I found Hurt Locker to be overrated, it was directed very well and the performances are good but the script is weak. For all the complaints about Avatar and its script, I found it odd that no one called out Hurt Locker on it and it even got nominated for best screenplay.

those jwplayers load really slow

really need to see hurt locker, moon and inglorious basterds

In a way I like the Best Picture expansion to 10 nominees, but I think we could have used it more last year when Dark Knight, Wall-E, and maybe Iron Man too would have gotten in.

This year, there seems to be fewer worthy films, but I also haven’t seen Hurt Locker or Up In The Air yet.

John, I’m glad you predicted Star Trek as a nominee so I don’t feel crazy for feeling it should have gotten in too. I think the plots, characters, and dialogue of both Avatar & District 9 make them worthy of technical awards only. I think it’s a shame that the first year that not one but two sci-fi films get nominated, they’re two of the most over-rated films of the year. But, I know I’m in the minority on that. (And, just for the record, I gave Avatar a B and District 9 a C+, so I still liked them, just not nearly as much as everyone else.)

With Star Trek snubbed, I’ll be rooting for my 2nd favorite movie of the year, The Blind Side, though I know it has virtually no chance at all. Despite how much *I* liked it, I have to admit I’m shocked it got nominated, especially since its only other nomination is for Best Actress. I think it should have gotten a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination too, but I know I’m biased, and the only other Adapted nominee I’ve seen is District 9 (which had way too many plot holes and way too much random dialogue to get recognized for writing).

Seeing nominated for Oscar on a dvd box just became half as special