Monday, March 7, 2011

To those who got robbed, we salute you!

I know I'm not the only one who was bored by this year's oscars, though for a different reason. I didn't know ahead of time who was sure to win, I was just bored by those that did. They didn't deserve to in my opinion. Those who got robbed this year by either getting nominated and losing to the King's Speech et al, or by not getting nominated at all. I'll only cover the categories I care about. Starting from the top:

Best Picture

The Social Network - Best picture of the year. Just accept it.
Inception - Also better than The King's Speech.

Oh and something else, I haven't even seen The King's Speech and I know it wasn't better than The Social Network, just trust me on this. Saying that those who thought it shouldn't have won most likely haven't seen it is bullshit, it wasn't as good, plain and simple. I'm not the only who would say that, if you claim to have never said "I don't even need to see that movie to know it's not as good" or some variation then you're a fucking liar. Just my opinion. Moving on.

Shutter Island - Should've been there to bump King's Speech out.
The American - Should've been there to bump Toy Story 3 out.

Best Actor

Jesse Eisenberg - Colin Firth didn't deserve it, sounded irritating from what I had heard of his performance. Just like Cate Blanchett in The Aviator.

George Clooney - Should've been there to bump Colin Firth or Jeff Bridges out.

Best Supporting Actress

Jackie Weaver - Better than Melissa Leo.

Best Original Song

If I Rise(127 Hours) - Toy Story 3 song wasn't even good.

Best Original Screenplay

Inception - King's Speech? Really? Give me a fucking break, fiction is by nature more original than a true story. Especially a boring one.

Best Adapted Screenplay

The American - should've been nominated at least.

Best Director

Anton Corbijn(The American) - shoud've been there to bump Tom Hooper out.

In short, The American also deserved nominations for Best Cinematography and Best Film Editing.

Best Foreign Film

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - I can't even fathom why this didn't get nominated or why no one appears to be upset, it also should've won but the douches needed to nominate it first. This is probably the second biggest snub for this year's oscars in my opinion.

Lord Of The Rings Extended Blu-rays coming....let the bitching and moaning commence!

Just checked out the promo video for this on Aintitcool and I'm honestly psyched. I picked up the original trilogy when it hit Blu-ray because, well, I love the movies.....both versions. They look great on Blu-ray despite what some people say. They can't wait for the extended versions because they think they'll look soooooo much better. It's almost as if they now deny ever seeing and enjoying the originals in theatres and only hold the extended versions as gospel. Get over it. The theatrical versions started it all. It was the THEATRICAL VERSION of Return Of The King that won 12 ACADEMY AWARDS, not the extended version. I love the extended versions more than the theatricals too, but I don't deny the originals. Similar to the people who say they hate the original Blade Runner. Ummm, guys? It was the original version of Blade Runner that started all the so-called buzz and gave it it's cult status. Again, I like the Final Cut of Blade Runner better than the rest of the versions, including the original, but I still enjoy the original. So shut the fuck up and quit deluding yourselves. Sorry about going off topic a little but it needed to be said. Just my opinion.