Best motion picture of the year
- “Amour” Nominees to be determined
- “Argo” Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
- “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
- “Django Unchained” Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
- “Les Misérables” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
- “Life of Pi” Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
- “Lincoln” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
- “Silver Linings Playbook” Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
- “Zero Dark Thirty” Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers
Achievement in directing
- “Amour” Michael Haneke
- “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Benh Zeitlin
- “Life of Pi” Ang Lee
- “Lincoln” Steven Spielberg
- “Silver Linings Playbook” David O. Russell
Performance by an actor in a leading role
- Bradley Cooper in “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln”
- Hugh Jackman in “Les Misérables”
- Joaquin Phoenix in “The Master”
- Denzel Washington in “Flight”
Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Jessica Chastain in “Zero Dark Thirty”
- Jennifer Lawrence in “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Emmanuelle Riva in “Amour”
- Quvenzhané Wallis in “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
- Naomi Watts in “The Impossible”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Alan Arkin in “Argo”
- Robert De Niro in “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in “The Master”
- Tommy Lee Jones in “Lincoln”
- Christoph Waltz in “Django Unchained”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Amy Adams in “The Master”
- Sally Field in “Lincoln”
- Anne Hathaway in “Les Misérables”
- Helen Hunt in “The Sessions”
- Jacki Weaver in “Silver Linings Playbook”
Best animated feature film of the year
- “Brave” Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
- “Frankenweenie” Tim Burton
- “ParaNorman” Sam Fell and Chris Butler
- “The Pirates! Band of Misfits” Peter Lord
- “Wreck-It Ralph” Rich Moore
Best foreign language film of the year
- “Amour” Austria
- “Kon-Tiki” Norway
- “No” Chile
- “A Royal Affair” Denmark
- “War Witch” Canada
Adapted screenplay
- “Argo” Screenplay by Chris Terrio
- “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
- “Life of Pi” Screenplay by David Magee
- “Lincoln” Screenplay by Tony Kushner
- “Silver Linings Playbook” Screenplay by David O. Russell
Original screenplay
- “Amour” Written by Michael Haneke
- “Django Unchained” Written by Quentin Tarantino
- “Flight” Written by John Gatins
- “Moonrise Kingdom” Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
- “Zero Dark Thirty” Written by Mark Boal
Achievement in cinematography
- “Anna Karenina” Seamus McGarvey
- “Django Unchained” Robert Richardson
- “Life of Pi” Claudio Miranda
- “Lincoln” Janusz Kaminski
- “Skyfall” Roger Deakins
Achievement in film editing
- “Argo” William Goldenberg
- “Life of Pi” Tim Squyres
- “Lincoln” Michael Kahn
- “Silver Linings Playbook” Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
- “Zero Dark Thirty” Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg
Achievement in costume design
- “Anna Karenina” Jacqueline Durran
- “Les Misérables” Paco Delgado
- “Lincoln” Joanna Johnston
- “Mirror Mirror” Eiko Ishioka
- “Snow White and the Huntsman” Colleen Atwood
Best documentary feature
- “5 Broken Cameras”, Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
- “The Gatekeepers”, Nominees to be determined
- “How to Survive a Plague”, Nominees to be determined
- “The Invisible War”, Nominees to be determined
- “Searching for Sugar Man”, Nominees to be determined
Best documentary short subject
- “Inocente” Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
- “Kings Point” Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
- “Mondays at Racine” Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
- “Open Heart” Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
- “Redemption” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
- “Hitchcock” Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
- “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
- “Les Misérables” Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
- “Anna Karenina” Dario Marianelli
- “Argo” Alexandre Desplat
- “Life of Pi” Mychael Danna
- “Lincoln” John Williams
- “Skyfall” Thomas Newman
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
- “Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice” Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
- “Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from “Ted” Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
- “Pi’s Lullaby” from “Life of Pi” Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
- “Skyfall” from “Skyfall” Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
- “Suddenly” from “Les Misérables” Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil
Achievement in production design
- “Anna Karenina” Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
- “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
- “Les Misérables” Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
- “Life of Pi” Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
- “Lincoln” Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
Best animated short film
- “Adam and Dog” Minkyu Lee
- “Fresh Guacamole” PES
- “Head over Heels” Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
- “Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”” David Silverman
- “Paperman” John Kahrs
Best live action short film
- “Asad” Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
- “Buzkashi Boys” Sam French and Ariel Nasr
- “Curfew” Shawn Christensen
- “Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)” Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
- “Henry” Yan England
Achievement in sound editing
- “Argo” Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
- “Django Unchained” Wylie Stateman
- “Life of Pi” Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
- “Skyfall” Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
- “Zero Dark Thirty” Paul N.J. Ottosson
Achievement in sound mixing
- “Argo” John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
- “Les Misérables” Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
- “Life of Pi” Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
- “Lincoln” Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
- “Skyfall” Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson
Achievement in visual effects
- “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
- “Life of Pi” Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
- “Marvel’s The Avengers” Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
- “Prometheus” Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
- “Snow White and the Huntsman” Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson
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Free – no depth? I took the role completely different. Especially in the second part of film.
The pundits always want surprises because if the awards seem to predictable (to the predictors) they get bored. Then they get their surprises when their secondary picks get nominated (Zeitlan, Haneke) and get angry at the Academy for overlooking their primary picks, as if the surprise picks aren’t just as worthy despite the perception of the others being frontrunners.
They bemoan the Academy for never being bold enough to go for the worthy small film and when they do they bemoan the Academy’s overlook of the conventional big movie. All I can say is argh! Argo fuck yourselves!
Great, so all the boring movies that no one watches got nominated again.. Can’t wait to hear what biopics, true life stories, and other boring pieces of garbage will be nominated next year!
I don’t understand this Q. Wallis love, or Beast of the Southern Wild love. Then again it’s “best” according to the AMPAS (most of which probably haven’t seen a good majority of the films nominated).
All this talk of child abuse reminds me of Dorothy Parker.
You can lead a whore to culture but you can’t make her think.
How is that any different from what Alan Arkin did?
rimshot!
I lost my annual bet with a friend today because I bet that the Academy would come to their senses and leave off Arkin. Argo fucked myself.
*Edit-“not a script.”
I’ve seen the video of how the film was made. They did something similar with the young kids on Winter’s Bone. It was a script. Face it. The Wallis nomination was pure pandering.
It was a script. Face it. The Wallis nomination was pure pandering.
A real actress don’t need no stinkin script.
At what age do most people learn what pandering means?
@Jenny: Ask Scott Feinberg. He kept predicting her all year long. Personally, I keep needing people to remind me she was even in the damn movie.
@m: Probably the opposite. She just played this trashy slut with no depth to her at all. I like Nicole but I’m glad the Academy at least got it right when it came to not nominating her.
I see Kidman’s performance were to dificoult for you, academy. Shame on you.
An anomoly this year: all BSA’s have already won acting Oscars.
I can’t recall a previous list of Best Supporting Actors who have already won an Oscar.
Can anybody verify this for me?
Bloggers run the risk of being called names (like idiot and dope)and I’m a big boy. I can take it.
But I just want to clarify something. When I criticize “Lincoln” (the film) I am in no way criticizing the real President Lincoln (a complex man on many levels which I felt the film never really portrayed). It’s one of the reasons why I dislike the film. It’s title is misleading as it is not about Lincoln, but about the independence proclamation. It’s really more about Tommy Lee Jones’ character and Congress.
And just because a respective guild (the sound branch in this instance) nominates it DOESN’T NECESSARILY MEAN THEY ARE CORRECT IN THE NOMINATION. There are countless examples of that happening in past AMPAS nominations (and those that were announced today). I felt and I still feel that there were many other films worthy of that nomination (Snow White and the Huntsman, The Dark Knight Rises, Prometheus, hell, even Dark Shadows had some fun sound effects).
I have never called anybody an idiot or a dope because they disagree with me.
It’s just an opinion, folks. It doesn’t make me stupid.
MEMO
FROM: Leo
TO: Harvey
RE: Oscar Nominations
__________________________
WTF?
@Winston I just saw a video online of Zeitlin going over lines with Wallis. Clearly she did have scripted words.
Chastain and Lawrence may split the popular vote and Riva comes in for the win.
Re: Wallis-She was six yaers old. She did not learn a single line of dialogue. She did not consciously put herself in the shoes of another person. She was often filmed without being aware she was on camera. She even admitted she knows nothing about acting. At what is this acting at all? I’ve alsway said that the director is the one to credit. It’s not herectical to mention common sense.
The curiosity with Wallis is why the people who pushed for this nomination so need to believe that this was a legitimate nomination. That’s why the Castle-Hughes example is so appropriate. The exact same dynamic was in play. If you are banking on Wallis being an acting prodigy, good luck.
Anyway what’s done is done. But some deserving actress who has worked hard at her craft got left off for a stunt nomination.
She did not consciously put herself in the shoes of another person. She was often filmed without being aware she was on camera.
