This Years Oscars: What Pissed You Off?

[SonicKoala]

For one, I don't think The Hurt Locker should of won best picture. I'm going to be honest, I haven't seen Avatar, but I don't hate it like many people do. I have seen District 9, Up, and Inglourious Basterds, and in all honesty, all of those movies were better than The Hurt Locker.

The reason is simple. Speaking strictly from a cinematic perspective, The Hurt Locker was extremely underwhelming. It was a bleak, uninteresting movie shot in a bleak and uninteresting way - the emotional turmoil that goes on in Iraq is a very real thing, and I felt that the Hurt Locker dealt with this material in a surprisingly shallow way; the entire "war is a drug" isn't very profound to start with - all this movie was about was 3 guys, 2 of which hated war, 1 of which really liked it. That's pretty much it. All that the movie had going for it was it was relatively low-budget (receiving the "indie charm" votes), it featured a bunch of relatively unknown actors (oooh, haven't seen these guys before, how endearing), and it was socially and politically relevant (pretty much guaranteed victory)

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't a bad movie, but it definitely was NOT best picture worthy. Ohh, when will Quentin Tarantino be given his just rewards? On a side note, I don't know how anybody could be upset that Up was the winner of best animated film. Seriously, that movie was one of the single most moving films I've ever seen.

 

[Vrex360]

that District Nine didn't win

Going to have to agree with this, District 9 was the one candidate I was rooting for the most for best picture.
My other major gripe was that I didn't see it because I had no idea it was on and only found out about it from talking to people at tafe today.... lame.

 

[TornadoADV]

District 9 was a prototypical alien flick where nobody exhibits common sense or military tactics. If it had stuck with the concept it was running with for the first 15 minutes, I would of loved it.

 

[Kortney]

District 9 did Avatar better and Inglorious Basterds did The Hurt Locker better.

Oh, and Tom Hanks missing out to that Italian guy in the 1998 Best Actor award. The guy from Life is Beautiful was great, but Hanks as Captain Miller is one of the best performances I've ever seen and I'm still surprised he didn't win. Still.

 

[SpaceCop]

Sorry to jump on the general consensus bandwagon, but.. yeah. I think it's a shame District 9 was overlooked, and I'm still cranky at the untold legions adamant that Avatar should be recognized as more than a special effects bonanza.

I get why the Academy was honouring Katheryn Bigelow and The Hurt Locker. Hell, gutsy woman wins Best Director for a raw, low-budget war flick? Simultaneously making history and snatching victory from the hands of an ex? Awesome. Money says we're seeing that biopic three decades down the line. But I still thought Inglourious Basterds was the better movie.

The pre-show made me curious what a red carpet interviewer's resume looks like; I didn't know "vapid parasite" was a qualification. And what's with pretending that the likes of Taylor Lautner and Miley Cyrus have contributed anything but questionable social history to our culture?

That fat white ***** stealing the mic from the Black dude when he was trying to give an acceptance speech for the documentary film.

Yeah, what the hell was that? Regardless of her involvement in the project it was a dick move. And she didn't have anything coherent to say in the end anyway!

Still. Tim Robbins was awesome. And I think we can all be grateful that when Revenge Of The Fallen received an academy award nomination the universe didn't collapse itself into a particularly ashamed singularity.

 

[Casual Shinji]

That Ponyo wasn't even nominated for Best Animated Feature. Dammit Academy, you know Miyazaki exists and gave the award to Spirited Away, you have no excuse!

Yeah, that severely pissed me off to.

Miyazaki is the only person who still makes traditional animation in all it's glorious detail and the oscars completely ignore him.
I am glad that Micheal Giacchino won Best Score, though. It's about time he got some recognition.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Glad District 9 didn't win anything, Glad Hurt Locker won a lot of awards, Glad the Judges have more IQ then movie audiences to see Avatar for what it really is.

Yeah, I don't even know why District 9 was nominated for best picture. Probably to throw the nerds a bone. Then again, I don't even know why Avatar was nominated. Still, I enjoyed District 9 a heck of a lot more then Avatar. Atleast there I was rooting for the main character instead of not giving a shit.

 

[clipse15]

That Ponyo wasn't even nominated for Best Animated Feature. Dammit Academy, you know Miyazaki exists and gave the award to Spirited Away, you have no excuse!

