The Artist won the coveted Best Picture Oscar.
Here’s the trailer:
The nominees were:
Hugo
Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
Midnight in Paris
Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
Moneyball
Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
The Tree of Life
Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Dede Gardner and Grant Hill, Producers
War Horse
Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
The Artist
Thomas Langmann, Producer
The Descendants
Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Scott Rudin, Producer
The Help
Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
Here’s the Twitter reaction:
@kesslerbs
Bryan KesslerIf The Artist winning Best Picture gets more people to go see it, then it has served a purpose. But, this is the wrong pick. #Oscars
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@AbeBianey
Abe BianeyWOW!!! The Artist Best Motion Picture of 2012! It’s true Welcome Back Silent Film! #Oscars 1 minute ago via web · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@pankajsabnani
Pankaj SabnaniYay! The Artist wins the Award for the best picture. A silent film that left me speechless! #Oscars 1 minute ago via web · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@ajoyadvani
Ajoy Advani@theglamgangblog Best Motion Picture: The Artist. Next year the #Oscars will be held in France. 1 minute ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@sgocha
Sarah GochaAnd the award for best picture goes to…The Artist! I guess this is another movie that I have to add to my must-see list! #Oscars 2 minutes ago via Twitter for iPad · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@RyanMahercomedy
Ryan MaherI’d write a joke about The Artist winning Best Picture, but it would just be redundant #oscars #tweetroast 2 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@TypicalDevin
DevinZ104The Artist is Best Picture?!? BOOOOOOOOOOO. Disagree. Goodnight. #Oscars 2 minutes ago via Twitter for Android · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@Michael_Chapin
Michael ChapinEssentially a flip book won 5 oscars. Including best picture. Really!? #oscars 3 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@LamaHQ
Lama HWow. The Artist! What an achievement for a silent film to win best picture in this day and age #Oscars 3 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@AmandaW21
Amanda WrightSo The Artist wins Best Picture… Shocker! Lol, not. I couldn’t sit through it though I’m afraid. Just not my type of thing. #Oscars 3 minutes ago via UberSocial for Android · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@chasinghiromi
Janice H. ReinoldHurray for The Artist for Best Picture! Now I have to go see it 🙂 #oscars 4 minutes ago via Twitter for Android · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@chakerkhazaal
Chaker Khazaal& Afterall, ‘The Artist’ evening. Congrats for Best Picture #Oscar. Confession: I didn’t like it but have to watch it again now. #Oscars 4 minutes ago via web · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@MaddyMcGoHard
Maddy thank god Hugo didn’t win best picture. #Oscars 4 minutes ago via web · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@dargavell
JaseWell it’s finally over with that anti-climatic win for best picture. Ugh, out of 9? #Oscars 5 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@Moody_Critic
Adam MoodyThank you Academy for at least getting the main one right. The Artist wins the Best Picture award. #Oscars 5 minutes ago via web · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@CrimsonDynamoII
Rajive Cunninghamthey used the soundtrack of Moneyball to announce best Picture nominees and did it win? NOO pffft #Oscars 5 minutes ago via web · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@AletheaMorgan
Alethea DavenportBest Picture goes to the one movie I’ll probably never watch. I don’t do silent films #sorry #oscars 6 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto
@alexzeller
Alex ZellerI don’t think “The Artist” deserved “Best Picture” #Oscars. 6 minutes ago via web · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto