Comments on: They’ll Regret It When Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Wins Best Picture

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:57:05 +0000

Yeah. I LOVE action movies, but I thought Transformers 2 was a little weak. Although the mom was fricken hilarious, the second half of the movie got boring. The big, climatic fight at the end wasn’t very climatic at all, and it went on so long that the special effects weren’t really special anymore. heh. I’ve never really been a fan of the special effects shots, anyway. There are way too many close shots where you have no idea wtf is going on. When they had bumblebee transform like half way through the movie, the camera angle was from far away, and it looked gorgeous. I wish more of the movie had been like that. sigh. But yeah, I did have fun with the movie though…. I just understand why lots of critics hated it. Anyway, nice post. :)

By: Craig Ranapia

Craig Ranapia — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:22:36 +0000

Jeff R@40:

Oooh, snap! I guess you could also throw in the whole Stephen Sondheim catalogue — for all his genius, he’s not exactly one of life’s little joy germs. :)

By: Johnny Carruthers

Johnny Carruthers — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:04:35 +0000

I think Conan O’Brien said it best last night: They finally found a way to make the Oscars show EVEN LONGER.

By: ntsc

ntsc — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:55:17 +0000

@5 and a couple of others

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which does the Oscars is a group of people associated in one way or another with movies.

The Motion Picture Association (MPA), which in the US is known as The Motion PIcture Association of America (MPAA) is an industry trade organization made up of various studios, six currently.

While both organizations have to do with the Hollywood movie business, they are very different.

In the late 1990s I represented, as an engineer, the MPA internationally on the subject of Copy Protection.

I also had the ‘pleasure’ of trying to make the Valenti Committee TV ratings system work as co-chair and document editor.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:50:21 +0000

It’s not that ten good movies a year aren’t made. My problem is the academy doesn’t watch them. The award is pretty predictable, ten films won’t change that.

By: William

William — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:47:44 +0000

Personally, I wonder at the “best picture” category at all. In my view, there are too many reasons to make films, and too many things people want out of them. You can’t make reasonable comparisons.

It’s like having awards for “best thing” and having people argue the merits of the apple versus the screwdriver. Which is better?

By: Dr. Phil

Dr. Phil — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:48:31 +0000

See, they’re addressing a real problem here — the Oscars broadcast isn’t nearly long enough.

Dr. Phil

By: Pam Adams

Pam Adams — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:45:27 +0000

I will back up Robin@36- EASY VIRTUE is good stuff.

By: Guy Lillian

Guy Lillian — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:42:55 +0000

I don’t see the Academy’s rationale — they haven’t listed ten candidates for Best Film since the early forties. So far the best films of this year have been SF or silly rom-coms. As usual, the good stuff won’t appear till the weather cools.

By: Jeff R.

Jeff R. — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:18:53 +0000

More cynical, blackly comic musical that ‘Chicago’? Little Shop of Horrors, of course….especially with the original ending.