Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

Thread: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

  1. D.B. Cooper's Avatar

    D.B. Cooper said: March 04, 2010 08:50 PM

    Default Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    I'm hoping it will be D9 but it will probably be Avatar. I haven't seen THL but I hear it's good.

     

  2. Biggles's Avatar

    Biggles said: March 05, 2010 07:35 AM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    Avatar. Haven't seen it, ain't too keen to do so either. But it's so hyped that it'll probably win. (The hype is part of the reason that I don't wanna see it....)

    Only movies I've seen on that list is D9 and "Up" by Pixar, and between those two, I'd say Up, 'cause that's one great movie So is D9, but not that good. It won't win this award though, but it should win for best animated feature. And best original score better go to Michael Giacchino for his outstanding work with "Up". I seriously cannot see why he shouldn't get that one, only "threat" would be Hans Zimmer for "Sherlock Holmes"....


    http://ask.fm/Bigglelito <------- Ask me somethin' dagnabbit!
     

  3. Mr. Os's Avatar

    Mr. Os said: March 05, 2010 07:39 AM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    Avatar because everyone loves flashy effects with a rip off storyline.

    Otherwise I'd love IG or D9 to win.
    Supporter of Facial Hair for extra Manliness.


     

  4. Biggles's Avatar

    Biggles said: March 05, 2010 08:29 AM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Os View Post
    Avatar because everyone loves flashy effects with a rip off storyline.
    This. True, but a real shame.


    http://ask.fm/Bigglelito <------- Ask me somethin' dagnabbit!
     

  5. Ojf's Avatar

    Ojf said: March 07, 2010 05:18 PM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    Quote Originally Posted by Biggles View Post
    Avatar. Haven't seen it, ain't too keen to do so either. But it's so hyped that it'll probably win. (The hype is part of the reason that I don't wanna see it....)

    That's exactly what I thought
     

  6. iudas said: March 05, 2010 07:39 AM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    I hope it's A Serious Man, though I doubt it'll win. I haven't been so impressed by a movie in a long time. They won't give the Coens another Oscar. I wish they hadn't given it to No Country for Old Men (what a terrible film).
    Last edited by iudas; March 05, 2010 at 07:43 AM.
     

  7. Mr. Pink's Avatar

    Mr. Pink said: March 05, 2010 10:04 AM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    Quote Originally Posted by iudas View Post
    I wish they hadn't given it to No Country for Old Men (what a terrible film).
    Are you kidding me on?

    Quote Originally Posted by Danny_K_1 View Post
    They tried to protest in Glasgow and someone was raped at their camp. Moral of the story is children: do not camp overnight in Glasgow City Centre.
    Post of The Year 2011
    Quote Originally Posted by Ima Farmathar View Post
    knowing what is about to happen I whisper in her ear,
    “do you know what makes us different from other animals?, We follow our prey, a lion or a tiger gets bored and follows something else, we persist” -------------------------------------------------------------------
    yhea i once did that, to a girl in higschool, i pressured her until she agreed to go sailing in a 10 ft baue, but she almost drowned so i no longer try that




     

  8. Adhamh Ashashi's Avatar

    Adhamh Ashashi said: March 05, 2010 07:59 AM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    Up in the Air is meant to be terrible. I think Avatar, and I wouldn't mind it either.
     

  9. fieldmarshal said: March 05, 2010 08:03 AM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    I would say Hurt Locker.
    drugstore-onlinecatalog.com
     

  10. athanaric's Avatar

    athanaric said: March 05, 2010 10:10 AM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    Quote Originally Posted by fieldmarshal View Post
    I would say Hurt Locker.
    Hum, not if veterans have a say in this:

    http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/essay-15/?hp

    http://www.newsweek.com/id/234064

    According to the essay, it seems this one is just as unrealistic as other war movies, just in another way.

    Personally, I think it will be Avatar, for reasons already given by others.
    Last edited by athanaric; March 05, 2010 at 10:50 AM.
    Fourth Age Total War - The Dominion of Men - Gameplay and Faction Guides
    Fourth Age Total War - Expanded Tech Trees submod

    Swêboz guide for Europa Barbarorum 1.2
    New EB I players look here
     

  11. Dr. Croccer's Avatar

    Dr. Croccer said: March 05, 2010 10:50 AM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    A Serious Man. That's a brilliant movie, none of that CGI crap.
    Quote Originally Posted by A.J.P. Taylor
    Peaceful agreement and government by consent are possible only on the basis of ideas common to all parties; and these ideas must spring from habit and from history. Once reason is introduced, every man, every class, every nation becomes a law unto itself; and the only right which reason understands is the right of the stronger. Reason formulates universal principles and is therefore intolerant: there can be only one rational society, one rational nation, ultimately one rational man. Decisions between rival reasons can be made only by force.





