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Feb 02 '12 by shakethesheets
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The Oscar challenge

I'm not that big into the Academy Awards, and 2012's look to be kinda lame. But I always have an opinion on who wins, and I want to actually be well-informed for once.

I'm attempting to see every Oscar-nominated film before the Oscars happen.

Anyone else want to try? Or let me know what you're thinking about films this year, and what the Academy should have done differently.

shakethesheets on Feb 02 '12 at 3:32pm

I have seen:
- Drive
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Since embarking on this challenge, I saw
- The Artist last night, and will see
- Midnight in Paris tonight, and
- Moneyball on Saturday.

WarDrobeInSpareOom on Feb 02 '12 at 3:35pm

Haha, I've attempted for the past three years. Never made it yet.

So far I've seen
-The Help
-Moneyball
-The Descendants

I've also seen Rango, which is up for animated.

jeffreyg on Feb 02 '12 at 3:38pm

ive seen them all except war horse

i have seen war whores though

SuperRyan on Feb 02 '12 at 4:06pm

I saw Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Steve The Great on Feb 02 '12 at 6:09pm

I've only seen Midnight in Paris. So I clearly think that one should win.

WarDrobeInSpareOom on Feb 02 '12 at 7:03pm

I just watched Midnight in Paris.

rhythmdev9 on Feb 02 '12 at 7:17pm

We saw Hugo last weekend. It was very good, lots of fun.

mike bautista on Feb 02 '12 at 9:07pm

I always want to, but I always want money too.

mike bautista on Feb 02 '12 at 9:13pm

Midnight In Paris
Moneyball
Tree of Life
Beginners
Bridesmaids
Harry Potter
Muppets
Drive
Transformers
Rise Planet Apes stuffstuff

Dunno why Brad Pitt got the nom for Moneyball instead of Tree of Life. But whatev.

And 50/50 and The Future for snubbed films I saw.

jeffreyg on Feb 02 '12 at 9:36pm

Drive isn't nominated I thought

mike bautista on Feb 02 '12 at 9:37pm

It's nominated for sound or something.

WarDrobeInSpareOom on Feb 02 '12 at 9:40pm

Oh, yeah, I also saw Bridesmaids and the Muppets.

I'm kind of dreading watching Tree of Life and War Horse. There's both so long, and, I'm guessing, light on the fart jokes.

Heh. Farts.

Chipmnk on Feb 02 '12 at 9:41pm

Sound editing. Yay.

tracerbullet on Feb 02 '12 at 9:45pm

Drive deserved better than just sound editing. Though the sound was fantastic.

mike bautista on Feb 02 '12 at 10:16pm

I saw Win Win too and that was snubbed.

Chipmnk on Feb 02 '12 at 10:17pm

I pretty much ran out of time/money when all the Oscar movies rolled around, but I watched:

Drive
Midnight in Paris
Beginners
Bridesmaids
Harry Potter

I loved them all aside from Harry Potter.

Oh and there are the animated shorts, which are always fun.

Kookaberry on Feb 02 '12 at 11:10pm

I thought Drive and Moneyball were both horribly boring. I'm guessing The Help will probably win Best Picture. Shit like that always does.

mike bautista on Feb 02 '12 at 11:12pm

I liked Harry Potter I think. I think it was handled well. It had my favorite Dumbledore stuff from the book.

mike bautista on Feb 02 '12 at 11:13pm

Yeah I dunno what the fuss is all about with Moneyball. I guess because I expect comeback movies to feel triumphant, but it was all business and numbers and the movie just came and went like unedited footage for a documentary.

WarDrobeInSpareOom on Feb 02 '12 at 11:13pm

Man, I loved Moneyball, and I don't even like baseball. OR Jonah Hill.

Kookaberry on Feb 02 '12 at 11:14pm

Exactly. I kept expecting some baseball to happen and it never did. Just a lot of talking.

mike bautista on Feb 03 '12 at 12:14am

It was like the movie only existed to prove a point and it didn't even prove it all that clearly.

shakethesheets on Feb 03 '12 at 8:47am

Aw, I liked Midnight in Paris. Cute.

Also saw Bill Cunningham New York, which was awfully endearing.

PogoLightning on Feb 03 '12 at 8:58am

I'm up for this.

I've seen a few of these.

I'm seeing Hugo tonight. SO excited! Cause I read the book for my children's lit course and my whole group is going. -nerd-

shakethesheets on Feb 03 '12 at 9:00am

Bill Cunningham isn't nominated for anything, I don't think, but it was a pretty solid doc feature.

WarDrobeInSpareOom on Feb 03 '12 at 9:37am

I thought a lot of the dialogue in Midnight in Paris was unnatural and awkward. I'm surprised that it's nominated for Best Screenplay.

tracerbullet on Feb 03 '12 at 9:45am

If you went into Moneyball thinking it was a regular baseball movie, then I can understand the disappointment. It was all about the front office aspect of baseball. The behind-the-scenes stuff. I found it really fascinating.

Chipmnk on Feb 03 '12 at 11:07am

I love Midnight in Paris. Woody Allen, writers, and Paris are some of my favorite things.

shakethesheets on Feb 05 '12 at 2:04am

I was surprised to really love Moneyball. Maybe my favorite baseball film.

2 days later

shakethesheets on Feb 07 '12 at 4:29pm

I didn't like The Descendants. Too Hollywood, too slow, just... Not genuine enough to circumvent the fact there's no story.

toopersent on Feb 07 '12 at 4:40pm

I really liked the Descendants. And I think there is a pretty decent story there. Its not whiz-bang in your face plot twists, and it unfolds slowly, but very carefully. And it was quite funny in parts, much funnier than Up in The Air, which I thought paled in comparison to The Descendants.

Moneyball is my favorite to win though. Not because my love of baseball, or fantasy baseball, or numbers, or math. Not, not because one of those things, but because all of those things.

Of course, Hugo or The Artist is probably going to win. I have seen neither.

mike bautista on Feb 07 '12 at 8:46pm

cirsumvrent

17 days later

shakethesheets on Feb 25 '12 at 12:16pm

Loved Hugo. Don't think it needed to be 3D, but ah well.

Chipmnk on Feb 25 '12 at 12:58pm

I don't think anything needs to be in 3D.

Chipmnk on Feb 25 '12 at 12:58pm

Not even REALITY.

shakethesheets on Feb 25 '12 at 3:28pm

UP's HD was pretty good.

shakethesheets on Feb 26 '12 at 10:52am

Wasn't a big fan of Tree of Life. Didn't hate it.

Beginners was cute.

Chipmnk on Feb 26 '12 at 11:17am

Just like you~

shakethesheets on Feb 26 '12 at 3:59pm

Bridesmaids was ok. Not bad.

shakethesheets on Feb 26 '12 at 4:00pm

Oh, and A Separation was pretty solid.

Chipmnk on Feb 26 '12 at 4:25pm

Just like you?

jet approves on Feb 26 '12 at 9:35pm

someone i went to high school with designed a dress for someone on the red carpet. pretty cool, man.

shakethesheets on Feb 27 '12 at 8:24pm

oh wow, neat. that sounds like a huge opportunity.

I didn't really like any of the oscar-nominated animated shorts very much.

but, surprisingly, most of the live-action shorts were pretty good.

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