comment #1

TheCahuengaKid says ...

Where the frack is THE WRESTLER?

comment #2

Gnome Sayin says ...

A predictable list for sure. But WALL-E is so soft and toothless that the concept of sticking one's neck (or testicles) out to laud it is ludicrous. It's just might be the most critically overpraised movie of the decade, thank Christ it's not winning more of these.

comment #3

Breedlove says ...

All the Pixar films are very very impressive, but it does surprise me how much adults love them. I finally checked out Wall-E since it's supposed to be the second coming of Citizen Kane. It's an impressive achievement to be sure, gorgeous to look at, and I even agree that it is quite daring and subversive. But at the end of the day, it's a Disney cartoon for kids. I was pretty bored. I just can't get too worked up over animated stuff. Other than maybe getting as high as possible and watching Beowulf.

I'm still way behind, but I wish 'Rachel Getting Married' was getting more love. Great, great film.

comment #4

Hickenlooper says ...

I agree with CahuengaKid. Where the fuck is The Wrestler?

This is by far the Best Picture of the year. Not only is Rourke sensational but Marisa Tomei gives everything in the performance of her career. Why isn't anyone talking about her? Why all this talk about Penn? Yes, his performance is good, in fact it's great, however what it is not is transparent. Rourke's is breathtakingly so. And where are the nominations for Arronofsky whose directing is brilliantly subtle and loving of these incredibly rich characters?. Also, Evan Rachel Wood Best Supporting Actress winner easily. Hands down the best movie of the year. The emperor seems to be ass naked on this one.

comment #5

Aladdin Sane says ...

Well if they vote on quality, then it's a tossup between Button & Slumdog. If it's political, Milk (F/N should just be happy to be nominated). And if it's what they wished they produced, The Dark Knight.

comment #6

Geoff says ...

I got a little emotional during The Wrestler and I don't even like wrestling. It's got exactly what we've been wanting from Mickey for years now. I would nominate it.

comment #7

lipranzer says ...

I agree THE WRESTLER was robbed, but maybe not enough producers have seen it yet.

And it's funny - I would definitely say David Fincher, Christopher Nolan, Gus Van Sant and Danny Boyle are all much more talented as filmmakers than Ron Howard, and yet Howard's film is the only one on my top 10 list (Fincher's is the only one I didn't like, but still).

comment #8

tombstoneblues says ...

The Wrestler is easily one of the three best films of the year. Wall-E on the other hand, is a boring dumb cartoon. Robot love and a muddled environmental message hardly make for a great film. Here is a brief summation of the supposed genius that is Wall-E:

Wall-E: Eve!
Eve: Wall-E!

Americans are fat and stupid.

THE END

comment #9

byanyother says ...

They are supposed to award excellence, not entertain you with their colorful outside predictions. That's what critics are for.

comment #10

Ryansi51 says ...

my oh my, thank ye for the Wall*E haters, where have you been all my life??

a decent 1/3 of a movie turned into a predictable annoyance and "Wall*E!" "Eva!!" for the last 2/3.

WHY THE PRAISE?????!!!

its asinine.

Rachel Getting Married rocked me through my soul and left me whimpering like a 4th grader. Power like that does not deserve to go unnoticed.

comment #11

Aladdin Sane says ...

Rachel Getting Married was my favourite film last year, but that doesn't mean I didn't like Wall-E. Not that it matters at this point. Neither have been nominated, so it's beside the point.

comment #12

plastiqueelephant says ...

Americans ARE fat and stupid. Wall-E deserves a nomination for convincing Americans to part with $224M for a movie with that central theme. Seriously though, deserves recognition for the level of craft. It's an incredible achievement to make a film so emotionally compelling with two non-speaking robots as the central romantic paring. No-one else in the world coulda done it. And The Dark Knight will be a film which my generation will still talk about and remember in 20 years. Both represent a melding of art and entertainment is surely a model of how the industry must adapt to the current bleak circumstances.

I liked Milk & Frost/Nixon plenty. But they were typical awards fodder, A- films which didn't expand the film universe in any way, nothing daring or bold about them. In a couple of years there'll only be trace elements of them in the ether.

comment #13

theultimatebiu says ...

"And The Dark Knight will be a film which my generation will still talk about and remember in 20 years."

I somehow think that will be more due to Heath Ledger's joker rather than the film itself