Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

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My predictions, though I have heard none of these songs yet. I'm missing all the movies this season...

“Lay Your Head Down” from “Albert Nobbs”
“Coeur Volant” from “Hugo”
“Life’s a Happy Song” from “The Muppets”
“Pictures in My Head” from “The Muppets”
“Shelter” from “Take Shelter”

The ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS trilogy is a response to all those folks who thought Pixar had permanently raised the bar for children’s films. Of course there would still be bad kids films, just like there are for any genre, but we hoped young folks and (more so) their parents would demand movies made...

You reference how some directors are visionary while others are not. Does visionary just mean a strong and distinct visual style? For example, would BLACK SWAN have visionary directing while WINTER'S BONE would not? Kevin Smith is the sole author of most of his films, but most people say he has no ...

Time will tell. He comes off as a little dopey to me.

But if it had a clever screenplay, great ensemble cast, looked pretty, and had a good score - then what keeps it from being an incredible film?

The Academy has a weird way of showing Scorcese they "don't love his movies" by nominating them for the past three decades. I think we're misinterpreting awards as affection. Well, it's certainly not a quality contest or we would have Best Picture winners like The Thin Red Line and There ...

The Academy has a weird way of showing Scorcese they "don't love his movies" by nominating them for the past three decades.

I think we're misinterpreting awards as affection.

This shakes things up a little bit. Not too much, but enough to keep things interesting. A few additions, a few omissions - and it looks like the McCarthy train is rolling. It's shaping up to be a weird year.

This season started off with some ambiguity, but now I'm starting to see trends. The only inconsistency is EL&IC.

I don't watch entertainment-centric TV shows like Entertainment Tonight and I don't read Entertainment Weekly so maybe I'm speaking out of ignorance, but for a very expensive franchise entry, isn't the new Mission: Impossible film getting next to no publicity and buzz. I wouldn't even be aware of i...

Maybe it's chances are diminished because we can't even get the title correct.

Or they just thought it wasn't good enough to be in their top ten.

What's so groundbreaking about Rise of the Planet of the Apes ? It's no more groundbreaking than anything else listed. Everything nominated this year has been done before. Lord of the Rings and King Kong both used motion capture (as well as Andy Serkis), so I don't consider it revolutionary. The rea...