The Oscars: What's Your Vote?

Jet · 03-03-2010, 04:05 AM

82nd Annual Academy Awards, March 7th, 2010

Nominees

Best Picture: Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious, A Serious Man, Up, Up in the Air

Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Colin Firth, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Renner

Actress in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Gabourey Sidibe, Meryl Streep

Directing: Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Up in the Air, Precious

Links

The official site:
www.oscar.com

Full nominee list:
oscar.go.com/nominations/nominees

Official site of the Academy:
www.oscars.org

Jet · 03-03-2010, 04:06 AM

Meanwhile,

Hurt Locker producer banned from Awards ceremony.

http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/news/...from-oscars-ap

Jet · 03-03-2010, 06:10 AM

Feel free to share your take on any of the nominees, movies, red carpet etc.

Andrew, Jr. · 03-03-2010, 06:37 AM

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker

Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges

Actress in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock

Directing: The Hurt Locker

Jet · 03-03-2010, 06:46 AM

Jeff Bridges is one of the best actors NEVER to win an Oscar.
I hope he pulls through for Crazy Heart.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmdKte_dlj0"]YouTube- CRAZY HEART - Behind the Scenes Featurette[/ame]

Jet · 03-03-2010, 06:54 AM

Sandra Bullock. My vote for Best Actress, hands down.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bzjOZrQnU0"]YouTube- The Blind Side "Inspirational" Featurette[/ame]

Andrew, Jr. · 03-03-2010, 07:35 AM

Jet,

I agree with you about Jeff B. I still have no clue as to why he never won. He is so gifted and talented.

Andrew

Apocalipstic · 03-03-2010, 09:10 AM

I really enjoyed Inglorious Basterds.

I have not seen many of the other films, which shocks me....by this time I usually have.

Martina · 03-03-2010, 10:02 AM

i have only seen District 9, The Hurt Locker, Inglorious Basterds, and Precious.

i would vote for The Hurt Locker. i was actually bored by District 9. i liked the other two, but not as much as The Hurt Locker. It gave me a view inside a world i did not know about, one we all need to know about. So well done.

i have not seen the movies that Jeff Bridges or Sandra Bullock are in, but i like them both a lot. They have certainly paid their dues as well -- given a lot of good performances over the years. i hope they get it.

Apocalipstic · 03-03-2010, 11:01 AM

I love the night of the Oscars.

What people wear, how the set is designed, the musical numbers, just the whole thing.

I wish we could all watch them together.

TIMBERWOLF · 03-03-2010, 11:10 AM

Avatar, The Blind Side, were both excellent movies. I saw Avatar twice and both of these I will get when they come out on DVD. I am wanting to see the Jeff Bridges movie as I just saw it on a trailer last night.
I would also like to see the Hurt Locker.
Its a hard choice between Avatar and Blindside to me.
TIMBER

apretty · 03-03-2010, 11:42 AM

a single man and precious

we both hated avatar --the special effects were special, but the movie was crap.

apretty · 03-03-2010, 11:46 AM

so many haven't even heard of this film...

link: http://oscar.go.com/nominations/nomi...lin-firth/2805

Jet · 03-03-2010, 02:28 PM

bump......

Blade · 03-03-2010, 02:57 PM

Chuckling...I saw the name of the thread and thought we were going to talk about hotdogs. LOL Oscar Myer ya know.

I don't be still and quiet long enough to watch movies and I've never heard of any of these movies except Blind Side and Avatar. I'd probably eventually watch Blind Side but not avatar. See I can't wait for the rest home in my old age I will be able to watch movies all day long for the rest of my life and they'll all be new releases.

Maybe one day I'll find a wonderful wife who can calm me down enough to watch movies before I reach retirement age

Sorry for the derail Jet!

Jet · 03-03-2010, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blade

Chuckling...I saw the name of the thread and thought we were going to talk about hotdogs. LOL Oscar Myer ya know.

I don't be still and quiet long enough to watch movies and I've never heard of any of these movies except Blind Side and Avatar. I'd probably eventually watch Blind Side but not avatar. See I can't wait for the rest home in my old age I will be able to watch movies all day long for the rest of my life and they'll all be new releases.

Maybe one day I'll find a wonderful wife who can calm me down enough to watch movies before I reach retirement age

Sorry for the derail Jet!

ha!........

Jet · 03-03-2010, 03:12 PM

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

Jet · 03-03-2010, 03:18 PM

I have to confess i have not seen Avatar. I probably will never see Avatar, but if I do, it will only be because of Sigourney Weaver. I don't even know how large her role is in that movie. I'm just not a fan of the genre and all that shit flying around. My 02.

