# SDMB Oscar Voting: Best Picture **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-picture/682569 "2014-03-01T01:34:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-picture/682569/1 "2014-03-01T01:34:34Z")
The Oscar ballot for Best Picture is a preferential one, so not only do people vote for their #1 choice, but they list the other nominees they prefer in order, too. So, for the poll: Which film would get your #1 vote? And in the reply: In what specific order would you rank the other 8? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-picture/682569/2 "2014-03-01T01:37:45Z")
#2 - Nebraska #3 - Her #4 - Gravity #5 - Philomena #6 - The Wolf of Wall Street #7 - Captain Phillips #8 - American Hustle #9 - Dallas Buyers Club ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-picture/682569/3 "2014-03-01T01:38:49Z")
And the winner is… 1.\* American Hustle\* also rans, in order: 1. The Wolf of Wall Street 2. Dallas Buyers Clun 3. Captain Phillips 4. Twelve Years a Slave 5. Her 6. Nebraska 7. Philomena 8. Gravity ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-picture/682569/4 "2014-03-01T09:57:15Z")
And the winner is… 1.\* American Hustle\* also rans, in order: 1. 12 Years a Slave 2. Captain Philips 3. Gravity 4. Dallas Buyers Club 5. Philomena 6. Her 7. Nebraska 8. Wolf of Wall Street ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-picture/682569/5 "2014-03-01T14:14:46Z")
I saw four of them last week, and I’m seeing another five today. My voting so far is: Dallas Buyer’s Club: 90 Philomena: 65 12 Years a Slave: 90 Wolf of Wall Street: 72 Oh wait, I did also see Gravity earlier: 80 I’ll be back to rate the other four after tonight! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-picture/682569/6 "2014-03-01T15:00:57Z")
These are fun reading: [Brutally Honest Oscar Voter Ballot No. 5 – The Hollywood Reporter](http://j.mp/1htCzs0#sthash.pJJXTwXy) ---
**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 2, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-picture/682569/7 "2014-03-02T02:38:54Z")
I’m going to be one of those “Vote For My Favorite” voters, not “Vote For What Should Win” voters. Because I can. #1 - Her #2 - Philomena #3 - American Hustle #4 - Gravity #5 - The Wolf of Wall Street #6 - Dallas Buyers Club #7 - Nebraska #8 - 12 Years A Slave #9 - Captain Phillips Those rankings shouldn’t be read to suggest that I didn’t like the last few. I think they’re all pretty damned good, and I’ll be happy for whatever wins. Her and Philomena stand no chance, and I’m truly thrilled that they were nominated. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-picture/682569/8 "2014-03-02T03:45:10Z")
For the first time in my life, I’ve seen all the “Best Picture” nominees. The winner: Gravity The rest: 1. Philomena 2. American Hustle 3. Dallas Buyers Club 4. Her 5. Wolf of Wall Street 6. 12 Years a Slave 7. Nebraska 8. Captain Phillips ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-picture/682569/9 "2014-03-02T04:02:01Z")
1. Gravity 2. 12 Years a Slave 3. Nebraska 4. American Hustle 5. Dallas Buyers Club 6. Captain Phillips Those are the only ones I’ve actually seen, so I suppose I’ll have to rank the rest by their trailers… 1. Her 2. Wolf of Wall Street 3. Philomena ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-picture/682569/10 "2014-03-02T04:36:06Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I saw four of them last week, and I’m seeing another five today. My voting so far is: > > Dallas Buyer’s Club: 90 > Philomena: 65 > 12 Years a Slave: 90 > Wolf of Wall Street: 72 > > Oh wait, I did also see Gravity earlier: 80 > > I’ll be back to rate the other four after tonight! A fun day at the movies… Her:90 Nebraska: 72 American Hustle: 87 Captain Phillips: 65 Her was my favorite of the nine, but it wouldn’t bother me if DBC or 12YaS won. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-picture/682569/11 "2014-03-02T08:17:55Z")
_Her_ was the best film I saw last year, and the best piece of Science Fiction I’ve seen in a decade or more. It stuck with me. When I say it was Science Fiction, I mean it. 90% of what is billed as “Science Fiction” is some other genre with SF trappings - a war movie (in space), a horror movie (in space), an action film (in space), etc. This was a film of ideas in a genre that is, at its very best, the literature of ideas. It shows how few Hollywood “science fiction” films are _actually_ science fiction that this one was not marketed as science fiction. I wouldn’t doubt that the publicists for the film would have objected strenuously if a writer described it as science fiction, so ghettoized has the genre become. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-picture/682569/12 "2014-03-02T20:13:26Z")
I’ve been wrong in my predictions many, many times, but I’ll make one anyway. I think there are only two movies with a strong chance of winning: _ **12 Years a Slave** _ and _ **Gravity.** _ So, which will win out, political correctness or an amazing visual spectacle? I’m guessing a lot of people don’t really like _ **12 Years** _ as much as they pretend to, and will vote for _ **Gravity.** _ ---
**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, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-picture/682569/13 "2014-03-02T20:34:57Z")
[QUOTE=astorian;17155871So, which will win out, political correctness or an amazing visual spectacle? I’m guessing a lot of people don’t really like _ **12 Years** _ as much as they pretend to, and will vote for _ **Gravity.** _[/QUOTE] Wow, what a pretty detestable characterization–that the only reason a brilliantly acted, exceptionally written, movingly directed, and powerfully rendered film might win is because of “political correctness”. I guess the Jews bought all of Hollywood when _Schindler’s List_ won, too, eh? ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-picture/682569/14 "2014-03-02T20:45:17Z")
My preferential order is … 1. Her 2. Gravity 3. Twelve Years a Slave 4. Captain Phillips 5. Philomena 6. Dallas Buyers Club 7. Nebraska 8. The Wolf of Wall Street 9. American Hustle I liked all of them, but I personally find American Hustle to be vastly overrated. It might have been that I heard all the hype before seeing it but I was pretty underwhelmed. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-picture/682569/15 "2014-03-03T00:17:54Z")
Of the ones I’ve seen… #1 - Dallas Buyers Club #2 - 12 Years a Slave #3 - American Hustle #4 - Nebraska ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-oscar-voting-best-picture/682569/16 "2014-03-03T15:46:18Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > Wow, what a pretty detestable characterization–that the only reason a brilliantly acted, exceptionally written, movingly directed, and powerfully rendered film might win is because of “political correctness”. I guess the Jews bought all of Hollywood when _Schindler’s List_ won, too, eh? I haven’t seen the movie. It may indeed be as wonderful as you say. That doesn’t mean the voters weren’t motivated by a desire to send a political message.