Has a 'Best Picture' winner ever been your fav movie of the year?
06-17-05, 10:40 PM
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Off the top of my head.
The Aviator
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06-17-05, 11:13 PM
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I would say Casablanca, Godfather, French Connection, Rocky, and Silence of the Lambs are probably my favorites from their respective years.
As good as Godfather II is, Chinatown is just a smidge more perfect (if that's possible). And I did agree with RotK at the time, but I actually watch Master and Commander far more, so maybe I should change my view on that.
Some of that list is just puzzling though (no Apocalypse Now?).
As good as Godfather II is, Chinatown is just a smidge more perfect (if that's possible). And I did agree with RotK at the time, but I actually watch Master and Commander far more, so maybe I should change my view on that.
Some of that list is just puzzling though (no Apocalypse Now?).
06-18-05, 04:30 AM
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Several best picture winners have coincided with being my favorite movies for their respective years; it's when the academy gives that award to something of 'high art' that I usually am not in agreement. This year was close for me as a previous poster wrote, I think MDB is great but I'm an awfully big fan of Kill Bill Vol. 2. As far as others off the top of my head where my fave was the top pick-
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Gladiator
Rocky
The French Connection
Forest Gump
Kramer Vs. Kramer
Unforgiven
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Gladiator
Rocky
The French Connection
Forest Gump
Kramer Vs. Kramer
Unforgiven
06-18-05, 02:54 PM
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Maybe Forrest Gump.
Although the biggest injustice is LA Confidential losing out to Titanic.
Also, Mystic River got screwed because the Academy decided to wait until Return of the King to award the Lord of the Rings movies, when clearly it should've gone either of the first two, and if it had gone to The Two Towers, then we wouldn't have gotten Chicago for a best picture.
Although the biggest injustice is LA Confidential losing out to Titanic.
Also, Mystic River got screwed because the Academy decided to wait until Return of the King to award the Lord of the Rings movies, when clearly it should've gone either of the first two, and if it had gone to The Two Towers, then we wouldn't have gotten Chicago for a best picture.
07-24-05, 10:15 PM
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1975 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1986 - Platoon
1992 - Unforgiven
1999 - American Beauty
2001 - A Beautiful Mind
just missing would be 1976 with Rocky winning,love it but i would give the edge to Taxi Driver
1986 - Platoon
1992 - Unforgiven
1999 - American Beauty
2001 - A Beautiful Mind
just missing would be 1976 with Rocky winning,love it but i would give the edge to Taxi Driver
07-25-05, 12:54 AM
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07-25-05, 08:27 AM
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Yeah lots of em. However, I do keep in mind that 'Best Picture' doesn't necessarily mean 'picture that was most enjoyable' or 'pciture I liked the most'.
They're chosen on a broad variety of merits, like acting, directing, etc. etc. (and how much money Ron Howard payed you backstage).
I always thought that if a movie got nominated for best picture it was practically best picture. That's why I collect all nominees as well as winners.
They're chosen on a broad variety of merits, like acting, directing, etc. etc. (and how much money Ron Howard payed you backstage).
I always thought that if a movie got nominated for best picture it was practically best picture. That's why I collect all nominees as well as winners.
07-25-05, 08:45 AM
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TITANIC; not only my favorite film of 1997, but of all time (alongside 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, a robbed-for-Best-Picture winner if ever there was one).
07-25-05, 12:15 PM
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This is my subjective list based on faulty memory of what I think I enjoyed most at the time.
1973 - The Sting
1976 - Rocky (what? i was 12)
1979 - Kramer vs Kramer
1984 - Amadeus
1990 - Dances With Wolves
1991 - The Silence of the Lambs
1995 - Braveheart
1996 - The English Patient
1973 - The Sting
1976 - Rocky (what? i was 12)
1979 - Kramer vs Kramer
1984 - Amadeus
1990 - Dances With Wolves
1991 - The Silence of the Lambs
1995 - Braveheart
1996 - The English Patient
07-25-05, 12:42 PM
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of all the movies on that list, these are the only ones in my top twenty...
1943 - Casablanca
1977 - Annie Hall
1992 - Unforgiven
1999 - American Beauty
...and let me give one vote for the conversation over the godfather in '72, I love that movie...
Nick
1943 - Casablanca
1977 - Annie Hall
1992 - Unforgiven
1999 - American Beauty
...and let me give one vote for the conversation over the godfather in '72, I love that movie...
Nick
The only ones I agree with are:
Platoon
Gladiator
ROTK
07-25-05, 01:30 PM
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Quite a few - just in the past 15 years:
The Silence of the Lambs
Unforgiven
Schindler's List
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Million Dollar Baby
My top 10 includes four Best Picture winners - Casablanca, Amadeus, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and The Return of the King.
Yes, the Academy has made some awfully questionable choices, but overall I've think they've done a pretty good job. Of course, "Best" film can be very subjective...
The Silence of the Lambs
Unforgiven
Schindler's List
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Million Dollar Baby
My top 10 includes four Best Picture winners - Casablanca, Amadeus, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and The Return of the King.
Yes, the Academy has made some awfully questionable choices, but overall I've think they've done a pretty good job. Of course, "Best" film can be very subjective...
07-25-05, 01:52 PM
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Platoon
Midnight Cowboy
Bridge/River Kwai
Platoon
Midnight Cowboy
Bridge/River Kwai
07-25-05, 02:07 PM
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A few I disagree with are:
Was Good but was better
Forrest Gump - The Shawshank Redemption
Shakespear In Love - Saving Private Ryan
Chicago - LOTR - The Two Towers or Gangs of New York
A Beautiful Mind - LOTR - The Fellowship of the Ring
Was Good but was better
Forrest Gump - The Shawshank Redemption
Shakespear In Love - Saving Private Ryan
Chicago - LOTR - The Two Towers or Gangs of New York
A Beautiful Mind - LOTR - The Fellowship of the Ring
07-25-05, 02:18 PM
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You could probably take it one step farther and say, "Has a 'Best Picture' nominee ever been your fav movie of the year?" I never cease to be amazed at how bad best picture nominated movies are. The 2 worst movies I've seen recently are Sideways and Finding Neverland. I haven't gotten around to seeing the 3 other nominees yet.
I'm surprised about all the people agreeing with American Beauty. It's definitely one of the best films the academy has nominated in the past 10 years or so, but 99 was one of the best years of film ever. It would have been hard for them to nominate anything really bad that year. A few of the movies that year that I would say were at least as good as American Beauty:
Being John Malkovich
The Insider
Boys Don't Cry
Magnolia
Run Lola Run
Fight Club
The Blair Witch Project
The Sixth Sense
The War Zone
Ghost Dog
Office Space
Twin Falls Idaho
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I'm surprised about all the people agreeing with American Beauty. It's definitely one of the best films the academy has nominated in the past 10 years or so, but 99 was one of the best years of film ever. It would have been hard for them to nominate anything really bad that year. A few of the movies that year that I would say were at least as good as American Beauty:
Being John Malkovich
The Insider
Boys Don't Cry
Magnolia
Run Lola Run
Fight Club
The Blair Witch Project
The Sixth Sense
The War Zone
Ghost Dog
Office Space
Twin Falls Idaho
Virgin Suicides
07-25-05, 05:02 PM
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The last movie I agreed with the academy on was American Beauty. Before that maybe Silence of the Lambs. Many of the older ones I agree on, but that could be because I saw them after the fact and not in theaters.