What movies do you think are Oscar worthy this year?

[Mike 03]

I didn't see enough movies to have much of an opinion on this. A few movies that made a powerful impression on me were:

Shutter Island, which nobody seems to be talking about in terms of awards.
The Book of Eli, which I'm not even sure actually was released this year.
Inception, which is getting some attention.

But I am way more interested in what others think were the really quality films this year.

Did anybody besides me think SHUTTER ISLAND was deserving of some respect?

[HopeHoops]

1. Anything with Peter Sellers in it. Everything else is just shit.

Yes, I know he's dead.

[charlie and algernon]

2. inception, Toy Story 3 will both be nominated

The Kings Speech is getting a lot of buzz, I want to see that when it comes out.

Toy Story 3 is a lock for winning Best Animated and should get a Best Picture nomination now that they expanded to 10.

[LynneSin]

4. If you like those 2 movies perhaps you will love this one.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHJwgA54Gqk

[LynneSin]

3. I did not like Shutter Island but love Inception. I think Black Swan will be a winner too

I can't wait for it to be released. It looks amazing and I've read where Natalie Portman and Milas Kunis put alot of work in training as Ballerinas.

[Mike 03]

6. I am excited to see Black Swan too. Just curious, why didn't you

like Shutter Island?

Natalie Portman has really surprised me over the years. I thought she was not very talented but was completely wrong. She is extremely gifted.

[LynneSin]

7. I can't really explain but in some ways it just bored me

sometimes movies just do that.

[Skittles]

13. I saw it

loony story but very good acting

[NightWatcher]

5. The A-Team is up on my Netflix que, I'll report back later

[Kat45]

8. I loved The Town.

It was the best movie I've seen this year. I also liked Shutter Island a lot. My boyfriend said it's the best movie he saw this year. I found Inception pretty confusing. I wasn't sure what I thought of it, but I found myself thinking about it a lot the next day, so I guess that's a good thing.

But those are just my opinions. I don't know what I think will be nominated. I haven't given it a lot of thought, and I actually haven't seen that many movies this year.

[Skittles]

10. I'm sending the Town to some Marines in Afghanistan

yes indeed

[Skittles]

9. Winter's Bone

certainly Jennifer Lawrence and John Hawkes should be nominated for their performances

[HardWorkingDem]

16. I'll second Winter's Bone.....esp John Hawkes' acting...

to even appreciate Hawkes' acting more, check out his range from straight roles to comedy roles (HBO's Deadwood and East Bound and Down). His acting in Winter's Bone was excellent.

[Skittles]

26. I'll do that

not familiar with him but was so thoroughly impressed by him in this movie - I mean, he says so much with just his expressions alone (the scene when he's pulled over by the cop - I swear he had me holding my breath)

[HardWorkingDem]

32. The look in his eyes....

said it all. And I loved that line..."is this going to be our time"....I've replayed that over and over again.

Really, if you get a chance, watch him in other roles. On Eastbound and Down he plays the brother of the Danny McBride main character, so that says a lot about his abilities. He really can do it all. I just wish the movie could have pulled out more of his menace that was in the book.

[bikebloke]

35. He surprised me.

From his amiable role as Sol Stern in Deadwood. And a supporting role in Lost (a lot of Deadwood alumni end up on that island). Then he's this real hard man in Winter's Bones.

[SecularMotion]

17. Third for Winter's Bone

Jennifer Lawrence got a Golden Globe nomination for best actress.

http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/

[Skittles]

27. that scene where she's asking her hopeless mother for help

:cry:

[JCMach1]

11. The Social Network is the only worthy movie thus far...

Winters Bone (ok, but overhyped), Inception (was actually disappointed)...

[Supply Side Jesus]

12. waiting for True Grit

Inception was great....TS3....The Town......

[tekisui]

24. Really looking forward to True Grit.

[El Supremo]

28. Me too!

I love westerns and this is such a great story.

[Tunkamerica]

14. I just watched shutter island last night. pretty pretty pretty good.

[bigwillq]

15. I thought Shutter Island

wasn't that good. It was ok. Not great.

[Mike 03]

22. Yeah, it was too predictable. I also wonder why Scorcese felt it was important to make

that movie.

[Bucky]

18. Human Centipede

[cbdo2007]

30. Oh God No!!!

I had heard about the movie beforehand so I had to click when I saw it pop-up in my Netflix cue.

