Producers Guild Best Picture nominees

Usually aligns pretty closely with the Academy Awards:

http://www.ivillage.com/producers-guild-nominations-2012/1-a-415387

Best Picture
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
War Horse

This NYT piece explains some of the common differences in the films each nominate, meaning "Bridesmaids" probably won't be nominated come Oscar time.

 

By the way, it's funny to see people worked up about "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" not being nominated. It has a certified rotten rating at Rotten Tomatoes.com, with only 53 percent of critics reviewing it positively. That's god-awful for a film with Oscar dreams.

It's like just because it stars Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, is directed by "The Daldry," and is about 9/11, people think it should be considered.

There's also the matter of, you know, being a good film.

 

Surprised not to see Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

 

Bridesmaids?

 

I was disappointed Young Adult didn't get any love. Tho I would think Theron will get some award noms.

 

I've seen five of the nominated films. Can't say any of them will be required viewing 10-15 years from now.

 

I haven't seen any of them.

The only movie mentioned that I care to see is the one with the bad reviews: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.

I did read the book that The Help was based on. I have the book for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo on the nook but haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

 

still don't get all the love for this one

 

I've only seen three of them.

 

I greatly enjoyed Bridesmaids, but only in the Golden Globes musical/comedy category would I expect it to be a best picture nominee

 

I liked Moneyball, but I am more than a little surprised to see it get mentioned as a likely Best Picture nominee.

 

I've seen four of them:

"Bridesmaids"
"Moneyball"
"Midnight in Paris"
"The Descendants"

I really enjoyed all four. "The Descendants" was Best Picture timber. "Midnight in Paris," though, was an absolute delight from first frame to last. Except for one plot contrivance, it felt almost perfect to me. I'd love to see it sneak up on some films over the next few weeks, "Shakespeare in Love"-style.

I'll definitely see "The Help" soon. Probably "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," as well.

I still would not be surprised to see "Planet of the Apes" or "Super 8" sneak into the field before all is said and done.