2010 Award Season

[Advocate]

I want to live in your world.. the US only $15 billion in debt.

It's actually $12 trillion.

U.S.A!

It was late ... I was drunk.

wait thats excuse is used for something else.

[EvilMog]

Glad to see avatar didn't win. Though I wasn't all that thrilled with Hurt Locker. Basterds or even Up were better IMO. At least Cameron didn't win for his cgi cartoon.

[Doc Holliday]

If Precious wins for Best Picture, I'll lose a bit of hope for humanity.

I didn't think it was the Best Picture, but I think Mo'Nique fully deserved the Oscar. Even my racist parents were taken by her performance. I mean that bitch was bad.

[Frogacuda]

I'm kind of disappointed by this. Out of the ones that got nominated I would have given it to Secret of Kells or Coraline before Up. Out of all the ones that came out last year I would have given it to Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.

I liked Mary and Max more than all those, and that didn't even get a nod.

Sandra Bullock winning was a joke. Predictable, but a joke. Most of the choices were beyond obvious. I could have made some money in Vegas this year.

[Diff-chan]

The Blind Side was completely worthless and forgettable except for her. She was genuinely good in it. Oscar worthy? I dunno, who deserved it more? Maybe they should just rename Best Actress to Best Meryl Streep Performance of the Year.

[Shin Johnpv]

I'm actually watching Mary and Max now, I'll let you know what I think about it. Right now though I would disagree with you and would put Coraline and Cloudy above it.

[Advocate]

Mr. K should start his own Awards prediction show.

There's really no contest in that category, I would be really surprised if he doesn't win.

Calling it:


BEST ACTOR

Jeff Bridges, CRAZY HEART

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

BEST ACTRESS
Sandra Bullock, THE BLIND SIDE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo'Nique, PRECIOUS

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
UP

BEST ART DIRECTION
AVATAR


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
AVATAR, Mauro Fiore


BEST COSTUME DESIGN
THE YOUNG VICTORIA, Sandy Powell

Technical stuff skipped. A mix of Avatar and others.

BEST WRITING (Adapted Screenplay)

I actually don't know. Between Up in the Air and Precious. In The Loop MAYBE

[Advocate]

I didn't think it was the Best Picture, but I think Mo'Nique fully deserved the Oscar. Even my racist parents were taken by her performance. I mean that bitch was bad.

You don't want to see what I had typed out if Precious DID win.

[kingoffighters]

We probably don't care.

[Mr-K]

Don't care at all.

The way they did best actor/actress last night was torturous. Jesus Christ, it was a marathon of ego massage. Jeremy Renner's was funny though "Remember when we were in SWAT??? Movie sucked, lol" Should have gotten his co-star from Senior Trip.

The Oscars were about as entertaining as they always are... not very. Way predictable this year, I think I called everything except Foreign Language, thought The White Ribbon was a shoe in there. The horror montage was okay, if a bit predictable. Evil Dead 2 was in there!

*Edit - Oh, I saw The Hurt Locker over the weekend. I rather enjoyed it. The argument that it doesn't have a plot has merit, but I think that it didn't really need to be bogged down by a cut and dry overarching plot. It was more of a character study, I suppose. The tense scenes were ruined for me thanks to a piece on All Things Considered I listened to (ASSHOLES), and I just constantly expected everyone to blow up, so when shit blew up, I wasn't that surprised.

I saw 7 out of the 10 nominees this year (Missed Serious Man, An Education, and The Blind Side), and of those I would give it to Inglourious Basterds, I thought it got shafted on screenplay, to be honest. I enjoyed Up and Up in the Air more than The Hurt Locker, but I can see why it won. Better than last year's winner.