2012's Oscar Nominees

in Argo, the part of "Hollywood" is played by Katherine Heigl

I've seen Pi, Django, Silver Linings, ZDT and Argo. I wouldn't want to vote for any of them.

Amour > Lincoln = ZD30 >>>>>>> the rest

Lincoln >>>>>> Beasts >>>> ZDT >>>> Argo >>>>>> Amour

see This Is Not a Film (DVD Feb 26) and Moonrise Kingdom

Not talking about Oscar nominated films on an Oscar thread > Talking about Oscar nominated films on an Oscar thread

'lincoln' is prob my favorite spielberg ever, tho i haven't seen 'munich' yet.

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.

Argo was a more convincing nat'l security state commercial than ZDT.

Among recent Spielberg nominees:

Munich > Lincoln > War Horse

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

I tot made the Affleck/bullwhip joke

so for the second time in 15 years Spielberg will watch a popular and critical success slip from his fingers on Oscar night.

sez YOU

and i kinda think he doesn't give a shit

let's ask him

xpost Well, one tends to ignore character flaws on one's heroes.

I think Spielberg values the Oscar very highly.

I'm still amazed Lincoln has made $167 million in the U.S. alone (and counting).

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.

oh I don't doubt he'll win BD -- but who wouldn't want both?

Godard?

But he's not human!

Beasts of the Southern Wild was on some "Pomplamoose takes on post-Katrina squalor" thing and it made me want to barf.

ponderizin' and aestheticizin'

Lincoln>ZDT>Django>Amour>Life of PI>Silver Linings>Beasts>Argo>Les Mis

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.

neither of those are really biopics

it's kinda debatable how much of a 'true story' ZDT is, lol

Of the three I've seen--Amour, Lincoln, ZDT--Lincoln. Also picked that to win in a free-movies-for-a-year thing I filled out the other night.

The only two straight-up very good movies here are Lincoln and ZDT. Everything else is problematic at best.

somehow haven't seen a single one of these and i don't really want to see a single one of these

Only seen Django, want to see Argo and Zero Dark Thirty. Lincoln and Beasts too, though I'm less enthused about those. Otherwise, I can't stand Haneke, Jennifer Lawrence or modern Broadway, so that rules out three films that will most definitely be picking up trophies (for foreign film/possibly actress, most likely actress, and supporting actress, respectively), and though I sometimes like Ang Lee, Life of Pi doesn't interest me in the slightest.

I can't stand Haneke either but trust me Amour is different.

Wait, Lincoln is good?!

why, Everyone You Know loves it.

before the Argo juggernault it was swell that Lincoln would have joined Bigelow's other war film as the most decent BP winner of the last fifteen years.

NCFOM was the best BP winner in ages imo

Argo not even getting a director's nom and now being the favourite is still strange to me. Fun to actually root for Lincoln as an underdog though.

a couple weeks ago someone who'd seen 'argo' was asking me for more details about the hostage crisis and i brought up the carter-reagan 'october surprise' theory. she looked at me like i'd just outed myself as a truther.

even my raving conservative dad thinks the Reagan team fucked Carter over.

you should have told her the pursuing truck actually got sucked into the jet engine IRL

Lincoln would have joined Bigelow's other war film as the most decent BP winner of the last fifteen years

I'll skip my solitary love for American Beauty (back off!), but better than No Country?

I think No Country was a legitimate contender for the actual best film of that year, and I think that's the only time in recent memory where the Oscars agreed with me. THL and, if Lincoln were to win, would be two actually good movies that have won which would be a welcome break. The Oscars bar is pretty low.

I forgot about No Country.

it's shocking to realize how dreary and instantly forgettable most BP winners have been since 1980 at least. 'schindler' probably deserved it in '94.

uh, 93.

WORST of the Best Picture Oscar Noms (Only The '80s Edition)

I think many have fallen outta love with it, but I still think The Departed is awesome.

It's a lot of fun, but doesn't deserve to be anywhere near an award.

you are correct~!

xpost

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.

most recently in 2005.

oh sorry -- without the director nod.

Driving Miss Daisy is substantially better than Argo

Maybe I should see it again.

Lincoln is the most destined to win BP film since Titanic. Movies like these are why the Oscars exist.

It certainly seems that way, but it's a very talky, unflashy film.

Quite cynical as well.

well not when Abe is bathed in window light

as Janusz Kaminski said, "You're not going to show him taking a dump."

like he did on the Constitution

he can tell a story about taking a dump tho

Four shit and seven plops ago ...

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Having finally watched Zero Dark (second place), it's Lincoln for sure.

and i kinda think he doesn't give a shit

― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, January 30, 2013 3:15 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark

why's he campaigning then? muscle memory?

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A worthy top 3.

hardlee

Moonrise Kingdom ftw

did you vote for the best here, or the one that starts arguments?

Both.