the rabbit hole » avatar http://bugssite.org where you feel a little closer to home Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:04:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha Oscar 2009 Predictions http://bugssite.org/blog/2010/03/03/oscar-2009-predictions/ http://bugssite.org/blog/2010/03/03/oscar-2009-predictions/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:17:08 +0000 Shane http://bugssite.org/?p=730 Wow. I like totally forgot about posting my Oscar predictions. I usually do this once they are announced, but I have some free time this morning before we leave for the slopes. The Oscars happen on Sunday this year hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.

Let get to it! Categories marked with a * mean that in that category I never saw the movie so it’s usually based on speculation vs. seeing the movie-

  • Best Actor* – Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart” — $
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds” — $
  • Best Actress – Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side” — $
  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role* – ??? – I have no idea!
  • Best Animated Feature Film* – “Up” (Pixar) — $
  • Art Direction – Toss up between “Avatar” and “Nine” — $ and % (Avatar Won)
    • Seen ‘Avatar’, ‘Sherlock Holmes’
  • Cinematography - “Avatar” — $
  • Costume Design* – “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” — %
  • Directing – “Avatar” — %
  • Best Documentary *- ??? – I have no idea!
  • Best Short Documentary* – ??? – I have no idea!
  • Film Editing – “District 9″ — %
  • Foreign Film* – ??? – I have no idea!
  • Makeup - “Star Trek” — $
  • Music (Original Score) – “Avatar” — %
  • Music (Original Song) – ??? – I have no idea!
  • Motion Picture of the Year – “Avatar” — % (Major Fail)
    • Seen ‘Avatar’, ‘The Blind Side’, ‘District 9′, ‘Inglourious Basterds’
  • Animated Short Film – ??? – I have no idea!
  • Live Short Film – ??? – I have no idea!
  • Sound Editing – “Star Trek” — %
    • Seen ‘Avatar’, ‘Star Trek’, ‘Inglourious Basterds’
  • Sound Mixing – “Avatar” — %
    • Seen ‘Avatar’, ‘Star Trek’, ‘Inglourious Basterds’, ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’
  • Visual Effects – “Avatar” — $
  • Adapted Screenplay – “District 9″ — %
  • Original Screenplay – ??? – I have no idea!

A lot of these movies this year I never got around to watching, but that’s because of work. With 10 nominations for Best Picture it’s really hard to nail down the best picture, but a safe bet is Avatar. In sound editing and mixing Star Trek and Avatar should both be winning awards. This movies I play in my head all the time and the sounds are so distinctive that’s it’s really hard. I guess why the Oscars are ‘The Top Award’.

After the Oscars I will update this post with another symbol that indicates that I got it right or wrong. You can view the complete list here. Thanks for tuning in!

UPDATE 3/8/9 at 1am: After watching the Oscars (more about this later btw…) I was a bit off this year because of the limited number of movies I watched. So now that some movies won (i.e. Hurt Locker) I gotta watch it for sure. Anything marked with a “$” is Right and “%” is Wrong.

]]> http://bugssite.org/blog/2010/03/03/oscar-2009-predictions/feed/ 0 I am all Avatar’ed out. http://bugssite.org/blog/2010/01/15/i-am-all-avatared-out/ http://bugssite.org/blog/2010/01/15/i-am-all-avatared-out/#comments Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:36:37 +0000 Shane http://bugssite.org/?p=664 Today was the final time that I will see Avatar in the theater. I have seen it a total of 4 times — one time being by myself and the other in a non-IMAX theater. The next time I will see this movie is when it gets the awards for Best Picture, Best Special Effects, and Best Director at this years Awards Ceremony and then on Bluray.

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So I took myself out for an early holiday present. I went to go see Avatar before the holiday season. I had the night off, for once, and I just had to take the chance to see the movie before the New Year. I will be seeing this movie again to take in more of the subtle digital effects. This movie can be summed up to this:

Avatar ranks (IMDb) right up there; maybe better than The Dark Knight.

HiJinks Ensue: Triumph of the Usurper

HiJinks Ensue: Triumph of the Usurper

This comic by Joel Watson of HiJinks Ensuse (You can read his posts here.) sums up not on George Lucas feelings towards the movie, but any director that used to much green screen for an extended periods of time as gotta feel the same way. For example: Steven Spielberg for Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. Just plain awe full use of CGI, if you call it CGI.

This movie is in the top 5 movies I seen this year that I enjoyed. (And you should be looking out for that post sometimes after this 1st of the year). Till next time…

Rating: Infinity out of Infinity

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