View Poll Results: Pulp Fiction, should it have won Best Picture
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Pulp Fiction, should it have won Best Picture [1994]
03-23-04, 01:03 PM
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Pulp Fiction, should it have won Best Picture [1994]
Yes, and this is coming from someone who hadn't seen it until I bought the DVD blind.
03-23-04, 01:11 PM
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I can't think of every movie that year, and I'm too lazy to look, so I based it on those two. And based on those two, I would have picked Pulp Fiction, by a mile.
Edit: I got slightly less lazy. Here are the nominees for best picture that year:
Forrest Gump (1994) - Wendy Finerman; Steve Starkey; Steve Tisch
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) - Duncan Kenworthy
Pulp Fiction (1994) - Lawrence Bender
Quiz Show (1994) - Michael Jacobs (II); Julian Krainin; Michael Nozik; Robert Redford (I)
Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) - Niki Marvin
One of the better crops of nominees, IMHO. All good movies (even Forrest Gump--I really enjoyed it when I saw it but in retrospect found it a bit overly schmaltzy). Out of these 5, I would have picked Pulp Fiction, but Shawshank would be close, and Four Weddings and a Funeral (yeah, it's a chick flick, and has some of the most annoying stars ever, but it's damned funny) wouldn't be far behind. Quiz Show would probably be my fifth choice, but it's still a good movie.
Edit: I got slightly less lazy. Here are the nominees for best picture that year:
Forrest Gump (1994) - Wendy Finerman; Steve Starkey; Steve Tisch
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) - Duncan Kenworthy
Pulp Fiction (1994) - Lawrence Bender
Quiz Show (1994) - Michael Jacobs (II); Julian Krainin; Michael Nozik; Robert Redford (I)
Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) - Niki Marvin
One of the better crops of nominees, IMHO. All good movies (even Forrest Gump--I really enjoyed it when I saw it but in retrospect found it a bit overly schmaltzy). Out of these 5, I would have picked Pulp Fiction, but Shawshank would be close, and Four Weddings and a Funeral (yeah, it's a chick flick, and has some of the most annoying stars ever, but it's damned funny) wouldn't be far behind. Quiz Show would probably be my fifth choice, but it's still a good movie.
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03-23-04, 01:20 PM
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Definitely pulp Fiction, no other movie nominated comes close.
03-23-04, 01:23 PM
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Even though I watched Pulp Fiction way more than Forrest Gump, I still vote for FG. Both are very excellent plus I don't really care what movies get Best Picture.
03-23-04, 01:32 PM
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I love Pulp Fiction, but I think Shawshank Redemption has to be right up there too. As time goes on, I find myself popping Shawshank in the dvd player more often than Pulp Fiction.
03-23-04, 01:51 PM
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Wow, Forrest Gump, Quiz Show, Shawshank Redemption and Pulp Fiction were all out that year? I would've had a hard time choosing between those four had I been voting. I've never seen Four Weddings & a Funeral, so I can't comment on it.
Between FG & PF though, I'd have to go with Pulp Fiction. Even though I enjoyed both films immensely, I thought PF was just a touch better.
Between FG & PF though, I'd have to go with Pulp Fiction. Even though I enjoyed both films immensely, I thought PF was just a touch better.
03-23-04, 03:10 PM
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I would've voted
1. Four Weddings and a Funeral
2. Quiz Show (one of my favorite movies of all time)
3. Forrest Gump
4. Shawshank Redemption
5. Pulp Fiction
1. Four Weddings and a Funeral
2. Quiz Show (one of my favorite movies of all time)
3. Forrest Gump
4. Shawshank Redemption
5. Pulp Fiction
03-23-04, 04:06 PM
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I think Gump deserved it. Although i can see how a case can be made for both Pulp Fiction and Shawshank. I love them all. But something about Gump always warms my heart 
03-23-04, 05:05 PM
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While Forrest Gump was also excellent, Pulp Fiction was the defining film of its decade, let alone its year. It certainly should have won Best Picture - but the Academy wasn't as daring in those days.
If it was up just a couple of years ago, or if you could have the Academy vote again, I think we'd see PF win.
If it was up just a couple of years ago, or if you could have the Academy vote again, I think we'd see PF win.
03-23-04, 06:04 PM
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I'd put Shawshank slightly above Pulp Fiction, and both miles ahead of Forrest Gump.
Of course, I don't like Forrest Gump, so I'm not the best person to ask when comparing movies to Forrest Gump. But I do love both Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption, so I can compare those two.
Of course, I don't like Forrest Gump, so I'm not the best person to ask when comparing movies to Forrest Gump. But I do love both Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption, so I can compare those two.