How is that any different from what Alan Arkin did?
Jacki Weaver? What was awards-worthy about that performance? Does anyone know?
Benh Zeitlin is wrong and I think he knows. He doesn’t know about acting and obviously he doesn’t know about child psychiatry. Quvenzhané Wallis is not an actress and she doesn’t deserve Oscar nomination, first: that is child exploitation. Second; she has not the hability to create a character.
The Spain Cinema Awards, Goyas, has the rule that any adolescents under 16 years old can be nominated.
I hope don’t censure my comment. We live in a free world, ok.
I’m really happy with Quvenzhane’s nod. The acting process is different for a child, but not significantly, in my opinion. It’s still acting.
Zeitlin’s thoughts on Q’s chances from Newsday:
“I heard people say she can’t be acting. But I don’t think [they] understand what acting is. Acting is playing make-believe, essentially. I think what people are referring to is when you’re an adult, to be an actor, you have to conquer all this pretense you build up over years. There’s this whole separation between yourself and your feelings, yourself and your heart. And great actors find a way to get past all that and conquer it.
She doesn’t have to do that because she’s so real, and she’s so herself, and she doesn’t have any pretense and she’s so close to her feelings. … I looked at 4,000 people for that role and I’d never seen a kid who could act like that. It’s a miraculous thing and it’s talent. It’s not like she just wandered in front of a camera and that happened.”
Wallis is just the Castle-Hughes nomination squared. Welcome to Hollywood. That’s all there is to it. A laughable nomination but well telegraphed.
In the case of TDKR. I think you have to pick your year. If it were made a year earlier it would have received up to 10 nominations, including BP.
I am not a great fan of the movie, but that’s probably what would have happened. Against last year’s films, it feels kind of strong and even serious. Not this year though.
Shocking! The Dark Knight Rises completely shut off. Once again a sign of Academy’s hatred towards Nolan.
Ryman, Zach: I liked your recaps.
Best Actress is WIDE open, like Vegas odds right now are probably exactly 20% for each. I love Watts but she is probably out, since she’s the only one without a BP nod. Not enough voters will see her film.
I would like to add to my defense of Michelle that I *loved* Beasts, am thrilled for everyone involved today, and I have no idea if anyone was exploited. Michelle should take comfort in knowing that her arguments will win in the long run. Eventually, all children in films will be CG creations voiced by Nancy Cartwright and Yeardley Smith.
Jennifer Lawerence is the FRONT RUNNER!!!!!! YES!!!!!! wow i cant wait to hear her speech.
Overlook the cinematography.
Overall the most surprises in years
Hanneke deserved bp and bd noms for white ribbon rather than amour.
I love Weaver but that SLP performance is not all that.
Glad Phoenix made it in. The best performance of any actor this year.
Glad Watts made it in. Shes getting a lot of high profile love; could she win this?
Love or hate The master, it’s hard to overlo
Antoinette you’re right that she stole the thread (and I can’t get over the snubs either; there’s egg all over ALL of our faces). But nevertheless…
“She says she’s fine” is what I’m hearing – like from you Ryan Adams – against Michelle’s argument. Really? Is that what you guys would have said in 1977 if Roman Polanski offered the same “She says she’s fine” argument? If he said, well, now I’ve made her famous, so she can follow dreams that 5 billion other people can’t?
Yes I know being raped and being filmed are not the same thing (though I can point you to 100 feminist scholars who disagree). But Michelle’s point is that a child cannot offer that consent. And all the Gucci bags or red carpet moments or whatever don’t change that. Your arguments would keep Honey Boo Boo on the air for ten more years.
Anyway I gave my solution upthread. If you’re a truly independent filmmaker (and can’t afford union dues/SAG reps), ask the local cops to come to the set every day. If they won’t, then try your best not to be exploitative.
Is this the first time ever that two heavy favorites (Affleck and Bigelow) have been snubbed in the same major category ??
The Best Actress race is wide open, with 4 plausible contenders to win:
Chastain, Lawrence, Watts, and yes, Riva
steandric, you’ve no idea what I’m talking about.
I loved Quvenzhane in Beasts. She was superb.
Great to see 4 of the 5 Best Actresses in Best Picture Nominated Films – such a rarity, and makes it tough to pick the winner. I don’t think the child or the octogenerian will win, but Chastain and Lawrence will probably fight it out.
Paddy Mulholland, I agreed with you totally re Wallis’ nomination. Strictly speaking, that isn’t any “performance” at all, it’s just an “appearance” on screen, and so bland. It’s an insult to the real acting talents, like Naomi Watts.
