Worst is also regrettably easy to pick here.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
Silver Linings Playbook?
― ryan, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
Bear in mind that I've seen Les Mis.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
there are at least two I'm steering clear of bcz the possibility that they are worse than Amour is enough.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
It would be tragic to have to admit that there are worse things than good movies.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
haven't seen Pi or Les Miz
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
Les Piz
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
Should I see any of these?
― © all the feelings (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
I feel like Argo could take best pic, which would be hilarious IMO
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
uh, it's "the front runner"
Hollywood sucks itself, bring on the trophies
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
Argo will win
― ryan, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, right now everyone's saying Argo vs. Silver Linings, but it's always unwise to bet on the split, so maybe Lincoln gets sucked unenthusiastically to the top.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
the final runway plane/car chase alone should disqualify it.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
this list is reminding me that i have been a very "bad" filmgoer this year because i have seen none of the options
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
And yet you've logged approximately 200 direct-to-Netflix horror movies.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it isnt like i havent had time! i just watched "revolver" for fucks sake, i am def not hitting home runs here
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
I'm sure a lot of those flix are superior to Les Mis.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
I have seen exactly one of these (Argo) which was entertaining enough up until the artificially tense ending where they wanted you to wonder "is that jeep going to stop the plane?" but everyone in my party kept wondering "is that dude in the jeep going to get sucked into the plane engine?"
also seeing what the dude Affleck played actually looked like after the movie was a massive lol, considering how hard they tried to get everyone else to look like the ppl they were playing
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
Seriously, though, should I watch any of these? I'm planning on seeing Amour. Is Django any good? Lincoln?
― © all the feelings (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
Argo was decent enough; I wouldn't make an effort to see it though
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
Argo was not bad but had these incredibly dumb stretches, and all the Hollywood shit seemed to exist to garner laughs from easily pleased industry crowds.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
oh man, I can't watch the Oscars to the end if Clooney & Affleck are accepting at the same time, ugh
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
hostages nearly died because of a PA!
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
Hollywood will you never learn!
in Argo, the part of "Hollywood" is played by Katherine Heigl
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
I've seen Pi, Django, Silver Linings, ZDT and Argo. I wouldn't want to vote for any of them.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
Amour > Lincoln = ZD30 >>>>>>> the rest
― Simon H., Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
Lincoln >>>>>> Beasts >>>> ZDT >>>> Argo >>>>>> Amour
see This Is Not a Film (DVD Feb 26) and Moonrise Kingdom
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
Not talking about Oscar nominated films on an Oscar thread > Talking about Oscar nominated films on an Oscar thread
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:30 (eleven years ago) link
'lincoln' is prob my favorite spielberg ever, tho i haven't seen 'munich' yet.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
Of the ones I've seen, it's Lincoln > Zero Dark Thirty >>> Argo >> Silver Linings Playbook.
But I'm still planning on seeing Beasts, Amour, and Django (at least) before the deadline, so I'll hold off on voting.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
Argo was a more convincing nat'l security state commercial than ZDT.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:02 (eleven years ago) link
Among recent Spielberg nominees:
Munich > Lincoln > War Horse
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:03 (eleven years ago) link
everyone in my party kept wondering "is that dude in the jeep going to get sucked into the plane engine?"
http://cdn.gunaxin.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/raiders-9.jpg
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
I tot made the Affleck/bullwhip joke
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
so for the second time in 15 years Spielberg will watch a popular and critical success slip from his fingers on Oscar night.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
sez YOU
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
and i kinda think he doesn't give a shit
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
let's ask him
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
xpost Well, one tends to ignore character flaws on one's heroes.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:16 (eleven years ago) link
I think Spielberg values the Oscar very highly.
I'm still amazed Lincoln has made $167 million in the U.S. alone (and counting).
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
he's already had his Oscar night of triumph (one more than Hitchcock) w/ Schindler's List, and possibly will win director again as he did with Ryan.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:19 (eleven years ago) link
oh I don't doubt he'll win BD -- but who wouldn't want both?
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:20 (eleven years ago) link
Godard?
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 20:26 (eleven years ago) link
But he's not human!
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
Beasts of the Southern Wild was on some "Pomplamoose takes on post-Katrina squalor" thing and it made me want to barf.