Yeah, that severely pissed me off to.

Miyazaki is the only person who still makes traditional animation in all it's glorious detail and the oscars completely ignore him.
I am glad that Micheal Giacchino won Best Score, though. It's about time he got some recognition.

Really your surprised Ponyo wasn't nominated? Best animated film has more to do than just the actual animation. Ponyo was beautiful but the film was terrible. I usually like his work but that film had a very poor plot and just meandered around and did not offer anything interesting at all. I can't believe i'm saying this but i actually prefer Disney's effort this year over his. I'm glad it wasn't nominated just because of whose name was attached to it. I mean out of the animated films that were nominated which one of those would you replace with Ponyo?

 

[Casual Shinji]

Really your surprised Ponyo wasn't nominated? Best animated film has more to do than just the actual animation. Ponyo was beautiful but the film was terrible. I usually like his work but that film had a very poor plot and just meandered around and did not offer anything interesting at all. I can't believe i'm saying this but i actually prefer Disney's effort this year over his. I'm glad it wasn't nominated just because of whose name was attached to it. I mean out of the animated films that were nominated which one of those would you replace with Ponyo?

I think the movie was very simplistic on purpose. If you've seen other movies by Miyazaki like My Neighbor Totoro or Kiki's Delivery Service, you'll see that they don't have much of an overarching plot either. The same can be said about Ponyo. It's not so much about the journey from beginning to end, but about the individual sitiuations: A child accompanying his mother on her way to work, getting an ice cream when he's sad or enjoying a hot drink together.
There were a lot of instances in the movie where they could've given a deeper meaning about the weird things that were happening, but they didn't because you're basically seeing everything trough the eyes of a 5-year old. And little kids don't think about the deeper meanings of life, they just do what they do and let the actions speak for themselves.

When I first saw this movie I wasn't really wowed by it either, but the more I saw it the more I loved it. Wich is the case with almost every Miyazaki movie I've seen.
From the animated movies that were nominated Ive only seen Coraline and Up, but I liked Ponyo the best. I'm not saying it should've won, but it was among the top 5 best animated features of the year.

And also, I'm just dead tired of CG movies and to me traditional animation always feels like it has much more heart. But the cold hard fact is that the 2D cartoon is all but dead. So whenever there's a new Ghibli movie it's like someone throws me a bottle of water while I'm in the desert.

 

[stok3r]

That smug ***** won

 

[clipse15]

Really your surprised Ponyo wasn't nominated? Best animated film has more to do than just the actual animation. Ponyo was beautiful but the film was terrible. I usually like his work but that film had a very poor plot and just meandered around and did not offer anything interesting at all. I can't believe i'm saying this but i actually prefer Disney's effort this year over his. I'm glad it wasn't nominated just because of whose name was attached to it. I mean out of the animated films that were nominated which one of those would you replace with Ponyo?

I think the movie was very simplistic on purpose. If you've seen other movies by Miyazaki like My Neighbor Totoro or Kiki's Delivery Service, you'll see that they don't have much of an overarching plot either. The same can be said about Ponyo. It's not so much about the journey from beginning to end, but about the individual sitiuations: A child accompanying his mother on her way to work, getting an ice cream when he's sad or enjoying a hot drink together.
There were a lot of instances in the movie where they could've given a deeper meaning about the weird things that were happening, but they didn't because you're basically seeing everything trough the eyes of a 5-year old. And little kids don't think about the deeper meanings of life, they just do what they do and let the actions speak for themselves.

When I first saw this movie I wasn't really wowed by it either, but the more I saw it the more I loved it. Wich is the case with almost every Miyazaki movie I've seen.
From the animated movies that were nominated Ive only seen Coraline and Up, but I liked Ponyo the best. I'm not saying it should've won, but it was among the top 5 best animated features of the year.

And also, I'm just dead tired of CG movies and to me traditional animation always feels like it has much more heart. But the cold hard fact is that the 2D cartoon is all but dead. So whenever there's a new Ghibli movie it's like someone throws me a bottle of water while I'm in the desert.

I have seen those films and i'm not saying that it needs an epic plot like Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke to be a great film but I will say that Ponyo didn't ave enough meat to it to carry the film. If the film focused more on the relationsihp between the boy and Ponyo then i might've liked it better and could say it was one of the better films this year but it didn't it would switch from that interesting story to the bland story of the king under the sea and i don't think it balanced these two tales at all. It's as if the art style was the most important aspect and everything else came afterwards.

