The Cove
Tyson
Broken Embraces
Fantastic Mr Fox
Up
Where the Wild Things Are
Michael Jackson’s This is it
Until the Light Takes Us
The Damned United
Me and Orson Welles
Tough to find ten films, honestly, the academy would not give more than one “foriegn” film a best picture nom so I picked Broken Embraces
This topic is uninteresting if you aren’t allowed to put in foreign films. It is called ‘Best Picture’, therefore it should be awarded to the best film of the year regardless of what country it’s from. That’s what I think, anyways.
I’m indifferent to the English language films because it wouldn’t be much better no matter what you add.
Inglorious Basterds
The Hurt Locker
Watchmen
(500) Days of Summer
In the Loop
It Might Get Loud
A Serious Man
Where the Wild Things Are
Moon
District 9
Avatar will win best picture
sadly (because of the amount of money they put into it)
10 District 9
9 Coraline
8 Sin Nombre
7 Sherlock Holmes
6 In The Loop
5 Thirst
4 Where The Wild Things Are
3 Sugar
2 The Hurt locker
1 Up In The Air
but nominees they’ve all been said before by the others
Sin Nombre is Mexican, In the Loop is British, Thirst is South Korean and Sugar is…something Hispanic. Moon is British too.
A Serious Man – American
The White Ribbon – German
A Prophet – French
Fish Tank – British
Police, Adjective – Romanian
Like You Know It All – South Korea
Thirst – South Korea
35 Shots of Rhum – French
Love Exposure – Japanese
Munyurangabo – Rwandan
In my perfect world.
alright say we do add foreign speaking films to the mix. i was just curious to see how different things could be under the oscars limitations. but i’d be interested in seeing a straight 10 of any kind.
Of the forty 2009 films I’ve seen, I don’t think I could come up with five nominees—which is kind of a bummer.
My Personal Pick
A Serious Man (Coen)
A Prophet (Audiard)
Mother (Bong)
The Limits of Control (Jarmusch)
The White Ribbon (Haneke)
Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
Thirst (Park)
The Headless Woman (Martel)
Drag Me To Hell (Raimi)
Goodbye Solo (Bahrani)
American Films (More Realistic…Kinda)
A Serious Man (Coen)
Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
The Limits of Control (Jarmusch)
Goodbye Solo (Bahrani)
Drag Me To Hell (Raimi)
The Hurt Locker (Bigelow)
Coraline (Selick)
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Werner Herzog)
Big Fan (Siegel)
Adventureland (Greg Mottola)
A Serious Man
Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker
Whatever Works
Tetro
Bad Lieutenant: blah blah blah
The Limits of Control
Up In The Air I suppose
(500) Days of Summer I guess
Antichrist just for the hell of it
Phew – that was rough.
The Hurt Locker
The Limits of Control
A Serious Man
Up In The Air
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
. . . no mas
Agree with Robley, so my choice is :
A Prophet
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon
Up
Mother
Thirst
500 Days of Summer
Antichrist
In The Loop
A Serious Man
a serious man, inglourious basterds, in the loop, the white ribbon, a prophet, thirst, where the wild things are, the fantastic mr. fox, looking for eric, fish tank.
but Den you gave Up and Where The Wild Things Are 2 stars…im confused
My list:
Thirst
Moon
A Serious Man
The Hurt Locker
Up
Five Minutes of Heaven
Goodbye Solo
Where The Wild Things Are
Inglourious Basterds
Up In The Air
Its not a very good movie sek
but it is the kind of movie that at least attempts to capture a mood and and something deeply personal while staying cinematic
I gave Up three stars. And I lean toward four at times. I just think it is too plot heavy and dull in spots but u cannot beat the first 30mins
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Jennifer’s Body
2012
Miss March
Year One
Obsessed
The Final Destination
Sorority Row
If I don’t take the Academy Awards seriously, surely they or anybody else take my picks seriously. But those are my real picks.
I can’t lie. I’m a sucker for big award shows glamour. The Oscar bewitches me. It’s just a shame that is such an overrated award.
Jose, the show would be great to be at, I agree. But what they do with the awards is a different story.
O stephen..you forgot wolverine, and terminator salvation..
personal pick:
1. In the loop
2. Mary and Max
3. district 9
4. Up
5. Antichrist
6. Inglorious Basterds
7. 500 Days of Summer
8. A Serious Man
Can’t think of another 2..been a lazy year I guess..
But I agree with Erik Villasenor, Avatar will win. But not just best picture I guess, it will be loads of them oscar statues for avatar.Titanic drama are happening once more.Bravo Cameron.
Hmm, If it was my pick, I’d probably go with, in no particular order, it got kinda tough, so I added some honorable mentions.
Inglorious Basterds
A Serious Man
The Hurt Locker
Thirst
The White Ribbon
Up in the Air
(500) days of Summer
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Moon
A Town Called Panic
Honorable Mentions:
Mother
Crazy Heart
Up
Mary and Max
Where the Wild Things Are
New York, I Love You.
NEONBEAR
I’m curious to see the movies everyone would choose if the Academy Awards scrapped the 10 nominees for this year and put up your choices. Keeping foreign language films out since they have their separate category. I’m asking this because i’ve seen a lot of people commenting on the films chosen and I’m interested in seeing some alternatives.
Moon? Antichrist? Imaginarium? Bad lieutenant? Tetro? Let’s here them.