Best Picture Oscar 2014

I've managed to see all the Best Picture nominations this year. I still think 12 Years a Slave will take it, but Nebraska and American Hustle are my favourites. Hard to choose between them. Here's my ranking:

1. American Hustle
2. Nebraska
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. 12 Years a Slave
5. Her
6. Captain Phillips
7. Gravity
8. Philomena
9. Dallas Buyers Club

Philomena is the only one I haven't seen


1. The Wolf of Wall Street
2. Dallas Buyers Club
3. 12 Years a Slave
4. American Hustle


5. Captain Phillips
6. Gravity


7. Nebraska
8. Her

Gravity - Cinematography and Special Effects, but not enough meat in it for Best Film. Wolf of Wall Street - far too morally bankrupt and misogynistic for the powers that be to award it Best Film. Captain Phillips - too middle of the road! Her - not middle of the road enough! Dallas Buyers Club, Philomena and Nebraska - there to make up the numbers. American Hustle - not quite good enough to stop 12 years a slave winning Best Film.

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"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death" Auntie Mame (1958)

I've not seen Captain Phillips or Nebraska, but here's how I'd rank the other seven:

1. Her
2. The Wolf of Wall Street
3. Dallas Buyers Club
4. 12 Years A Slave
5. Philomena
6. Gravity
7. American Hustle

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I'm still waiting for a better release of Philomena (which should be due very soon) but other than that 12 Years a Slave gets my vote.

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"Don't be so gloomy. After all it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."

If I had a vote, Gravity would be getting it.

1. Her
2. The Wolf of Wall Street
3. American Hustle
4. 12 Years a Slave
5. Gravity
6. Dallas Buyers Club
7. Nebraska
8. Philomena

1. Gravity
2. American Hustle
3. Captain Phillips
4. Her
5. Nebraska
6. Dallas Buyers Club

I'm rooting for Gravity but 12 Years will most likely win.

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You will find that if you look for the light, you can often find it. But if you look for the dark, that is all you will ever see.
Iroh

Awwwww.

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"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra

http://www.nerdist.com/2014/02/check-out-the-lego-versions-of-posters-for-the-2014-oscars-best-picture-nominees/

And here's this year's Oscar "class photo".

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I watched Nebraska today, so here's my new ranking:

1. Her
2. The Wolf of Wall Street
3. Dallas Buyers Club
4. 12 Years A Slave
5. Nebraska
6. Philomena
7. Gravity
8. American Hustle

Hopefully I'll get around to watching Captain Phillips before Oscar night.

are these most popular movies ?

1. Her
2. Gravity
3. 12 Years a Slave
4. Dallas Buyer's Club
5. The Wolf of Wall Street
6. Nebraska
7. Captain Phillips
8. Philomena
9. American Hustle

I love all these Hustle haters.

Who said I hate it?

Not you, just in general.

In general? Who hates it? I liked it okay the first time, but found it disappointing. I liked it a little less the second time but definitely didn't hate it. I don't think it deserves the accolades it's received, but that's not the same as hate.

Final Ranking:

1. Her
2. The Wolf of Wall Street
3. Dallas Buyers Club
4. 12 Years A Slave
5. Captain Phillips
6. Nebraska
7. Philomena
8. Gravity
9. American Hustle