Oscar Winners for Best Picture available on Blu-ray

[boxterduke]

Originally Posted by Wdm81

Also you made a mistake, 2008 best picture was The Dark Knight, i don't care what the academy said

I hear ya on that, what an overhyped machine that slumdog was.

[o0Andy0o]

Originally Posted by boxterduke

I hear ya on that, what an overhyped machine that slumdog was.

I do think Slumdog was over hyped but not as much as The Dark Knight. That movie is EXTREMELY overrated. Don't get me wrong, I love The Dark Knight but it certainly was not the best film of the year. I really believe, as does the Academy and many others, that it was only as big as it was because Heath Ledger died. Although I can say that I believed it did deserve a Best Picture nomination over The Reader, it or WALL-E. This year I see the movie Precious winning Best Picture.

[kpkelley]

Originally Posted by o0Andy0o

Although I can say that I believed it did deserve a Best Picture nomination over The Reader, it or WALL-E.

The Reader is a fabulous movie, and well deserving of an Oscar Nomination. Of all those movies snubbed, The Wrestler was probably most deserving followed by Wall-E and then the Dark Knight.

IMO, Frost/Nixon and Benjamin Button were the weakest of the 5 nominated.

[o0Andy0o]

Originally Posted by kpkelley

The Reader is a fabulous movie, and well deserving of an Oscar Nomination. Of all those movies snubbed, The Wrestler was probably most deserving followed by Wall-E and then the Dark Knight.

IMO, Frost/Nixon and Benjamin Button were the weakest of the 5 nominated.

I liked The Reader but after watching it, I came to the conclusion that it didn't deserve to be parred with other films for Best Picture. I haven't seen Frost/Nixon but it really isn't my thing. I actually Benjamin Button was even better than Slumdog in a way. I also liked The Wrestler very much and praise Mickey Rourke's performance but I couldn't have seen it with a Best Picture nomination. But WALL-E and The Dark Knight deffinately deserved a nomination. Both of which led to the amazing decision to increase the Best Picture nominations to 10! Which delights me very much as Up will certainly recieve a nomination.

[franklinpross]

Langella was really outstanding in this one. He's a magnificent actor.
His stage credits are terrific. I think he's also a great film actor as well -
does anyone agree? Langella became Nixon . . body language and all . . .

[Magical Malik]

Langella was amazing as Nixon - he definitely deserved the Oscar nod. And so did Frost/Nixon. It was one of my faves of last year. The Hurt Locker is DEFINITELY the best film thus far for 2009.

[bluskies]

Langella was great. He really played the man from the inside out.

[franklinpross]

Originally Posted by Magical Malik

Langella was amazing as Nixon - he definitely deserved the Oscar nod. And so did Frost/Nixon. It was one of my faves of last year. The Hurt Locker is DEFINITELY the best film thus far for 2009.

1+ Sir you are correct.

[toef]

Nice idea for a thread. Surprised I haven't noticed it before.

I think it'd be nicer if only movies that are currently available were listed, since 'available' is in the title of the thread. Seeing things like Lord of the Rings, Avatar, etc, makes me happy for a second... then I realize they're still a ways away.

In any case, nice work keeping it up to date.