Having seen all of the films that were nominated besides The secret of Kelis i feel like they all deserved there spots. Besides the only CG animated film was UP. You had two distinctly different stop motion features and then you had two traditionally animated films. You couldn't ask for a more balanced and varied cross spectrum of the genre

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Watchmen won nothing.

Sandra Bullock in general pisses me off, and especaill when she won an oscar she didn't deserve.

But yeah, The Hurt Locker deserved everything it got.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I have seen those films and i'm not saying that it needs an epic plot like Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke to be a great film but I will say that Ponyo didn't ave enough meat to it to carry the film. If the film focused more on the relationsihp between the boy and Ponyo then i might've liked it better and could say it was one of the better films this year but it didn't it would switch from that interesting story to the bland story of the king under the sea and i don't think it balanced these two tales at all. It's as if the art style was the most important aspect and everything else came afterwards.

Having seen all of the films that were nominated besides The secret of Kelis i feel like they all deserved there spots. Besides the only CG animated film was UP. You had two distinctly different stop motion features and then you had two traditionally animated films. You couldn't ask for a more balanced and varied cross spectrum of the genre

I guess, in the end I'm just a sucker for 2D animation and nobody makes it better then Miyazaki.

But I will agree that with movies like Coraline, The Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Princess and The Frog, we might finally start seeing some different animation again instead of the same old bland CGI.

 

[electric_warrior]

that district 9 didn't win best adapted screenplay and neil blomkamp wasn't nominated for best director over cameron
that A Prophet didn't win best foreign feature
that carey Mulligan or Meryl Streep didn't win best actress (although i do like sandra bullock and she kinda knew how ridiculous it all was)
other than that I was pleased with the winner, glad bigelow won.

and as for those who say basterds should have won I ask you why? it's a disjointed style over substance affair with one or two great performances and great dialogue. It is no Pulp Fiction. it's not even as good as jackie brown in fact i'd say its his worst film aside from kill bill vol 2 and death proof. His time will come to win the big awards (he should have done 15 years ago but the world just wasn't ready)

 

[electric_warrior]

Yeah, I don't even know why District 9 was nominated for best picture. Probably to throw the nerds a bone.

Because District 9 was a very very good film and deserved a place over nvictus and bright star and all the other dull as hell prestige pics. I have no illusions that it should have won, but considering it works both as a kickass thriller, satire and allegory and was a pretty original piece of film making. I feel it's place was deserved

I would also say it deserved a nod for best visual effects if it didn't have one already (did it?), possibly best director over cameron and possibly best editing or something like that (small and technical)

 

[Quad08]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8546775.stm

Turns out you can tell everyone to vote for you and all the judges will do is slap you on the wrist.

He should not have revived an award. Whoever made this decision to just bar him from the ceremony is a complete and utter idiot. The Oscars have lost all credibility with me now

 

[Casual Shinji]

Because District 9 was a very very good film and deserved a place over nvictus and bright star and all the other dull as hell prestige pics. I have no illusions that it should have won, but considering it works both as a kickass thriller, satire and allegory and was a pretty original piece of film making. I feel it's place was deserved

I would also say it deserved a nod for best visual effects if it didn't have one already (did it?), possibly best director over cameron and possibly best editing or something like that (small and technical)

I liked District 9, I just didn't find it as intelligent or groundbreaking as was claimed. As a matter of fact I found it very similar to Avatar, except ofcourse that District 9 had a main character that I actually give a shit about.
As a matter of fact, seeing Wikus van de Merwe being tortured then escaping and getting revenge on his tormentors in the most brutal way, was what made the movie so awesome for me.

 

[cuddly_tomato]

District 9 not even a sniff?

Oscars are bollocks for that very reason.

 

[Amund]

Well I'm happy that Avatar didn't get best picture. It didn't deserve best picture. Sure it basically changed the way movies are made now, but even still, it wasn't nearly as intense as the Hurt Locker.

Anyway, how the hell did Sandra Bullock win over Gabourey Sidibe. Gabourey did an amazing job in Precious.

The only thing that Inglorious Bastards should have won was Screen Play, but they lost to the Hurt Locker. Damn.