Author Topic: Oscars wut (Read 34005 times)

mantidor · « **Reply #50 on:** February 23, 2009, 09:37:05 AM »

Oh I'm not saying he didn't deserve it, I'm saying if he wasn't dead he wouldn't had won it. And the TAS Joker is like a million times better than the TDK joker for me.

I don't care, WALL-E is still my movie of the year and beats the crap out of the others.

Spinnzilla · « **Reply #51 on:** February 23, 2009, 11:51:19 AM »

Quote from: mantidor on February 23, 2009, 09:37:05 AM

I don't care, WALL-E is still my movie of the year and beats the crap out of the others.

I 100% agree with you. While Cloverfield was my personally favorite movie (i'm a huge giant monster/kaiju fan), I felt Wall-E was a fantastic accomplishment as a film and for Pixar.

Stogi · « **Reply #52 on:** February 23, 2009, 12:06:21 PM »

Wait.

Wall-E didn't win?

Are you kidding me?!

Ian Sane · « **Reply #53 on:** February 23, 2009, 12:20:27 PM »

That was easily the worst produced Oscars I've ever seen. First there were like almost NO CLIPS of the movies being nominated. For the actor awards they had all this verbal blowjob crap and yet no actual CLIP OF THE PERFORMANCE. I don't care about famous people gushing over other famous people. I just want someone to list the nominees and show a little clip of their performance. I have a major interest in films and yet I was absolutely BORED during most of the show. Some people think award shows are always boring but I never found Oscars boring, until last night.

Plus they filmed a TV screen for the tribute to people who died and half the time I couldn't read the name of the person being honoured. And when showing clips for the best picture nods they mixed them with clips of other past films. Who thought all of this was a good idea? The whole presentation felt like some arsty-farsty director wanting to do everything different because he could. I hope he NEVER works on this show again. It's just a fucking awards show. Don't get cute. Do it in a conventional way.

The only part I really liked was the Pineapple Express scene. That was really funny.

As for the awards themselves. Rourke got robbed and we get the usual Academy Awards big political message as usual. At least it wasn't about global warming this time, from people that fly in private planes. I wasn't too interested in the films this year. Too much Oscar bait. But the production of the show is what really hurt it for me.

Spinnzilla · « **Reply #54 on:** February 23, 2009, 12:21:36 PM »

Quote from: Kashogi Y. Stogi on February 23, 2009, 12:06:21 PM

Wait.

Wall-E didn't win?

Are you kidding me?!

It won best animated film. But didn't even get a nom for overall best picture.

ThePerm · « **Reply #55 on:** February 23, 2009, 12:36:50 PM »

Quoting IAN
"Plus they filmed a TV screen for the tribute to people who died and half the time I couldn't read the name of the person being honoured. "

yeah that pissed me off, i couldn't read a third of the names

the pinapple express part was funny. Set Rogan has sure lost a lot of weight, i wanna see Green Hornet.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #56 on:** February 23, 2009, 04:57:13 PM »

Quote from: Kashogi Y. Stogi on February 23, 2009, 12:06:21 PM

Wait.

Wall-E didn't win?

Are you kidding me?!

It won animated movie of the year. It got beat everywhere else by Slum Dog Millionaire and of course, it wasn't nominated for best movie because, well, I dunno I guess animated movies can't be great like live action ones or something stupid like that.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #57 on:** February 23, 2009, 05:31:17 PM »

The Academy was threatened by non-casual movie fans after the Beauty & The Beast fiasco.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #58 on:** February 23, 2009, 05:32:52 PM »

When you think about it, Wall-E and animation films threaten the public prosperity of people-face celebrities and other stage "artists."

Ian Sane · « **Reply #59 on:** February 23, 2009, 07:22:28 PM »

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When you think about it, Wall-E and animation films threaten the public prosperity of people-face celebrities and other stage "artists."

Pixar releases one really good animated film a year and everyone else makes **** like Shrek and Kung Fu Panda. Real-life movies have nothing to fear. Neither do celebrities as these days there appear to be celebrities that don't really do, well, ANYTHING.

Oh I forgot to mention that it was really cool to see Heath win the Oscar for Joker. I hope he won it for merit though and not just because he died. He did a fantastic job.

vudu · « **Reply #60 on:** February 23, 2009, 09:13:26 PM »

As surprising as it sounds, Kung Fu Panda was excellent. I went in with zero expectations and walked away thoroughly entertained.

Was it Oscar material? No. But it's definitely not ****.

Also, I think this is the first time you've said **** instead of sh!t.

mantidor · « **Reply #61 on:** February 23, 2009, 09:41:57 PM »

I have to see this slumdog millionaire because I find REALLY hard to believe it was better in the sound department thatn WALL-E.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #62 on:** February 23, 2009, 09:47:26 PM »

Quote from: mantidor on February 23, 2009, 09:41:57 PM

I have to see this slumdog millionaire because I find REALLY hard to believe it was better in the sound department thatn WALL-E.

I haven't seen the film and I am afraid it will turn out like Crash, where it seemed quite overrated.

