-The Hurt Locker
-Moon
-Fantastic Mr. fox
-Antichrist
-The road
-The White Ribbon
-Where the wild things are
-Up in the air
-Inglourious Basterds
-Up

1/5/2010 4:20:28 PM

Well the problem is Oscars are only US based flicks I think, that is where I lose interest.

-Inglourious Basterds
-Star Trek
-Anti Christ
-An Education (but i think this is british maybe, and might not make it)
-Avatar (maybe, story is still ~meh for me) but this will probably be #1 for a lot of ppl.


those would all be near the top for me.

stuff like 'invictus' i won't even comment on b/c that is like 1/10 for me and i refuse to watch at all costs. but i'm sure it's in the runnings.


[Edited on January 5, 2010 at 4:56 PM. Reason : sd]

1/5/2010 4:53:08 PM

'funny people' i'd add that too since i can't name 10.

1/5/2010 5:08:52 PM

uh, slumdog millionaire won last year.

1/5/2010 5:10:04 PM

God I forgot they're doing 10 Best Picture noms. What a fucking joke. The '09 movies blew, if anything a handful of movies were great tops.

1/5/2010 5:12:37 PM

it was made by Danny Boyle the one who did Trainspotting and 28 Days Later.

yeah he is british but the movie was produced through one of our studios just can't remember which one

1/5/2010 5:26:16 PM

Quote :

"Well the problem is Oscars are only US based flicks I think, that is where I lose interest. -Inglourious Basterds -Star Trek -Anti Christ -An Education (but i think this is british maybe, and might not make it) -Avatar (maybe, story is still ~meh for me) but this will probably be #1 for a lot of ppl. those would all be near the top for me. stuff like 'invictus' i won't even comment on b/c that is like 1/10 for me and i refuse to watch at all costs. but i'm sure it's in the runnings. "

Anti Christ was absolute garbage made for the sake of making a fucked up movie, An Education was boring (did you really see that?), Avatar is as deserving as, say, the Star Wars prequels, and the fact that you put Funny People makes me think you're trolling.

And if you haven't seen Invictus, how in the world can you be that down on it?

Mine:

-The Hurt Locker
-Moon
-The Fantastic Mr. Fox
-Invictus
-The Road
-Up in the Air
-The Informant!
-Inglorious Basterds
-Precious
-Up

[Edited on January 5, 2010 at 5:47 PM. Reason : .]

1/5/2010 5:43:01 PM

Quote :

"Well the problem is Oscars are only US based flicks I think,"

wrong

1/6/2010 9:33:32 AM

-Moon
-Hurt Locker
-Inglorious Basterds
-Fantastic Mister Fox
-UP
-A Serious Man
-Up in the Air
-The Road
-Ponyo
-The Informant!

...these lists are all basically the same....

1/6/2010 11:10:02 AM

Anybody seen Precious?

I don't feel like putting a top 10 together right now...but there's no way that wouldn't be in my top 3.

1/6/2010 11:27:38 AM

This year has had some pretty good movies I feel.

District 9
Avatar (technologically speaking that is)
Inglorious Basterds
Hurt Locker
Moon
Up
Up in the Air
Star Trek
The Road
Brothers
Sherlock Holmes
I Love You Man
The Blind Side
The Hangover
Monsters vs Aliens
Zombieland

etc

1/6/2010 11:40:15 AM

Precious was real real good but you cant expect wolfwebbers to enjoy black film that isnt comedically exploitative


...and honestly the fact that mo'nique was in it caused me to avoid the movie at all costs, once i watched it i felt like a complete idiot that i had shunned it at all

im not into movies enough to know what is the best of the art, just enjoyed precious (but then agin i just watched its complicated and i really enjoyed that too so take it for what its worth)

I also liked blindside

1/6/2010 12:46:12 PM

i have heard that precious had the best fight of the year.