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]

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, 04:05 AM	#1
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,646 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	The Oscars: Cast Your Vote 82nd Annual Academy Awards, March 7th, 2010 Nominees Best Picture: Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious, A Serious Man, Up, Up in the Air Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Colin Firth, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Renner Actress in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Gabourey Sidibe, Meryl Streep Directing: Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Up in the Air, Precious Links The official site: www.oscar.com Full nominee list: oscar.go.com/nominations/nominees Official site of the Academy: www.oscars.org

03-03-2010, 06:37 AM	#4
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03-03-2010, 09:10 AM	#8
Apocalipstic Pink Confection How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her, Ma'am Relationship Status: Dating Myself Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Nashville Posts: 4,266 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 17,195 Thanked 11,383 Times in 2,840 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I really enjoyed Inglorious Basterds. I have not seen many of the other films, which shocks me....by this time I usually have. __________________

03-03-2010, 11:01 AM	#10
Apocalipstic Pink Confection How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her, Ma'am Relationship Status: Dating Myself Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Nashville Posts: 4,266 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 17,195 Thanked 11,383 Times in 2,840 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I love the night of the Oscars. What people wear, how the set is designed, the musical numbers, just the whole thing. I wish we could all watch them together. __________________

03-03-2010, 04:06 AM	#2
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,646 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	Meanwhile, Hurt Locker producer banned from Awards ceremony. http://oscars.movies.yahoo.com/news/...from-oscars-ap

03-03-2010, 06:10 AM	#3
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,646 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	Feel free to share your take on any of the nominees, movies, red carpet etc.

03-03-2010, 06:46 AM	#5
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,646 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	Jeff Bridges is one of the best actors NEVER to win an Oscar. I hope he pulls through for Crazy Heart. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmdKte_dlj0"]YouTube- CRAZY HEART - Behind the Scenes Featurette[/ame]

03-03-2010, 06:54 AM	#6
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,646 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	Sandra Bullock. My vote for Best Actress, hands down. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bzjOZrQnU0"]YouTube- The Blind Side "Inspirational" Featurette[/ame]

03-03-2010, 07:35 AM	#7
Andrew, Jr. Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Me Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Over the Rainbow in a House Posts: 5,072 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,004 Thanked 5,249 Times in 2,216 Posts Rep Power: 0	Jet, I agree with you about Jeff B. I still have no clue as to why he never won. He is so gifted and talented. Andrew

03-03-2010, 10:02 AM	#9
Martina Senior Member How Do You Identify?: * Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: * Posts: 4,999 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,409 Thanked 18,366 Times in 4,171 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	i have only seen District 9, The Hurt Locker, Inglorious Basterds, and Precious. i would vote for The Hurt Locker. i was actually bored by District 9. i liked the other two, but not as much as The Hurt Locker. It gave me a view inside a world i did not know about, one we all need to know about. So well done. i have not seen the movies that Jeff Bridges or Sandra Bullock are in, but i like them both a lot. They have certainly paid their dues as well -- given a lot of good performances over the years. i hope they get it.

03-03-2010, 11:10 AM	#11
TIMBERWOLF Member How Do You Identify?: Old Butch Preferred Pronoun?: Lesbian Butch so that would be she, but I come to just about anything S Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: FL Posts: 384 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 218 Thanked 591 Times in 212 Posts Rep Power: 4807544	Avatar, The Blind Side, were both excellent movies. I saw Avatar twice and both of these I will get when they come out on DVD. I am wanting to see the Jeff Bridges movie as I just saw it on a trailer last night. I would also like to see the Hurt Locker. Its a hard choice between Avatar and Blindside to me. TIMBER

03-03-2010, 11:42 AM	#12
apretty Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: sea shell Relationship Status: married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: san diego Posts: 1,687 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,927 Thanked 4,377 Times in 1,015 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	a single man and precious we both hated avatar --the special effects were special, but the movie was crap.

03-03-2010, 11:46 AM	#13
apretty Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: sea shell Relationship Status: married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: san diego Posts: 1,687 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,927 Thanked 4,377 Times in 1,015 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	so many haven't even heard of this film... link: http://oscar.go.com/nominations/nomi...lin-firth/2805

03-03-2010, 02:28 PM	#14
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,646 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	bump......

03-03-2010, 02:57 PM	#15
Blade Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: TG Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: once in a while someone amazing comes along...and here I am! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Down on the farm Posts: 5,492 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,850 Thanked 14,400 Times in 4,049 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	Chuckling...I saw the name of the thread and thought we were going to talk about hotdogs. LOL Oscar Myer ya know. I don't be still and quiet long enough to watch movies and I've never heard of any of these movies except Blind Side and Avatar. I'd probably eventually watch Blind Side but not avatar. See I can't wait for the rest home in my old age I will be able to watch movies all day long for the rest of my life and they'll all be new releases. Maybe one day I'll find a wonderful wife who can calm me down enough to watch movies before I reach retirement age Sorry for the derail Jet!

03-03-2010, 03:12 PM	#17
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,646 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	Poll Fix 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

03-03-2010, 03:18 PM	#18
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,646 Times in 1,293 Posts Rep Power: 0	I have to confess i have not seen Avatar. I probably will never see Avatar, but if I do, it will only be because of Sigourney Weaver. I don't even know how large her role is in that movie. I'm just not a fan of the genre and all that shit flying around. My 02.

03-03-2010, 03:22 PM	#19
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,646 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, 03:29 PM	#20
Jet Timed Out - TOS Drama How Do You Identify?: .. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .. Posts: 3,471 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 292 Thanked 2,646 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]