The Oscars: What's Your Vote?

Jet · 03-03-2010, 03:22 PM

Behind the scenes look at Avatar

This is interesting:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2_vB7zx_SQ"]YouTube- Avatar Exclusive -Behind The Scenes (The Art of Performance Capture)[/ame]

Jet · 03-03-2010, 03:29 PM

Nominated for 8 Oscars

Brief
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as
"The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis.

Interview with Diane Kruger, (Bridget von Hammersmark)

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEod4dSkMIY"]YouTube- Inglorious Bastards (2009)- Diane Kruger Interview[/ame]

Gemme · 03-03-2010, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ol' Jet

I've requested a Poll Fix for 10 Best Picture Nominees, not 7. (Don't ask)
We'll see of Linus works his magic shortly.

The Best Picture category should read as follows

Avatar

The Blind Side

District 9

An Education

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

A Serious Man

Up

Up in the Air

feel free to share your voice on these until we can get the poll fixed.

Thanks and sorry for the shoddy cut and paste job

I originally voted for Avatar. It was magnificent, both visually and in the quality of the story. I do, however, love Up. It also has a lovely story and is very nice visually. Maybe I'm just a huge fan of animation and CG?

If either of them won, or Blind Side (hello, Sandy Bullock!), I would be happy.

Jet · 03-03-2010, 03:37 PM

The Hurt Locker
Nominated for 9 Oscars. Another 68 wins & 42 nominations

Summary
US Army Sergeant First Class Will James, Sergeant JT Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge comprise the Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit currently stationed in Baghdad. James is the tech team leader. When James arrives on the scene, Bravo Company has thirty-nine days left on its current deployment. It will be a long thirty-nine days for Sanborn and Eldridge whose styles do not mesh with their new leader. James is a renegade for who the thrill of the dismantlement seems to be the ultimate goal regardless of the safety of his fellow team members, others on the scene or himself. On the other hand, Sanborn is by the books: he knows his place and duty and trusts others in the army to carry out theirs as well as he. And Eldridge is an insecure soldier who is constantly worried that an error or misjudgment on his part will lead to the death of an innocent civilian or a military colleague. While the three members face their own internal issues, they have to be aware of any person at the bomb sites, some of who may be bombers themselves.

Bigelow Interview

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAcz4gvWHug"]YouTube- Kathryn Bigelow talks The Hurt Locker[/ame]

Linus · 03-03-2010, 03:42 PM

Because of the way the poll mechanism works, this is the best I can do.

Jet · 03-03-2010, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linus

Because of the way the poll mechanism works, this is the best I can do.

It's Perfect! You Got Em all Bro. Everybody, a warm round of applause for Linus for fixing the poll!

Jet · 03-03-2010, 03:59 PM

District 9
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 29 nominations

Summary
In 1982, a massive star ship bearing a bedraggled alien population, nicknamed "The Prawns," appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. Twenty-eight years later, the initial welcome by the human population has faded. The refugee camp where the aliens were located has deteriorated into a militarized ghetto called District 9, where they are confined and exploited in squalor. In 2010, the munitions corporation, Multi-National United, is contracted to forcibly evict the population with operative Wikus van der Merwe in charge. In this operation, Wikus is exposed to a strange alien chemical and must rely on the help of his only two new 'Prawn' friends

Peter Jackson Interview

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JDDWao7dSY"]YouTube- "District 9" - Behind The Scenes [HD HQ][/ame]

Jet · 03-03-2010, 04:18 PM

Up In the Air
Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 44 wins & 49 nominations

Summary
Ryan Bingham works for Omaha based Career Transition Counseling whose contracts are in corporate downsizing. In other words, they fire people. Ryan is flying around the US over 320 days of the year, which he feels is the best part of his job. He does whatever he can to rack up frequent flyer miles, the goal not to use them but just to accumulate them to a specific number he has in his mind. A secondary job he has is to give motivational speeches on relieving one's life of excess physical and emotional baggage. He truly does believe what he espouses as he lives out of his carry-on suitcase (his apartment in Omaha is really in name only), he is not close to his siblings (although he does do a favor for his sister while on his travels), nor does he have or want a significant person in his life. Ryan's life may change when the company hires Natalie Keener, a young overachieving woman who recommends that the company change the nature of the work by conducting the "firings" via remote computer access. Ryan believes that Natalie does not fully understand the nature of the business, and as such, their boss, Craig Gregory, suggests that she accompany Ryan on a business trip. Ryan is also trying to protect his way of life, which now includes meeting up with a woman named Alex Goran whenever their flight schedules mesh. Like Ryan, Alex, who he met in an airport hotel bar, is constantly traveling for work, and is as equally turned on the by the concepts of "elite status" or "preferred member" as Ryan is.