IceCold · « **Reply #63 on:** February 23, 2009, 10:56:40 PM »

Slumdog Millionaire is amazing. It really is.. but it has its fair share of flaws. The acting of the adults is mediocre, it becomes too melodramatic and cliché towards the end, and some of the characters are very poorly developed (see adult Latika, who's nothing but an ideal and a plot device). But it more than makes up for these shortcomings in sheer kinetic energy and visual excitement. It has a lot of heart.

Also. Kung Fu Panda shouldn't even deserve to be mentioned with the Pixar films. Sure, it's entertaining and well animated, but it ends there. There's nothing in the movie which elevates it past a generic kids animated movie. That's what separates Pixar from Dreamworks.. A movie like Ratatouille transcends the kids animation genre, whereas Kung Fu Panda barely does anything original.

ThePerm · « **Reply #64 on:** February 23, 2009, 11:55:08 PM »

i really liked Kung-Fu panda IMO, if i were to qualify cg films its upper middle class. There is a lower class of cg animation that we all have seen commercials for and don't even want to bother mentioning. Pixar films do have a magic to them that does put them above the rest. Speaking of generic animated characters..the first thing I did think about when i heard of kung fu panda was
http://www.ninjaturtles.com/toys/1990/panda.htm

Stogi · « **Reply #65 on:** February 23, 2009, 11:58:47 PM »

Quote from: mantidor on February 23, 2009, 09:41:57 PM

I have to see this slumdog millionaire because I find REALLY hard to believe it was better in the sound department thatn WALL-E.

Ehhh.....

As much as I love Wall-E, the Slumdog OST is badass. Still, your probably right.

Oh and Panda is not Pixar but it's not **** either. I also thoroughly enjoyed Madagascar 2 (mostly because of Sasha though).

vudu · « **Reply #66 on:** February 24, 2009, 01:35:30 PM »

Quote from: IceCold on February 23, 2009, 10:56:40 PM

Also. Kung Fu Panda shouldn't even deserve to be mentioned with the Pixar films. Sure, it's entertaining and well animated, but it ends there. There's nothing in the movie which elevates it past a generic kids animated movie. That's what separates Pixar from Dreamworks.. A movie like Ratatouille transcends the kids animation genre, whereas Kung Fu Panda barely does anything original.

I agree, but like Stogi said, it's definitely not ****.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #67 on:** February 24, 2009, 02:13:43 PM »

This is now a thread about good, non-Disney, domestic animated feature films.

The Contenders:
Fire and Ice
Secret of Nimh
An American Tale
All Dogs go to Heaven
Land Before Time
Iron Giant
Shrek 1
Kung Fu Panda

What say you, NWR??

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #68 on:** February 24, 2009, 02:19:22 PM »

Bolt is supposedly quite good as well but I've never seen it.

I loved Iron Giant. I also enjoyed Land Before Time and Shrek 1 (though I prefer 2).

Stogi · « **Reply #69 on:** February 24, 2009, 02:19:54 PM »

An american tale is fantastic and so is Shrek 1 (by far the best out of the series). I haven't seen Fire and Ice, Secret of Nimh, and Iron Giant. Out of the three I haven't mentioned, All Dogs go to Heaven takes the cake.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #70 on:** February 24, 2009, 02:34:56 PM »

Iron Giant is fantastic.

Cue Ozzy theme song.

IceCold · « **Reply #71 on:** February 24, 2009, 02:35:23 PM »

GP, Bolt is Disney too. Not Pixar but still..

ShyGuy, I can't believe you forgot the Nightmare Before Christmas. Speaking of which, is Coraline any good?

As for foreign animated movies, of course the Ghibli ones. But the Wallace and Gromit movies (and Chicken Run) are amazing too. And Persepolis. Can't forget that.

Stogi · « **Reply #72 on:** February 24, 2009, 02:41:00 PM »

Coraline is suppose to be FANTASTIC. I love Tim Burton. He's the fuckin' man. He seems to always have a creative skew on the movie art form and Coraline in no different; it's his first true 3D project.

RottenTomatoes has it at 87%.

ThePerm · « **Reply #73 on:** February 24, 2009, 04:39:20 PM »

Secret of Nimh is a favorite of mine, i read the book too

and Land before Time
did anyone else Turn around and see Land Before Time VIII at the store and think "well now i remember there being a part II, but VIII?!! now their getting into final fantasy numbers where were the other VI! Now their on XIV!

Plugabugz · « **Reply #74 on:** February 24, 2009, 04:40:21 PM »

Kung Fu Panda was good. But not that good. It was good enough to warrant me going to the cinema to watch it, but (thankfully) i would have been frustrated to have paid money to see it. I went and watched Wall-E three times tho because its just that good.

I'm now refusing to watch Wall E again unless its the blu ray version and on my brothers 52" tellybox.

A frustrating annoyance of mine (usually with academy awards) is how canadian-produced stuffs get so quickly ignored, and then science fiction in general gets ignored faster. So canadian produced science fiction is a real no no. Ian should be ranting about this more.

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