― circa1916, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
ponderizin' and aestheticizin'
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
Lincoln>ZDT>Django>Amour>Life of PI>Silver Linings>Beasts>Argo>Les Mis
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
django is the only one i've seen and it sucked. all of these look terrible except maybe zero dark thirty or lincoln, but biopics/"true stories" are dumb as a genre too.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 30 January 2013 22:35 (eleven years ago) link
WORST of the Best Picture Oscar Noms (Only The '80s Edition)
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 January 2013 00:48 (eleven years ago) link
I think many have fallen outta love with it, but I still think The Departed is awesome.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
It's a lot of fun, but doesn't deserve to be anywhere near an award.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:06 (eleven years ago) link
you are correct~!
xpost
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:06 (eleven years ago) link
i feel like it being a lot of fun is a lot more than could be said for most BP winners or even nominees in recent times. just looking at a list of nominees from some years makes me nod off.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:07 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I'll join in and say the NCFOM win was the only time in recent memory I thought the Academy was OTM. What happened to The Master this year? Some too-hot-to-handle Scientology business? Haven't seen the movie, but assumed it was a shoe-in for a BP nom.
― circa1916, Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:10 (eleven years ago) link
c'mon -- wouldn't you rather watch Out of Africa or The Accidental Tourist
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:10 (eleven years ago) link
I get that the whole consolation Oscar thing pissed ppl off, but I'd even defend the film as a worthy BP winner. Also, remember when that same year Little Muss Sunshine was thought to be a credible front runner?
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:10 (eleven years ago) link
i never did do my poll of worst of the 90s best picture noms after the 80s one
― let's go do some crimes (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:10 (eleven years ago) link
If I felt Academy voters went for it just because it was a blast I'd be cool with it, but they never vote for fun. They genuinely found some sort of gravitas in it.
The Master had a decidedly mixed reception.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:11 (eleven years ago) link
I just remembered that I've never actually seen Out of Africa.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:11 (eleven years ago) link
she had a fahm in afreecah, the end
― let's go do some crimes (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:12 (eleven years ago) link
I hate it already.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:12 (eleven years ago) link
Letters from Iwo Jima was the best of 2007's bp noms, but not picking the Queen, LMS, or fucking Babel makes me a bit thankful for The Departed's win. So glad I wasn't around to watch that year's.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:14 (eleven years ago) link
Robert Redford plays a britishes Robert Redford.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
A win for Lincoln would, I suppose, return Oscar to Good Middlebrow Winners.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:16 (eleven years ago) link
I'll take it over The King's Speech and The Artist version of Middlebrow.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:17 (eleven years ago) link
oh yah
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:20 (eleven years ago) link
Harvey Weinstein just gave an interview where he implied he shoulda made Anderson recut The Master.
Argo not even getting a director's nom and now being the favourite is still strange to me.
There's a theory that's the REASON it became the favorite.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:25 (eleven years ago) link
Oh I think I read that somewhere. All the actor's pissed that Benji didn't get the directing nod so they're gonna make it best picture? Has a film ever won w/o the directing nomination?
― Gukbe, Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:28 (eleven years ago) link
Driving Miss Daisy
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:29 (eleven years ago) link
The directors' branch (who nominate the directors) have marginally better taste than the rest of AMPAS.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:30 (eleven years ago) link
So appropriate company then.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:31 (eleven years ago) link
Many films have won the BD prize.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:31 (eleven years ago) link
most recently in 2005.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:32 (eleven years ago) link
oh sorry -- without the director nod.
Driving Miss Daisy is substantially better than Argo
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:33 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe I should see it again.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:34 (eleven years ago) link
Lincoln is the most destined to win BP film since Titanic. Movies like these are why the Oscars exist.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:34 (eleven years ago) link
It certainly seems that way, but it's a very talky, unflashy film.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:36 (eleven years ago) link
Quite cynical as well.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 31 January 2013 01:37 (eleven years ago) link
well not when Abe is bathed in window light
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 January 2013 02:00 (eleven years ago) link
as Janusz Kaminski said, "You're not going to show him taking a dump."
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 January 2013 02:01 (eleven years ago) link
like he did on the Constitution
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 January 2013 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
he can tell a story about taking a dump tho
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 January 2013 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
Four shit and seven plops ago ...
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 31 January 2013 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 20 February 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Having finally watched Zero Dark (second place), it's Lincoln for sure.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 13:13 (eleven years ago) link
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, January 30, 2013 3:15 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark
why's he campaigning then? muscle memory?
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 20 February 2013 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 21 February 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
A worthy top 3.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 February 2013 00:19 (eleven years ago) link
hardlee
Moonrise Kingdom ftw
did you vote for the best here, or the one that starts arguments?
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 21 February 2013 12:42 (eleven years ago) link
Both.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Thursday, 21 February 2013 12:43 (eleven years ago) link