tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post2919502763473671389..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Original Screenplay 2010SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-64594149212621186522019-02-13T10:14:03.069-06:002019-02-13T10:14:03.069-06:00Blue Valentine was my favorite original screenplay...Blue Valentine was my favorite original screenplay of 2010, so that would get my overall vote. But of the noms, yeah, it has to be Inception. Also agree that it is pretty shocking that Black Swan didn't land a nom here.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-49218476425613803082019-02-09T14:18:34.767-06:002019-02-09T14:18:34.767-06:00I think it's a good year overall. Inception is...I think it's a good year overall. <i>Inception</i> is a victim of its own success--a lot of fanboys decided it was the greatest thing ever made (much like <i>The Matrix</i>), which means that instead of being remembered as a movie that puts a brain behind its action sequences, it's thought of as this sort of uber-nerd wet dream.<br /><br />It's a smarter movie than people remember it for being. It manages to make the concepts it's playing with clear and relatable, and that's not easy to do. I respect what it did for that.<br /><br /><i>Black Swan</i> and <i>The King's Speech</i> would be my 2nd and 3rd in some order, and they'd win in a lot of other years.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-18881559833591203522019-02-09T10:18:23.921-06:002019-02-09T10:18:23.921-06:00I liked Inception well enough, but I think it was ...I liked Inception well enough, but I think it was over-rated in much the same way I felt that The Matrix was over-rated.<br /><br />And I agree with you on The King's Speech.<br /><br />My vote would go to Black Swan.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-26811629673401938172019-02-09T00:40:52.395-06:002019-02-09T00:40:52.395-06:00I've seen all of these except The Fighter. I w...I've seen all of these except The Fighter. I would generally agree with your placings. In fact, I might be even a bit controversial and say that the script for The King's Speech is better than Inception's one. I say this because a lot of Inception's strengths often involve its visuals, though its clever structure obviously comes from the writing (and editing). I did think it had too much exposition (though it probably needed most of it to explain its concepts). The King's Speech was about talking, so the use of dialogue worked well.<br /><br />Throw Black Swan into the mix though, and it would likely get my vote. Like Inception it played with distinctions between reality and imagination (or dreaming), but for me it felt more integrated. And it really embraced the madness at its centre. <br /><br />I feel like I'm committing modern-day movie heresy talking about Inception this way! Don't get me wrong, it is a clever script, and Nolan has certainly shown that blockbusters can be sharply written, and you can trust your audience to go along with complex ideas.Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.com