Should "Up" be nominated for Best Picture?

VipertheSniper · 07-05-09, 05:51 AM

Nevermind....

It's spelled disaster btw... and I like that sentence "That there are more programs now, just make it a disaster with many programs."

Jimbuna · 07-05-09, 07:09 AM

I haven't seen the movie yet Chad but that story about the girl was really sad.....God Bless her.

Platapus · 07-05-09, 11:01 AM

The academy has a hard job. How exactly can a group of people evaluate movies that are totally different from each other and choose which one is the "best"?

What is best?

Revenue?
Attendance?
Artistic quality? (how do you measure THAT?)
Technical quality?
Social significance (Should this even be a criteria?)
Amount of gratuitous nudity (I added that in

)
Bribes/Payola?
Movie "stars" in it? - A term I use very loosely.
Public opinion?

There are movies I like and there are movies you like. Which movie is "best"?

Well, generally I feel that the better movies are the ones I like, but the problem is that there are others who apply the same criteria but from "their" prospective.

I put very little credibility on what some group calls "best". Movies are an art form and as with every other art form, every viewer has the right to like it or dislike it and everyone else has the right to ignore what other people think of it.

View Poll Results: Should the movie Up be nominated for Best Picture
Yes	4	15.38%
No	3	11.54%
I haven't seen it	19	73.08%
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07-05-09, 07:09 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,938 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I haven't seen the movie yet Chad but that story about the girl was really sad.....God Bless her. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-05-09, 11:01 AM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,397 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The academy has a hard job. How exactly can a group of people evaluate movies that are totally different from each other and choose which one is the "best"? What is best? Revenue? Attendance? Artistic quality? (how do you measure THAT?) Technical quality? Social significance (Should this even be a criteria?) Amount of gratuitous nudity (I added that in ) Bribes/Payola? Movie "stars" in it? - A term I use very loosely. Public opinion? There are movies I like and there are movies you like. Which movie is "best"? Well, generally I feel that the better movies are the ones I like, but the problem is that there are others who apply the same criteria but from "their" prospective. I put very little credibility on what some group calls "best". Movies are an art form and as with every other art form, every viewer has the right to like it or dislike it and everyone else has the right to ignore what other people think of it. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

07-05-09, 05:51 AM	#1
VipertheSniper Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Austria Posts: 1,074 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nevermind.... It's spelled disaster btw... and I like that sentence "That there are more programs now, just make it a disaster with many programs."