Anyone else think UP should have won best picture?

[NobleCynic]

I get the whole political nonsense around both Avatar and Hurt Locker, but UP was quite simply one of the best films of all time. Anyone else have gripes about last night? (Other than wondering how Sandra Bullock won best actress, yikes.)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. One good opening scene, the rest was rather boring.

Kind of like Saving Private Ryan.

Definitely not the best picture of the year.

[CBGLuthier]

2. Yes, and I really liked District 9 a lot.

Avatar won for cinematography which was nonsense. CGI generated material should not count as being photographed.

[NobleCynic]

15. Cinematography I underestand actually

The basics of film, angles, camera movement, all of the little directing details still apply to even a CGI scene. From that perspective, Avatar was a tour de force. It was everything else about Avatar I wasn't impressed with.

District 9 was amazing. Best Sci-Fi in the last 5 years easily. No way it could get the award for best picture though. Low budget films don't win best picture or sponsors go away.

[BlueJazz]

3. I really enjoyed UP. Surprised it didn't win anything.

[AngryOldDem]

5. It won best animated feature and soundtrack. n/t

[BlueJazz]

9. Now I REALLY feel like an idiot, I thought the OP was talking about...

.."Up in the Air"

[AngryOldDem]

4. Yes, I do...and I'm glad it won for best animated film.

I figured it didn't stand a chance for Best Picture. I didn't see it until it came out on DVD because I thought I wouldn't like it (people insisted I watch it). I loved it, and it has such a message that every once in awhile you just want to take it out and watch it again.

Have you noticed that the creator wears the bottlecap badge on his lapel? I noticed it at the Globes and again last night.

And, yes, I was disappointed at Bullock winning -- Gaby's performance went beyond acting in Precious, and she deserved recognition for that. I hope this is just the beginning of a great career for her.

[NobleCynic]

16. For a first timer, a nomination isn't bad

But it's Hollywood. There are a very limited number of roles someone with her body type will get in movies. This was probably her only real chance at an Oscar. I would have been just fine with it if they handed the Oscar to Gaby, and I hope she doesn't get typecast into oblivion from here on out.

[Oregone]

6. No

Honestly...I think The Wrestler should of won this year. It was better than all the movies this year and last year. The committee should of voted to amend their rules so they don't have to award a steaming pile of dog feces

[zappaman]

7. No

No, I don't.

[reflection]

8. I'm good with it being best animated picture.

I don't think it had the "wow factor" of 'Avatar'. Haven't seen 'The Hurt Locker', so I'll leave that alone.

(Boy what a sad movie UP was at the beginning. When I read the article about the little girl who had the terminal illness, and hung on barely long enough to see UP, it made me tear up quite a bit. I hope the film didn't make her sad like it did me.)

[rhett o rick]

10. Avatar was a fantastic film, esp in 3-d.But the subj was too anti-imperialistic for the academy. nt

[2Design]

11. I saw up and saw Blind Side - I would pick Blind Side -

I thought Sandra Bullock should win Best actress as soon as I saw the trailer before the film was released. This was a Great film and she played her part with greatness. This reminded me of Sally Field in Norma Rae -

[slampoet]

12. I can explain how Sandra Bullock won her Oscar.

It all comes down to the idea that the Oscars have a tendency to spread the Oscars around and also like to recognize veteran actors when it is "Their turn" to win especially after a long career or after they have been passed up for movies they should have won the Oscar for in years past (think Russel Crowe getting the award for Gladiator when he really should have won for The Insider the year before, or think of Jeff Bridges who should have won for the Last Picture Show or Fearless or a dozen other films where he was better than this year)


First off in the nomination process a few deserving actresses were passed up for nominations which isn't so bad since you can only pick 5. I personally thought Maya Rudolph should have been nominated for Away We Go (though she wouldn't have won either.)

Second two of the best actress nominees were first timers, Carey Mulligan and Gabourey Sidibe. First time nominees can win for best supporting actress but rarely win for lead actress especially when they are young like these two.

Next is Helen Mirren who has won an Oscar recently and she was nominated for a film that no one actually saw. So she had very little chance of winning.

Finally is Meryl Streep who has been nominated 16 times and won twice. She was also almost a supporting actress in Julie and Julia. I loved here in this but she has had a lot of recognition.



So by process of elimination here is Sandra Bullock with her flawed Southern accent winning the Oscar. Not really the best performance, but it was the choice the voters made given their particular prejudices.

[NobleCynic]

14. Makes sense as a political decision within the academy

I've just never really been a fan of anything with Sandra Bullock. Hmm... missed Away We Go. Maybe I'll have to check it out.

[Brickbat]

13. No -- its anti-war, anti-corporatist message clashed with its colonial righteousness in a way that

the Academy clearly, and understandably, found threatening.