Comments on: Avatar v. The Hurt Locker

By: JC

JC — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:02:59 +0000

p.s. I wish The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring had won Best Picture instead of the final installment. I just thought the first one was the best of the three.

By: JC

JC — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:23 +0000

I too thought it was peculiar that Avatar won for cinematography, which usually has to do with how things are lit by the D.P., and lost out on sound effects editing. As for which film deserved to win, I carefully avoided expressing an opinion on that matter in the post I said I thought Avatar would have won under last year’s voting and that a certain powerful faction of the Academy probably wishes that it had won Best Picture. I will now go ahead and state that had I been voting, I would have put Avatar first, The Hurt Locker second, and Up in the Air third (I have not yet had the guts to watch Precious). Kim, I’m guessing you would have put Avatar much further down the list, so that the balance of our two ballots would tilt toward The Hurt Locker, even though the tally of first place votes would balance.

By: Aylia

Aylia — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:20:31 +0000

Well put, a good argument. I will quote you. AVATAR did deserve that oscar. I lost a lot of faith this year when they gave sound editing to Hurt Locker and cinematography to Avatar (when all the cinematographical choices in that movie were done in post-production…)
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By: The Ridger

The Ridger — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:43:22 +0000

I don\\\’t think Avatar deserved to win. It was a pedestrian, tired, and predictable plot with average acting. Sure, it was gorgeous, but is that enough?