Most of the films
nominated for Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards are great films primarily because we feel this empathy with the heroes.
, when the
winner for best picture is announced, it's the culmination of a spirit that has been building for most of the evening.
The key thing to remember is simply this — voters each have only five slots to name their
nominees for Best Picture of the Year.
A vivid account of a mother - daughter relationship, the film is also a
contender for best picture in the musical or comedy category.
Our
pick for best picture, however, was a clear consensus favourite and won by a very comfortable margin.
The other three picks are safer bets, and even more likely to be nominated
for best picture as well.
Though no one really reported on it in any serious way, some questioned how they could pick
movies for Best Picture no one had even seen.
Much of the work women find in film these days isn't in lead, but in supporting, certainly in the movies that are most often
considered for Best Picture.
If we assess students using multiple means, like writing, multimedia, and demonstrations, we again
allow for a better picture of what students know.
It has an outside
shot for Best Picture — easier if there were a solid ten, harder with only five nomination slots for voters to fill in.
Of the six first - half movies nominated
for Best Picture last decade, three of them actually won the award.
At that time, there were only three nominees in most of the academy's major categories,
except for Best Picture, which had eight contenders.
It's the favorite for Best Adapted Screenplay, and may get
recognition for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Director.
The film picked up a Best Original Screenplay nomination, but failed to get
recognized for Best Picture or any nominations in the music categories.