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• By jay
  February 22, 2012
  03:33 PM

  ah, the days when it was hard to choose best picture
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• By Kammundi
  February 22, 2012
  03:36 PM

  The greatest films tend to not be winners in that system and often not even nominated. Pretty typical of me to ridicule them, yet the Oscars continue to carry more of a cache of respectability than any other entertainment award. While I know something isn't working properly, I still remain somewhat connected to finding out what gets noms/wins and what doesn't. Once in a while it seems to work out fairly well, but more often it is shameful.
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  • By Scott
    February 22, 2012
    05:23 PM

    I agree wholeheartedly. Every now and then a brilliant film such as No Country for Old Men or Unforgiven wins Best Picture. Yet, the majority of the time, either Oscar bait is chosen over the superior film (The Kings's Speech over The Social Network) or great films aren't nominated for Best Picture (Being John Malkovich, 2001: A Space Odyssey).

  • By repete66211
    February 22, 2012
    06:07 PM

    @Scott: Being John Malkovich is not a good movie so much as an inside joke for smug people who wear cardigans and The Social Network, though good, was a biopic about a trendy website. Hardly worthy for Best Picture Oscars, no? Thus the problem attempting to objectively evaluate the subjective.

  • By James
    February 23, 2012
    01:41 PM

    @Peter: The Social Network was not a biopic. And social networking/media is MUCH more than a trend.

• By Hunter Hale
  February 22, 2012
  06:31 PM

  THE TREE OF LIFE is more like "The Film of the Decade". Years from now, after many of the current nominations are forgotten THE TREE OF LIFE will still be talked about and debated. Some films have beauty and depth that that require repeated viewings to fully appreciate what has been captured. Murnau's SUNRISE, Ford's HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY and THE GRAPES OF WRATH, Dreyer's THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC and ORDET or Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL are such films.
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  • By Jeff
    February 28, 2012
    04:24 PM

    I disagree about the importance of "The Tree of Life"! Malick wanted to make his "2001", but is a film of lows (tacky and embarrassing scenes like the end and all the Sean Penn ones) and highs (visually stunning camerawork). Malick is a superb technical crafter, but in his last films he dilluted the stories to the point of being a collection of Kodak moments. I'm still waiting for a Malick film that would surpass the masterpiece "Days of Heaven".

  • By WilliamTell
    May 19, 2012
    03:28 PM

    I whole heartedly agree with you on the fact that The Tree of Life is going to be remembered for centuries and debated and all that...!!! It is one of the best films ever made - currently on my top 10 and I've seen it three times (I'll certainly watch it onther ten!).

  • By NAME
    July 17, 2012
    05:50 PM

    The Tree of Life is one the greatest film ever made.. It touched me in places movies never did before.. A movie about kids trapped in 2 different worlds : YOUR MOM KIND AND FORGIVING WORLD or YOUR DAD HARD AND UNFORGIVING WORLD The movie is full of questions that I always ask myself but can't find answers for like : What will happen to us after we die Is death the end of every thing Will we go back to the sea where we originated BRAD PITT performance was stellar I thought he was my dad As a matter of fact he was every one's dad while the mom was every one's mom Fun Fact: Terrence Mallick 's brother was pressured into music and later took his own life...

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