My take on the Oscars... they're worthless. They've been worthless for over a decade...
Moon was the best movie of the year HANDS DOWN. Take into consideration its budget and that the movie was carried by one actor just makes it even that much better. The acting was some of the best I've ever seen. The story was original(don't even TRY to compare it to 2001). The visuals were top notch. There was great emotion. I could go on and on. The fact that it didn't get a single nomination from the Academy or the Globes just shows how out of touch these morons are.
District 9 was a GREAT movie, my second favorite of the year. Very original story, very believable(unlike other Sci-fi movies), great acting, great visuals. Glad to see it was at least nominated, although I don't expect it to win anything simply because the Oscar panel are a bunch of morons.
Now lets look at the two most nominated films this year.
Avatar, HIGHLY over-rated copy of Dune/Pocahontas, average acting at best, AWESOME visuals, REDICULOUSLY high budget. Overall good movie, worth seeing in the theaters, but nothing exceptionally special about it.
Hurt Locker, over-rated documentary that isn't a documentary. It was a good movie, but not worthy of the praise it's getting. I think everyone likes it because they're overlooking the fact that it really isn't a documentary in any way shape or form. True documentarys are usually based on complete fact, something that's happening, live footage, not rehearsed, non-fictitious, etc. It's basically "cheater" way to make a movie because you try to convince the audience this is real and actually happening when it's really just another war movie. Which most war movies have some aspects based on fact and some not.
Anyways, that's my opinion and why I feel most movie awards are a crock of crap.
