Your choice for Best Picture

[MonkeyFunk]

Poll question: Your choice for Best Picture

[terrya]

1. I would love to see "Little Miss Sunshine" win Best Picture

It's a wonderful, funny movie.

I'm predicting "Babel" will win, though.

[MonkeyFunk]

2. Finally saw

Iwo Jima today.

The only one I haven't seen is Babel, but you'd have to cuff me and drag me in to see it - I hated 21 Grams and this looks even more annoying. So...

My vote, suprisingly, is for "The Queen".

Saw it a few months ago, and it still sticks with me. It was just a perfect little movie. Mirren will win Best Actress for sure, but having thought about all the ones I've seen, I think it's the Best Picture as well.

[terrya]

3. I liked "The Queen", but...

I guess I was more impressed with Helen Mirren's performance than the movie itself. Don't get me wrong...it's a good film. But I don't think it will win Best Picture.

[MonkeyFunk]

4. Well

as I said, I haven't seen Babel and don't plan to.

I loved Little Miss Sunshine and would be tickled if it won, but I doubt it will. To me, it's between The Queen and The Departed, and while I loved The Departed, I just adored The Queen. It surprised me - it actually made you very sympathetic to a family that was out of touch and just naturally predisposed to do the wrong thing.

Yes, a lot of that was Mirren's performance, but I think the rest of the film held up really well - especially the screenplay.

[ghostsofgiants]

5. I haven't even seen it, but Inland Empire is my write-in on principle alone.

[MonkeyFunk]

8. Almost saw that today....

then saw it's almost 3 hours.

I love Lynch, but I think this might be something to watch on DVD so I can pause it and go "WTF?!" a few times.

[Fenris]

6. My choice would be "Little Miss Sunshine" by default.

It's the only one I've seen. I really loved it though.

I want to see "The Queen" and "Iwo Jima," but I have no interest in either "Babel" or "The Departed."

[MonkeyFunk]

7. You should see The Departed...

It's got just a bundle of great performances in it. I'm rooting for Mark Wahlberg to win Supporting Actor - he was great.

But then, I love anything Scorsese does.

[Fenris]

9. I wouldn't be opposed to watching it.

"Babel," on the other hand, I plan on avoiding at all costs. I fucking hated "21 Grams," and from the description, this is the same movie.

Who knows - it could be this year's "Crash"! :eyes:

[MonkeyFunk]

10. Yep

same here.

I didn't see Crash either, cuz it looked horrible. Then, it won the Oscar, and i actually bought it on DVD when i saw it on sale, but I still haven't brought myself to actually watch it.

[terrya]

11. I saw "Crash" several months ago.

I just didn't see what the fuss was. It wasn't anything special.

[mvd]

12. Just saw Little Miss Sunshine

I loved it. Three and a half stars out of 4 for me. Laughs throughout, but usually not cheap laughs. The whole cast did a great job of giving the dysfunctional family warmth. The pageant part is just what I expected, and the point was


MINOR SPOILER

that Olive had more fun than the rest of the beauty pageant contestants ever did.

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The film wasn't quite as good as Akeelah and the Bee, but that movie isn't up, so I'm fine with Little Miss Sunshine winning.

[benny05]

13. None of them stand out for me

But I'm not certain which one either. Compared to last year, this year's lot is not stellar. I still thought "Good Night and Good Luck" should have won.

I was disappointed "Dream Girls" didn't get a nod. I couldn't understand why it didn't, other than the writer had also written "Chicago" and some members didn't want the writer to win again.

[Auggie]

14. Same here

Though I did like the anti-gun message of Babel, subtle as it was. And it was beautifully filmed.

[DainBramaged]

15. Night at the Museum