oscars 2010

thought id write my opinion of some of the awards given out last night or saturday night, whenever the oscars happened because im not entirely sure

although the hurt locker is a VERY good movie i didnt think it should have been awarded best motion picture
in all honesty i thought it should have gone to district 9, my personal favourite movie of last year, due to the fact that as soon as i saw district 9 i wanted to watch it again instantly, and every time i have seen it i never get bored. ive seen the hurt locker a few times now and to be honest, i dont appreciate everything about it on successive screenings

i completely agreed with sandra bullock getting her oscar for leading female role in the blind side. i was apprehensive to watch this movie, i could not care less about american football or english for that matter, but was impressed by the story and sandra's "comeback" performance. having only seen TBS, an education and precious from this category i cant have a full opinion but i have no idea how precious was even considered for oscars, i thought it was shit, and an education was a pointless story to watch but i imagine is a good read.

i havent seen crazy heart so i cant comment on jeff bridges oscar for his leading role in it, apart from jeff bridges is awesome

christopher waltz best supporting actor for IB - yes, everyone agrees? good, he was amazing in it

due to the fact i hated precious i think the supporting actress oscar should have gone to anna kendrick for up in the air. although i didnt love the movie, she was good in it. and shes hot.

kathryn bigelow best achievement in directing for hurt locker- agreed. first modern war movie that hasnt sucked ("modern" - i.e. not including saving private ryan which is awesome), thoroughly enjoyed the movie

i dont agree with the hurt locker getting best screenplay over the coen brothers a serious man. a serious man was hilarious, confusing, engaging- despite stuhlbarg's character's detachment from reality, and definitely deserved an oscar in this category

district 9 should have won best screenplay based on previously published material. im so glad peter jackson gave blomkamp $30mil to make this movie, it made my summer. the short movie it was based on, alive in joburg, had the idea and depth to be appreciated widely, but it didnt have peter jacksons name on every poster plastered around the cities of earth. i havent read push, the novel which precious was based on, but i cannot express how much i did not like that movie and must assume the book is just as bad.

visual effects to avatar, we all knew it was going to happen when jake chases neytiri through pandora foliage before he's surprisingly accepted into the navi/nabi tribe despite being a sleepwalker or whatever the natives called the avatars. i couldnt help thinking throughout the entire movie that this must be what taking acid is like. it sent shivers down my spine and was topped only by the floating mountains further in to the three hour epic. district 9 effects were good, the last twenty minutes are a guys heaven of a movie with exploding people everywhere, and i was amazed to find out every single alien was cgi, but avatar did have an edge over d9

fantastic mr fox should have got best music, thought it was awesome the way the music made you feel involved with the covert operations carried out by animals

animated movie, pixar surprise surprise. i was pleasantly surprised by up, but nothing tops wall.e for me, that movie is topnotch

i saw a prophet and am in agreement that it wasnt that great so shouldnt have got an oscar. yet to see el secreto de sus ojos so i reserve judgement.

finally- YES the cove got best documentary. ok i didnt see any of the others but im not really a documentary type of guy. i only saw this movie because on my daily commute for about a month there was a promo poster of dolphins and a diver outside the elevator i get at gloucester road, and i thought i like underwater stuff so i went to see it. touching, moving, daring movie that i thoroughly enjoyed

there you have some of my opinions on the oscars

oh and one last one

what the fuck is wrong with ben fucking stiller? he cant act so im not entirely sure why hes in the acting business and did you see the bullshit stunt he pulled? fuckin douche

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