The English Patient is the worst movie to win Best Picture.

"Ordinary People" and Redford both deserved their 1980 Oscars IMHO. Sick of the bashing of this film when no one makes a peep about "American Beauty" and its win in '98.

I love Titanic. I love it so much I made an extended version of it on DVD.

To quote YOU - Sanjuro37, as you said this about Buffy season 6:

Fuck the haters.

qft.

In the latest issue of EW they organized a revote from "agents, producers, directors, actors, and other film professionals," focusing on the years 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, and 2003.

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,2000...250883,00.html

I haven't read it (yet).

The English Patient is nowhere near the worst movie to win Best Picture. I've seen them all, and I think it's close to the top of the list.

I've never understood the lack of love (or at least, the lack of like) this movie gets from some people. The average Joe who didn't get it because it's "boring"? Sure. People on a movie forum who have at least a bit of appreciation for the art of cinema? No.

Not bad, Cate Blanchett crushed Gwyneth in their revote for 98.

To say that Crash, or Titanic, or The English Patient is the worst Oscar winner shows a real lack of historical perspective.

I mean, have none of you seen The Greatest Show on Earth or Cimmaron? TGSoE is particularly galling since it beat out Singing in the Rain, Shane, and The Quiet Man.

First off, who the fuck is Dave McCoy and why should I take his views over the views of the Academy?
Actually surprised that I didn't see Crash mentioned. Around oscar time, you always here whining that Crash won best picture that year.

The article was written before Crash won.

I'm still pissed that Pan's Labyrinth didn't win Best Foreign-Language Film.

So so true...Del Toro is amazing, and totally deserved a win for it.

I was mad at first about that too, but then I saw The Lives of Others and I think they made the right choice. Rarely do I love two foreign films in the same year.

The Lives of Others deserved it.

Yeah, I read that a few days ago. It's interesting how many of them turn out the same. Many of the changes are obvious oversights like Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan over Shakespeare in Love.

I wish they had done 2005 and 2000. Not only would I like to see Brokeback Mountain likely get Best Picture, but I'd be curious to see if they'd vote for Gladiator now.

Yup.

They should. "Out of Africa" gets the same type of "it's slowwww and boringgggg" responses.

I'm still pissed that Julia Roberts beat Ellen Burstyn's performance in Requiem for a Dream.

I have a great appreciation for the art of cinema. I also love period piece films, Ralph Fiennes, and Kristin Scott Thomas. All said, sitting through "The English Patient" was sheer torture for me.

Me too. Also Gwynneth's win over Cate Blanchett.

I remeber the lord of the rings fanboys crying when Jim Broadbent won for Iris in 2002

Fixed.

(Yes, I know he was nominated for Iris, but his performance in the far more widely-seen MR was just as responsible for the win, if not more so.)

Also, I like Broadbent a lot, but Ian McKellen should have an Oscar by now for God's sake. How about the Roberto Benigni Best Actor travesty?

He actually finished 4th in the EW re-vote, behind Benigni.