Oscar 2011 Nominations

I hope "The King's Speech" does really well.

It was refreshing in this culture of "CGI, 3D, VFX" minded film makers to find a film that was well written, well acted, and engaging from start to finish despite being primarily two people talking to one another. No frills good storytelling.
 
i really want to see the king's speech..i heard it was a wonderful film..i think this upcoming oscar winners is some-what predictable.....

best picture might be a close one: i say it is between king's speech and social network..i think king's speech may have the edge..look for the wild card from the kids are all right though..

Best Male actor: Colin Firth

Best Actress: Natalie Portman

Best supporting actor: Might be a close one between Christian Bale and Geoffrey Rush....Christian Bale maybe the favorite and getting most of the publicity, but the oscars may vote for rush since he is a veteran actor....

Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo might win, hailee steinfield might be a close second

Best Feature animated film: toy story 3
 
Frankly, the best movie that I saw last year was Let Me In. I understand that it's not really an Oscar type movie, but it'd be nice to see some sort of praise for the film... and, yeah I dug Let The Right One In, too - I just think the American version is a little tighter. (And I'm by no means a horror/vampire fan at all).

After that - I really enjoyed Black Swan and True Grit and both were worthy of a Best Picture nods. True Grit kind of surprised me as it tends to be a little too straight forward for the Academy.

Of the rest of the nom's for Best Picture that I've seen... well, I think Inception was pretty much garbage, it's just muddy and has the typical Nolan look and feel and little emotion at all. Sorry, but you've seen one Nolan flick and you've seen them all, at least look wise - I dislike his style and approach. I can only hope the screenplay reads better than the movie I saw to warrant a nod. And The story had more holes in than swiss cheese.

Social Network is kind of a funny duck for me. I saw the movie and... and well, I thought it was a very solid movie. I just left it feeling kind of empty inside. I saw good, solid performances - but, I'm guessing you weren't supposed to like anyone in the film. I saw this movie and I felt ambivalent about it. I didn't care about the people involved or what happened to them... well, maybe I disliked Mark Zuckerberg even more.

I hope to see 127 Hours and The King's Speech before the Oscars air. But as it sits, my pick of the nominations is Black Swan.
 
I agree with George C. Scott when he called the Oscars a "self-serving meat parade". I avoid them like the plague and don't consider them a proper gauge of what is good entertainment.
 
eh, this year's oscars was pretty dull and the opening was pretty lame compared to previous years...i changed the channel a lot of times.....they really need to bring back billy crystal
 
Oscars 2011 was barely enjoyable and there were hardly any memorable speeches. James Franco is a good actor, but didn't bring the necessary charisma to the event, seemed bored and tired. Anne Hathaway on the other hand was excited and in good spirit throughout .

The nice positive comparison note by Spielberg for the runners up was one of my favourite parts of the event.
 
Vivek said:
Oscars 2011 was barely enjoyable and there were hardly any memorable speeches. James Franco is a good actor, but didn't bring the necessary charisma to the event, seemed bored and tired. Anne Hathaway on the other hand was excited and in good spirit throughout .

The nice positive comparison note by Spielberg for the runners up was one of my favourite parts of the event.
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I agree about Franco and Hathaway. He didn't make a good host and did seem bored, but Anne was great. She's got a hell of a voice too, and looked gorgeous.
 
Ughhhhh - what a dull show. I like both Franco and Hathaway but they were so uncordinated and sloppy with their introductions and segways. I know this was an attempt to get a younger market to tune in but it only proves you need a seasoned smart ass out there and not two giddy kids who seem to be more in line of introducing the king and queen of prom. Seeing Crystal greeted by a standing ovation only highlighted just how bad Franco and Hathaway were handling the job at hand. The bob Hope illusion was the best part of the show for me.
 
Jet Beetle said:
Ughhhhh - what a dull show. I like both Franco and Hathaway but they were so uncordinated and sloppy with their introductions and segways.
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I saw a Delorean, but missed the segway. :lol

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