    Quote Originally Posted by H.L Spieghel
    Is het niet hogelijk te verwonderen, en een recht beklaaglijke zaak, Heren, dat alhoewel onze algemene Dietse taal een onvermengde, sierlijke en verstandelijke spraak is, die zich ook zo wijd als enige talen des werelds verspreidt, en die in haar bevang veel rijken, vorstendommen en landen bevat, welke dagelijks zeer veel kloeke en hooggeleerde verstanden uitleveren, dat ze nochtans zo zwakkelijk opgeholpen en zo weinig met geleerdheid verrijkt en versiert wordt, tot een jammerlijk hinder en nadeel des volks?
    Quote Originally Posted by Miel Cools
    Als ik oud ben wil ik zingen,
    Oud ben maar nog niet verrot.
    Zoals oude bomen zingen,
    Voor Jan Lul of voor hun god.
    Ook een oude boom wil reizen,
    Bij een bries of bij een storm.
    Zelfs al zit zijn kruin vol luizen,
    Zelfs al zit zijn voet vol worm.
    Als ik oud ben wil ik zingen.

    Cò am Fear am measg ant-sluaigh,
    A mhaireas buan gu bràth?
    Chan eil sinn uileadh ach air chuart,
    Mar dhìthein buaile fàs,
    Bheir siantannan na bliadhna sìos,
    'S nach tog a' ghrian an àird.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jörg Friedrich
    When do I stop being a justified warrior? When I've killed a million bad civilians? When I've killed three million bad civilians? According to a warsimulation by the Pentagon in 1953 the entire area of Russia would've been reduced to ruins with 60 million casualties. All bad Russians. 60 million bad guys. By how many million ''bad'' casualties do I stop being a knight of justice? Isn't that the question those knights must ask themselves? If there's no-one left, and I remain as the only just one,

    Then I'm God.
    Quote Originally Posted by Louis Napoleon III, Des Idees Napoleoniennes
    Governments have been established to aid society to overcome the obstacles which impede its march. Their forms have been varied according to the problems they have been called to cure, and according to character of the people they have ruled over. Their task never has been, and never will be easy, because the two contrary elements, of which our existence and the nature of society is composed, demand the employment of different means. In view of our divine essence, we need only liberty and work; in view of our mortal nature, we need for our direction a guide and a support. A government is not then, as a distinguished economist has said, a necessary ulcer; it is rather the beneficent motive power of all social organisation.


    Quote Originally Posted by Wolfgang Held
    I walked into those baracks [of Buchenwald concentrationcamp], in which there were people on the three-layered bunkbeds. But only their eyes were alive. Emaciated, skinny figures, nothing more but skin and bones. One thinks that they are dead, because they did not move. Only the eyes. I started to cry. And then one of the prisoners came, stood by me for a while, put a hand on my shoulder and said to me, something that I will never forget: ''Tränen sind denn nicht genug, mein Junge,
    Tränen sind denn nicht genug.''

    Jajem ssoref is m'n korew
    E goochem mit e wenk, e nar mit e shtomp
    Wer niks is, hot kawsones
     

  12. Thorn777 said: March 07, 2010 04:43 PM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Croccer View Post
    A Serious Man. That's a brilliant movie, none of that CGI crap.
    Agreed, but I think they used CGI on Matt Damon's hair.
    Quote Originally Posted by snuggans View Post
    we can safely say that a % of those 130 were Houthi/Iranian militants that needed to be stopped unfortunately
     

  13. Ramashan's Avatar

    Ramashan said: March 05, 2010 11:47 AM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    I believe Avatar will probably win, although I think Up in the Air or Hurt Locker should win.

    Personally, I don't care if a war movie is a little off the mark regarding uniforms and vehicles, its about the story and characters. If I want a keen eye on detail for historical accuracy I'll watch a documentary.
    Under the Patronage of Lord Condormanius
     

  14. Danny_K_1's Avatar

    Danny_K_1 said: March 05, 2010 07:08 PM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    Without a doubt Avatar sadly.
    ​
     

  15. Admiral Piett's Avatar

    Admiral Piett said: March 05, 2010 11:32 PM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    Avatar will win all of the special effects awards, but not Best Picture. It will likely be Hurt Locker, D9, or A Serious Man. Movies with sociological critiques usually win. Check out the past few Best Pictures:

    Slumdog Millionaire
    No Country for Old Men
    The Departed
    Crash
    Million Dollar Baby
    skip LOTR
    Chicago
    Last edited by Admiral Piett; March 05, 2010 at 11:35 PM.
    Heir to Noble Savage in the Imperial House of Wilpuri
     

  16. Gordon Freynman's Avatar

    Gordon Freynman said: March 05, 2010 11:56 PM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    Hoping for D9, expecting Avatar to win though.


     

  17. Vic Vega's Avatar

    Vic Vega said: March 06, 2010 12:14 AM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    Probably Avatar since it has the fancy-schmancy 3d effect. Hoping for Inglorious Basterds to do a sneak win though.

     

  18. iudas said: March 06, 2010 05:37 AM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    They could give it to IB since Tarantino has never won one.
     

  19. Biggles's Avatar

    Biggles said: March 06, 2010 11:51 AM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    Quote Originally Posted by iudas View Post
    They could give it to IB since Tarantino has never won one.
    But did he ever deserve one?


    http://ask.fm/Bigglelito <------- Ask me somethin' dagnabbit!
     

  20. iudas said: March 06, 2010 11:59 AM

    Default Re: Who will win the Best Picture Oscar?

    Quote Originally Posted by Biggles View Post
    But did he ever deserve one?
    Most of his films are miles better than the crap that usually wins.