1/6/2010 12:52:35 PM

if it was a white chick instead i still wouldn't want to watch it

1/6/2010 1:03:22 PM

I fucking hate mariah carrey and mo'nique so ill avoid it.

black got nothing to do with it

1/6/2010 1:09:52 PM

who is mariah carrey?

i didnt see her name in the credits

1/6/2010 1:20:48 PM

someone whom i don't care enough about to bother spelling their name right. I can find them on imdb for you if you're that lost.

1/6/2010 1:22:22 PM

are these supposed to be our personal top 10, or who we think will or should get nominated?

b/c i loved "I Love You Man", but it's not Acadamy-worthy.

1/6/2010 2:10:50 PM

Yeah I agree. I was more responding to whoever said movies this year sucked. I thought there were quite a few good ones.

1/6/2010 2:24:06 PM

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"I fucking hate mariah carrey and mo'nique so ill avoid it. black got nothing to do with it "

Yeah...when I saw the paper ads for the movie...I wanted to avoid like hell for those two reasons. But then I watched the trailer and it made me want to see it.

Then I watched the movie, and it turned into the best movie I had seen all year. And probably one of the "strongest" movies I had ever seen. Kind of like when I watched Saving Private Ryan in the theaters. I walked out of "Precious" and I was like, "Damn...that's some strong shit."

Don't avoid this movie because of those two actresses. They were actually EXCELLENT in the movie.

1/6/2010 3:26:38 PM

Quote :

"are these supposed to be our personal top 10, or who we think will or should get nominated? b/c i loved "I Love You Man", but it's not Acadamy-worthy."

Why is your personal top-10 and what should get nominated mutually exclusive?

Why isn't "I Love You, Man" Academy-worthy? What makes something worthy?

1/6/2010 5:58:37 PM

i refuse to pay money to watch depressing movies, so that's why i've never seen precious

1/6/2010 6:11:44 PM

Quote :

"Yeah...when I saw the paper ads for the movie...I wanted to avoid like hell for those two reasons. But then I watched the trailer and it made me want to see it. Then I watched the movie, and it turned into the best movie I had seen all year. And probably one of the "strongest" movies I had ever seen. Kind of like when I watched Saving Private Ryan in the theaters. I walked out of "Precious" and I was like, "Damn...that's some strong shit." Don't avoid this movie because of those two actresses. They were actually EXCELLENT in the movie."

I kinda felt the same way when I first heard about it... then some girls at the place I volunteer for explained what the book was about and I was thinking, "Damn, heavy stuff." I reallyyyyy want to see it.

and my list would be:

Up
Inglourious Basterds
Paranormal Activity (because it scared the hell out of me)
The Hangover
Star Trek


I WISH I could put HP6 on my list but I am mad at them for fucking up the movie so bad. >.>

[Edited on January 6, 2010 at 7:26 PM. Reason : .]

1/6/2010 7:23:33 PM

Precious isnt really a depressing movie


its a sensitive topic, but its not at all depressing in some strange way

1/7/2010 9:25:26 AM

Yeah...I made sure to use the word "strong" instead of "depressing."

It definitely has its really sad moments, but there are some uplifting ones as well. Again..."strong" is the word I keep coming back to.

1/7/2010 9:29:00 AM

although i havent seen all the movies, i think this is a very weak year in movies
in most other years none of the movies mentioned would get nominated

1/7/2010 10:52:41 AM

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"Well the problem is Oscars are only US based flicks I think, that is where I lose interest. An Education (but i think this is british maybe, and might not make it)"

Did you somehow miss that The Queen was nominated for Best Picture too?

