View Poll Results: Did the Academy Pick the Right Best Picture Winner For Each Year?
1993: Schindler's List
75
66.96%
1994 : Forrest Gump
13
11.61%
1995 : Braveheart
34
30.36%
1996 : The English Patient
8
7.14%
1997 : Titanic
38
33.93%
1998 : Shakespeare In Love
6
5.36%
1999 : American Beauty
31
27.68%
2000 : Gladiator
22
19.64%
2001 : A Beautiful Mind
12
10.71%
2002 : Chicago
9
8.04%
2003 : Lord of the Rings : Return of the King
51
45.54%
2004 Million Dollar Baby
29
25.89%
2005 Crash
6
5.36%
2006 : The Departed
43
38.39%
2007 : No Country For Old Men
56
50.00%
2008 : Slumdog Millionaire
21
18.75%
2009 : The Hurt Locker
20
17.86%
2010 : The King's Speech
8
7.14%
2011 : The Artist
16
14.29%
2012 : Argo
31
27.68%
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Poll : When did the Academy get the Best Picture Oscar Right?
02-25-13 | 04:13 PM
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Poll : When did the Academy get the Best Picture Oscar Right?
I'm curious what people here think of the Best Picture Winners, so I thought I'd put together a list of the past 20 Best Picture Winners. Vote for all those where you think the Best Picture winner was the most deserving of the nominated films. There are plenty of other great films, but I'm just curious about if you were presented with the same ballot as the Academy, would you have made the same choice.
Full List of Nominees:
Full List of Nominees:
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02-25-13 | 04:20 PM
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Good question.
The Academy is now saying:
"We now equate ARGO as being the same level of quality as....LAWRENCE OF ARABIA."
While I haven't seen Argo, I have friends who thought Argo was very, very mediocre.
The Academy is now saying:
"We now equate ARGO as being the same level of quality as....LAWRENCE OF ARABIA."
While I haven't seen Argo, I have friends who thought Argo was very, very mediocre.
02-25-13 | 04:25 PM
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Re: Poll : When did the Acedemy get the Best Picture Oscar Right?
No they aren't. They are saying Argo was the Best Picture of 2012. They don't compare against other years.
02-25-13 | 04:28 PM
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Re: Poll : When did the Acedemy get the Best Picture Oscar Right?
Okie doke, Fair enough.
For those who have seen Argo:
IS Argo a more Oscar-worthy picture than Les Miserables and Lincoln?
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And to answer the original post:
I think Schindler's List and Titanic are Oscar-caliber. The Academy got Shakespeare in Love wrong though.
For those who have seen Argo:
IS Argo a more Oscar-worthy picture than Les Miserables and Lincoln?
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And to answer the original post:
I think Schindler's List and Titanic are Oscar-caliber. The Academy got Shakespeare in Love wrong though.
02-25-13 | 04:29 PM
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I have to admit that span of winners doesn't look very impressive. Only a few great films, and one masterpiece (Schinder's List). IMO, of course.
Edit:
Now that I've seen the full list, even more convinced Schindler's List is the only correct answer. Maybe RotK and Million Dollar Baby, but I'd have to see the full list from those years. In all of the other years there are "better" films among the nominees.
Edit:
Now that I've seen the full list, even more convinced Schindler's List is the only correct answer. Maybe RotK and Million Dollar Baby, but I'd have to see the full list from those years. In all of the other years there are "better" films among the nominees.
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02-25-13 | 04:37 PM
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Re: Poll : When did the Acedemy get the Best Picture Oscar Right?
A few times.
Gone With The Wind
Casablanca
All About Eve
From Here To Eternity
On The Waterfront
The Bridge On The River Kwai
The Apartment
Lawrence Of Arabia
Midnight Cowboy
Patton
The Godfather
The Godfather Part 2
Annie Hall
The Last Emperor
Unforgiven
Schindler's List
No Country For Old Men
And lots more years where it's really a toss-up.
Gone With The Wind
Casablanca
All About Eve
From Here To Eternity
On The Waterfront
The Bridge On The River Kwai
The Apartment
Lawrence Of Arabia
Midnight Cowboy
Patton
The Godfather
The Godfather Part 2
Annie Hall
The Last Emperor
Unforgiven
Schindler's List
No Country For Old Men
And lots more years where it's really a toss-up.
02-25-13 | 04:41 PM
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Really? Somebody voted for Shakespeare in Love?
