Vote For Your Favorite Best Picture Nominee - Blu-ray Forum

samdaman94 · 02-02-2010, 02:30 PM

Hey everyone!
As you know, the Oscar nominees were announced today. But which of the best picture nominees is your favourite, and you would therefore like to see win?

EDIT - Sorry, I put YOU'RE instead of YOUR in the title. I wasn't thinking....and I'm just a moron.

Q? · 02-02-2010, 02:34 PM

https://forum.blu-ray.com/movie-tv-d...-nominees.html
sorry dude...

edit: nevermind then lol

The Blind Side
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up In The Air
Up

these I have yet to see

P@t_Mtl · 02-02-2010, 02:39 PM

My vote is for Up

zombie63 · 02-02-2010, 02:40 PM

Inglourious for me.

AKORIS · 02-02-2010, 02:41 PM

my favorite was UP

Elvis · 02-02-2010, 02:42 PM

Up in the Air...why? Because it simply is the best picture. I have seen them all and although I would consider UP, Inglorious Basterds and The Hurt Locker as very strong contenders they are just not quite there for me but I would choose anyone of them over Avatar.

JBL4645 · 02-02-2010, 02:43 PM

The list has grown demonstrably this year! It used to somewhere around 4 and 5 nominations for the year. Something smells here! Why so many this year?

I haven’t seen one of them yet! If I had to take wild guess I’d go for Avatar its bold and it might just take it for science fiction film and not many have done that.

Lacit170 · 02-02-2010, 02:44 PM

ha... i was really suprised to see The Hurt Locker killing the other movies... buuut i looked and there are only like 3 votes ha

Steve46 · 02-02-2010, 02:45 PM

Inglourious Basterds

Elvis · 02-02-2010, 02:48 PM

The poll is not very accurate if you have not seen them all.

Foggy · 02-02-2010, 02:49 PM

Up, it won't win though
District 9, Inglorious Basterds and Up in the Air are honerable mentions.

Q? · 02-02-2010, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elvis

The poll is not very accurate if you have not seen them all.

+1

should take me months for me to be able to vote...

Adrock · 02-02-2010, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JBL4645

The list has grown demonstrably this year! It used to somewhere around 4 and 5 nominations for the year. Something smells here! Why so many this year?

I haven’t seen one of them yet! If I had to take wild guess I’d go for Avatar its bold and it might just take it for science fiction film and not many have done that.

They officially changed the number of nominations to 10, instead of 5. When the Oscars began there was many less films released each year, but now the Oscars have 'caught up' with the times and since there are so many films per year, they raised the nomination number.

Inglourious for me

zombie63 · 02-02-2010, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JBL4645

The list has grown demonstrably this year! It used to somewhere around 4 and 5 nominations for the year. Something smells here! Why so many this year?

I haven’t seen one of them yet! If I had to take wild guess I’d go for Avatar its bold and it might just take it for science fiction film and not many have done that.

I saw Mark Kermode on the BBC news talking about the fact why he thinks they have changed it to 10 films - he seems to think that they can now include more "box-office films" in the category. Hopefully encouraging more ppl to tune it to watch the ceremony , as the viewing figures have slumped recently.

P@t_Mtl · 02-02-2010, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zombie63

I saw Mark Kermode on the BBC news talking about the fact why he thinks they have changed it to 10 films - he seems to think that they can now include more "box-office films" in the category. Hopefully encouraging more ppl to tune it to watch the ceremony , as the viewing figures have slumped recently.

It as gone down because more and more people think that the blockbusters should win Oscars in the higher categories and year after year they do not. I am not sure when this exactly started to happen but blockbusters don't mean amazing movies, they mean fun movies but fun does not mean great performances deserving an Oscar. Things got confuse somewhere in time.

Porkchop Express · 02-02-2010, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

It as gone down because more and more people think that the blockbusters should win Oscars in the higher categories and year after year they do not. I am not sure when this exactly started to happen but blockbusters don't mean amazing movies, they mean fun movies but fun does not mean great performances deserving an Oscar. Things got confuse somewhere in time.

I suppose box office = high ratings=money.

P@t_Mtl · 02-02-2010, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Porkchop Express

I suppose box office = high ratings=money.

yes but that goes against what these awards are for, is it celebrating the best performances, writings, movies or is it about who make's the most money? If that is the case, kill the Oscars and just have one statue done for the movie that is on top of the box office for the year and be done with it. No more pretense, no more debate.. all is good the clear winner is decided by money.

Porkchop Express · 02-02-2010, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

yes but that goes against what these awards are for, is it celebrating the best performances, writings, movies or is it about who make's the most money? If that is the case, kill the Oscars and just have one statue done for the movie that is on top of the box office for the year and be done with it. No more pretense, no more debate.. all is good the clear winner is decided by money.

