Oscars

[BurntHouse]

Well, another movie year has passed. To celebrate it, the Academy Awards once again gives away bald naked men who've been dipped in smelting gold (a tragic way to die).

THESE ARE THE OSCARS!!!

Lets recap what happened...

*winners in bold*

Writing (Original Screenplay)
“The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
“Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
“The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
“A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
“District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
“An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
“In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
“Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Visual Effects
“Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
“District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
“Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Sound Mixing
“Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
“The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
“Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
“Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Sound Editing
“Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
“The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
“Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
“Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
“Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Short Film (Live Action)
“The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
“Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
“Kavi” Gregg Helvey
“Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
“The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Short Film (Animated)
“French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
“Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
“The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
“Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
“A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park

Music (Original Song)
“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
“Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Music (Original Score)
“Avatar” James Horner
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
“The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
“Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
“Up” Michael Giacchino

Makeup
“Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
“Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
“The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Foreign Language Film
“Ajami” Israel
“The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)” Peru
“A Prophet (Un Prophète)” France
“The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” Argentina
“The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)” Germany

Film Editing
“Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
“District 9” Julian Clarke
“The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
“Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz

Documentary (Short Subject)
“China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
“The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
“The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
“Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
“Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Documentary (full length)
“Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
“The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
“Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
“Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa

Costume Design
“Bright Star” Janet Patterson
“Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
“Nine” Colleen Atwood
“The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

Cinematography
“Avatar” Mauro Fiore
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
“The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
“Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
“The White Ribbon” Christian Berger

Art Direction
“Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
“Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
“Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
“The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Animated Feature Film
“Coraline” Henry Selick
“Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
“The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
“The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
“Up” Pete Docter

Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon in “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

Actress in a Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

Directing
“Avatar” James Cameron
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
“Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
“Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

Best Picture
“Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
“The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
“District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
“An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
“Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
“A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
“Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
“Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers


So what are your thoughts on the results?

[The Butcher]

Brad Pitt should have at least been nominated for his performance as Aldo Ray.

Also surprising Avatar did not win Best Picture(I haven't seen it yet).

[Vyndrasta]

I'm not surprised Up (Disney's Pixar) had a few awards in there. Not to mention Steve Jobs half operated Pixar, so behind that award is that genius. When is that guy ever going to stop? lol

I actually liked Sandra Bullock.
She looks a lot younger than she's ever been in the last few years
but last night she was stunning.

[poshyterra]

go sandra bullock! loved The Blind Side. hands down, one of my favorite movies of all time

Up was great too. really funny and touching. i'm surprised with the awards it won. the soundtrack i didn't really find all that amazing. it was good, but not quite as good as most of Disney's soundtracks.

[BurntHouse]

I'm not surprised Up (Disney's Pixar) had a few awards in there. Not to mention Steve Jobs half operated Pixar, so behind that award is that genius. When is that guy ever going to stop? lol

Well... Steve Jobs may have sorta helped in creating whichever software they use... but "Up" isn't a good animated film because of the software. It's good because it has a good plot, meaningful characters, and decent comedy that isn't reduced to fart-jokes so many children's films have today.

I wouldn't exactly give any sort of credit to ol' Steve for "Up" anytime soon.

Up was great too. really funny and touching. i'm surprised with the awards it won. the soundtrack i didn't really find all that amazing. it was good, but not quite as good as most of Disney's soundtracks.

I undertsand what you mean. I was somewhat confused too until I realised what an excellent soundtrack Up had that complimented the film perfectly (Which is what a soundtrack should do). If you watched the film with zero soundtrack, obviously it's bland. However it's surprising how much a simple piano key can influence the mood of the scene so much... which is why it won best soundtrack.

It was either Up, or Avatar imo

Edit: However, I'm unsure on why "Hurt Locker" had a nomination in the Soundtrack department... serious favoritism I'm seeing there.

[Vyndrasta]

Well... Steve Jobs may have sorta helped in creating whichever software they use... but "Up" isn't a good animated film because of the software. It's good because it has a good plot, meaningful characters, and decent comedy that isn't reduced to fart-jokes so many children's films have today.

I wouldn't exactly give any sort of credit to ol' Steve for "Up" anytime soon.

I wasn't giving him credit, my post was ONLY informative. Plus a question.

[The Butcher]

Never did like Disney,even when I was a kid.

[Ryuuzaki HD]

This is a first for me I haven't seen or have any intention of seeing any of those movies but gz to all the winners.

[Vyndrasta]

I went ahead and looked up "Sound Mixing" in the internet and it's interesting that theres just SO MANY things that needs to be done before a movie comes out for public viewing entertainment. I know one person who majored in Journalism and Media Films says that there SHOULD BE a lot more categories than the posted above but keeping the Oscars on a short amount of time is crucial.

[-GAZKUL-]

i LOVED The Hurt Locker , it totally deserved its awards. it flattend Avatar at the baftas erliar so i was hoping the oscars would be an action replay of them.

[-Batman-]

i LOVED The Hurt Locker , it totally deserved its awards. it flattend Avatar at the baftas erliar so i was hoping the oscars would be an action replay of them.

I'd expect a lot of movies to flatten Avatar honestly.

Sure, Avatar looked pretty...But that's all it had going for it.
It was pretty to look at.

The story was just...Pochohantas in space with Cat People instead of Native Americans.

[Vyndrasta]

The story was just...Pochohantas in space with Cat People instead of Native Americans.

LOL.
I saw that on failblog.org

[Anime Forum]

I lol'd when ben stiller came out in the avatar make up and was dressed funny. I went asleep and missed the last thirty minutes of it, but overall a good oscar.

[-GAZKUL-]

im not sure if youve heard of Rotten Tomatoes but basically it is a website that gathers reviews from various sources and averages them out into a percentage e.g

Avatar-84%
The Hurt locker- 97%
Zombieland-89%

okay i know zombieland wasnt up for any oscars but it should have been- Great movie

linky- http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/