SweetieBabie Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Oscars 2010 nominations are out. What's your prediction ? Best Picture Nominees: Best Actor Nominees: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart George Clooney, Up in the Air Colin Firth, A Single Man Morgan Freeman, Invictus Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker Best Actress Nominees: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Helen Mirren, The Last Station Carey Mulligan, An Education Gabourey Sidibe, Precious Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 It's going to be Avatar by a mile. While Up is a good for kids, it doesn't have the appeal of Avatar and literally has no chance at all of best picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetieBabie Posted February 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 It's going to be Avatar by a mile. While Up is a good for kids, it doesn't have the appeal of Avatar and literally has no chance at all of best picture. but but but. there is a but. Avatar's script is nothing new, basically retold old story like Pocahontas. Would Oscars overlook that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 It's going to be Avatar by a mile. While Up is a good for kids, it doesn't have the appeal of Avatar and literally has no chance at all of best picture. but but but. there is a but. Avatar's script is nothing new, basically retold old story like Pocahontas. Would Oscars overlook that. depends how much the studios spend to help them overlook that !!!!! i thought avatar was massively over-rated. enjoyable film to watch, but mostly because of the excellent special effects ... and as Tonia says nothing really new in the story line !!! the good guys always win in the movies .... well nearly always !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin_2 Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 the good guys always win in the movies .... well nearly always !! That's why I always steered clear from being an actor! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigKus Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 'The hurt locker' crossed my mind and got my vote.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 'The hurt locker' crossed my mind and got my vote.. Hurt Locker will get best director 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 It's going to be Avatar by a mile. While Up is a good for kids, it doesn't have the appeal of Avatar and literally has no chance at all of best picture. but but but. there is a but. Avatar's script is nothing new, basically retold old story like Pocahontas. Would Oscars overlook that. The concept behind the story is unique though: humans interacting with another species by inhabiting avatar bodies, while the actors are doing the same thing in the vfx studio, by inhabiting the CG avatar bodies of their characters using motion capture. That and a really big tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 I'm with Iain on this, Avatar by a tree trunk length but it wouldn't be my first choice either. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANNO Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Bridges and Bullock both won the awards in the Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild---- many of the same vote in the Acadamy... they are very likely to sweep... Hollywood does love a Glitzy money maker ---------read Avidtar here ... (Titanic certainly was not a landmark film - and won) but often will go another way. I might take some good odds against those Blue guys Hurt Locker --- since it is a bit unique Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 It's going to be Avatar by a mile. While Up is a good for kids, it doesn't have the appeal of Avatar and literally has no chance at all of best picture. but but but. there is a but. Avatar's script is nothing new, basically retold old story like Pocahontas. Would Oscars overlook that. Christopher Brooker put forward a very credible theory that there are only seven basic story themes; 1. Overcoming the monster 2. Rags to Riches 3. The Quest 4. Voyage and Return 5. Comedy 6. Tragedy 7. Rebirth Stories, and by default films, will range from a simple use of one of these story types, to an overlapping and interweaving of two or more. Lord of the Rings, for example, probably contains elements of all 7. There is no true originality in movie making; the originality comes in how a story (or combination thereof) is told and how it is presented. Avatar was groundbreaking for the effects, not for the story, and for that reason I do believe it will win best film. I agree with Neo that 'The Hurt Locker' is a good bet for director, and I would probably slip a fiver on Freeman for his portrayal of Mandela in 'Invictus'. Other than best film, Avatar will probably take some of the technical awards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetieBabie Posted February 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 voting ends Feb 22nd. 82nd Annual Academy Awards is on – Sunday, March 7, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayInFl Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 best picture Avatar..best actor morgan freeman..best actress sandra bullock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 best picture Avatar..best actor morgan freeman..best actress sandra bullock. I do think Gabourey Sidibe is worth a bet as best actress. Just one of those quirky decisions sometimes made at the Oscars... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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