Oscars

[Dabram]

the hurt locker was such a silly stupid offensive movie (because it seemed to take itself really seriously).

no one should give a shit about the oscars tho.. kinda funny how sandra bullock had the "best" + "worst" performance as an actress this year tho.. meh


ps. tho jeff bridges is awesome ofc :wub:

[Xog]

didnt even know the oscars were on

[Ephemeral]

Are you sure? I heard the Hurt Locker was sued by the guy who this story was based on. That journalist guy, Boal, apperantly interviewed this guy who actually did all those things (I'm sure the movie romanticised and blew things (see what I did there?) up bigger than they really are), but from what I understand it actually happened (not in the same big style as in the movie).

I wasn't there, but most of the things Ive read from the people who do this horrific job say it's nothing close to reality. Not a great source, but this is typical of what many who were there say...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOw8G3T4vsQ

"AMEN! Thanks for posting this. As a US Army veteran I thought that "The Hurt Locker" was pure fantasy and marvel at how such a crap movie would garner so many acclaims?! People like the main character in that film wouldn't last a day in the real world army where that cowboy gung-ho hardcharging life jeopardizing bullsh*t wouldn't win any accolades but a summary court martial............. "

[Squeezer]

Hurt Locker? Perhaps good Hollywood sensationalism, but no one disarms IEDs by standing over them anymore. They use either robots or simply use other explosives to detonate them. So go see it if you want to be entertained by Hollywood, but don’t believe that these guys walk up to them, pull on a wire, and have 6 shells come out of the ground around them.

This is not true.

Yes they use robots and supplemental bursts on most occasions possible, but those soldiers still put on the suit to disarm some of the explosives. And as Gall said, the story is based on the real "wild man" who claimed to have disarmed over 500 himself, while inside the suit.

[Vatican Assassin]

i was sure the 1 million dead iraq civilians would get best supporting role but turns out they were edited out of the movie

[Galleleo]

Hurt Locker? Perhaps good Hollywood sensationalism, but no one disarms IEDs by standing over them anymore. They use either robots or simply use other explosives to detonate them. So go see it if you want to be entertained by Hollywood, but don’t believe that these guys walk up to them, pull on a wire, and have 6 shells come out of the ground around them.

Are you sure? I heard the Hurt Locker was sued by the guy who this story was based on. That journalist guy, Boal, apperantly interviewed this guy who actually did all those things (I'm sure the movie romanticised and blew things (see what I did there?) up bigger than they really are), but from what I understand it actually happened (not in the same big style as in the movie).

[Crescent Seal]

oscars was fail

[Pressure Drop]

i've seen none of these movies

clearly zombieland should have swept the board

[Ephemeral]

Hurt Locker? Perhaps good Hollywood sensationalism, but no one disarms IEDs by standing over them anymore. They use either robots or simply use other explosives to detonate them. So go see it if you want to be entertained by Hollywood, but don’t believe that these guys walk up to them, pull on a wire, and have 6 shells come out of the ground around them.

[Galleleo]

If Christopher Waltz wouldn't have won the award for best supporting actor I would have turned the Oscars off straight away.

[Jeenyuss]

happy to see christopher waltz and jeff bridges on the list of winners (although both were pretty much gimmes). i didn't really think any movie this year was worthy of getting best picture, it was a pretty boring year for film.

man i fuckin hate sandra bullock though

that's why it's good avatar lost

[Burzum]

Who gives a fuck, it's just a circlejerk of movie industry insiders celebrating themselves.

haha I'm glad to see avatar only got 3 oscars, GO HURT LOCKER


Here is the list


Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: The Hurt Locker (2008) - Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro

Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Winner: El secreto de sus ojos (2009)(Argentina)

Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: The Hurt Locker (2008) - Bob Murawski, Chris Innis

Best Documentary, Features
Winner: The Cove (2009) - Louie Psihoyos, Fisher Stevens

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: Avatar (2009) - Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Winner: Up (2009) - Michael Giacchino

Best Achievement in Cinematography
Winner: Avatar (2009) - Mauro Fiore

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Winner: The Hurt Locker (2008) - Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Winner: The Hurt Locker (2008) - Paul N.J. Ottosson

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Winner: The Young Victoria (2009) - Sandy Powell

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Winner: Avatar (2009) - Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner: Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Winner: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) - Geoffrey Fletcher

Best Achievement in Makeup
Winner: Star Trek (2009) - Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow

Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner: The New Tenants (2009) - Joachim Back, Tivi Magnusson

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Winner: Music by Prudence (2010) - Roger Ross Williams, Elinor Burkett

Best Short Film, Animated
Winner: Logorama (2009) - Nicolas Schmerkin

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Winner: The Hurt Locker (2008) - Mark Boal

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Winner: Crazy Heart (2009) - T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Winner: Up (2009) - Pete Docter

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)