Reitman Interview

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDfCxrw73nU"]YouTube- Interview With Jason Reitman, Director of "Up In The Air" Starring George Clooney[/ame]

View Poll Results: Best Picture vote
Inglourious Bastards	5	9.26%
Avatar	20	37.04%
The Blind Side	4	7.41%
District 9	1	1.85%
The Hurt Locker	9	16.67%
Precious	9	16.67%
A Serious Man	3	5.56%
Up	2	3.70%
Up In the Air	1	1.85%
An Education	0	0%
Voters: 54. You may not vote on this poll

03-03-2010, 03:29 PM	#2
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,647 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	Inglourious Basterds Nominated for 8 Oscars Brief In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. Interview with Diane Kruger, (Bridget von Hammersmark) [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEod4dSkMIY"]YouTube- Inglorious Bastards (2009)- Diane Kruger Interview[/ame]

03-03-2010, 03:37 PM	#4
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,647 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	Director Kathryn Bigelow talks about The Hurt Locker The Hurt Locker Nominated for 9 Oscars. Another 68 wins & 42 nominations Summary US Army Sergeant First Class Will James, Sergeant JT Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge comprise the Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit currently stationed in Baghdad. James is the tech team leader. When James arrives on the scene, Bravo Company has thirty-nine days left on its current deployment. It will be a long thirty-nine days for Sanborn and Eldridge whose styles do not mesh with their new leader. James is a renegade for who the thrill of the dismantlement seems to be the ultimate goal regardless of the safety of his fellow team members, others on the scene or himself. On the other hand, Sanborn is by the books: he knows his place and duty and trusts others in the army to carry out theirs as well as he. And Eldridge is an insecure soldier who is constantly worried that an error or misjudgment on his part will lead to the death of an innocent civilian or a military colleague. While the three members face their own internal issues, they have to be aware of any person at the bomb sites, some of who may be bombers themselves. Bigelow Interview [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAcz4gvWHug"]YouTube- Kathryn Bigelow talks The Hurt Locker[/ame]

03-03-2010, 03:42 PM	#5
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03-03-2010, 03:59 PM	#7
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,647 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	District 9-Interview with Director Peter Jackson District 9 Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 29 nominations Summary In 1982, a massive star ship bearing a bedraggled alien population, nicknamed "The Prawns," appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. Twenty-eight years later, the initial welcome by the human population has faded. The refugee camp where the aliens were located has deteriorated into a militarized ghetto called District 9, where they are confined and exploited in squalor. In 2010, the munitions corporation, Multi-National United, is contracted to forcibly evict the population with operative Wikus van der Merwe in charge. In this operation, Wikus is exposed to a strange alien chemical and must rely on the help of his only two new 'Prawn' friends Peter Jackson Interview [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JDDWao7dSY"]YouTube- "District 9" - Behind The Scenes [HD HQ][/ame]

03-03-2010, 03:22 PM	#1
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,647 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	Behind the scenes look at Avatar This is interesting: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2_vB7zx_SQ"]YouTube- Avatar Exclusive -Behind The Scenes (The Art of Performance Capture)[/ame]

03-03-2010, 04:18 PM	#8
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,647 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	Up In the Air-Interview with Director Jason Reitman Up In the Air Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 44 wins & 49 nominations Summary Ryan Bingham works for Omaha based Career Transition Counseling whose contracts are in corporate downsizing. In other words, they fire people. Ryan is flying around the US over 320 days of the year, which he feels is the best part of his job. He does whatever he can to rack up frequent flyer miles, the goal not to use them but just to accumulate them to a specific number he has in his mind. A secondary job he has is to give motivational speeches on relieving one's life of excess physical and emotional baggage. He truly does believe what he espouses as he lives out of his carry-on suitcase (his apartment in Omaha is really in name only), he is not close to his siblings (although he does do a favor for his sister while on his travels), nor does he have or want a significant person in his life. Ryan's life may change when the company hires Natalie Keener, a young overachieving woman who recommends that the company change the nature of the work by conducting the "firings" via remote computer access. Ryan believes that Natalie does not fully understand the nature of the business, and as such, their boss, Craig Gregory, suggests that she accompany Ryan on a business trip. Ryan is also trying to protect his way of life, which now includes meeting up with a woman named Alex Goran whenever their flight schedules mesh. Like Ryan, Alex, who he met in an airport hotel bar, is constantly traveling for work, and is as equally turned on the by the concepts of "elite status" or "preferred member" as Ryan is. Reitman Interview [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDfCxrw73nU"]YouTube- Interview With Jason Reitman, Director of "Up In The Air" Starring George Clooney[/ame]