# The 2010 Oscars - BEST PICTURE

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-oscars-best-picture/572649>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 26, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-oscars-best-picture/572649 "2011-02-26T00:28:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-oscars-best-picture/572649/1 "2011-02-26T00:28:53Z")

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For the best film of 2010, among the 10 nominees, which would you vote for if you were an Academy member?

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**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-oscars-best-picture/572649/2 "2011-02-26T01:32:57Z")

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Hasn’t this thread already been done?

The Social Network - perfect film. Great acting, great directing, great screenplay/story, entertaining, a film that surprised everyone who was thinking “who wants to watch a movie about Facebook?”

But it isn’t a historic royalty story, so it can’t win the award ☹

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**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 26, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-oscars-best-picture/572649/3 "2011-02-26T03:02:55Z")

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If I’d had a ballot in front of me I would have voted my heart, for Winter’s Bone. Since 2nd place votes can mean as much if not more under the current voting system, I would have voted my head and put The Social Network in the second spot. Then Inception, then True Grit.

The only one of those that really has a realistic chance is TSN. I don’t think it will win, but I would be so happy if it did.

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**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-oscars-best-picture/572649/4 "2011-02-26T04:15:03Z")

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“Inception” was my favorite film of last year, so I’d vote “Inception.” I know it has no chance of actually winning though.

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**Author:** ![judikium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@judikium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/judikium)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-oscars-best-picture/572649/5 "2011-02-26T20:30:16Z")

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I finally caught True Grit, so I’ve seen them all:

1. The Fighter
2. Toy Story 3
3. The Social Network
4. Black Swan
5. True Grit
6. The Kids Are All Right
7. Inception
8. The King’s Speech
9. 127 Hours
10. Winter’s Bone

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-oscars-best-picture/572649/6 "2011-02-26T23:15:50Z")

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I would vote for _The Social Network_. My #2 would be _Inception_.

I think _The Kings Speech_ is likely to win, but you didn’t ask that question. 😉