Comments on: Oscar Nominations 2010 Are Go

By: Crystal Guilbert

Crystal Guilbert — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:50:25 +0000

I am going to have to agree with Chris, Star Trek did get a snubbed. On a positive note, I nearly leaped out of my seat when I saw District 9 was nominated for Best Picture and Kathryn Bigelow got the nom for The Hurt Locker.

By: Chris McQuillan

Chris McQuillan — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:11:43 +0000

I’m ashamed to say, I haven’t seen it yet…

By: Stefanie Gushin

Stefanie Gushin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:03:25 +0000

I thought Avatar was visually stunning and had a great story. I was engaged the entire time. For a big budget, popcorn flick like that, it had very few cringe worthy moments. James Cameron deserves all the praise for his innovations in technology and film making for Avatar… in my opinion. The story was beautiful, too – I felt very connected to the characters and the events.

By: Chris McQuillan

Chris McQuillan — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:22:21 +0000

Can’t help but feel Star Trek deserved a tad more than few technical nominations.

By: Sam Moden

Sam Moden — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:31:30 +0000

Its not a shock that there weren’t any nods for the cast of Avatar as all the performances were lacking, although I guess this wasn’t helped by the painful lack of depth (or even personality) to the characters. Adding to this the lack of a truly original or stimulating story there is no way that this film deserves best picture.

I agree with you on moon, it deserved a nod for director and for Sam Rockwell’s outstanding performance but it is going to be another one of those films that is criminally underrated. Personally I thought it was the best film I saw last year.

The only one I think I can call is that Kathryn Bigelow will take away best director for The Hurt Locker.

By: Sam Kurd

Sam Kurd — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:40:13 +0000

@Tristan : That’s fighting talk! :P I thought Moon was superbly paced, if the pace is set to ‘slow boil’. To me it was an excellent example of classic Sci-fi (like Silent Running, say) with a decent enough budget to pull it off by today’s standards. But hey, different strokes for different folks, right?

@Frank : I was taking a bit of a liberty by listing fantasy and Sci-fi films under ‘genre’, but you’re absolutely right, I overlooked Up. I’ll amend that straight away, as a house being carried away is a fairly fantastical concept indeed!

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:30:32 +0000

Coraline was an embarrassing Alive in Wonderland rip off. The worst part of Coraline was that it was excruciatingly boring. Coraline give Science Fiction a bad name. If a girl falling through a hole is Sci Fi, why didn’t you include “Up” where the characters take off in a house tied to balloons? Your system is a little odd to say the least.

By: Tristan Gray

Tristan Gray — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:17:43 +0000

Moon was not a good film. It was dull and completely without pace. I actually couldn’t be bothered to wait during the interlude, which where I was was actually more interesting than the film, and left without watching the last third of the film. Admittedly the acting was good but none of it was original or that interesting, just a little confusing.

Unfortunately, I think, Avatar should win the best picture. I say unfortunately because I honestly don’t want it to, I’m a big fan of District 9, but despite all the hype, I have to say Avatar probably deserves every drop of it.

By: Sam Kurd

Sam Kurd — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:08:22 +0000

Apologies for the formatting troubles at the beginning – I have yet to learn that the Preview button is my friend, it seems. Er, oops. Still, it’s much shinier now, right?

My prediction – Avatar will certainly win the effects awards, but as to whether it’ll win Best Picture (it damned well better not), I think it’s up against strong competition from District 9 – and, perhaps more importantly, non-genre film Precious.