Best Picture winners, I'd admit, remain heavily US, but ten of the Best Picture winners have not been from the US at all (and interestingly enough, were all partially UK projects)

if you want to bitch about what they nominate for Best Picture, I'd complain about the lack of non-English language entries chosen instead

[Edited on January 7, 2010 at 11:31 AM. Reason : I'll come back and post a list later]

1/7/2010 11:30:28 AM

Wolverine
Jennifer's Body
Transformers 2
G.I. Joe
All About Steve
Year One
The Road
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Up In The Air

1/7/2010 11:46:46 AM

jennifers body was enjoyable


i like that actress's performance, the main character girl that was in mean girls

1/7/2010 1:24:30 PM

Quote :

"Why is your personal top-10 and what should get nominated mutually exclusive? Why isn't "I Love You, Man" Academy-worthy? What makes something worthy?"

Because I like movies that I realize aren't artistically great or even decent? Oscars go to movies that aren't just ones that made you laugh a bunch. They're more about the all-around writing, artistic merits, groundbreaking technical aspects, etc. I laugh a ton at Super Troopers, but get real.

1/7/2010 3:16:49 PM

I probably enjoyed I Love You Man more than any other film this year.

I have yet to see Brothers or Up In The Air which I hear are awesome.

1/7/2010 3:48:02 PM

i personally dont think comedies dont deserve to be nominated for awards other than "best comedy"

i personally dont enjoy them for the most part. I think theyre cheap and easy flicks to make. People laugh at anything really, its not that hard to take advantage of cliche and topical humor.

like the guy above me said i might enjoy a comedy, but it aint no way in hell any comedy ive ever seen in my life deserves any overall award.

Theyre good for gettin people to shell out bucks to see a movie and earn them some pay, and to get people to see advertisements for other movies.

1/7/2010 3:51:20 PM

^That is a bit wild.

What about dramadies? Annie Hall was damn good and won Best Picture and it was a comedy.

1/7/2010 4:22:06 PM

never heard of it

cant say

"Dramady" never heard this term before but i know what youre gettign at, Its complicated i guess is like that. I havent seen Juno but from what i hear it was a serious topic with some humor, point is the movies mean something.

those are fine by me, its kinda like Family Guy, which is pointless and slapstick v.s. King of the Hill which has continuity and is funny while also being serious at times



[Edited on January 7, 2010 at 4:36 PM. Reason : v]

1/7/2010 4:33:30 PM

Quote :

"Because I like movies that I realize aren't artistically great or even decent? Oscars go to movies that aren't just ones that made you laugh a bunch. They're more about the all-around writing, artistic merits, groundbreaking technical aspects, etc. I laugh a ton at Super Troopers, but get real."

What do awards have to do with art?

1/7/2010 5:28:27 PM

In No Particular Order

The Blindside
Moon
Precious (x)
Up In The Air (x)
The Hangover
Up
The Hurt Locker (x)
Inglourious Basterds
Avatar
Julie and Julia

(X) denotes legitimate chance at winning

1/7/2010 6:41:34 PM

Annie Hall is one of Woody Allen's best film. Brothers may win best adapted screen play, it was a Finnish or Norwegian film first. But Scorsese got his first Oscar from ripping of asian cinema, so it happens.

1/7/2010 8:50:51 PM

Quote :

" What do awards have to do with art?"

Are you being obtuse on purpose? What the hell do you think people judge movies, a form of art, on if not artistic integrity? Abstract ideas like "likability", for which there can be no standards based on the diversity of individual opinion? At least with a judgement based on artistic integrity, you can set some markers based on performance. This includes many features (acting, design, cinematics, technical design). I'd think that would be pretty evident based on the categories they fucking give the awards for!

What would you pick the Oscars based on?

1/8/2010 1:56:09 PM

200 to win 600 on Kathryn Bigelow as director.

[Edited on January 8, 2010 at 2:05 PM. Reason : ]

1/8/2010 2:05:02 PM

Annie Hall was supposed to be a comedy?

Fail.


Good movie. But comedy fail.

1/8/2010 2:19:30 PM

district 9
the road
up
where the wild things are
inglourious basterds
fantastic mr. fox

that's all i got

1/10/2010 2:34:35 PM