Avatar just won best picture at the Golden Globes.

I liked Avatar a lot actually. Sure it had some corny dialogue and the story is predictable as hell but I had a hell of a time watching it. I haven't seen enough movies this year to say whether or not it deserved "Best Picture", but I'm not too surprised. Thinking about it, I'm going to enter conspiracy mode for this. I think a large part of the movie industry wants Avatar to succeed immensely so that they can finally push 3D on a more mainstream level so that the movie industry can slowly start jacking up prices for 3D movies, start selling all the 3D stuff and make tons more money, all thanks to 'ole Jimmy. Probably.

A Serious Man deserved that award.

If you Google image for Avatar there are many pictures. Which one of them won?

"If you Google image for Avatar there are many pictures. Which one of them won? "

" It's an Awards ceremony. You have to expect a combination of hype and internal Hollywood politics to triumph over conventional wisdom or cinematic merit. This is the way it has been for many years.
 
I still refuse to see Avatar, so I can't speak for it personally, but "The Dark Knight" level of hype it has generated among my peers is off-putting to say the least. "

I heard that movie's in 3D!

Bleeeecccchhhhhh.
 
Up in the Air should have won. I'm so fucking sick of Avatar. Sure, I could be more objective, but being objective is for losers. Bias FTW.

" I think it's cool to hate on Avatar ATM. "

" I still have no intention of seeing it. "

Just for the record no matter how you feel about Avatar, that FAIL picture with the Pochahontis plot layered under Avatars?  You could do that with literally thousands and thousands of movies, just as accurately.  I could do that with Star Wars and Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone right this instant.  It's more a testament to films that follow a certain genre template than the literal plot point similarities.  Don't be fooled by broken misrepresenting arguments like that chart.

" Just for the record no matter how you feel about Avatar, that FAIL picture with the Pochahontis plot layered under Avatars?  You could do that with literally thousands and thousands of movies, just as accurately.  I could do that with Star Wars and Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone right this instant.  It's more a testament to films that follow a certain genre template than the literal plot point similarities.  Don't be fooled by broken misrepresenting arguments like that chart. "

Well deserved.

I just want to know what Up in the air is. I have never heard of that movie in my life. But, I thought Avatar was a pretty good movie and the 3d was the best I've ever seen. Should it have won best picture? I don't know. Was it the best movie I've seen all year? Nope.

I went to see Avatar and 2012 in theater on the same day, to be honest the visuals in 2012 impressed me much more by far.
Avatar was a very good movie no doubt, but nothing super special or interesting. I think I'll remember it more for the hype and internet controversy more then the actual movie itself a few years from now.

I forgot that the Golden Globes were on last night.  I was too busy watching the season premier of 24.

Up In The Air, Avatar and Hurt Locker would have all been acceptable victories.

" Up In The Air, Avatar and Hurt Locker would have all been acceptable victories. "

 
Overrated,baby.

" i did not watch many movies in 2009, but was avatar that  good?  "

I thought Up in the Air should have won Best Drama Picture. Never thought Avatar would win in Drama. Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) or Kathlyn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) should have won Best Director.

The Hurt Locker is easily my personal favorite.  Talk about tension.

Popular movies win awards. I guess we live in a world where the best movie is also the most popular. How cute is that.

Wow- a film that the film industry is keeping itself alive on via the fact the 'only way' to see it properly is to actually go to the cinema instead of pirating it - won a major award therefore increasing hype and getting more people to go to the cinema? 
 
Never saw that one coming

Movies sucked this year, District 9 and Star Trek were good but their wasn't anything steller like No Country for Old Men, Their will be Blood,  Or the Dark Knight

" Overrated much? Meh, my personal pick was Up in the Air. What do you guys think? "

The Golden Globes are one step away from the Peoples Choice.  It's a popularity contest.  This shouldn't shock any one at all.

I like Avatar a lot. But "Best Picture"? No. But no one cares about the Golden Globes anyway. 
 
What I wanna know is where the hell is District 9?

I really really really enjoyed it. I liked Inglourious Basterds more, but I can see Avatar taking the win. The story was nothing new but, there was still something about it that I loved.

I guess an apt comparison for videogames would be Crysis. I love that game, it is visually stunning, but was it game of the year? Hell no. Crysis didn't innovate. Maybe it raised the standard, but it didn't change too much. For the most part it was just WOAH YOU GUYS CHECK DIS BLOOM OUT-- IT'S CRAAAAAAAZY. ICE POWAAAAH! "

"@ThatFrood said:

I guess an apt comparison for videogames would be Crysis. I love that game, it is visually stunning, but was it game of the year? Hell no. Crysis didn't innovate. Maybe it raised the standard, but it didn't change too much. For the most part it was just WOAH YOU GUYS CHECK DIS BLOOM OUT-- IT'S CRAAAAAAAZY. ICE POWAAAAH! "

Yeah, this is the best comparison, probably.   "

The Golden Globes were pretty crap overall. I liked Ricky Gervais but I disagreed with most of the choices. I would go into more detail but that would take ages. These are my best pictures of 2009 though.
 
1. The Road
2. The White Ribbon
3. A Prophet
4. Revanche
5. A Serious Man
 
These are my choices for best actor in a drama motion picture:
 
Viggo Mortensen- The Road
Jeff Bridges- Crazy Heart
Michael Fassbender- Fish Tank
John Malkovich- Disgrace
Sam Rockwell- Moon
 
These are my best actress in a drama motion picture:
 
1. Katie Jarvis- Fish Tank
2. Michelle Monaghan- Trucker
3. Carey Mulligan- An Education
4. Abbie Cornish- Bright Star
5. Hellen Mirren- The Last Station
 
These are my best motion picture comedy or musical:
 
1. A Serious man
2. Bad Lieutenant: Port of call new orleans
3. World's greatest dad
4. In The Loop
5. 500 Days of summer
 
As you can see my opinion differs slightly.

My personal pick would have been District 9 but Avatar was a very good movie and I can see why they made the choice they did.

Avatar was amazing, just everyone seems to hate on it to be cool

" Avatar was amazing, just everyone seems to hate on it to be cool "

" @OutOfBounds9000: You just replied in the avatar gross thread and thought it was great. Bi-polar much? :) "

I dont hate avatar i've not seen it, but nothing about it is interesting enough for me to go see it...

I feel that any AAA that releases within a quarter of any awards automatically has a significant advantage because it's still digesting inside critics so I'm not surprised; I'm glad Avatar did well so we see more visual wonders as opposed to all the cheap crime thrillers.

I have to wonder about these people who think since Avatar is so popular, nobody has a good reason to hate it. They'd be ripe fruit for indoctrination in Germany back in the 30s. Oh yeah, I managed to work in a Godwin's Law.

The movie was alright. But I don't think it should be winning best picture awards.

Well deserved.