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post #61 of 63
2/6/10 at 8:53am
For me, its a toss up between Hurt Locker and Inglorious Basterds.


I just don't see Avatar winning best picture.
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post #62 of 63
2/6/10 at 10:38am
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Originally Posted by appophylite View Post
Sadly, this is what I see. I loved Inglorious Basterds and feel strongly that it should win Best Picture this year; but I also fear that the Academy is not going to let that happen seeing that Pulp Fiction didn't win when it was up.

Frankly, Avatar (which I loved for its effect) will probably come back with a fair amount of swag, but I very much doubt it will take Best Picture either. I did not enjoy District 9 and don't feel that should win at all.
The unfortunate thing is that D9 could have been a really great movie. For some reason though, it chose to veer away from all the interesting colonialization/otherness themes and inexplicably morph into some kind of weird shoot-em-up alien/monster movie. The last half really sucked compared to the promise of the first. I seriously doubt that has any chance whatsoever, as it shouldn't.
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post #63 of 63
2/6/10 at 11:27am
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INo, although surprisingly they gave the Coens the award last year for No Country (when TWBB should have won.
Slumdog Millionare won last year, No Country the before that. I didn't think it was surprising at all. No Country had a lot of momentum that year.

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Sadly, this is what I see. I loved Inglorious Basterds and feel strongly that it should win Best Picture this year; but I also fear that the Academy is not going to let that happen seeing that Pulp Fiction didn't win when it was up.
I had to go back to check the other noms for 94. Yeah, I have to agree, Pulp Fiction should of won. Could it be foreshadwoing, that it lost to a movie with cutting edge special effects and a somewhat maudlin story - Forrest Gump. I think the crop against Basterds is stronger.

Honestly, while THL was my best film. I can't easily or passionately segment among what I consider top tier. For me there was no "hands down," "best," or whatever base terminology one can use.
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