Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Up in the Air The reason that I think Up in the Air is going to win Best Picture is because Slumdog Millionaire last year, it has become more than the movie that it is. Very much so. It's worth noting that Jason Reitman opted for pathos instead of using those laid off as a source of humor. This was...

Just a little interesting look back of how many Best Picture nominees rank into his top ten list. 2008 - 3BPs 2007 - 3BPs 2006 - 5BPs 2005 - 5BPs 2004 - 4BPs 2003 - 4BPs 2002 - 3BPs 2001 - (should be excluded for doing a Top20) - 5BPs 2000 - 3BPs Man, if there were only FIVE Best Picture nominees t...

/The New World/ (Terrence Malick) - 7/10 The least of his films by far. I just watched the 3 Hour-ish extended cut and it suffers from painful familiarity that does not plague his other films. It's a gorgeous experience but I just don't think the John Smith/Pocahontas story can be interestingly don...

MD'A Invictus ('09 Eastwood): 38. Homily homily homily homily GOOOOOAL!! homily homily homily homily homily GOOOOOAL!! homily homily GOOOOOAL!!!! D'Angelo's Scale of Eastwood Appreciation: Gran Torino - 34 Changeling - 67 Letters from Iwo Jima - 55 Flags of Our Father - 54 Million Dollar Baby - 62 ...

Copy that. All the leaves are brown... Best Picture - Fargo Best Director - Joel & Ethan Coen, Fargo Best Actor - Eddie Murphy, The Nutty Professor Best Actress - Janeane Garofalo, The Truth About Cats and Dogs Best Supporting Actor - Owen Wilson, Bottle Rocket Best Supporting Actress - Renee Z...

Best Film - Up in the Air (total crap-shoot. Could just as easily opt for An Education or The Last Station, both of which looks NBR-innocuous to me) (r.u. -- The Last Station) ...An Education ...The Hurt Locker ...Inglourious Basterds ...Invictus ...The Last Station ...Nine ...Precious ...A Serious...

Best Original Song - "God Help the Outcast" - The Hunchback of Notre Dame ...or another Hunchback fan. I was a huge Hunchback fan when it came out. I've since cooled because it's an incredibly uneven film teetering between rather astonishing drama and goofy kid shit. I prefer it to pretty...

Preserve Spirited Away. This was a pretty lame year for Animated Features. I like Lilo & Stitch enough but is there anything that I'm not seeing that warrants a nod here?

LATE MINUTE NOTE - thanks, rain bard.



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