2010 Award Thread - "Be warned, Knighthawk be in here"

KNIGHTHAWK IS SO SILLY

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Capo

Is insulting your 4th-grade reading comprehension level considered a 4th-grade level insult?

It would be ironic, especially coming from a dumb fuck like yourself.

And yes I did miss the point, because I read it wrong.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

YOU ARE LIKE YOUR OWN SUN

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Knighthawk

It would be ironic, especially coming from a dumb fuck like yourself.

And yes I did miss the point, because I read it wrong.

Which is why I criticized your reading comprehension. And now go on to criticize your word choice.

But relax, kid, it's ironic.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Hey, did you see my moustache?







It's "ironic."

FELIPE NO

Well I just recently got to see two other heavily nominated pictures, Inglorious basterds and The Hurt Locker. I really enjoyed the former. A well put together film that actually maintains your interest with great characters and acting along with just fucking cool moments throughout. I don't think it really is a best picture winner, but I can see why it has some nominations.

The latter, The Hurt Locker is just mediocre. I love the fact that it gave me more insight into what our soldiers deal with in Iraq, but I found myself just waiting for the credits throughout. Characters were not developed well enough and neither was there a significant story to keep one entertained. I don't see how this has any major nominations. There has to be better movies to take its place.

In terms of the globes, Avatar easily beats out The Hurt Locker and probably Inglorious as well, but not by nearly as much. Still didn't see Precious or Up in the Air. Up in the Air is supposed to be the biggest contender.

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Figures as soon as say that I watch the Critics Choice Awards and The Hurt Locker won.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

... how in the hell can Avatar be better than anything that Tarantino has done? More populist, sure. Prettier to look at? Debatable.

And Hurt Locker is ALSO better than Avatar. I mean, I didn't hate Avatar, and liked it a hell of a lot more than Titanic, and I haven't seen Hurt Locker, but... certain things make sense.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The Globes were last night, and the winners are:

Spoiler:

BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
**Winner** Avatar (20th Century Fox)
The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment)
Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company)
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire (Lionsgate)
Up in the Air (Paramount Pictures)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
**Winner** Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
**Winner** Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Tobey Maguire - Brothers

BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
**Winner** The Hangover (Warner Bros. Pictures)
(500) Days of Summer (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
It's Complicated (Universal Pictures)
Julie & Julia (Columbia Pictures)
Nine (The Weinstein Company)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
**Winner** Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia
Sandra Bullock - The Proposal
Marion Cotillard - Nine
Julia Roberts - Duplicity
Meryl Streep - It's Complicated

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
**Winner** Robert Downey Jr. - Sherlock Holmes
Matt Damon - The Informant!
Daniel Day-Lewis - Nine
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - (500) Days of Summer
Michael Stuhlbarg - A Serious Man

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
**Winner** Up (Disney•Pixar)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Sony Pictures Animation)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Coraline (Focus Features)
The Princess and the Frog (Walt Disney Pictures)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
*Winner** The White Ribbon (Germany)
Baaria (Italy)
Broken Embraces (Spain)
The Maid (Chile)
A Prophet (France)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
**Winner** Mo'Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Penelope Cruz - Nine
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Julianne Moore - A Single Man

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
**Winner** Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
**Winner** James Cameron - Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Clint Eastwood - Invictus
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
**Winner** Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner - Up in the Air
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell - District 9
Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
Nancy Meyers - It's Complicated
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
**Winner** Michael Giacchino - Up
Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant!
James Horner - Avatar
Abel Korzeniowski - A Single Man
Karen O and Carter Burwell - Where the Wild Things Are

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
**Winner** "The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)"; Music & Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett - Crazy Heart
"Cinema Italiano"; Mysic & Lyrics by Mary Yeston - Nine
"I Want to Come Home"; Music & Lyrics by Paul McCartney - Everybody's Fine
"I Will See You"; Music by James Horner and Simon Franglen, Lyrics by James Horner, Sion Franglen and Kuk Harrell - Avatar
"Winter"; Music by U2, Lyrics by Bono - Brothers

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
**Winner** "Mad Men" (AMC)
"Big Love" (HBO)
"Dexter" (Showtime)
"House" (Fox)
"True Blood" (HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
**Winner** Julianna Margulies - "The Good Wife"
Glenn Close - "Damages"
January Jones - "Mad Men"
Anna Paquin - "True Blood"
Kyra Sedgwick - "The Closer"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA
**Winner** Michael C. Hall - "Dexter"
Simon Baker - "The Mentalist"
Jon Hamm - "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie - "House"
Bill Paxton - "Big Love"

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
**Winner** "Glee" (Fox)
"30 Rock" (NBC)
"Entourage" (HBO)
"Modern Family" (ABC)
"The Office" (NBC)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
**Winner** Toni Collette - "United States of Tara"
Courteney Cox - "Cougar Town"
Edie Falco - "Nurse Jackie"
Tina Fey - "30 Rock"
Lea Michele - "Glee"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
**Winner** Alec Baldwin - "30 Rock"
Steve Carell - "The Office"
David Duchovny - "Californication"
Thomas Jane - "Hung"
Matthew Morrison - "Glee"