I agree with everything you have said. I guess we will have to see if Avatar wins to have an answer to your question.

Lacit170 · 02-02-2010, 03:23 PM

a lot of Tarantino fanboys huh...the movie was ok... idk about Best Picture award at the Oscars though...

tiger roach · 02-02-2010, 03:25 PM

Man, never have there been so many movies that I really liked in the running. (Of course the fact that there are twice as many nominees figures into that I guess, heh heh).

My vote is for Inglourious Basterds.

View Poll Results: Favourite Best Picture Nominee
Avatar	71	27.95%
The Blind Side	4	1.57%
District 9	22	8.66%
An Education	1	0.39%
The Hurt Locker	34	13.39%
Inglourious Basterds	69	27.17%
Precious	1	0.39%
A Serious Man	2	0.79%
Up In The Air	11	4.33%
Up	39	15.35%
Voters: 254. You may not vote on this poll

02-02-2010, 02:30 PM	#1
samdaman94 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Jul 2009 Location:UK Trading Score:7	Vote For Your Favorite Best Picture Nominee Hey everyone! As you know, the Oscar nominees were announced today. But which of the best picture nominees is your favourite, and you would therefore like to see win? EDIT - Sorry, I put YOU'RE instead of YOUR in the title. I wasn't thinking....and I'm just a moron.

02-02-2010, 02:34 PM	#2
Q? Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Nuuk, Greenland Blu-ray collection:168	https://forum.blu-ray.com/movie-tv-d...-nominees.html sorry dude... edit: nevermind then lol The Blind Side An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious A Serious Man Up In The Air Up these I have yet to see Last edited by Q?; 02-02-2010 at 02:44 PM.

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02-02-2010, 02:39 PM	#3
P@t_Mtl Blu-ray Duke Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Montreal Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:452 DVD collection:513 Trading Score:3	My vote is for Up

02-02-2010, 02:40 PM	#4
zombie63 Expert Member Member since:Sep 2009 Location:Scotland Blu-ray collection:175	Inglourious for me.

02-02-2010, 02:41 PM	#5
AKORIS Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Beautiful Pacific Northwest 4K collection:662 Blu-ray collection:3655 Blu-ray reviews:19	my favorite was UP

02-02-2010, 02:42 PM	#6
Elvis Banned Member since:May 2009 Location:The Jungle Room Home Theater Gallery:1 Blu-ray collection:327 DVD collection:45 Blu-ray reviews:10 Trading Score:18	Up in the Air...why? Because it simply is the best picture. I have seen them all and although I would consider UP, Inglorious Basterds and The Hurt Locker as very strong contenders they are just not quite there for me but I would choose anyone of them over Avatar.

02-02-2010, 02:43 PM	#7
JBL4645 Banned Member since:Sep 2009 Location:Bournemouth, Dorset, UK Blu-ray reviews:1	The list has grown demonstrably this year! It used to somewhere around 4 and 5 nominations for the year. Something smells here! Why so many this year? I haven’t seen one of them yet! If I had to take wild guess I’d go for Avatar its bold and it might just take it for science fiction film and not many have done that.

02-02-2010, 02:44 PM	#8
Lacit170 Blu-ray Count Member since:Jun 2008 Location:CT 4K collection:99 Blu-ray collection:728 DVD collection:261 Trading Score:1	ha... i was really suprised to see The Hurt Locker killing the other movies... buuut i looked and there are only like 3 votes ha

02-02-2010, 02:45 PM	#9
Steve46 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Oshawa, ON 4K collection:156 Blu-ray collection:1040 Blu-ray reviews: 79 Trading Score:16	Inglourious Basterds

02-02-2010, 02:48 PM	#10
Elvis Banned Member since:May 2009 Location:The Jungle Room Home Theater Gallery:1 Blu-ray collection:327 DVD collection:45 Blu-ray reviews:10 Trading Score:18	The poll is not very accurate if you have not seen them all.

02-02-2010, 02:49 PM	#11
Foggy Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:UK 4K collection:30 Blu-ray collection:3600 DVD collection:47	Up, it won't win though District 9, Inglorious Basterds and Up in the Air are honerable mentions.

02-02-2010, 03:23 PM	#19
Lacit170 Blu-ray Count Member since:Jun 2008 Location:CT 4K collection:99 Blu-ray collection:728 DVD collection:261 Trading Score:1	a lot of Tarantino fanboys huh...the movie was ok... idk about Best Picture award at the Oscars though...

02-02-2010, 03:25 PM	#20
tiger roach Special Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Houston, TX Blu-ray collection:141 Blu-ray reviews:1	Man, never have there been so many movies that I really liked in the running. (Of course the fact that there are twice as many nominees figures into that I guess, heh heh). My vote is for Inglourious Basterds.

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