Jaimoe Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Hey folks, I haven't seen all the nominated films or performances, but I've seen most (I missed True Grit and 127 Hours).Just curious what film you think will win for Best Picture and what you'd like to see win. What will win? The King's SpeechWhat you'd like to see win?The FighterI think Christian Bale should win Best Supporting Actor and I'd like to see Jennifer Lawrence win Best Actress for her stunning performance in Winter's Bone, but the odds are good for Portman to take home the statue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 I haven't seen a lot of this year's nominees. Watched The Social Network last night. It was good, better than I expected but not best picture quality. Although nothing will top Crash as the worst best picture winner so I won't be too pissed if it wins.Gonna try and squeeze in a viewing of Black Swan this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted February 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 I haven't seen a lot of this year's nominees. Watched The Social Network last night. It was good, better than I expected but not best picture quality. Although nothing will top Crash as the worst best picture winner so I won't be too pissed if it wins.Gonna try and squeeze in a viewing of Black Swan this afternoon.The film that won Best Picture the year before Crash, Million Dollar Baby, is another worst/best picture. I can't fucking stand that contrived and unrealistic flick (although I liked Freeman's performance). I saw 8 of the 10 pics nominated and all are good to great. Black Swan is very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Frankly I'm more interested in my nose picks. That said, phorbesie and I may be going to see The Fighter today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted February 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Frankly I'm more interested in my nose picks. That said, phorbesie and I may be going to see The Fighter today.Fucking awesome movie. Youtube some Micky Ward boxing clips if you feel so inclined. Marky Mark has his mannerisms down, in and out of the ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peipunk Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 (edited) Although nothing will top Crash as the worst best picture winner so I won't be too pissed if it wins.I have never understood the hate for Crash (you aren't the only one not happy with it winning), I thought it was a fantastic movie. Do you mean worst as in bad movie or worst winner as in another nominee should have won? (The other nominees that year were Brokeback Mtn, Capote, Good Night and Good Luck and Munich).The most I was ever outraged at the Oscars was when Shakespeare in Love beat Saving Private Ryan for best. I was LIVID for days. Edited February 27, 2011 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badams Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 I've seen 7 of the 10 movies nominated for best picture. Of those I would say The Kings Speech will win it. The three I have missed so far are... Black Swan... Winter's Bone and The Kids are Alright.There are movies I personally like more than The Kings Speech but I think it's the kind of movie the Academy will love and I wouldn't disagree with it as the winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 I just saw Black Swan on the weekend. It was excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afro poppa Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Inception for best picture!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Just got back from The Fighter. Good acting. Especially Batman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 yeah trent reznor!!! thank you for the reminder to track down some old nine inch nails. i thought 'the kids are alright' was terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 oh yah..I'd forgotten to check out The Kids are allright till this thread..ah well better to in with low expectations sometimes for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 I heard that Gwyneth Paltrow is important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Norm Macdonald and Patton Oswalt's tweets are amazing tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Saddened True Grit didn't win anything. Loved that flick. Zero amazing moments....Anne Hathaway was great to look at in HD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 I have never understood the hate for Crash (you aren't the only one not happy with it winning), I thought it was a fantastic movie.I thought it was pretentious and heavy handed and poorly written and poorly acted... the direction was OK. The premise of the first few minutes held so much promise but it did not deliver. It almost felt like a TV movie to me.Saw Black Swan yesterday and was not that impressed. I normally dig that style of film but I didn't think there was much substance to the storyline and actually thought Portman was miscast. Not a bad film at all but just did not live up to my expectations.The Oscar telecast itself was horrid. People say that every year but I usually disagree with them. Not this time. Total choke job by James Franco. He looked stunned the whole time. Hathaway was better but not by much. The constant references to "I'm so young and this is so exciting for me" ruined any sort of illusion of grandeur a show like this is supposed to present. I thought she'd been around Hollywood long enough to do a pro job but apparently not. Bring back the old people next year. (But not Kirk Douglas.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edger Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Its just hitting home how few movies I have seen lately, I haven't caught any of the nominees other than Winter's Bone, which I thought was fantastic, albeit stark and depressing. Couldn't manage to stay tuned in to the show though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 I thought it was pretentious and heavy handed and poorly written and poorly acted... the direction was OK. The premise of the first few minutes held so much promise but it did not deliver. It almost felt like a TV movie to me. The Oscar telecast itself was horrid. People say that every year but I usually disagree with them. Not this time. Total choke job by James Franco. He looked stunned the whole time. Hathaway was better but not by much. The constant references to "I'm so young and this is so exciting for me" ruined any sort of illusion of grandeur a show like this is supposed to present. I thought she'd been around Hollywood long enough to do a pro job but apparently not. Bring back the old people next year. (But not Kirk Douglas.) Good to see you may not watch it next year. The oscars have been a joke for years...even the build-up of "who's gonna win on the big night?" drives me crazy. WHO CARES? Interesting to see Norm Macdonald's use of twitter last night making fun of the oscar's. https://twitter.com/#!/normmacdonald he was probably drinking too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Good to see you may not watch it next year. The oscars have been a joke for years...even the build-up of "who's gonna win on the big night?" drives me crazy. WHO CARES?I didn't say I wasn't going to watch next year. I still love the Oscars as a pop culture event. I don't really care who wins, it's a spectacle.It's also made 100 times more enjoyable with Twitter. Norm MacDonald wasn't the only one making fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 I didn't say I wasn't going to watch next year. I still love the Oscars as a pop culture event. ...but there is barely ANY culture involved in the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 It's also made 100 times more enjoyable with Twitter. Norm MacDonald wasn't the only one making fun. Also, making it a drinking game helps. Pools/betting can get you involved too. The last few years I've simply PVR'd it and while it's on, we watch a couple of the movies that are nominated. When it's over, you can skip through all the crap and be done with the whole ceremony in less than an hour. Last night we watched The King's Speech ... loved it! Holy shit were the musical selections brutal. I wish Ricky Gervais had hosted it THAT would have made it interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 i miss billy crystal. i saw the opening montage that the green goblin's son did with what's-her-name and it seemed like they didn't quite billy crystal it as much as they could have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 That's Franco's schtick Ollie...it didn't go over very well.They did want to make it "young and hip" with Franco and Hathaway but I still miss the days of Billy Crystal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 That's Franco's schtick Ollie...it didn't go over very well.I'm familiar with Franco. He's way better than that. He seemed so stiff, like he couldn't loosen up at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted March 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 The flow of the show was chopp. I think CTV did a shitty job on the simulcast too: audio was out of phase on the HD signal and the control room op clipped some of the segments coming out of break, especially at the beginning of In Memorium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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