2009 Oscars thread

[Ananas]

I just have to say to the notion that Slumdog won technical categories because the critics liked it: there is absolutely no basis for that. Technical categories are voted on by luminaries in those specific fields, not the entire Academy membership. So you may have some friends who work in sound who thought Slumdog wasn't deserving of Achievement in Sound Mixing, but a plurality of Academy member sound people saw differently. Also the notion that Slumdog is somehow some small arthouse success with no support among mainstream audiences: the movie has almost grossed one hundred million dollars domestic. More than, for instance, Hellboy II. People LOVE this movie. The fact that you are not one of those people does not in any way effect it's Oscar worthiness one way or another.