Zach, torture does not work. It does not protect our country. The CIA says so. Democratic and Republican politicians say so. Most importantly, the FACTS say so. Get it right.
Don’t count Argo out. IMO voters might be persuaded to vote it to make up for the Affleck snub.
I loved Beasts, the power in the role of Wallis was the script and narration, not her actual acting
a six year child hasn’t the ability to build a character or interpret an abstract idea, so, Quvenzhané was not acting because she hasn’t the ability to do it, therefore nominate her is attacking the art of acting and its profession
CHILD ABUSE!
Glad the Academy showed their taste in film by snubbing Les Mis from editing an cinematography.
I’ve been quiet about Michele but not any longer. I suggest Michele that you view the interview with Q. Wallis that took place this past Sunday and CBS Sunday Morning. An abused and exploited child would demonstrate behavior that would represent them being inarticulate and have a tendency to be withdrawn if she had suffered abuse. How do I know that? I lived with a Child Psychologist for 15 years who worked specifically with children who had developmental or social issues. They demonstrat behavior that makes you question what’s up.
Ms. Wallis was quite articulate. Smiled openly and seemed to enjoy her moment in the Sun Sunday Morning. She also came across as a young girl with a mind. She didn’t come across as a young girl who would just accept bs for the sake of getting by. I thought myself that at her age her performance had to be coaxed in some fashion. Sunday morning I walked from that interview saying to myself no one coaxed this child. She’s smart. She has a brain. She’s speaks well of herself and her life. She’s has no phsyical traits like twitches or nervous behavior. She was quick when she responded and responded to the questions asked.
She was not exploited. She was not abused. Your continued rant is a disserve to all abused children. You’re beginning to resemble that neighbor who calls Child Protection Services because you have an axe grind against your neighbor that has nothing really to do with the child.
And I won’t attempt too speak for the children of the world. I won’t even attempt to speak for the children in the US because there are abused children and exploited children. Q. Wallis doesn’t seem to be one of them or she’s giving one more helluva a performance.
Oops, meant Beasts!
Beats for the win! Screw corporate filmmaking!
Oh my god, these nominations were absolutely ridiculous, so ridiculous that this year, for the first time (maybe ever), the Globes have more credibility than the Oscars. They shouldn’t even call it the Academy Awards this year. Just call what it is: The Year We Jerk Off to Lincoln. Best Sound? Over Dark Knight Rises? What the hell happened with the audio that made you think, “Shit, this has some great sound!” Oh Christ, I need a Tylenol. Oscars, you have failed me. You have failed me miserably.
May I ask which movie is that pic from?
Christophe – not sure, I think its either How to Steal a Million or What’s New Pussycat. I saw it in the “window” and had to try it on.
This must be a record-setting thread for comments. I had to go an do some outside work (myself, since I don’t have any children available) and it’s still chugging along.
I have mixing feelings abouts this year’s nominees.
THE GOOD
So happy for all nomination of Beast of the Southern Wild, yay! Quvenzhane Wallis; Django Unchained, specially Christoph Waltz, but I would love see Leo DiCaprio also nominated. They were the best part of Django. To me Waltz was a leading role and DiCaprio supporting; and Zero Dark Thirty, my favorite film of the year.
The nomination of NO as best foreign picture. It is the first time that Chile is nominated for foreing language and everybody is so happy and proud for it.
Yay for Adele and Skyfall! I can’t wait to see her winning(secret wish)
THE BAD
David O. Russell, seriously? Over Kathryn Bigelow and Quentin Tarantino? WTF? It seem like the academy really loved Silver Lining Playbook.
Marion Cotillard’s snub for Rust and Bones. I’m a minority but I really liked her performance more than Naomi Watts.
Fight for original screenplay? I really believe that Looper would be nominated.
Maybe I’m also a minority, but I loved Alexandre Desplat score for Zero Dark Thirty instead of Argo.
Ted’s nomination for best song? Hahahahahaha
And finally no nomination for The Dark Knight Rises in Sound Mixing and Visual Effects. Seriously Prometheous got one? WTF?
We are in a very funny predicament now, though …
Are “Beasts” and “Amour” really in a more solid position than “Argo” and “ZDT”? I think that is really up for debate.
If there were only Five nominees, I think we would have to take out Django, Les Mis, and even Amour despite the directing nom. But that leaves six. Would they be:
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
(two directing nominations would be misaligned with BP, leaving out Beasts)
…or would they be…
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
[either Argo or Zero Dark Thirty]
(in which case we would have to take out one of the two major political thrillers? Or would Life of Pi be out?)
