Noctis Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Wow, Changeling and Gran Torino are both AWFUL films IMHO. What on earth? Changeling was one of the best films of the last decade, hands down. It's an emotional rollercoaster and features one of my favorite female performances ever. A huge achievement for Eastwood and Jolie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 The Artist is Oscar-bait 101. Just because black-and-white and/or silent films are rare doesn't mean that when one comes along that it's any less the Oscar bait for it. Except that it was produced and made before Weinstein got his hands on it, and the previous films by the producing/directing team are goofy spy James Bond parodies. Not exactly Oscar-bait. Now, when Harvey saw it, perhaps he had a feeling he could push it to Oscar glory, but honestly if there's an Oscar-bait film in the Weinstein stable right now, it's always been IRON LADY. THE ARTIST is a glorious trifle. It may not be worthy of Best Picture (I don't think it will win, at this point), but it's tremendously entertaining and easy, lighthearted fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 THE CHANGELING? Ugh. Terrible mess... and I'm generally a big Eastwood/Straczynski fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Anyway - PREDICTION 1. War Horse 2. The Artist 3. The Descendants 4. Hugo 5. The Help 6. Moneyball 7. Midnight in Paris ^I'm almost certain that these are basically the best picture nominees, however, if it were to go further- 8. Bridesmaids 9. The Tree of Life 10. The Ides of March 11. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 12. Drive 13. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 14. ??? 15. ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) I don't know why Changeling has such a shitty RT score and got snubbed during that entire award season. It was better than Frost/Nixon anyway (wtf was that shit and how was it nominated for best picture, this was like a boring documentary, put me to sleep), on par with Milk, and I haven't seen The Reader but have heard it's truly terrible. Gran Torino on the other hand, never got the hype for that. Those Hmung kids' acting was truly cringeworthingy. Edited January 5, 2012 by rockNrollaDIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 The Reader has a brilliant first half, and then a truly terrible second half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 2008 was a poor year for Oscar nominees. Great films came out like In Bruges, WALL-E, The Dark Knight, The Wrester, Revolutionary Road, yet none were represented in the Best Picture race. My favorite from that lot was Milk, and Milk wasn't that great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 The Reader has a brilliant first half, and then a truly terrible second half. The worst thing about the reader is that all three acts felt like completely different films to me. And none of them were particularly good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 2008 was a poor year for Oscar nominees. Great films came out like In Bruges, WALL-E, The Dark Knight, The Wrester, Revolutionary Road, yet none were represented in the Best Picture race. My favorite from that lot was Milk, and Milk wasn't that great. True. That year, I would've liked to have seen, using current rules: The Dark Knight In Bruges Benjamin Button Changeling The Wrestler Slumdog Millionaire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 My picks would've been Bolt The Dark Knight Forgetting Sarah Marshall Hellboy 2 In Bruges Man On Wire Pineapple Express Revolutionary Road WALL-E The Wrestler That's a full ten! And realistically I'm sure some of those films would have no chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travod Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Slumdog Millionaire is one of my favorite movies ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) Gran Torino is very overrated, but Changeling is solid, IMO. And frankly, The Artist seems the least oscar-baity of the 5 films that TWC is putting up for contention. Finally, glad someone else is a fan of Bolt, Dr. Linus. Edited January 5, 2012 by Spaghetti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichWS Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Well I do wish that more popular films could make it in.... Why? Are we handing out People's Choice or Scream Awards? I think a tiny film like Take Shelter, which blows away almost everything I've seen this year, deserves nods over more "popular" fare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Only films to get major recognition from every guild so far: The Descendants, The Help and... Bridesmaids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 First 2-not surprising. Last one...wow. I kind of would like The Help to win. It be nice for a nicer film to win for once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I'd consider The King's Speech to be relatively nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 Or a non R rated film Well since ROTK only Slumdog and TKS have been non depressing winners. Also whatever wins someone has to have died. Remember the last film where none of the characters died in was A Beautiful Mind (Though techincally someone did, but it was not a real person-so if you include that...I have no idea what the last would of been) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I think The Descendants will be the only R rated BP nominee this year. Wow. And Slumdog is as depressing as shit until the last ten minutes. Seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impact Posted January 5, 2012 Author Share Posted January 5, 2012 Very true. Hey 1995 we only had one R rated film. (While we had Il Postino-who has ever even seen that?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I will shit in a sink if Bridesmaids gets a best picture nom. That would be epic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