That has got to be one of the most disturbing movies I've ever seen. Just evil and twisted, holy f*ck!!

haha, good job posting this though. Wonder if anyone else here has seen it.

[Forkboy]

31. I watched it, and it's not half as bad/good as people claim.

Personally, I would have taken the concept way further then they did. The movie is actually more on the psychological side than the gross out side. I'm hoping parts 2 and 3 will remedy that. ;)

[Bucky]

33. Well, until the sequels hit the theaters, you can always play the game

http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/human-centipede-game/

[JTG of the PRB]

19. Inception, Toy Story 3, The Social Network... All exceedingly worthy.

I want to see The Fighter still, and True Grit, and from what I'm heard both of those might be major nominees as well.

[Forkboy]

20. The 3 best movies I've seen this year are all foreign, so I doubt they'll be noticed.

Aftershock

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KRuAIdTHUvg/TMw2K_3IEFI/AAAAAAAASN0/hkfL17QU-ok/s320/30+aftershocks-2010-poster+2.jpg

Easily the heaviest movie I've seen this year, and it had me in tears on more than one occasion. It starts with the earthquake in Tangshan, China back in 1976 that killed 240,000 people. In the movie, a mother's two children are trapped in the rubble under a huge slab of concrete. If the rescuers move it to save the son it will kill the daughter. If they move it to save the daughter it will kill the son. Under pressure to choose one or the other she decides to save her son, but unknown to her the daughter hears her choice as survives. The movie follows 40 years of their lives and the effect that decision had on all three. A simply amazing movie, with beautiful, low key acting. I normally hate dramas because they're manipulative and sappy to the extreme more often than not. But this one was something else, and it will stay with you a long time after watching it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMf-YfWGe-E&feature=related



The Good, The Bad, The Weird



And this one is easily the most fun I've had watching a movie all year. Within 2 minutes I had a smile on my face and it never left until the movie ended. If Sergio Leone and Quentin Tarantino did an Indiana Jones movie, this is what it would be like. A total blast, and the most fun I've had watching a movie in years. I watched it 3 times in 2 days even!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzNnCK5cd8Q



Four Lions



Low key comedy along the lines of A Mighty Wind or Best in Show about 4 inept British Muslims who want to become suicide bombers, this had me laughing throughout.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew-SrlQ9tlI

[Mike 03]

21. Thank you for this post. So many times, the best films are foreign, or at least

unknown.

[Forkboy]

23. My pleasure.

I'm a movie junkie and will watch anything from anywhere. Hollywood still makes some great movies (I liked Shutter Island a lot as well, and highly look forward to seeing True Grit), but we don't have a lock on great movie making by any means, and never did. Right now it seems as if Asian cinema (when they get past the ghost stories) are some of the best things out there.

My favorite movie from last year was Thirst from Korea (with the same actor, Kang Ho-Song, from The Good, The Bad, The Weird). I'm not into vampires at all, but this movie was truly different and intriguing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG4AV6kLrKY

The same director also did Oldboy, a cult classic that blew me away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLn1y9v6yno

Limiting oneself to American movies seems like a damn shame. :)

[kimi]

25. Hey, thanks!

The first film might be a little too grim for me right now, but the other two look like fun. I'm going to look for them tonight. You're right, being limited to American movies is sort of narrow-minded but - how do you find out about these foreign films?

[Forkboy]

29. I'm just a movie junkie.

If I see one that I like I follow that director or the actors involved onto their next projects. I watched The Good, The Bad, The Weird because I had already seen the actor Kang Ho-Song in the movie Thirst, which I loved (which I watched because I loved the director's previous works). One thing always leads to another for me. I never have a shortage of movies (or music) to get into. At all times I have a list of movies to watch based on earlier works by the director or actors. I have a current list of 23 movies I need to see, and if any of those impress me it will lead to more by the same people involved.

A good example would be Martin Scorcese or the Coen Brothers. Odds are if you like one of their movies you'll like others by them as well. I just do the same thing, only with foreign people. :)

[Tikki]

34. I guess there isn't an Oscar for casting director, but if there were..I'd say..

that one goes to the casting of INCEPTION. It was so grand to see
some great actors, who aren't in every movie, there.


Tikki