Bafta nominations pitch Avatar against The Hurt Locker

AVATAR ALL THE WAY!!!

My vote for both best film and director has to go to The Hurt Locker!

Avatar was great and all but Kathryn Bigelow created a movie that was just far, far superior IMO.

Dist. 9 FTW

Hurt Locker was a much better film. It got screwed 9 times over at the Golden Globes. Happy to see that District 9 is finally getting some love as well.

James Cameron and Catherine Biglow: Battle of the Hollywood Ex's round 2!

@Tea & Dog- SNAP! I don't want to talk it up too much and boost is reputation higher than it should, but it is a fan-dam-tastic show. One of my favorites from 2009, up there with Watchmen and District 9 easily.

IMO:

The Hurt Locker was the best film of the year-- It instantly became one of my favorite movies.

District 9 was also very good. I think it may even be underrated by most.

LEE: It only came out here on 28th Dec! And I only watched it a few days ago so it actually only took me a fortnight, lol! Avatar was amazing but The Hurt Locker was just better! It may not have had such a big budget, fancy 3D or piles of special effects but it did have a much more interesting story, better actors and was overall just a far more effective and impressive film!

tea: Lol! :) You should check it out man! However, make sure to spend a little extra and buy it on blu-ray! There are some scenes in the movie that just wouldnt be as effective IMO if they werent in HD!

Tea@ I see all my movies based solely on lee77 recomendations and he hasn't let me down so far:)

Hollywood lies!!! ugly people do exist, SoCal elitists are not heroic no matter how much money they throw at a natural disaster victims and the world doesn't slow down everytime Angelina Jolie puts on her make up or Ms. Garrison makes a pot of coffee!!!

District 9 and Hurt Locker are tied IMO. Both are absolutely amazing films, but for different reasons. I can't choose a clear-cut winner.

Hurt Locker really made me think about just what these soldiers have to do, just to survive. They have to get inside a bomber's head, and there job has no margin for error at all. It was hard-hitting, intense, emotional, you name it. Each actor contributed to the overall success of the film, and contributed excellently at that. It threw me into the minds, shoes, and uniforms of a US soldier and made me really feel what they go through and what they have to do. It was an Iraq war movie, but it wasn't preachy at all, it could be argued it wasn't even about the war itself, it was about the dangerous lives of these brave individuals who have to go out and look for things that can kill them every day. The Hurt Locker wasn't trying to preach to you that "the Iraq war is bad and you should preach against it!" Instead, the film was simply taking you and putting you into the lives of these courageous and troubled men on the front lines. It's a very personal movie.

District 9 made me dislike the main character one second, then sympathize and root for him the next. It truly is remarkable to see the old footage of Wikus at his office talking to the camera, then see a lone Prawn, picking through garbage and looking out into the distance. Quite moving stuff. Heart-pounding action, awe-inspiring visual effects, yet also intelligent and not a brainless sci-fi movie. The clever mixture of apartheid themes and motifs mixed in with the abuse of the Prawns was incredibly effective at making me really take a good look at who we are as human beings, and how much some people are becoming less and less human in their actions. District 9 is very poignant for today's society, and should be looked at thoroughly. The emotional roller coaster it takes you on, the gritty and violent tone, and simply the adventure it follows showing Wikus' journey from being a douche to the Prawns to becoming one of them all strike this chord in me that most films don't even touch.

Both are amazing films, both deserve to win. Avatar I'd give it visual effects awards, sure, but it should not win Best Picture or Best Director.

Best movie of 2009 is WATCHMEN!!!

Call yourselves cbm fans lol! ; D

I'm actually very surprised The Road isn't up there in some form. These people are very silly. District 9 was probably my fave out of the list..Hurt Locker and Avatar ar both great movies but in completely different ways and for different reasons. Over all better movie is Hurt Locker.

we are also cbm fans and still talking about lotr which is dead if you ask me...11 years later we want a prequel ? no way...