Damn it! Now I just hurt more for not getting around to seeing Slumdog Millionaire. I will go and pre-order it right now on Amazon, that'll appease Danny Boyle.
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You do have a point, there are so many films/directors/actors that will never win an Oscar just because they aren't traditional style and yet a shitty feel good film won the sme amount as gone with the wind.zombiepandaman said:
Slumdog had exceptional cinematography imo and its a script based on a book. Its a unique way of telling an underdog story. Its interesting, compelling and nicely directed by Boyle.Mazty said:
The Wrestler is a good film but somehow it felt a bit monotonous which I think is intentional as to portray the final stage of the main character. I was more gunning for Marisa Tomei to win the nod for supporting actress...she was great and so to was Rourke.
But it wasn't too gritty/depressing nor it was a feel good movie...so I guess to win Oscars, you gotta be in the extremes
I'm just happy that Wall-E won, because that's the first animated movie that I've seen since Mulan that I genuinely enjoyed. It puts Ratatouille and Happy Feet to shame.
Why does it always have to be beleiveable? Why can't people escape into a happy candy-cane land once in a while? And more importantly, why does automatically disqaulify it from being a great film?Mazty said:The cinematography was bland; it wasn't trying to do anything new I felt. Very run-of-the-mill, standard shots, all it did was show us parts of India that had never graced the movies before, which is where I think people give it undue credit. Whereas the Dark Knight would have been much more deserving for the much better angles, lighting etc, but being a comicbook based movie, that is of course a no-no.clicklick said:Slumdog had exceptional cinematography imo and its a script based on a book. Its a unique way of telling an underdog story. Its interesting, compelling and nicely directed by Boyle.
The Wrestler is a good film but somehow it felt a bit monotonous which I think is intentional as to portray the final stage of the main character. I was more gunning for Marisa Tomei to win the nod for supporting actress...she was great and so to was Rourke.
But it wasn't too gritty/depressing nor it was a feel good movie...so I guess to win Oscars, you gotta be in the extremes
The problem with the underdog story is it's rediculous. An underdog story should be believable. Are the viewers really meant to believe that the questions were perfect and that a infant friendship somehow turns into love? Actually that one really baffled me, they hadn't seen each other for years, they really that retarded to think they love one another? I really wasn't compelled to watch it because of the feel-good theme running through it. Something nice and happy and utterly rediculous was going to happen to make the world a nice happy candy-cane land.
A feel good movie should be of the calibre of The Shawshank Redemption. Not a absurd storyline which simply gives the viewers the happy ending they wanted, not a real ending e.g. The Wrestler.
Plus in my opinion, The Wrestler was depressing enough to be a winner, not to mention it was "real", it felt like it captured the life of a man who no longer fit in the world. Slumdog I feel is just a lazy way of getting people to like a movie through making them feel good.
You seem to be implying that the members of the academy are snobs, yet you are one as well.
Slumdog showed India better than any movie I have seen...including Bollywood movies !Mazty said:
I think Dark Knight was a nice film but relied too much on Heath. When he was there, it was mesmerizing but when he left the screen, it was a run-of-the-mill comic book movie. Still a bit better than most comic book movies but doesn't elevate to a 'omg this is better than Shawshank' level.
And fairy tale story is meant to be ridiculous...cos cmon everything is perfect, If you don't get that then, well I don't think you understand fairy tale/underdog movie making.
I can easily say Wrestler is a lazy way of making people sad and hate life. It has been done before, maybe not as compelling as what Slumdog did to fairy tales
The Oscars received flak last year for being too gritty and depressing, which is why they probably chose Slumdog Millionaire as Best Picture; they needed to remedy that criticism. What was it Stewart said when considering the Best Picture nominees? "All I can say is thank God for teen pregnancy..." in reference to Juno's nomination (a film I hated, for the record).Steelfists said:
Also, I immensely enjoyed Slumdog's cinematography and direction, more so than the story or acting (which I'll agree was a tad too ridiculous and generally flat respectively).
Unfortunately most of the big name noms in this years oscars were too entertainment starved for me to take interest. The only Best Picture candidate I saw was Slumdog, before it was nominated, I enjoyed it quite a bit, despite the plot being based on coincidence.