Did 'Hurt Locker' deserve to win the Oscar for best picture?

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Did 'Hurt Locker' deserve to win the Oscar for best picture?

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  • 86343
    Yes, it was the best film of the year
    40%
  • 86344
    No, but it's the kind of movie that makes the Academy feel good about honoring
    54%
  • 86345
    I'm happy it won, but my favorite film of the year was... (please discuss in the comments)
    6%

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39.6%
Yes, it was the best film of the year
8,846 votes
54.3%
No, but it's the kind of movie that makes the Academy feel good about honoring
12,132 votes
6.1%
I'm happy it won, but my favorite film of the year was... (please discuss in the comments)
1,355 votes
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No, but it's the kind of movie that makes the Academy feel good about honoring

I hardly heard of this movie, but I guess popular with the people is not a factor

  • 7 votes
#1
 - Billnsan
 - 12:17 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
Yes, it was the best film of the year

Hurt Locker was about REAL life, Avatar was overblown production fantasy....

  • 8 votes
#2
 - Doobie-1458862
 - 12:17 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
I'm happy it won, but my favorite film of the year was... (please discuss in the comments)

Blind Side

  • 4 votes
#3
 - Champ98
 - 12:19 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
I'm happy it won, but my favorite film of the year was... (please discuss in the comments)

Up!

  • 3 votes
#4
 - kl2real
 - 12:26 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
No, but it's the kind of movie that makes the Academy feel good about honoring

Nobody saw the movie. It went to DVD very quickly. It only did 12 Million. It lost money big time. SAG members got it way wrong.

  • 7 votes
#5
 - Stan -871188
 - 12:29 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
No, but it's the kind of movie that makes the Academy feel good about honoring

Avatar was a far better movie! The Academy is a bunh of a$$hats!

  • 10 votes
#6
 - No Party Affiliation
 - 12:30 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
I'm happy it won, but my favorite film of the year was... (please discuss in the comments)

Avitar... I met a couple in their 70's who said they'd seen the 3-d version 4 times. For me, I forgot I was watching a digital enhancemen

  • 9 votes
#7
 - mikewill7734
 - 12:32 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
Yes, it was the best film of the year

The Hurt Locker sure deserved it more than Avatar anyway.

  • 7 votes
#8
 - Megan-775995564
 - 12:35 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
I'm happy it won, but my favorite film of the year was... (please discuss in the comments)

In The Loop.

    #9
     - pshrug
     - 12:39 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
    I'm happy it won, but my favorite film of the year was... (please discuss in the comments)

    Inglourgious Bastards was my pick because of Brad Pitt and his supporting actors. All 3 of them deserved awards and one of them got one!

    • 1 vote
    #10
     - Merle T Wiler
     - 12:42 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
    Yes, it was the best film of the year

    It was about people, not special effects.

    • 8 votes
    #11
     - JJL80922
     - 12:43 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
    No, but it's the kind of movie that makes the Academy feel good about honoring

    More Oscar bait. Yawn.

    • 6 votes
    #12
     - Jon S.-592524
     - 12:45 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
    Yes, it was the best film of the year

    Anybody who thinks Avatar should have won needs their heads examined. "Best Picture" goes to the best film, not the most popular.

    • 11 votes
    #13
     - FactChecker-1012492
     - 12:46 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
    I'm happy it won, but my favorite film of the year was... (please discuss in the comments)

    Julie and Julia. I was also hoping Meryl Streep would have won for her role as Julia.

    • 3 votes
    #14
     - Linda-342661
     - 12:49 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
    Yes, it was the best film of the year

    excellent it was like you where there in the hell hole middle east with the bomb tech's! It was so real life, gritty, excellent characters!

    • 6 votes
    #15
     - jenny-256508
     - 12:50 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
    No, but it's the kind of movie that makes the Academy feel good about honoring

    Avatar was a unique movie-going experience. Hurt Locker was an excellent movie. I don't think Cameron is very popular in Hollywood.

    • 8 votes
    #16
     - Giovanni Corvino
     - 12:54 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
    No, but it's the kind of movie that makes the Academy feel good about honoring

    Avatar was by far the best. The actual movie goers voted with their attendance. Too much Hollywood politics.

    • 13 votes
    #17
     - Jessie-1513106
     - 12:55 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
    No, but it's the kind of movie that makes the Academy feel good about honoring

    HL was basically a documentary. Avatar was a wholly imagined world with extraordinary detail and stunning visuals. Avatar deserved to win

    • 11 votes
    #18
     - MikeE-1273163
     - 12:56 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
    No, but it's the kind of movie that makes the Academy feel good about honoring

    Hurt Locker not a great film. They wanted to give it to a woman for a change.

    • 12 votes
    #19
     - zaglossus
     - 12:58 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
    I'm happy it won, but my favorite film of the year was... (please discuss in the comments)

    PRECIOUS should have gotten the award. It consisted of a better all-around adaptation (as its screenplay win demonstrates).

    • 3 votes
    #20
     - nasserd
     - 1:01 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
    I'm happy it won, but my favorite film of the year was... (please discuss in the comments)

    Inglourious Basterds got robbed! Tarantino took his shtick to a new level and made a consequential film - a film in the truest sense.

    • 2 votes
    #21
     - Josh Belzman
     - 1:03 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
    Yes, it was the best film of the year

    By far the best film of the year, regardless of how few people saw it in the theaters. It was a riveting film, far better overall.....

    • 5 votes
    #22
     - craigf1998-541922
     - 1:15 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
    I'm happy it won, but my favorite film of the year was... (please discuss in the comments)

    Up in the Air

    • 1 vote
    #23
     - Douglas Grace
     - 1:18 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
    Yes, it was the best film of the year

    Avatar was an animated half cartoon movie with no discernable message.

    • 6 votes
    #24
     - BeauJames-477085
     - 1:26 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
    I'm happy it won, but my favorite film of the year was... (please discuss in the comments)

    Up in the Air

    • 2 votes
    #25
     - ikiru3385
     - 1:27 am EST on Mon Mar 8, 2010
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