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    This was nominated for best picture. Why? Because it had a couple of small twists at the end? Because the costomes/music/makeup were pretty good?

    I mean - it wasn't terrible. But this 2:15 movie barely sat above the "interesting enough to watch" bar for every single one of those 135 minutes. It was good enough, with maybe two minor blips of excitement towards the end. I was never on the edge of my seat. I never laughed out loud. Never winced. It was just this...okay movie that never at any point sucked enough to turn off. But is that what the Oscars shoot for when making their picks?

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    It had a good cast, in theory, I guess. So that's a lot of the allure. What I like to call the "OMG BRADLEY COOPER" effect.

    I really enjoyed "Dallas Buyers' Club" out of the oscar-worthy pictures this year. Great stuff, and McConaughey wasn't too annoying. Actually pretty good.
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    The Oscars are about as accurate a reflection as the NHL awards are...

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    Quote Originally Posted by 27Blue View Post
    The Oscars are about as accurate a reflection as the NHL awards are...
    What?!?!? You don't think Left-Winger Alex Ovechkin is the best player in the NHL?
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    Quote Originally Posted by 27Blue View Post
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    Hey, I vote on them this year
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    I actually didn't finish American Hustle. Mind you, I did not give it a chance (15 minutes or so) - I had an errand to run and forgot all about it.

    I'm on the Dallas Buyer's Club bandwagon, great flick. I also enjoyed Wolf on Wall Street (a tad long at 3 hours or so), and Rush (underrated). 12 years was also well done.

    From an Oscar perspective, this year's movies seemed like a strong crop.
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    Interesting feedback here. My wife wanted to watch it so I downloaded it but we havent watched it yet. Now I am not sure I want to.
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    Wow, I've heard this kind of disappointment in AH from someone else, too. That's too bad, because I thought it looked pretty good. I'd still like to see it. Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams look worth the couple hours, at least.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dobber View Post
    This was nominated for best picture. Why? Because it had a couple of small twists at the end? Because the costomes/music/makeup were pretty good?
    um...have you seen the other garbage that was nominated for best picture this year? lol or for that matter, what regularly makes the cut? The Academy is a joke, if we all had the common sense to ignore them completely they would cease to be relevant, but sadly everyone is obsessed with the whole thing

    as far as American Hustle goes, IMO it was better than you're giving it credit for, but I agree it was a little bloated and unremarkable...a good movie, but certainly not a great movie...I have yet to see 12 yrs a slave but I suspect it is much better than this one

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    Hey, I vote on them this year
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