The 85th Academy Awards.

Great track from LINCOLN:

Largo's Shark wrote:

That's not that hard. PROMETHEUS was the most unpleasant experience I've ever had at the cinema.

KING KONG is mine.

Here's how I'd rank the best picture nominees:

ZERO DARK THIRTY
AMOUR
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
ARGO
LINCOLN
LIFE OF PI
DJANGO UNCHAINED

I refuse to see SILVER LININGS and LES MISERABLES.

Here's how I'd rank the best picture nominees:

LIFE OF PI ( flabbergasted, will have to see it again)
LES MISERABLES ( did see the musical in theater twice!)
ARGO (Ben does do very well in his 2nd term)
SILVER LININGS (surprisingly good)
LINCOLN (great movie!!!)

DJANGO UNCHAINED, stopped watching it QT is perhaps just not my cup of tea.

Have not yet seen these movies
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
AMOUR (am really looking forward to this one)
ZERO DARK THIRTY
.

I'll throw my hat in too. From what I've seen:

Life of Pi - would be one of the better BP winners of last decade or so
Amour - great performances, although I can't imagine it being an enjoyable cinema experience
Django Unchained - Tarantino shows his humanist side (by blowing himself up, of course ;) ), but I wouldn't call it an improvement over Basterds
Argo - well-made, neat dramatization, but ultimately too pedestrian for a BP win

Holy Motors tops them all for me - too bad it wasn't selected by the French Oscar committee, especially considering that Intouchables didn't even get the nomination.

I'm struggling to understand all the awards Argo has been sweeping up. Admittedly me and some friends only ended up watching it because the movie we wanted to see wasn't playing and the only options within the half-hour were Argo and SBS Wogs: The Movie (forgot the actual title). It was a decent, run-of-the-mill historical film about a fascinating chapter, but it had its fair share of dullness. Nothing spectacular or remarkable about it whatsoever.