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lil_shepherd

Obligatory Oscar Post

Mar 08, 2010 09:19

By gum, the Academy seems to have learned the lesson of Titanic (not to mention Chicago) and ignored box office in favour of quality.

I haven't seen The Hurt Locker but am very glad it beat Avatar which did not deserve to win in any of the categories except those it did, actually, win (art direction, FX and, more problematically, cinematography.) ( Read more... )

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philmophlegm March 8 2010, 09:33:36 UTC

Best Actress went to an actress in a film about the NFL draft!

lil_shepherd March 8 2010, 13:22:59 UTC

Which I am not likely to see for that very reason! (And which is not likely to have a huge following in the UK for the same reason.)

inamac March 8 2010, 14:22:25 UTC

Indeed. I wonder how much consideration the Academy gave 'The Damned United' this year? (Possibly in the 'Foreign Language' category ;)

philmophlegm March 8 2010, 20:58:26 UTC

I haven't seen 'The Damned United', but I was an admirer of Mr Clough, and very much enjoyed the TV documentary about him that was shown at about the same time as the film came out. Michael whatisname is a very good actor too.

madfilkentist March 8 2010, 10:50:00 UTC

Star Trek got "best makeup." That's a subject where I have no opinions, but I'm glad that that badly written fanfic didn't get any important awards.

Last week I watched the DVD with friends and we took turns ridiculing the story, using lines from Galaxy Quest. ("Whoever wrote this episode should die!")

lil_shepherd March 8 2010, 13:21:58 UTC

If you think Star Trek's plotting was bad, then I really, really recommend you stay away from Avatar which made it look like Shakespeare. No, really.

madfilkentist March 8 2010, 13:55:19 UTC

Maybe it was better in the original Klingon.

shiv5468 March 8 2010, 12:01:25 UTC

Wallace lost out. TUts.

lil_shepherd March 8 2010, 13:20:48 UTC

I haven't seen any of the short animations except A Matter of Loaf and Death, so am not going to venture an opinion. Nor am I going to comment on the feature-length animation, despite my love for Coraline because I haven't seen Up!, though I am not, on the whole, a great fan of Pixar.

shiv5468 March 8 2010, 13:26:56 UTC

I've not seen them either but I thought it was a rule that if parks got nominated he should win; it's tradition.

melodyclark March 8 2010, 16:25:07 UTC

I thought Up was superb but not due to the animation. It actually has a very strong story. I don't like animated films and I loved Up.

melodyclark March 8 2010, 16:23:44 UTC

I was very glad "Up" won Best Animated. I'm glad Bigelow won and finally broke the gender barrier. That said, I haven't watched an Oscar telecast in ten years.

lil_shepherd March 8 2010, 17:39:41 UTC

Neither have I. I rely on the BBC website for the full results and smofbabe for an analysis of the dresses...

steamshovelmama March 8 2010, 20:38:32 UTC

Yes, I'm glad Avatar didn't sweep the board - overhyped and *so* poorly written! I am equally amused that the first woman to win Best Director against Mr Cameron is ex-Mrs Cameron...

lil_shepherd March 9 2010, 19:01:05 UTC

To be fair to Mr Cameron, I understand he saw what Ms Bigelow thought would be the next-to-final cut of The Hurt Locker and told her not to change one damn thing.