Grand Torino should have been up there, but I did not see anything special about the Dark Knight. If anything I think that the first spider man was better. The only standout thing was Heth Ledger, and he is already up for best actor.
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the dark knight was a great movie no doubt. But what let it down was that u weren't given a moment to recover from the great action scenes and to breathe before u were hit again. it was just BAM BAM BAM. Action after action. You come out of the movie dazed and u cant really recall much.
That is my old one, I have a new one but it appears to have not updated yet I guess.Wasder said:hmmm.. I see thisGreenDevilJF said:
I think the Dark Knight should be up for best picture.The others are Slumdog Millionare and then a whole bunch of "art" films that no one really watched.
I disagree,I thought Wall-e was one of the best animated films I saw in a while.I saw Kung-Fu Panda, and it was funny,but not the best I've seen in a while.SomeBritishDude said:
Let's not go bashing Brad Pitt now. I heard Benjamin Button was just long as SHIT and basically Forrest Gump rewritten, but Brad Pitt is a really good and versatile actor despite all his bad rep as a pretty boy. He got nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Twelve Monkeys where he plays a deranged mental patient, and he's done many types of roles in acclaimed movies...comedy in Burn After Reading, drama in Benjamin Button, action in Troy, Spy Game (with Robert Redford)...mattttherman3 said:
There aren't many actors who are that versatile and still manage to pull it off. Yes he's a pretty-boy, but he has credentials to make up for it.
Ledger best win. That's all I want out of this years noms. His performance was legen-wait for it- dary!
I wouldn't say Wall-E was petically deep. The whole "this is what will happen if we don't get our act together" scenario has been done time and time again.gmer412 said:
I'm not sayin Wall-E is a bad movie at all, any other year and it would be my faviourite animated movie of the year. I certainly aplaud it for keeping me intrested though a movie with no dialgue for the first half. But Kung Fu Panda was just better. Niether of them were petically deep in my opinion, but I had a lot more fun watching that Panda kick ass than Wall-E look cute.
I say I should win an Oscar Dark Knight should win alot of Awards, but nooooooooooooo. They don't like that in Hollywood.
I find the nominees for best movie are quite fair. The Dark Knight is a pretty good film, and Heath Ledger really knocked out his performance, but it isn't perfect. The ending is awkward, and I personally find Christian Bale's Batman voice to be silly. Heath Ledger deserves to win every positive award he's nominated for, though.
And Wall-E will win Best Animated Film, especially when you consider its competition. Kung Fu Panda is a decent film, but it just pales in comparison to Wall-E. I haven't seen Bolt, and I'm a bit reluctant to, what with Miley Cyrus in it and all, but I doubt it has the same emotional level.
Iron Man only getting technical nominations is fair, too. It's a good film, but not Oscar-good. Robert Downey Jr. could've gotten away with at least a Best Lead Actor nod, though. He plays a mean Tony Stark.
And Wall-E will win Best Animated Film, especially when you consider its competition. Kung Fu Panda is a decent film, but it just pales in comparison to Wall-E. I haven't seen Bolt, and I'm a bit reluctant to, what with Miley Cyrus in it and all, but I doubt it has the same emotional level.
Iron Man only getting technical nominations is fair, too. It's a good film, but not Oscar-good. Robert Downey Jr. could've gotten away with at least a Best Lead Actor nod, though. He plays a mean Tony Stark.
Jesus Christ...I don't even know where to begin, the ignorance in this post is... Gigantic... I suppose you're the kind of person that thinks Gears of Wars has an amazing storyline and the Cestine Chapel is sort of ok...cuddly_tomato said:
I'm going to disregard the ignorant "NO IT DOESN'T" comments and just comment on you being thick:
- Blowing up an hospital isn't all that difficult. It especially is "not all that difficult" for someone who now controls most of the organized crime in a corrupt city. I don't know if you can put 2 and 2 together here, I honestly doubt it at this point, but how hard do you honestly think it would be for the Joker to arrange for a couple of ambulances or delivery trucks full of explosives? Why didn't the "old" crime lords in Gotham do it before? Because most criminals want to AVOID attention... You blow up an Hospital and everyone in the city and their dog will want your head... Joker doesn't honestly care.
- In case you missed it, the joker made a public threat, on TV, that by nightfall he had "something special" planned for everyone still in the city... And that anyone who took the bridge to "run away" (Gotham is an island) would have a "surprise"... I know thinking is not one of your best qualities, but try to put this together: Staying in city = Bad. Leaving = Going through the Bridge = Bad. Helicopters = Can't evac an entire city in a couple of hours. That leaves... Drum roll please... Ah yes, BOATS! This isn't difficult to foresee, specially for a genius like the Joker's supposed to be. Also isn't difficult to predict the authorities would also want to evac the criminals, as whatever the Joker's plan was, had a high chance of including them... This is explained in the damn movie!
Gylenhall's performance was sub-par, but that 1 actor... That wasn't even one of the most important characters... Bale did a killer Bruce Wayne, and I'm going to disagree with you as far as Batman goes... Remember Nolan is taking Batman seriously... Honestly, if you dressed in a suit of armour to go around fighting crime, would you carry a voice box with you...? No. You'd make your own voice "thick" so people wouldn't recognize it. That's what they do here, and it works. And I honestly hope you're not saying Aaron's Two-Face was bad... Seriously... That's like saying the Mona Lisa is "ok... ya know... meh..."
Not liking the movie, I can understand... We all have different tastes, hell, some people think MTV is worth watching... But not recognizing it's value is just ignorant.
I agree that Heath Ledger deserves to win, but everything else about the movies was only good, not excellent. Actually, Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard should Film Score of the year, or whatever it's called. That music was seriously awesome. The only other big-name movie I saw was Slumdog Millionaire. I loved everything about that movie, from the music to the editing to the script. Danny Boyle continues to shine as a genius director. Everything else reeks of mediocrity. Iron Man should win something.
Do you think? Well look on the bright side, nobody compared Batman to Leonardo Da Vinci or anything.oliveira8 said:
Dude the film was good. It was your standard fare summer action flick. But Oscars? Seriously? No chance.Caliostro said: