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No question it would. And like District 9, it would also have no chance of winning.
82nd ACADEMY AWARD Nominations
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LChinoz
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Outside the context of the Academy Awards, I literally haven't heard a single person off the Internet mention Avatar since January. Now like I said, I don't really hang around nerds in real life, so maybe it's a biased sample. But surely "normal people" would be abuzz if it's the seismic cultural touchstone some people have implied? I can see you're a fan from your sig image, so I don't expect you to be able to look at it objectively.
No one said anything close to that. Over dramatize much?
Woah, hold on there, I haven't seen anyone implying anything 'seismic' about itIt's not like the destruction of the Berlin wall or anything
LChinoz
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This is all speculation but I think the Matrix would have been included if there were 10, but both D9 and The Matrix would have been left out if there were 5.
IronFingaz
GO CELTICS!!!
It's implied every time someone gets up in arms over people questioning whether the film's had any real cultural impact.
Actually, we have seen people claiming it's going to be this generation's Star Wars. So no, not over-dramatizing anything.
Outside the context of the Academy Awards, I literally haven't heard a single person off the Internet mention Avatar since January. Now like I said, I don't really hang around nerds in real life, so maybe it's a biased sample. But surely "normal people" would be abuzz if it's the seismic cultural touchstone some people have implied? I can see you're a fan from your sig image, so I don't expect you to be able to look at it objectively.
I think its pretty obvious that anyone who looks at Avatar objectively needs only to consider the company it keeps with regard to its ticket sales to determine its place in film history as a viable cinematic touchstone:
1 Gone with the Wind
2 Star Wars
3 The Sound of Music
4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
5 The Ten Commandments
6 Titanic
7 Jaws
8 Doctor Zhivago
9 The Exorcist
10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
11 101 Dalmatians
12 The Empire Strikes Back
13 Ben-Hur
14 Avatar
15 Return of the Jedi
Note that this isn't a list where Shrek 2, Home Alone, or Pirates of the Caribbean 2 sneaks into the top 10 due to inflation. Those 15 movies are some of the most celebrated (for various reasons) films of all time. Not a single flash in the pan on the list. 101 Dalmations does stick out a bit but even that is still in the public's consciousness almost 60 years later.
As for my own affinity for the movie, its all about Ryan Church and Jim Cameron's concept work, the interplay between Jake and Quaritch (much moreso than Jake and Neytiri which is where it appears I differ from many other fans), and finally delivering on a promise George Lucas made shortly after Jurassic Park that wasn't fulfilled in a militaristic/sci-fi setting until now.
Voorhees27
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After finally seeing Hurt Locker and Precious I can say that IB was robbed at the Academy Awards last Sunday. I was easily the best picture and best screenplay of 2009.
Hurt Locker = Politics.
The only good thing about HL was Jeremy Renners performance. It was solid.
Hurt Locker = Politics.
The only good thing about HL was Jeremy Renners performance. It was solid.
SOLIDSNAKE
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I saw green zone last nite with matt damon and it was such a better movie then the hurt locker.
2 days after the oscars my friends wantes to watch the hurt locker to see what the fuzz was all about and they got so mad at me for wasting there time.
they hated so much ! they said it was the biggest borring movie of all times and how was it possible that this movie won best movie of the year.
second time seeing it and I was so bored too.
BAD CALL FROM THE OSCARS !
AVATAR IS A BETTER MOVIE !
2 days after the oscars my friends wantes to watch the hurt locker to see what the fuzz was all about and they got so mad at me for wasting there time.
they hated so much ! they said it was the biggest borring movie of all times and how was it possible that this movie won best movie of the year.
second time seeing it and I was so bored too.
BAD CALL FROM THE OSCARS !
AVATAR IS A BETTER MOVIE !
I also dont buy into all the hype about the hurt locker. I thought it was a decent movie, but I felt the end was a bit of a cop out and the last sniper battle was a waste of time.
Having said that, I still feel that the hurt locker has more substance than avatar.
SOLIDSNAKE
Super Freak
the sniper battle had good potential but they draged it out.
I dint mind it the first time I saw the movie but the second time it was just so BLA and boring.
I felt no compassion for any of the chracters.
No heroism what so ever.
BLACK HAWK DOWN still my fav military movie.
I dint mind it the first time I saw the movie but the second time it was just so BLA and boring.
I felt no compassion for any of the chracters.
No heroism what so ever.
BLACK HAWK DOWN still my fav military movie.
I agree that Hurt Locker was overhyped but why did you think the ending was a copout? When you say "the end" do you mean the literal ending where we see him heading off to start another 365 days of service? Because the entire movie, right from the opening quote, built up to that exact moment.
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How can anyone dislike The Hurt Locker? It was totally amazing.
Something Sexy
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Lol........
How can anyone dislike The Hurt Locker? It was totally amazing.
No blue people, toy line, ripped off plots, cheesy one liner script, 3D?
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