Oscar Poll - Best Picture

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 7:06 pm

I'm writing in: Transformers from Summer of '07

but I also want an honorable mention for the trailer for Transformers Summer of '09!

Go Optimus!

http://www.transformersmovie.com/

telekom · Post by **telekom** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:19 pm

I vote Milk. It's a film which falls into the "American Hero" category, but still manages to be quirky without having the usual Gus Van Sant "falling houses" stuff. Excellent performance from SP too.

[rant] Slumdog was good in parts, but I never ever want to pay to go into a cinema again and end up watching nearly an hour of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. I don't watch it on TV and I sure as fuck don't want to pay to do so in a fucking cinema. [/rant]

Benjamin Button looks absolutely shit to me.

Looking forward to seeing The Reader. Kate Winslet, mmm. Until she has to accept an award, urgh.

I really liked Gonzo and it would have been cool if it got nominated. I would also have nominated The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, and The Visitor.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:23 pm

Visitor had great performances, but not best picture material, IMHO.

EARLGREY · Post by **EARLGREY** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:59 pm

Milk is a very good movie if it weren't for those cheesy Danny Elfman-strings......It really turns me off when a movie's forcing those Oscar-moments
out of every ****-ing scene. Sp was great, though...
Button is nice and the story is original.....Unfortunately...well...it's like : lets take Forrest Gump and mix it together with The Notebook....
Haven't seen the others...
rgrds

Marx · Post by **Marx** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:40 am

ChiDJ wrote:Really dug Benjamin Button. Quite an interesting take on F Scott Fitzgerald's short story. The effects were pretty cool and the over all message actually made me think about living in the moment more.

benjamin button was complete garbage. The most boring movie I've ever seen

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:22 am

^ I totally snoozed off on Buttons - what a moronic movie!

Also, Nate Silver predicts Oscar winners based on statistical analysis: http://nymag.com/movies/features/54335/

thx1138 · Post by **thx1138** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:33 am

Gran Torino

channelite · Post by **channelite** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:47 am

I loved how The Wrestler ended. Best ending to a movie in a long time.

Mr Mowgli · Post by **Mr Mowgli** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:55 am

1 Up for Slumdog...

Peter Package · Post by **Peter Package** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:27 am

thx1138 wrote:Gran Torino

There ya go. Best Movie and Best Actor.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:58 pm

Peter Package wrote:
thx1138 wrote:Gran Torino
There ya go. Best Movie and Best Actor.

best comedy in a very long while - I LOLed throughout the whole movie.

LoopStationZebra · Post by **LoopStationZebra** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:09 pm

What's amazing to me is the neverending hype surrounding movies. It's always been there, but has certainly been ramped up in the past 5 years or so. Slumdog is a great example. The amount of hype surrounding this flick is amazing.

Because I don't get to the movies that often, I'll see them on DVD ages later - after I've had time to absorb the neverending praise. It never fails to amaze me just how different my take is on many films. A few examples:

There Will Be Blood
Enormous hype from what is arguably a very tedious film. I was bored out of my fucking skull most of the time. It was watchable, but deserving of ENDLESS praise? Nay.

No Country For Old Men
Hype hype hype. Interesting film and watchable, but c'mon. The novel was okay. No 'The Road', but it was okay.

Million Dollar Baby
omfg. This wins the prize. A very ho-hum story that went on forever. God, I hate boxing and football movies.

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:12 pm

^ and then there was the year Shakespeare In Love defeated Saving Private Ryan for best picture? WTF

LoopStationZebra · Post by **LoopStationZebra** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:14 pm

LOL, and how did Gene Wilder get passed over for Willy Wonka!?? WTF?

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:05 pm

LoopStationZebra wrote:What's amazing to me is the neverending hype surrounding movies. It's always been there, but has certainly been ramped up in the past 5 years or so. Slumdog is a great example. The amount of hype surrounding this flick is amazing.

Because I don't get to the movies that often, I'll see them on DVD ages later - after I've had time to absorb the neverending praise. It never fails to amaze me just how different my take is on many films. A few examples:

There Will Be Blood
Enormous hype from what is arguably a very tedious film. I was bored out of my fucking skull most of the time. It was watchable, but deserving of ENDLESS praise? Nay.

No Country For Old Men
Hype hype hype. Interesting film and watchable, but c'mon. The novel was okay. No 'The Road', but it was okay.

Million Dollar Baby
omfg. This wins the prize. A very ho-hum story that went on forever. God, I hate boxing and football movies.

sounds more like you watch too much TV and have too short of an attention span for long movies.

I watched There Will Be Blood for a second time, I liked it even more. it's a typically long PT Anderson saga, 3 or 4 acts played out in looooong passages but with great rhythm and blocking, cause and effect.

shout out to In Bruges, fun movie!!

Oscar Poll - Best Picture

Which movie will win Best Picture?