Yes indeed, there were times I doubted that “Lincoln” was so much stronger than “Les Mis” or “ZDT”, and thought that that description of things on this website was overstating it, or just having wishful thinking. But Sasha was right about that. This is “Lincoln”s year, and I’m very happy with that.
From my perspective, it is VERY nice to see “Silver Linings” get this love.
I still cannot agree with Benh Zeitlin over Affleck and Bigelow (or Tarantino). But oh well.
Everyone has to give Sasha credit, despite all the heat she took, for insisting that Les Mis was no more than a #4-6 which is exactly where it landed. And the whole race she has insisted that Ang Lee was NOT one of the outliers for Best Director. Long before DGA and BAFTA came out, she said Lee was a lock. Sure, she said Bigelow and Affleck were locks, but so did every other prognosticator.
I’ve seen her give props to Tapley and others on Twitter this morning, so I figured someone has to give her props (well, and for also saying Lincoln was out in front before many of the others pundits wanted to admit that).
Ryan’s answer about child labor is the best post of the day. I laughed so hard here. This talk about child exploration here is so ridiculous. Next those people will suggest to put an end to the Olympic gold medal US Women Gymnastics team. Many start even younger than QW. And there the pressure is just over the top.
And about who are complaining about the BP nominations: did you REALLY expect it to be different from what it was? REALLY? That, along with Supporting Actor was by far the most predictable lineup. I never embraced that Skyfall/Marigold Hotel thing. What could have happened? The Master, Moonrise Kingdom or even The Impossible could have been the 10th but… nothing unexpected.
The biggest shock is directing, one of the most surprising major category lineup ever.
OTHER SHOCKS:
* The directing lineup without Bigelow and Affleck.
* The Intouchables shut out.
* Jacki Weaver following the steps of Laura Linney/Tommy Lee Jones, Michael Shannon, Maggie Gyllenhall, Javier Bardem and Max Von Sydow.
* SLP in all the 4 acting categories. Which films have done this ever? A Streetcar Named Desire, Network… any other? Look at the films that couldn’t reach those 4: Titanic, Shakespeare In Love, Chicago.
* TDKR ZERO nominations.
* Cloud Atlas ZERO nominations.
* They really like Aardman… they really really like it. Who saw The Pirates coming?
* Both Riva and Wallis nominated.
* Flight over The Master/Looper for script.
SOME GOOD:
* (something virtually nobody will comment) I always pay a lot of attention to the documentary lineup. This year, it is the most positive aspect for me. Amazing. One of the best I’ve ever seen.
* Joaquin.
* Both Wallis/Riva.
SOME BAD
* Fox Searchlight ridiculously poor showing. Had it not waste the attention with that mess of a film that is Hitchcock, they could have campaigned harder for Moonrise Kingdom.
* Affleck, Bigelow, TDKR 0, Cloud Atlas 0, The Perks 0, Looper 0
* (probably the worst of all the nominations) Hitchcock in for that ridiculous makeup over the perfect makeup in DDL.
* This we already knew: The Impossible’s visual effects not making the shortlist. For me, it’s only less impressive than Life of Pi there.
As Sasha always called it’s Lincoln x SLP. Life of Pi will be shot dead by the actors just like Hugo. But SLP might be shot dead by the technical branches. Lincoln is way out the frontrunner. But the current state will give Jeff Wells and Spielberg haters some hope… bad for them. The bleeding will be even more intense in february. It has Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actor and Sup. Actor in the bag and will most likely win one or other tech category.
@Lars
I don’t really care who gets in, frontrunners or outsiders, a mix of both is certainly the best way to go. But the oscar voting process (that we simulated on AD) just seems extremely frustrating, when you have to pick and rank 5 choices (I’m fine with that) while knowing only one of them (which one?) will be accounted in the vote. Voters then have to make difficult choices and adopt strategies that don’t necessarily reflect their real taste and preferences.
Whereas a preferential points system (#1 = 5 pts, #2 = 4 pts,etc) lets you share the wealth between all your favorite contenders, no harm done, no regrets, you’re a happy and satisfied voter bc no matter the result (it would most likely be the same anyway) you KNOW exactly where your vote is going.
At the end of the day my #1 movie of the year is Lincoln and my #2 movie is Silver Linings Playbook. So I’m happy.
But no love for Affleck is sad