# Hold up guys - I know who's getting the oscar for best picture **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531 "2010-03-06T16:24:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/81 "2010-03-15T18:41:18Z")
[criticism of a previous, posters’ gramar and speling] ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/82 "2010-03-15T19:53:03Z")
[link to [obligatory] xkcd comic.] ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/83 "2010-03-15T19:58:29Z")
> [@Rack-a-Bones](#): > > [link to [obligatory] xkcd comic.] [complaint about broken link] ---
**Author:** ![Blut\_Aus\_Nord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Blut\_Aus\_Nord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blut_Aus_Nord)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/84 "2010-03-15T20:45:41Z")
[note that there was nothing war or holocaust related, which immediately lowers the odds of an oscar win] ---
**Author:** ![RheaDark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@RheaDark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RheaDark)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/85 "2010-03-15T21:35:49Z")
[Statement saying how I’ve got low standards when it comes to movies and that I’ll watch it no matter how bad the reviews are.] [Apology for jumping on bandwagon with nothing witty.] ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/86 "2010-03-15T21:58:09Z")
[Post going on an off-topic tangent about one of the actors’ upcoming movies and how they’re going to be a really big star, just you wait and see] > [@TubaDiva](#): > > [Mention that this thread is today’s Threadspotting] [Post saying that I didn’t believe you and thought, nice joke, but then realized you were right!] ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/87 "2010-03-16T11:06:09Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > [Mention that this thread is today’s Threadspotting] [Self-satisfied pat on the back for suggesting the thread and getting my name mentioned on the front page!] ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/88 "2010-03-16T11:34:05Z")
> [@Monstre](#): > > [criticism of a previous, posters’ gramar and speling] […Gaudere…] ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/89 "2010-03-16T11:56:21Z")
Criticizing another poster in any way as to feel superior to them. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/90 "2010-03-16T13:20:11Z")
> [@Perciful](#): > > Criticizing another poster in any way as to feel superior to them. [Suggestion that this be taken to the pit so as not to derail the thread] ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/91 "2010-03-18T00:42:34Z")
Post three screens long pointing out in excrutiating detail why this film would possibly be an Independent Spirit Award winner but not even an Oscar nominee, while simultaneously making snide comments about the certain other posters’ grammatical and spelling problems, topped with an incredibly nasty, arrogant remark about the absurdity of the use of brackets in other posts. ---
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/92 "2010-03-18T12:02:56Z")
[Obligatory shoehorning some tenuous link to the novel Hogg] ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/93 "2010-03-18T19:47:34Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Post three screens long pointing out in excrutiating detail why this film would possibly be an Independent Spirit Award winner but not even an Oscar nominee, while simultaneously making snide comments about the certain other posters’ grammatical and spelling problems, topped with an incredibly nasty, arrogant remark about the absurdity of the use of brackets in other posts. [Post critical of your post not conforming to the spirit and style of the thread] ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/94 "2010-03-19T07:09:03Z")
[Irrelevant digression tangentially related to an earlier post] ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/95 "2010-03-22T01:14:50Z")
[Resurrection of thread now that I’ve finally rented the DVD] ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/96 "2010-03-22T02:21:40Z")
[Complaint about how the DVD is bare-bones with no extras, and how the perfect song that ended the movie was replaced with a cheesy piece of crap for the DVD version because the studio was too cheap to pay the extra royalties] ---
**Author:** ![donuts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@donuts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donuts)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/97 "2010-03-22T08:10:54Z")
[Post saying something vague and seemingly related to the film in question] [Hyperlink leading to a shady male-enhancement drug provider] ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/98 "2010-03-22T09:43:37Z")
> [@donuts](#): > > [Post saying something vague and seemingly related to the film in question] > [Hyperlink leading to a shady male-enhancement drug provider] [Post decrying the ever-increasing number of spammers on this site] ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/99 "2010-03-22T19:11:45Z")
[Lengthy, vitriolic screed with numerus tpyos decrying the film as pretentious drivel and a classic example of “Emperor’s New Clothes”] ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531/100 "2010-03-22T20:49:34Z")
[eye-roll smiley and post saying you obviously have no taste whatsoever, and that you should stick to mindless big-budget flicks with lots of explosions] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hold-up-guys-i-know-whos-getting-the-oscar-for-best-picture/531531.md?page=6)