# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**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, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/61 "2011-02-06T13:15:51Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > 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_) don’t interest me at all. I just saw _127 Hours_ and, as much as one can work out from a message board, I’d bet that you would like it. If you have liked any of Danny Boyle’s movies just forget the content. All of his movies sound like they are about terrible things but they are all full of life and energy and end up very affirming. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/62 "2011-02-06T17:21:16Z")
I’m up to eight now. Just saw _Winter’s Bone_. Can’t believe it made the cut for the top ten. I mean, it’s good, it’s just not … great. Give me a day or two and I’ll come up with four movies that I would say deserve to be nominated over that one. I’ll see either _127 Hours_ or _Black Swan_ tomorrow, then the other one next week. Cha-ching! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/63 "2011-02-06T17:47:34Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Four: > > Toy Story 3 > True Grit > Inception > Social Network > Inception was clearly the best of that group, I thought. I just saw King’s Speech yesterday. Inception is still clearly the best movie…by a lot. I’d rank them: 1. Inception 2. Toy story 3 3. King’s Speech 4. True Grit 5. Social Network Of the ones I saw. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/64 "2011-02-06T22:45:42Z")
OK, just saw True Grit yesterday and that bumps me up to 9/10; still need Black Swan. In order of my preference: 1. The King’s Speech 2. True Grit 3. 127 Hours 4. Inception 5. Winter’s Bone 6. The Social Network 7. The Kids Are All Right 8. Toy Story 3 9. The Fighter mmm ---
**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, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/65 "2011-02-06T23:28:07Z")
Just watched _Social Network_ on demand. I have to say that I liked it more than I thought I would, but I don’t see it as an Oscar winner. So that makes 8/10, lacking only _127 Hours_ and _The Kids are Alright_. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/66 "2011-02-07T07:13:31Z")
I’ve seen Toy Story 3, The Social Network, True Grit, and The King’s Speech, in that order. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/67 "2011-02-07T13:57:32Z")
When I cast my vote I had only seen 3, and they were all great. _Inception The Social Network Winter’s Bone_ Over the weekend I watched _The Kids are All Right_, and what a piece of garbage that was. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/68 "2011-02-08T16:11:36Z")
I accidentally voted 4 when I should have voted 5. The reason for the low amount is that I have no interest in seeing the other 5…maybe when they come on cable, but just not that interested to go see them in a theater. ---
**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 8, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/69 "2011-02-08T16:41:47Z")
We watched _The Kids are All Right_ on demand last night. Not a bad movie for the genre, but not best-movie caliber, IMO. Perhaps best actress for Annette Bening, though. I doubt we’ll see _127 Hours_; my wife hates those tension-filled films, and I hate paying theater prices for an iffy movie. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/70 "2011-02-08T17:53:52Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > We watched _The Kids are All Right_ on demand last night. Not a bad movie for the genre, but not best-movie caliber, IMO. Perhaps best actress for Annette Bening, though. I doubt we’ll see _127 Hours_; my wife hates those tension-filled films, and I hate paying theater prices for an iffy movie. I just saw _127 Hours_ yesterday (which brings me to nine of the ten), and it’s great. Fantastic job by James Franco, and director Danny Boyle makes this into something really special. I don’t know how tension-filled it is … you know from the start he’s getting out of his situation (we even know how, eventually). I thought the combination of music and storytelling techniques and everything made it into a gripping, entertaining, engaging movie. Now, the actual “do it yourself surgery” scene … that’s the part you may want to avert your eyes for, but it’s only about two minutes or so. Very good movie, well deserved nominations for both it and Franco. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/71 "2011-02-08T18:35:21Z")
I’ve seen 7 (Winter’s Bone, 127 Hours and The Fighter). I had no interest in The Fighter, but my daughter saw it and loved it, and picks Bale over Rush for Supporting Actor. Causes me to rethink a bit, but I doubt I’ll get to it before the Oscars. My personal favorite (and I believe an Oscar shoo-in) is King’s Speech, but Black Swan was a really impressive piece of work. I actually enjoyed all 7 very much. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/72 "2011-02-08T18:50:34Z")
1. Still gotta see True Grit and The Fighter. Social Network for best picture. Black Swan, Inception, Toy Story 3 and Winter’s Bone were all great and worthy of best picture too. 127 Hours was good, but I had a hard time following all of the flashback stuff, which didn’t even matter to the scheme of things anyway and seemed to be in there just to push it past 90 minutes. The Kids Are Alright was way overrated, and The King’s Speech felt like a movie constructed just to win Oscars, and was totally dull to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/73 "2011-02-22T01:39:54Z")
I just saw Biutiful. I’m up to five. I’ll try to catch one more before the Oscars, perhaps. My rankings: 1. The King’s Speech 2. Biutiful 3. Inception 4. True Grit 5. Toy Story 3 ETA: Rankings being relative, of course. There’s not a single one of them that I didn’t think was quite good. I was most surprised to see Inception on the nominated list, though. For some reason, it just didn’t strike me as “that” kind of movie. ETA Further: So…Biutiful wasn’t one of the nominees for Best Film, you say? Bah. I think that’s unfortunate. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955/74 "2011-02-22T02:53:09Z")
**The Kids are All Right**. It was not worth it. It was shot like a made-for-tv movie from the early nineties. It would have been a fun flick to catch on Netflix instant some rainy evening I guess, but it was not an award winner It was so unmemorable that, despite being the only theater movie I’ve seen in the past two years, I couldn’t even remember the plot until I checked it out at IMDb. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-ten-best-picture-nominees-have-you-seen/569955.md?page=3)