Oscar Weekend Is Here! Which Film Should Win Best Picture?
SLIDESHOW: Which Film Should Win Best Picture?
"Silver Linings Playbook"
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"Silver Linings Playbook"
Some oddsmakers think "Silver Linings Playbook," which has been praised for its handling of mental illness, has a shot at the top prize. It's all about Jennifer Lawrence these days, isn't it?
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"Les Miserables"
It got some flak for the bad singing, but "Les Mis" is up for eight Oscars. Will it take home Best Picture? Not likely, but Anne Hathaway is considered a shoo-in for Best Supporting Actress.
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"Lincoln"
"Lincoln" had early buzz for Best Picture, but less so now. The film is up for a leading 12 awards, and Daniel Day-Lewis is the frontrunner to win Best Actor (which would make him the 1st person to win it 3 times).
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"Zero Dark Thirty"
Some say "Zero Dark Thirty," about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, still has a shot at Best Picture, despite the controversy about whether it endorses the use of torture.
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"Argo"
Oscar snubbed Ben Affleck for a Best Director nomination, but he may get the last laugh: the dramedy about 1979 Iran hostage crisis is favored to win Best Picture.
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"Django Unchained"
The Quentin Tarantino pic has been criticized for making light of slavery.
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"Life of Pi"
The Ang Lee film, based on the beloved 2001 novel, is up for 11 Academy Awards.
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"Amour"
The foreign film about an elderly couple is up for five Oscars.
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"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
The fantasy flick is up four Academy Awards — and nine-year-old star Quvenzhané Wallis is the youngest-ever Best Actress nominee.
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207 votes
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13% | |||
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217 votes
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14% | |||
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348 votes
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22% | |||
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106 votes
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7% | |||
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333 votes
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116 votes
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7% | |||
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160 votes
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20 votes
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49 votes
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This year, nine films are nominated in Oscar's most coveted category: "Silver Linings Playbook" (featuring megawatt stars Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper); "Les Miserables" (the one Anne Hathaway got super-skinny for); "Lincoln" (Daniel Day-Lewis may go down in Best Actor history for this one); "Argo" (the one Ben Affleck has been snubbed for); "Django Unchained," Quentin Tarantino's controversial "slavery comedy"; "Zero Dark Thirty" (the bin Laden movie); the big-screen adaptation of "Life of Pi"; octogenarian romance "Amour"; and fantasy flick "Beasts of the Southern Wild."
Despite all the talk about Affleck's snub in the Best Director category, "Argo" is considered by many prognosticators to be the top contender to take home the little gold bald guy. But should it?
Click through our slideshow and let us know: Which film should win Best Picture at the Oscars this weekend?
Top Opinion
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Luxxie 2013/02/22 19:49:12"Zero Dark Thirty"
and Ben Affleck's...Argo'
JLaw and BradCooper...SLP'
'Life of Pi'
and Lincoln'
Les Miserables SHOULD win. But it simply will not because you can't have a Catholic/Christian themed movie getting attention in the age of Obama.
I'm going to put my money either on Argo, another picture worthy of Best Picture, or Lincoln. I might even put more money on Lincoln because a leftist such as Spielberg redefining a Republican president has liberal Hollywood licking their chops. Watch what happens. Then come back here and rave me and say, "Geez Frog! You were right!"
Read thiis. Ben Shapiro can articulate this far better than I ever could. I'm very suspicious that all the Hollywood leftist blowhards are suddenly embracing Spielberg's Lincoln.
I still think Batman should be in there over Amour.
Lincoln or Les Mis