Braveheart: Worst Oscar winner.. evar
02-24-05 | 06:00 PM
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Braveheart: Worst Oscar winner.. evar
http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Stor...424405,00.html
Few people would argue that the best picture Oscar has ever been a foolproof index of the finest movies ever made. But some winners, it would seem, are less deserving than others - like Braveheart, for example.
Mel Gibson's woad-smeared, Brit-bashing epic has been named the all-time worst best picture by Empire magazine, leading a top 10 of similar duff choices. The film won the Academy Award in 1995, with Gibson also being honoured as best director.
Runner-up in the Oscar hall of shame was A Beautiful Mind, which triumphed in 2002. The magazine hailed the "wilfully dishonest screenplay" and "clunkily intricate direction" of Ron Howard's biopic.
Mel Gibson's woad-smeared, Brit-bashing epic has been named the all-time worst best picture by Empire magazine, leading a top 10 of similar duff choices. The film won the Academy Award in 1995, with Gibson also being honoured as best director.
Runner-up in the Oscar hall of shame was A Beautiful Mind, which triumphed in 2002. The magazine hailed the "wilfully dishonest screenplay" and "clunkily intricate direction" of Ron Howard's biopic.
02-24-05 | 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Sierra Disc
Obviously nobody there has seen "The Greatest Show on Earth."
The "tawdry circus spectacle" otherwise known as 1952's The Greatest Show on Earth was at number three.
02-24-05 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by QuiGonJosh
I hate Braveheart...with all my being.
02-24-05 | 07:04 PM
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Not surprising coming from a British magazine.
Ugh, I forgot about Forrest Gump. That gives The English Patient a run for it's money.
02-24-05 | 08:39 PM
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Gladiator is definately the worst.
Braveheart was by far one of the best pictures to ever win the Best Picture award. Acting, Directing, Score, Cinematography are all spectacular.
Braveheart was by far one of the best pictures to ever win the Best Picture award. Acting, Directing, Score, Cinematography are all spectacular.
02-24-05 | 08:44 PM
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I need to chime in and say that i agree with their appraisal that Ordinary People is undeserving of Best Picture. Watched it a few weeks ago because my girlfriend had never seen it and I was... underwelmed.
02-24-05 | 11:27 PM
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Other than Return of the King, Braveheart was the last film that was deserving of the Best Picture Oscar. All the winners between are worse. Rocky is on their list? Those brits need to lay off the reefer, and maybe actually watch the films they decided to shit on.