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[Misawa]

That's because it isn't.

The judges "vote" on $$$ and scale. The Hurt Locker was too small a film for their liking, and Bigelow is Cameron's ex. I knew Quentin would get snubbed because the judges don't like him because he considers himself non-Hollywood. Expect Avatar to win teh same awards at the Oscars for the exact same reasons.

[Blinger1]

Dude, if everyone thinks its a good film, surely it deserves to win?

[Misawa]

A panel of judges vote, not fans. Best Film means best, not most appreciated. The same as Best Director means the film with the best direction. Avatar is neither, which is annoying when it was the worst film in both of those categories.

[The Don]

A panel of judges vote, not fans. Best Film means best, not most appreciated. The same as Best Director means the film with the best direction. Avatar is neither, which is annoying when it was the worst film in both of those categories.

How can you still say avatar is a bad film? Its soon to be the highest grossing film of all time, it won the best drama at the golden globes and will win at the oscars... now, how is it bad?

[Misawa]

I have already explained, go back through the thread.

[Black_Apalachi]

Or maybe we could just call it different ways of telling the same story. Like how The Lion King is practically Hamlet with animals.

The Lion King is Star Wars!

How can you still say avatar is a bad film? Its soon to be the highest grossing film of all time, it won the best drama at the golden globes and will win at the oscars... now, how is it bad?

So you think Titanic is the best film of all time? I know I've said Avatar is amazing, but I still wouldn't give it any awards other than visual effects based ones, if there are any such things.

[kk.]

i think the point he was getting at was that its grossed a lot of money, so how can you say it was bad. not that its the best film of all time.

meh, i dont really care if people think its a retold story. its basically in the sentence, its told in a different way.

adams just throwing a hissy fit because it took some awards he wanted IB to win

[Misawa]

No, I knew it would get snubbed because the judges don't like him. Now people are realising that Hollywood award ceremonies are the most biased of affairs.

[Fez]

Avatar did not deserve to win anything besides Best Visual Effects.

I'm more than happy that Waltz won a globe, but you people should stop putting the film down. I like how some of you consider a good film to be the highest grossing film or the critic's choice, when in reality, there's more than enough corruption in journalism to go round AND some people just don't know a good film when they see it.

Avatar is by no means bad, or good, it deserves some awards but for it to win Best Picture just hurts me. In places. Yes.

[jackass]

A panel of judges vote, not fans. Best Film means best, not most appreciated. The same as Best Director means the film with the best direction. Avatar is neither, which is annoying when it was the worst film in both of those categories.

Seriously, stop speaking as if everything you say is a fact. In YOUR opinion Avatar is neither of those - that doesn't mean that it's true.