Public Opinion Names 'The Help' Best Picture [INFOGRAPHIC]

by SodaHead Infographics Posted February 08, 2012 16:00:00

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"The Artist" and "The Descendants" are accumulating most of the hype for this year's Academy Awards, but there are so many other good films on the roster we couldn't just take the predictions sitting down. We took the major categories -- Best Picture, Best Actor and Actress, Best Animated Feature -- and polled SodaHeads to find out what the public wanted. Turns out those films aren't all that popular. In fact, there wasn't a single film that dominated the field. Each category found a different winner -- a refreshing change in pace. Read on to find out who won!

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sharebear817 February 08, 2012 18:39:23

+3
i still think that harry potter should have been nominated more
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Rich Luna February 16, 2012 16:16:41

I had recently seen that. It was okay.

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Glee_ky February 16, 2012 06:23:45

Rooney Mara <3

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Jorge Enriquez February 12, 2012 10:18:50

I`m with The Help---I hope no surprises!!!

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Tom February 09, 2012 20:26:49

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DebraJMSmith February 09, 2012 04:31:31 (edited)

+2
I am so out of the loop on this stuff. It seems so insignificant to me.

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Arjuna to DebraJM... February 09, 2012 09:16:27

+1
ha ha. me too.

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Red_Horse February 09, 2012 00:36:44

For Best Picture (the selections offered from the reel diagram at the top of this page) :

1st-War Horse
2nd-Hugo

And there is no third because I didn't give a damn about seeing the rest.;-)

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Stanley... to Red_Horse February 09, 2012 01:01:39

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what do i do if i like a guy but i tell him and he runs awayat recess and im to shy to ask him if i can be his girlfriend what do i do

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Red_Horse to Stanley... February 09, 2012 01:32:11

Beats me-I'm a 34 year old straight dude - lol.

Your profile says you're a 61 year old male. I accepted your friend request-but what gives?

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moiraregis February 08, 2012 20:56:45 (edited)

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While we all love a horse race, evaluating the "best" in any creative field is impossible, art being subjective, judged only by eye of the beholder. In a horse race, the one that reaches the finish line first wins--a concrete, objective evaluation. how can one measure who the "best" actor or actress is, what the "best" picture is? one thing i wish the Academy would do is to abandon their current habit of the presenter opening the envelope and then saying, "And the Oscar goes to ... " instead of saying, "And the winner is ... ". As if all the nominees stood in a circle around a tiny Oscar and watched to see which nominee he "goes to." I have yet to see an ad for a movie saying, "GONE TO for ten Academy Awards!". If you're gonna have a horse race, HAVE a horse race!

p.s. I have no idea who or what should win, having so far seen only one of the nominated pictures. It's funny that so many sodaheads liked "The Help", when they so hate this President, a guy who is trying to help out the working poor and the now 11-person middle class. Makes no sense.

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Arjuna to moiraregis February 09, 2012 12:08:49

Very true about the subjective exercise of judging creative effort. I have watch none of these. myself and have no clue what they are talking about.

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Torchmanner ~PWCM~JLA February 08, 2012 19:32:05

I liked Money Ball, but Killer Elite was good too.

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sharebear817 February 08, 2012 18:39:23

+3
i still think that harry potter should have been nominated more

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DSSSD94 to sharebe... February 08, 2012 19:18:11

+2
Definitely.

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Glee_ky to sharebe... February 16, 2012 06:25:16

I think harry potter is a bit overrated. And the people at the academy awards finally saw that ^^

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nightcrawler2005 February 08, 2012 18:10:36

Sorry Best Picture I still think should be 'The Artist'.

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Fef February 08, 2012 17:20:00

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I've heard great things about "The Descendants" and "Money Ball" -- I look forward to watching them.

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