02-25-13 | 04:44 PM
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02-25-13 | 04:48 PM
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02-25-13 | 04:48 PM
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02-25-13 | 05:28 PM
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Schindler's List and Million Dollar Baby - that's it from me. Although there are some winners (Gladiator, The English Patient) that bother me more than others. Like last night...I love LINCOLN, but I enjoy ARGO enough that I have no problem with it winning the prize.
02-25-13 | 05:32 PM
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Im good with most up until Shakespeare in Love over SPR. The Academy lost there way that year and have gotten it more wrong than not since.
That being said, I'm not a LOTR fanboy but looking back at those years the first two films should have won over what did.
*edit - '94 is a tough year with Gump, Shawshank & Pulp Fiction.
That being said, I'm not a LOTR fanboy but looking back at those years the first two films should have won over what did.
*edit - '94 is a tough year with Gump, Shawshank & Pulp Fiction.
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02-25-13 | 05:42 PM
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Re: Poll : When did the Academy get the Best Picture Oscar Right?
I voted:
Schindler's List
Titanic
No Country for Old Men (This was a really strong year for them, though. I think I like Atonement and There Will Be Blood just as much as the Coen film.)
With three or four possible exceptions (including The Best Years of Our Lives, All Quiet on the Western Front), I don't think they've ever chosen what I consider the actual Best Picture of the year.
Schindler's List
Titanic
No Country for Old Men (This was a really strong year for them, though. I think I like Atonement and There Will Be Blood just as much as the Coen film.)
With three or four possible exceptions (including The Best Years of Our Lives, All Quiet on the Western Front), I don't think they've ever chosen what I consider the actual Best Picture of the year.
02-25-13 | 06:32 PM
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I'm pretty surprised that The Departed isn't getting more love. Yes, it's far, far from Scorsese's best, but it's only running at 24%. Which of the other nominees (Babel, Little Miss Sunshine, Letters From Iwo Jima or The Queen) do people think was more deserving? It was the best choice of a very weak field, IMO.
02-25-13 | 06:49 PM
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I'm pretty surprised that The Departed isn't getting more love. Yes, it's far, far from Scorsese's best, but it's only running at 24%. Which of the other nominees (Babel, Little Miss Sunshine, Letters From Iwo Jima or The Queen) do people think was more deserving? It was the best choice of a very weak field, IMO.
02-25-13 | 06:57 PM
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I went with No Country for Old Men.
I was completely blown away by this movie and never expected it to win. I was happy and extremely surprised to see it win.
I was completely blown away by this movie and never expected it to win. I was happy and extremely surprised to see it win.
02-25-13 | 07:03 PM
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Of that list, the only one I'm 100% Gung-Ho for is "No Country For Old Men".
On the other hand, I'm 100% AGAINST overpraised swill like FORREST GUMP, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, GLADIATOR, CRASH, and the insanely revolting SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
Although I haven't seen "Argo" yet.
On the other hand, I'm 100% AGAINST overpraised swill like FORREST GUMP, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, GLADIATOR, CRASH, and the insanely revolting SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
Although I haven't seen "Argo" yet.
02-25-13 | 07:10 PM
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Schindler, Million Dollar Baby and (gasp) American Beauty were my picks. I have more passion for previous year's winners losers though.
02-25-13 | 07:13 PM
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Re: Poll : When did the Academy get the Best Picture Oscar Right?
I'm pretty surprised that The Departed isn't getting more love. Yes, it's far, far from Scorsese's best, but it's only running at 24%. Which of the other nominees (Babel, Little Miss Sunshine, Letters From Iwo Jima or The Queen) do people think was more deserving? It was the best choice of a very weak field, IMO.
02-25-13 | 07:15 PM
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You forgot A BEAUTIFUL MIND.
02-25-13 | 07:15 PM
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Re: Poll : When did the Academy get the Best Picture Oscar Right?
Of that list, the only one I'm 100% Gung-Ho for is "No Country For Old Men".
On the other hand, I'm 100% AGAINST overpraised swill like FORREST GUMP, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, GLADIATOR, CRASH, and the insanely revolting SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
Although I haven't seen "Argo" yet.
On the other hand, I'm 100% AGAINST overpraised swill like FORREST GUMP, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, GLADIATOR, CRASH, and the insanely revolting SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
Although I haven't seen "Argo" yet.
I deeply disliked Slumdog as well, though that's a tough group to pick a favorite from. I don't really like any of the films. Maybe The Reader or Frost/Nixon, but honestly that was a terrible crop (and it's not too surprising that they opened up the nominees to ten the next year after the lackluster ratings that telecast got).
You should watch Argo. It may or may not be the most deserving, but it's a solid film in the mold of those good political films of the Seventies.
02-25-13 | 07:48 PM
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