Should Avatar have won the Best Picture Oscar?

8:56 AM Wednesday Feb 3, 2010

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The Hurt Locker won six of its nine Oscar nominations including best picture, best director - Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to triumph in the category - as well as best original screenplay for former reporter Mark Boal.

James Cameron picture Avatar was largely sidelined, winning four techincal awards.

Should Avatar have won the Best Picture Oscar?

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Read Peter Calder's review: "Avatar is inane, implausible"

Bruce (Wellington) | 10:33AM Wednesday, 03 Feb 2010

As best film? No. It will pick up Ocars for special effects and the like however.

Authority (Epsom) | 10:49AM Wednesday, 03 Feb 2010

Of course Avatar deserves to win, hands down, no contest. The 3D experience is ground breaking, mesmerising, and amazing. I really visited another planet. Awesome!

But since the Oscars are used to make political statements, it is a fair bet that one of the other forgettable picks will make it. And it is hard to see actors voting for a movie where the digital effects did them out of a job.

luveiviti (New Zealand) | 01:15PM Wednesday, 03 Feb 2010

Sure Avatar is the best in current box office per stats. My daughter dragged me along to watch as she normally does for 'teen-you know' reasons even if I fall asleep. I must say, the sound really kept me awake, very loud!

Story lines was the best as producer did a great job in adding the plug on indigenous & deforestation. The lighting effect was the real highlight. It just made the movie so magical when those war-looking mongers were not destroying the planet earth.

Well done Avatar & those that created it.