Oscars 2009

                  Originally posted by Adam Dayton
                  Politics won. Sandra Bullock from The Blind Side, lol! That was like a glorified Disney movie. She was nothing special at all. I thought it was ridiculous she was even nominated. I would have given it to Helen Miren.

                  Best director I knew would be the chick since it would make a good story. In all honesty, James Cameron freaking developed the technology, wrote the screenplay, and did like everything in Avatar, should have won it.

                  Best picture I would have guessed Avatar but am not necessarily upset about Hurt Locker winning. It gets the swing vote from the academy for its "statements."
                  What 'statement' did the Hurt Locker make? There was not one moment of that movie that leaned towards the Left or the Right.

                  You truly sound like a person that's never even seen the movie.
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                  • Adam Dayton
                    Banned
                    • Jan 2008
                    • 1835

                    #174
                    Re: Oscars 2009

                    Originally posted by Lintyfresh85
                    What 'statement' did the Hurt Locker make? There was not one moment of that movie that leaned towards the Left or the Right.

                    You truly sound like a person that's never even seen the movie.
                    Yeah, worded it wrong. Topical subject matter that is sensitive by nature tends to strike it big at the Oscars.

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                    • Bornindamecca
                      Books Nelson Simnation
                      • Jul 2007
                      • 10919

                      #175
                      Re: Oscars 2009

                      I can't believe people who aren't in the film industry care a lick about these awards. I understand watching the show as entertainment, but when people care I'm genuinely puzzled.
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                      • Laffer
                        Rookie
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 213

                        #176
                        Re: Oscars 2009

                        Originally posted by WeAreAllWitnesses
                        I see Bullock's win as more of a lifetime achievement award. Which, in itself is a crock since they never decided to nominate any of those past performances. But while it's a crock, I think that's why she won.
                        I think the Academy was trying, and really has been trying for a long time, to make up for ignoring Keanu's virtuoso performance in 1994's "Speed".

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                        • Adam Dayton
                          Banned
                          • Jan 2008
                          • 1835

                          #177
                          Re: Oscars 2009

                          Originally posted by Bornindamecca
                          I can't believe people who aren't in the film industry care a lick about these awards. I understand watching the show as entertainment, but when people care I'm genuinely puzzled.
                          Define "caring." Part of the entertainment is watching/discussing who won and who should have won.

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                          • JayBee74
                            Hall Of Fame
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 22989

                            #178
                            Re: Oscars 2009

                            Sandra Bulluck is a good actress and gave an Oscar Worthy performance in The Blind Side. Whether she deserved it over her competition is a matter of opinion. She certainly gave one of the most gracious acceptance speeches in Oscar history.

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                            • Bornindamecca
                              Books Nelson Simnation
                              • Jul 2007
                              • 10919

                              #179
                              Re: Oscars 2009

                              Originally posted by Adam Dayton
                              Define "caring." Part of the entertainment is watching/discussing who won and who should have won.
                              I guess any investment in the winning and losing confuses me. Not because accolades have no meaning, but because I don't understand the criteria for selection, and I know that most people don't either. I know who is in the Academy, but I don't know the first thing about their process for determining "best" of anything.

                              If there were a critical analysis that laid out the standard of excellence, not only would I understand the investment, but I might care myself. As it is, it seems like a dog and pony show that is little more than a collection of paparazzi, fan service, some performances, career acknowledgments and career bumps. None of it seems based on a communally accepted standard.
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                              • Adam Dayton
                                Banned
                                • Jan 2008
                                • 1835

                                #180
                                Re: Oscars 2009

                                Originally posted by JayBee74
                                Sandra Bulluck is a good actress and gave an Oscar Worthy performance in The Blind Side. Whether she deserved it over her competition is a matter of opinion. She certainly gave one of the most gracious acceptance speeches in Oscar history.
                                Observing Meryl Streep solidifying her role as the Susan Lucci of the Oscars- Funny

                                Seeing an undeserving actress win an award from a glorified Disney film- Slightly annoying

                                Watching Jesse James turn in his mancard -priceless

                                Dude was like the 07 New York Giants- ballllllllling

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