Which film deserved more Oscar gold?

[Liberal_in_LA]

The films below were favorites that came up short at the Oscars. They either earned way fewer Oscars than predicted (Avatar, Inglourious Bastards) or none. Which film's loss of the Oscar disappointed you the most?

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

1. Pochahontas II... er, I mean... Avatar!

Aside from the quality of the 3-D and the technical cinematics, Avatar was NOTHING original and the acting/cast was so-so.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. cute!

[LisaM]

10. Where did you get that? I MUST steal it.

I need to send this to a few people.

[Oregone]

12. Well, you won't be the only one doing stealing in regards to that film

The entire plot & motifs were mostly stolen.

[LisaM]

21. Ha ha ha ha ha

I never wanted to see it anyway, now I have excuses.

[dmallind]

14. Nah - it's REVERSE Pocahontas

After all she went off with the imperialist conquerors in the end not the other way round.

More like Dances with Wolves with Giant Smurfs maybe?

[FarCenter]

18. Actually, Pocahontas did go to England, where she died

Avatar appears to have ripped off the Disney version of Pocahontas, not the historical version.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas_(1995_film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas

[dmallind]

23. Yep that's what I meant - sorry didn't know Disnety changed reality!

Although come to think of it maybe I should have thought they would have!

[Oregone]

26. No, thats the white man's history

I have it on good word that she stripped naked and raided Jamestown in a suicide effort to stop Western expansion

[snagglepuss]

19. LOL. spot on. nt

[Oregone]

2. The Wrestler

It was better than all the films this year AND last year. Fuck their rules

[JackRiddler]

3. Endorsed.

[Jennicut]

27. Love that movie.

And I love anything about wrestling.

[Tempest]

5. Julie and Julia was a better movie than all the nominations

And Stanley Tucci was by far the best supporting actor in Julie and Julia than of any movie.

[Demoiselle]

29. I loved Julie and Julia.

But I could have done without Julie entirely. I kept waiting for the movie to get back to Paris and that astonishing couple.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. Possible reason for Avatar's loss: Actor's fear of replacement by virtual actors

Meanwhile, Fox seemed to downplay awards campaigning, letting Cameron take the lead. And what Cameron wanted to talk about was how frustrated he was that his actors, whose performances were captured by computer-generated technology, were not taken as seriously as live-action actors.

While his righteousness was sincere, that didn't go over well with many real-life actors who feel threatened by the possibility that they might be replaced by synthetic performers. That backlash might have mattered, because actors are by far the largest bloc of voters in the Academy.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6272CJ20100308

[Oregone]

8. Wrong. Its that writers feared theyd be replaced by monkeys

James Cameron shouldn't of hired the local zoo to rewrite Dances with Wolves. All the technology in the world wouldn't of saved that script

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. ouch!

:)

[RaleighNCDUer]

15. Nonsense. Those WERE actors' performances we saw, not "synthetic

performers". And they were unduly dismissed, just as Cameron said. No actors are going to lose their jobs due to Cameron's facial capture process - they are integral to it.

Maybe in a few years, when the industry better understands just what he was doing, he'll get better recognition for it.

[JackintheGreen]

20. He's got a BILLION dollars (made up number)

who fucking needs recognition?!?

[RaleighNCDUer]

24. Someday, someone will surpass that monetary mark.

But this film will ALWAYS be the first to have the FX technologies that were developed specifically for this film. Just as "The Jazz Singer" was the first (major) talkie, and "King Kong" revolutionized stop motion photography, Avatar will be recognized as the film that created the digitalized facial capture photography that allowed the animated characters to have real human facial expressions (as absurd, scientifically, as that might be). This film also pioneered certain 3-D filming techniques that will become the industry standard. That is why it will be remembered by future generations, not for the amount of money it made.

[2Design]

7. Where is Blind Side?

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. I didn't include 'Blind Side' because it got a big win... best actress

[2Design]

13. I thought it should have been nominated for best picture

[blue_onyx]

22. It was nominated for Best Picture

[zonkers]

16. I.B. was pointless for me. I love Tarentino the person. Pulp Ficton, Res. Dogs. Kill Bill all

all worked for me, in that order respectively. But I.B. did not feel like I was watching a master at work. Sure there was wonderfully maniacal attention to detail. But the story dragged. There was no genuine suspense. Sure, I enjoyed the campiness and mashed up cinematic and pop cultural references but ultimately I wanted it to add up to something more that just a celebration of Quentin's brain.

[Oregone]

17. Same here

[Odin2005]

25. Avatar!

[damntexdem]

28. The correct movie did get the gold; but D9 should have done better.

It and The Hurt Locker were the best of the bunch. Avatar and IB were good, but not Oscar good.