# SDMB Oscar Voting: Best Original Screenplay **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-original-screenplay/681923 "2014-02-21T23:41:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-original-screenplay/681923/1 "2014-02-21T23:41:43Z")
If you were an Academy member, which film would get your vote? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-original-screenplay/681923/2 "2014-02-26T17:55:41Z")
bump ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-original-screenplay/681923/3 "2014-02-26T19:40:25Z")
Ouch. Unlike Adapted Screenplay, I saw all and liked all five of these. In fact, this is pretty much a list of my top 5 favorite movies of the year. So it’s really difficult. Okay I have to do some preening. I voted for Matthew McConaughey for best actor and Leto will win best supporting (and both deserve it), so _DBC_ doesn’t need my vote here to have a good night. By the same logic, even though _Blue Jasmine_ may have been my favorite of the year, I already voted for Blanchett and Hawkins in their categories, so I will spread the love around. Nebraska had a lot of heart, and I thought really captured the feel of the dying small Midwest town. It could have made Bruce Dern’s character a joke, but gave him dignity. It elevated all of the main characters. _her_ had an original idea and used it to explore how we make and build relationships and our growing relationship with technology. If I had any knock against it it would be that it didn’t completely follow through on some of the ideas it raised. I loved _American Hustle_’s humor and dialogue. I never knew from moment to moment where it was going next. _sigh_ I could almost flip a coin here. I’m going to say this: _American Hustle_ was great, but felt familiar - like other great crime caper comedies. _her_ was wonderfully original but not completely satisfying. On the other hand, _Nebraska_ was a complete story about nice, ordinary people that brought me near tears but smiling at the end. It had the characters I most cared about. So, I just talked myself into voting for _Nebraska._ ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-original-screenplay/681923/4 "2014-03-02T20:40:01Z")
Oscar Day bump