Best Picture 2012

[mina]

Have you seen any of the nominees? Is there one that you think particularly deserves to win?

Here is a list of the 2012 nominees:
The Artist

The Descendants

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

The Help

Hugo

Midnight in Pa ris

Moneyball

The Tree of Life

War Horse

 

[mina]

I saw The Descendants; it was ok. It's one of those serious movies; that I think the academy likes but I wouldn't say it was best picture material.
Surprisingly I didn't see the Help or War Horse even though I really wanted to see both; and I read the Help.

 

[CelticGrace]

I saw The Help... It was good and the actresses who are nominated definitely deserve their nominations (I can't remember if there's more than one nominated for Oscar).
I want to see The Artist. I doubt I'll see any of the others. Its a rare year that I have seen or want to see any of the Best Pic noms.

 

[Wren]

I haven't seen any of them. I thought of watching Tree of Life on my recent flight to and from home, but Brad Pitt irks me enough that I didn't. The Help is another I wanted to watch, but decided to read the book first (which will happen after I finish the Hunger Games trilogy). Oh, and I wanted to see Hugo, but it was not offered on the planes or in local theaters, which is rather annoying. So, yeah, I have nothing to offer this thread but babble.

 

[crishmael]

I saw Hugo and The Artist. Both are excellent films but I am honestly rooting for The Artist because I love silent film and it is a good one.

 

[mina]

I've been wanting to see the Artist. Sight unseen, I think it will win best picture.

 

[Tink]

The Help was a good film.

 

[Living in the Light]

I saw War Horse, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and part of Tree of Life. War Horse was a very good epic and I enjoyed very much. Hope it wins. I walked out on Tree of Life and thought it to be a waste of money.

 

[Wren]

I saw War Horse, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and part of Tree of Life. War Horse was a very good epic and I enjoyed very much. Hope it wins. I walked out on Tree of Life and thought it to be a waste of money.

What was so awful about Tree of Life?

 

[Rhye]

The Artist no question. I hope it wins.

 

[Living in the Light]

What was so awful about Tree of Life?

From an artistic point of view, maybe the critics saw something in the movie that was Oscar-worthy. What I saw of the movie was too symbolic for me and I understood very little of it. Torturous????

 

[mina]

I KNEW the artist would win!!!! I loved that they brought the dog up on stage!

Did anyone else think that all the actresses nominated for best actress were women portraying really deep and amazing roles while the characters for best actor were just so-so?