BEST MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
**Winner** "Grey Gardens" (HBO)
"Georgia O'Keeffe" (Lifetime Television)
"Into the Storm" (HBO)
"Little Dorrit" (PBS)
"Taking Chance" (HBO)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
**Winner** Drew Barrymore - "Grey Gardens"
Joan Allen - "Georgia O'Keeffe"
Jessica Lange - "Grey Gardens"
Anna Paquin - "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler"
Sigourney Weaver - "Prayers for Bobby"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
**Winner** Kevin Bacon - "Taking Chance"
Kenneth Branagh - "Wallander: One Step Behind"
Chiwetel Ejiofor - "Endgame"
Brendan Gleeson - "Into the Storm"
Jeremy Irons - "Georgia O'Keeffe"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
**Winner** Chloe Sevigny - "Big Love"
Jane Adams - "Hung"
Rose Byrne - "Damages"
Jane Lynch - "Glee"
Janet McTeer - "Into the Storm"

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
**Winner** John Lithgow - "Dexter"
Michael Emerson - "Lost"
Neil Patrick Harris - "How I Met Your Mother"
William Hurt - "Damages"
Jeremy Piven - "Entourage"

I'm actually extremely shocked that Avatar got so much love from the foreign press. Best Picture? Biggest shock of the night. I figured they would have given it to Hurt Locker or Inglourious Basterds before Avatar, not to mention passing over Kathryn Bigelow for the best director statue. Even Cameron said that she deserved it when he was giving his acceptance speech (which she absolutely did, though its hard to deny Cameron's achievements with Avatar). I'm also surprised that they gave the globe to The Hangover for best comedy (though it's by far the best of the lot that got nominated), and a little disappointed that Downey Jr. won over Clooney for best actor.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I was really surprised The Hurt Locker got the snub. Tarantino is used to being snubbed I suppose. Both of those films were better than Avatar, and it's a shame that they didn't recognized for it.

Though, I'm happy Up in the Air didn't win much, since it was most definitely worse than Avatar.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

... Did I fucking call best Comedy Series, or what?


Man. Just because they're on at the same time and Glee is more popular doesn't mean it's better than Modern Family.




It's not. Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying Glee plenty, but Modern Family is much more tightly/less stereotypically written.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by sprouticus

a little disappointed that Downey Jr. won over Clooney for best actor.

They weren't in the same category, though. Jeff Bridges won over Clooney.

Very surprised about Avatar though. I thought Up in the Air, The Hurt Locker and Inglorious Basterds were all better than it.

Loving the Dexter love though.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by CloudNine

They weren't in the same category, though. Jeff Bridges won over Clooney.

Derp, you're right... Completely missed that one, somehow.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by RacinReaver

Spoiler:

ANIMATION - any length - one airing time
“The Burns and the Bees” (”The Simpsons”)” - Written by Stephanie Gillis; Fox
“Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe” (”The Simpsons”)” - Written by John Frink; Fox
“Gone Maggie Gone” (”The Simpsons”)” - Written by Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham; Fox
“Take My Life, Please” (”The Simpsons”)” - Written by Don Payne; Fox
“Wedding for Disaster” (”The Simpsons”)” - Written by Joel H. Cohen; Fox

What's the point.

only theater releases count

independent films and foreign animators don't exist

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Avatar is best drama? Hollywood sure loves noble savages.

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Gabourey Sidibe deserved that fucking award. I will shit in their mouths

FELIPE NO

Bored to Death was far and away the best comedy series I've seen in years. Was it even nominated?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Glee, the show that continues insisting that all gays are fashion-conscious faggots is given an award! Hooray!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Capo

Bored to Death was far and away the best comedy series I've seen in years. Was it even nominated?

No, sadly it wasn't. Then again, neither was Curb Your Enthusiasm, so...

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Says something about the legitimacy of these collective industry pats-on-the-back.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Knighthawk

It would be ironic, especially coming from a dumb fuck like yourself.

And yes I did miss the point, because I read it wrong.

take some time out from cleaning the semen stains off of your Valkyrie Profile art book to grow up

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Oscar Noms have been announced:

Spoiler:

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Avatar (2009): James Cameron, Jon Landau
The Blind Side (2009): Nominees to be determined
District 9 (2009): Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham
An Education (2009): Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
The Hurt Locker (2008): Nominees to be determined
Inglourious Basterds (2009): Lawrence Bender
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
A Serious Man (2009): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Up (2009): Jonas Rivera
Up in the Air (2009/I): Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman


Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)
George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009)
Morgan Freeman for Invictus (2009)
Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker (2008)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)
Helen Mirren for The Last Station (2009)
Carey Mulligan for An Education (2009)
Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Matt Damon for Invictus (2009)
Woody Harrelson for The Messenger (2009/I)
Christopher Plummer for The Last Station (2009)
Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009)
Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Penélope Cruz for Nine (2009)
Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Maggie Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart (2009)
Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)


Best Achievement in Directing

Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008)
James Cameron for Avatar (2009)
Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Jason Reitman for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds (2009)


Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

The Hurt Locker (2008): Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds (2009): Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger (2009/I): Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman
A Serious Man (2009): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Up (2009): Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Thomas McCarthy


Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

District 9 (2009): Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
An Education (2009): Nick Hornby
In the Loop (2009): Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Geoffrey Fletcher
Up in the Air (2009/I): Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner


Best Achievement in Cinematography

Avatar (2009): Mauro Fiore
Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009): Christian Berger
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009): Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker (2008): Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds (2009): Robert Richardson


Best Achievement in Editing

Avatar (2009): Stephen E. Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron
District 9 (2009): Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker (2008): Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
Inglourious Basterds (2009): Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Joe Klotz


Best Achievement in Art Direction

Avatar (2009): Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): David Warren, Anastasia Masaro, Caroline Smith
Nine (2009): John Myhre, Gordon Sim
Sherlock Holmes (2009): Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
The Young Victoria (2009): Patrice Vermette, Maggie Gray


Best Achievement in Costume Design

Bright Star (2009): Janet Patterson
Coco avant Chanel (2009): Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): Monique Prudhomme
Nine (2009): Colleen Atwood
The Young Victoria (2009): Sandy Powell


Best Achievement in Makeup

Il divo (2008): Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano
Star Trek (2009): Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow
The Young Victoria (2009): John Henry Gordon, Jenny Shircore


Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score

Avatar (2009): James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker (2008): Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes (2009): Hans Zimmer
Up (2009): Michael Giacchino


Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song

Crazy Heart (2009): T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")
Faubourg 36 (2008): Reinhardt Wagner, Frank Thomas("Loin de Paname")
Nine (2009): Maury Yeston("Take It All")
The Princess and the Frog (2009): Randy Newman("Down in New Orleans")
The Princess and the Frog (2009): Randy Newman("Almost There")


Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

Avatar (2009): Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson
The Hurt Locker (2008): Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett
Inglourious Basterds (2009): Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Mark Ulano
Star Trek (2009): Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson, Peter J. Devlin
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009): Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Geoffrey Patterson


Best Achievement in Sound Editing

Avatar (2009): Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
The Hurt Locker (2008): Paul N.J. Ottosson
Inglourious Basterds (2009): Wylie Stateman
Star Trek (2009): Mark P. Stoeckinger, Alan Rankin
Up (2009): Michael Silvers, Tom Myers


Best Achievement in Visual Effects

Avatar (2009): Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones
District 9 (2009): Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken
Star Trek (2009): Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton


Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Coraline (2009): Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Wes Anderson
The Princess and the Frog (2009): John Musker, Ron Clements
The Secret of Kells (2009): Tomm Moore
Up (2009): Pete Docter


Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Ajami (2009)(Israel)
Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)(Germany)
El secreto de sus ojos (2009): Juan José Campanella(Argentina)
Un prophète (2009): Jacques Audiard(France)
La teta asustada (2009): Claudia Llosa(Peru)


Best Documentary, Features

Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land (2008): Anders Østergaard, Lise Lense-Møller
The Cove (2009): Nominees to be determined
Food, Inc. (2008): Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009): Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith
Which Way Home (2009): Rebecca Cammisa


Best Documentary, Short Subjects

China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (2009) (TV): Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner (2009): Daniel Junge, Henry Ansbacher
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (2009) (TV): Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
Królik po berlinsku (2009): Bartosz Konopka, Anna Wydra
Music by Prudence (2010): Roger Ross Williams, Elinor Burkett


Best Short Film, Animated

French Roast (2008): Fabrice Joubert
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty (2008): Nicky Phelan, Darragh O'Connell
La dama y la muerte (2009): Javier Recio Gracia
Logorama (2009): Nicolas Schmerkin
Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' (2008) (TV): Nick Park


Best Short Film, Live Action

The Door (2008): Juanita Wilson, James Flynn
Istället för abrakadabra (2008): Patrik Eklund, Mathias Fjällström
Kavi (2009): Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish (2009): Luke Doolan, Drew Bailey
The New Tenants (2009): Joachim Back, Tivi Magnusson

I was speaking idiomatically.

Wait, so Up is in TWO categories?



Fantastic.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Digressions about the relative quality of Avatar aside, is there some particular reason why films composed entirely of CGI are somehow exempt from the "Animated Features" ghetto?

Edit: oops, missed "Up" actually being nominated for Best Motion Picture. Well, that's some kind of progress at least.

How ya doing, buddy?

Because it has real people in it TOO!


I mean would you call Roger Rabbit an animated feature?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by wvlfpvp

Because it has real people in it TOO!

Pretty much this. Plus, I wouldn't consider it an animated film because it wasn't animated in the traditional sense, it was all motion capture.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I would, actually, but I suppose that's an agree-to-disagree sort of question.

At any rate if proper animated films are actually being considered for Best Picture nowadays it's kind of a moot point.

^ the line where "traditional" animation begins and ends is kind of shaky. If motion capture is the line in the sand then there's a whole shitload of rotoscoped films we need to throw out with the bathwater

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WHY WASN'T WALL-E PUT IN BEST PICTURE LAST YEAR GOD DAMMIT

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.