# How many of the ten Best Picture nominees have you seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 3, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955 "2011-02-03T00:00:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/41 "2011-02-04T08:56:21Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > Or did you just see it once, and dream about it four times? šŸ˜› Or did I dream about it once, but go five levels deep? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/42 "2011-02-04T09:33:16Z")
Iā€™m a pretty unsophisticated movie watcher. The shows I watch rarely get an oscar nod. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/43 "2011-02-04T19:15:43Z")
Iā€™ve seen: Winterā€™s Bone The Kings Speech True Grit Inception Listed in the order I liked them. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/44 "2011-02-04T19:54:58Z")
9/10. Havenā€™t seen _127 Hours_, really donā€™t want to. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/45 "2011-02-04T20:08:09Z")
Iā€™ve seen nine, excepting only _Toy Story 3_. Of those other nine, my personal ranking would be: _The Social Network Winterā€™s Bone The Kingā€™s Speech True Grit The Fighter 127 Hours Inception Black Swan The Kids Are All Right_ The last three would not have been nominated, if it had been up to me. And my favorite movie of the year was _The Town_, which didnā€™t even get nominated. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/46 "2011-02-04T20:08:10Z")
Only The Kids Are All Right, and it wasnā€™t great. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/47 "2011-02-04T20:12:39Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > Only The Kids Are All Right, and it wasnā€™t great. I sort of suspect it was nominated more for its politics than for any particular merit as a film. (And I donā€™t particularly disagree with its political point. I just donā€™t think itā€™s anything more than a mediocre movie.) ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/48 "2011-02-04T20:23:25Z")
It literally had no plot. Plus Julianne Moore makes for a horrible lesbian; I think by nature sheā€™s just a very sexy hetero woman. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/49 "2011-02-04T20:32:47Z")
True Grit and the Fighter. two ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/50 "2011-02-04T20:39:19Z")
None. Par for the course for me these days. I really should get out more. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/51 "2011-02-04T20:55:51Z")
Iā€™ve seen three so far - ā€œBlack Swanā€, ā€œInceptionā€ and ā€œWinterā€™s Boneā€. Seeing ā€œThe Kingā€™s Speechā€ tomorrow night and ā€œThe Kids are All Rightā€ is in my Netflix queue. Not particularly interested in any of the others, though I always feel left out on Oscar night when I havenā€™t seen some of the nominees. I agree that ā€œThe Townā€ should have been nominated. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/52 "2011-02-04T23:58:45Z")
Just saw [Biutiful](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1164999/). Wow. Though it was nominated for best foreign language film, I really think it should be on the Best Picture list. Itā€™s a masterpiece of the art form, IMHO. Powerful movie, with an amazing performance by Javier Bardem. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/53 "2011-02-06T01:02:03Z")
Just got back from _The Fighter_. Outstanding cast and Christian Bale deserves the supporting actor Oscar. Man, those sisters were just hysterically funny. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/54 "2011-02-06T03:53:12Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > Iā€™ve seen nine, excepting only _Toy Story 3_. > > Of those other nine, my personal ranking would be: > > _The Social Network > Winterā€™s Bone > The Kingā€™s Speech > True Grit > The Fighter > 127 Hours > Inception > Black Swan > The Kids Are All Right_ > > The last three would not have been nominated, if it had been up to me. And my favorite movie of the year was _The Town_, which didnā€™t even get nominated. OK, just saw _Toy Story 3_ --in 3D no less. Canā€™t believe thereā€™s a theater where itā€™s still showing. A sweet, heartstring-tugging story, as I expected. (The 3D, by the way, seemed almost like an afterthought. Youā€™re not missing much if you see it in 2D. The opening action sequence is the only one that uses it to full effect.) The revised rankings: _The Social Network Winterā€™s Bone The Kingā€™s Speech True Grit The Fighter Toy Story 3 127 Hours Inception Black Swan The Kids Are All Right_ ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/55 "2011-02-06T04:09:00Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > At present, Iā€™ve seen 5 of them. I hope to increase that by at least 2-3 before the awards ceremony. Having just finished _The Kids are All Right_, Iā€™m now at 6. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2011, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/56 "2011-02-06T05:59:49Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > Just saw [Biutiful](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1164999/). Wow. Though it was nominated for best foreign language film, I really think it should be on the Best Picture list. Itā€™s a masterpiece of the art form, IMHO. Powerful movie, with an amazing performance by Javier Bardem. I saw that last night and agree wholeheartedly with you in every respect. Iā€™m so happy that Bardem received the nomination, but depressed that heā€™s not going to win when his performance is miles, MILES above everyone else, and I really really like everyone else. Oh god I hope it wins Best Foreign Language film though. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/57 "2011-02-06T06:16:00Z")
Iā€™ve seen: _The Fighter Winterā€™s Bone Toy Story 3 The Kingā€™s Speech True Grit Inception_ I still want to see _Black Swan_, and I still intend to see _The Social Network_ before the Oscars, but the other two (_The Kids are All Right_ and _127 Hours_) donā€™t interest me at all. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/58 "2011-02-06T08:21:29Z")
Make that four, since we saw The Kingā€™s Speech tonight. The story was predictable but it was well made and Firth and Rush were very good. Itā€™s not a better movie than The Social Network. Itā€™s going to win Best Picture, though, based on trends and the fact that itā€™s the type of movie Oscar voters just love to vote for. I think weā€™ll see Black Swan soon. Iā€™m not sure how interested I am in the others, or how easy it will be to find them outside of that AMC showcase. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/59 "2011-02-06T13:01:05Z")
The ones Iā€™ve seen: The Fighter - Great film but nothing too special. Inception - Awesome concept and great visuals. The Kingā€™s Speech - Great acting and dialogue. The Social Network - Great dialogue and contemporary. Toy Story 3 - Made me tear up at the end. Perhaps the greatest conclusion to a trilogy. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/60 "2011-02-06T13:07:08Z")
Sorry. Liar liar - I havenā€™t seen _Toy Story 3_ and probably never will. So my 10 should be a 9. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955.md?page=4)