I agree. I haven't seen "Avatar" yet, but it's obvious the movie has great FX but limited plot/dialog. It's a great creation, but does it warrant being a great movie? I'd have to say "no". "Star Trek" in no way would deserve a nod either, by the way. "District 9" is good--better than Star Trek in terms of story--but same for it. "Up" is problematic for me. The first half is transcendent, then it slows a bit into standard cartoon/action fare for the kids. "The Princess and the Frog", I missed at the theatre, but John Lassiter did say he really wanted a return to traditional 2D animation, so I'm happy for that.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryle Lockhart" <dar...@darylelockhart.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 8:36:47 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Precious" Among Big Oscar Nominees I think "District 9" and "Avatar" have no business on this list. For the criteria they're using for "Avatar", "Star Trek" may as well have been nominated, and I also think that if there was no Avatar this year, there's a good chance Star Trek WOULD have been on that list. Until "Avatar" came out, we were clearly talking about "Precious" and "the Hurt Locker" for Best Picture. The ten nominee list is for ratings, but then again, the whole reason the show is on TV is to sell ads. The Academy could care less what regular people think. That being said, I completely agree that "Up" should be nominated for Best Picture. It was one of the best MADE pictures all year. To Keith's point, having ten nominees lets everything in, and thus, "The Blind Side". This is the best marketed B-movie of the year. It's not that I hated this film, I just think it belonged on television. It's not excellent in any way, whereas with "Precious", you can find moments (scattered, yes) of absolute brilliance. Mo'Nique deserves this award and I think everyone else nominated for Best Supporting Actress knows it. "The Princess And The Frog" nominated for Best Animated Feature is a great, great call, I think, because the animation work on it was really good. It's good to see a classic animated feature get recognized. All in all, this award show will probably be as boring as last year's, with the exception of some "upsets" and Mo'Nique's speech. On Feb 2, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Mr. Worf wrote: None of those movies should have been nominated for picture of the year. On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Mike Street < streetfor...@gmail.com > wrote: I agree..they just giving out awards so they can get ratings. The Oscars super BORING like watching paint dry. I think Precious would be winning all the awards if Avatar wasn't in the mix. I'd be shocked if Avatar lost at this point. Grossing some 2bn worldwise does that make Avatar to big to fail? On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: Props to Lee Daniels, Monique, and Gabourey Sadibe for their Oscar nominations for "Precious". But, ten movies nominated for Best Picture? Wow, that just let everything in. I mean, I know "Avatar" is a great *looking* film, but is it a great film in toto: acting, writing, plotting? I guess this dovetails with the conversation about crowd-fav Taylor Swift getting all those awards. The Academy is desperate to get more viewers for its show, so they've opened up the Best Picture category in hopes that it will generate more buzz. Hell, if they're going to let this many in, maybe I need to grab a vid cam and slap something together for next year. http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2010/oscars -- Get Social and Follow Me: Join me on Facebook http://facebook.com/mikestreet Follow me on Twitter Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/streetforce1 Join the Harlem NY Community http://www.facebook.com/harlemny and at http://HarlemSocial.com -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
