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Posted by: ~josh~ 5th May 2017, 06:44 AM

OSCARS 2012
BEST PICTURE



The nominees were:
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight In Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

What were your favourites? What was unfairly snubbed? Who shouldn't have even been here in the first place?

Here are some of the other nominees from major awards from the same year:
Golden Globes
Drama:
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse

Musical or Comedy:
The Artist
50/50
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn

BAFTAS
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

SAG Awards (Ensemble award)
The Help
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
Midnight in Paris

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Posted by: ~josh~ 5th May 2017, 06:51 AM

Starting to have seen less and less as we go further back but here goes anyway

1 The Descendants
2 Midnight in Paris
3 Moneyball
4 The Help
5 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
6 War Horse
Not seen: Hugo, The Tree of Life, The Artist

The top four are basically even for me and would probably swap around on a different day. I've put The Descendants at the top as it genuinely made me laugh at times and I found the story rather interesting too. MIP in second as it has the usual brilliance of a Woody Allen film but I didn't laugh as much so I've had to put it second. Moneyball wasn't the most thrilling film but there were some exciting moments and I found it interesting to see how it changed the game for sports. The Help is a film I really like but just perhaps a little too long, could do with some trimming as it is a little difficult to sit through. War Horse I haven't seen since the cinema but I did like it and the book so should probably re-visit it!

In terms of snubs, there isn't really anything else that was realistically going to make the cut but personally I prefer movies like Alber Nobbs, My Week with Marilyn, Beginners, Bridesmaids, Harry Potter etc. that were nominated in other categories.