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  • PaloAltoCougar
    Semper infra dignitatem
    • Nov 2008
    • 16926

    #1

    How many have you seen?

    How many of the Best Picture nominees have you seen? A week or so before the Oscars, I'll put up polls to vote for each of the major categories.
    174
    Avatar
    16.09%
    28
    The Blind Side
    13.22%
    23
    District 9
    10.34%
    18
    An Education
    2.87%
    5
    The Hurt Locker
    9.77%
    17
    Inglourious Basterds
    12.64%
    22
    Precious
    1.72%
    3
    A Serious Man
    4.60%
    8
    Up
    22.41%
    39
    Up in the Air
    6.32%
    11
  • Viking
    Banned
    • Jun 2009
    • 6470

    #2
    All except Avatar, which holds little appeal to me and Mrs. Viking.

    We loved Abrazos Rotos and felt it should have been nominated. Must see.

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    • MarkGrace
      Grooveshark dick tease
      • Dec 2008
      • 31546

      #3
      The Blind Side, The Hurt Locker, Inglorious Basterds, A Serious Man, Up, Up In the Air.

      I liked Sugar as much as any of them.
      So Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.

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      • Surfah
        Where's Wallace?
        • Nov 2008
        • 33726

        #4
        I always try and make a point to see all of the best pic nominees. Gidget and me have done it the last couple of years. But I have not seen a single movie on this year's list. The last movie I saw in the theater was Star Trek.
        "Nobody listens to Turtle."
        -Turtle
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        • MartyFunkhouser
          Disciple of RNGesus
          • Nov 2008
          • 18730

          #5
          Originally posted by MarkGrace View Post
          The Blind Side, The Hurt Locker, Inglorious Basterds, A Serious Man, Up, Up In the Air.

          I liked Sugar as much as any of them.
          Sugar is the best movie that I saw this year.
          As I lead this army, make room for mistakes and depression
          --Kendrick Lamar

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          • UtahDan
            *
            • Nov 2008
            • 14496

            #6
            An Education, A Serious Man, Up in the Air and Precious are all still on the "to do" list.

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            • MarkGrace
              Grooveshark dick tease
              • Dec 2008
              • 31546

              #7
              Definitely want to see Precious and An Education.

              Avatar and District 9 aren't high on my priority list, but I'll probably get around to seeing them at some point.
              So Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.

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              • UtahDan
                *
                • Nov 2008
                • 14496

                #8
                Originally posted by MarkGrace View Post
                Definitely want to see Precious and An Education.

                Avatar and District 9 aren't high on my priority list, but I'll probably get around to seeing them at some point.
                I think District 9 is one of the most underrated movies from last year. Interesting allegory on race. But I am also particularly interested in Precious. According to my Netflix cue in releases in a couple weeks.

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                • MarkGrace
                  Grooveshark dick tease
                  • Dec 2008
                  • 31546

                  #9
                  Originally posted by mpfunk View Post
                  Sugar is the best movie that I saw this year.
                  Have you see Boden and Fleck's other film Half Nelson? Another great one.
                  So Russell...what do you love about music? To begin with, everything.

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                  • OhioBlue
                    Junior Member
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 1129

                    #10
                    Originally posted by UtahDan View Post
                    I think District 9 is one of the most underrated movies from last year. Interesting allegory on race. But I am also particularly interested in Precious. According to my Netflix cue in releases in a couple weeks.
                    I agree with you about District 9. Excellent film.

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                    • cowboy
                      Homer Weems
                      • Dec 2008
                      • 5740

                      #11
                      I have a rule that, if it's been nominated for an Oscar, I don't watch it. That's the kind of shallow person I am.

                      I can name on one hand the movies I have enjoyed that were nominated. If it doesn't make me laugh, I don't want to watch it. Two notable exceptions to this are Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan.
                      sigpic
                      "Outlined against a blue, gray
                      October sky the Four Horsemen rode again"
                      Grantland Rice, 1924

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                      • il Padrino Ute
                        Junior Member
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 19161

                        #12
                        I can't vote, as I've seen none of them and I can't vote unless I choose one.

                        I'm with cowboy, but a bit more spiteful in my movie choices. I rarely see any movies in a theater or pay per view and see only a smidgen more via renting a DVD.
                        "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


                        "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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                        • SloanHater
                          Banned
                          • Feb 2009
                          • 1348

                          #13
                          Originally posted by cowboy View Post
                          I have a rule that, if it's been nominated for an Oscar, I don't watch it. That's the kind of shallow person I am.

                          I can name on one hand the movies I have enjoyed that were nominated. If it doesn't make me laugh, I don't want to watch it. Two notable exceptions to this are Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan.
                          You would love the Hurt Locker. Unless you're in the mood to take some shrooms and freak out, then I would recommend avatar.

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                          • Green Lantern
                            Has overcome great fear
                            • Aug 2009
                            • 2289

                            #14
                            Since I got home from my mission in '97, I have tried every year to see all the Best Picture nominees and most of the acting nominees (although, to this day, I have still not seen CHOCOLAT.) This year I've seen 8 of the 10 and my wife saw BLIND SIDE with some friends. We are planning to see UP IN THE AIR this weekend to complete the list.

                            As far as the acting nominations, I doubt I'm going to get to A SINGLE MAN or THE LAST STATION. Maybe Netflix?

                            Anyone seen any of the Documentary or Foreign categories?
                            Kids in general these days seem more socially retarded...

                            None of them date. They hang out. They text. They sit in the same car or room and don't say a word...they text. Then, they go home and whack off to internet porn.

                            I think that's the sad truth about why these kids are retards.

                            --Portland Ute

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                            • CJF
                              Senior Member
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 8497

                              #15
                              Big fat zero for me. I really need to find a babysitter.
                              A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. - Mohammad Ali

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