All night long directors of both films kept their breath waiting for the results. Somebody was satisfied, while others were definitely not. Avatar of James Cameron won in three categories, and The Hurt Locker took six of them. No doubt, The Hurt Locker is a good and quality film about war, but its victory seems a bit strange.
Some critics suggested their point of view about the issue. Here I have some general factors that might have influenced this year’s results:
• Social message. People prefer dramas to sci-fi stories. The thing is life stories are closer and more familiar to them than an unknown and fictional world of Pandora. The Americans tend to cheer for the U.S. success war operations in The Hurt Locker rather than watch their defeat in Avatar.
• Age. The majority of viewers are senior. They have got used to movies that are standard. How can they appreciate the miracle of 3D? Besides, not a single sci-fi film has resulted the best according to the Academy.
• Completely New. Avatar was a shock for most people who have not seen anything like this in their life. There were several similar precedents in Academy history. Innovations, 3D, new technique – that is not for Oscar.
• Personal Affection. We could see during the event that voters are inclined to obey blindly their feelings. They have an idol and follow his each step exclaiming how perfect he or she is. And no matter what in reality is. The same happened on the red carpet this year. Just remember the cases of Meryl Strip or George Clooney. And James Cameron, on the contrary, was creamed. What should we love him for?
Well, for this or that reason the best film of these days was beaten by a standard one. Is it fair?
Everybody has his favorite video compilation. For some people these are video clips with adventurous spirit, for others these are crazy video loops, a perfect example of which I have in Watch Crazy Video on the Road. But there are people who go crazy about fights, but not street or professional. The topic of today is the best hockey fights.
Hockey has always attracted a vast audience by tough and cruel games and behavior of some players. By the way, ice hockey is the only major game where fighting is possible. It is supposed that hockey fighting appeared because of the lack of rules that encouraged physical strength to be used. A significant step increasing the amount of fights during the game became an implementation of blue lines. Here I have some YouTube hockey fight video clip for you to enjoy.
Since the year 1992 has acted Rule 56 that is supposed to control so called fisticuffs. In spite of this, hockey is still the toughest and cruelest game these days. Only Olympic ice hockey can be considered an exception.
There is in ice hockey even an unofficial role of “enforcer”. Such players have shifts just like others but their main aim is to deter an opposing player. Actually, players may find multiple reasons to start a fight. Among them there are both game related and personal.
There have been several efforts to ban hockey fighting. As a rule this happens after the media spreads the facts about any act of violence. Anyway, we can see no results of these campaigns yet. The thing is many people still love watching hockey as it is nowadays. They create video compilations and share them on the Internet. In the result, it turns into a pandemic hobby. But is it so harmless for players and for the game in general?
In continuation to sports topic, which the previous time included The Best Opening Ceremony Video, I suggest that we watched some awesome videos with Wilson Palacios. If you are not familiar with this name, it is a famous football player born in Honduras 29 July 1984.
Wilson’s club career is very diverse. He started playing as a professional in Honduras for Olimpia, where he played on the right of midfield, and Victoria teams. Then real success came, and the footballer moved to England. There he played for Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic. In the year of 2009 he changed the team, and now he represents Tottenham Hotspur, known as Spurs. The team is in the Premier League, and its players do not think to stop. I wonder that club’s motto goes the following: Audere eat Facere, which means To Dare is To Do. And they really dare and gain their object.
Wilson Palacios signed a five and a half year contract with Spurs. It was announced in the middle of January 2009 that Wilson signed a £12 million contract, and after only ten days passed the footballer had his debut in the new club. It was a game with Bolton Wanderers – a victory. The further, the better. The second game with Arsenal brought a man of the match award to Wilson Palacios.
It is impossible to realize that such a magnificent player almost quitted football in 2007. The reason is his younger brother Edwin was kidnapped, and the family had to pay £125,000 to release the boy. But the time passed and the situation did not become clearer. The story lasted almost two years when in May 2009 the body was finally found and buried. Wilson is grateful to Tottenham Hotspur for their support and promises to follow the aim.
Hi, there. Sometimes I wonder what can surprise you. We have talked so much about funny, dangerous or shocking moments, we remembered outstanding people (let’s take Jeff Baxter video clips). And finally I realized – there are lots of those who have not seen video opening ceremony Olympics. Let’s do it.It is said in China that number 8 brings happiness and has magic power. So the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony started at 8.00 pm on August 8, 2008, and was expected to “blow up” the stadium.
The ceremony was opened by modern drum sequence including 2008 drummers with glowing drumsticks. They were followed by another inimitable invention of Chinese designers and engineers, a chain of 29 fireworks in the shape of footprints. Each footprint represented each one of the 29 Olympiads. As a rule such an awesome action complete a performance but China proved to be an exception. So immediately after magnificent trail of fireworks in the midair appeared twenty “fairies” flying next to Olympics rings of giant dimensions.
Not less captivating was appearance of 56 children that represented 56 different ethnic groups of contemporary China. It causes huge interest that the girl heading the parade was seen singing Ode to the Motherland, while the song was in reality performed by another girl. From the very beginning, the ceremony was entangled in rumors and accidents. For example, the SBS channel filmed rehearsals secretly and leaked some of it, which is prohibited by law. Or, let’s remember scandal about computer simulated fireworks. In the Internet appeared titles going that it was a fake and we were fooled. Well, in my opinion, we got a breathtaking show, and the way it was made is not our business. If it was not made in a traditional way, it testifies Chinese engineers’ imagination and qualification, which did their best to impress spectators.
In contrast to the last time when we discussed Best NSync Music Videos, today we are talking about Glamis or Glamis Sand Dunes. So, if you are a fan enjoy videos below, but if you don’t know what it is let me explain a bit about this destination. The dunes of Glamis are known as the most popular off-road place situated in Southern California at the border with Arizona and Baja California del Norte.
The peaceful and silent dunes get overcrowded at holiday weekends when hundreds of thousands of visitors get together in such famous areas as Oldsmobile Hill and Gecko Road so that to ride up and down on quads, dirt bikes, rails etc. Such a fascinating show draws a huge number of spectators. Now, as I have already promised I offer some breathtaking Glamis videos.
Glamis stops are so popular and successful due to fun-filled gatherings that include family-friendly activities such as a scavenger hunt, bon fire, movie premier, a Show and Shine contest, KidZone, Karaoke Party, raffle, an ATV certification course, dune clean-up, and other.
The Glamis Sand Dunes are also known as Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area. According to researches, more than 1.4 million fans arrive here annually. The area occupies 72 km long and 10 km wide. Lots of you know the name of Algodones Dunes that can be translated from Spanish as Cotton Dunes, but I bet those who crashed there wouldn’t agree.
In spite of enormous popularity of the Glamis Dunes, there are lots of arguments and discussions aimed at restricting or even closing of the recreational area. Naturalists are meant to shut Glamis down because of an endangered plant. They have already shut some dunes and mean to continue, which caused burst of indignation from part of fans. But today when they are free and open to public, enjoy them and live your life with Glamis!
As far as the last Glamis events are concerned, they took place in March 2009 and in August 2009. Glamis fans may also mark their calendars for future Gordon’s Well in November 2009 and Dumont in January 2010. But now take your time and enjoy more Glamis videos.