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What is the worst Oscars Best Picture winner that you have seen?
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Crash is AWESOME near the boringness of
Even Gandhi has more happening and gandhi is a movie about a pacifist that has almost an hour more of duration than this shit
stump sock
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Crash by a country mile
DontBeThatGuy
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Shit, man, The fucking Blind Side was a best picture nominee. WHAT.
Crash.
Ugh..
had to sit through that one on a date.
"OMG...the feelings right?"
"..yea...h.."
Ugh..
had to sit through that one on a date.
"OMG...the feelings right?"
"..yea...h.."
I've (thankfully, apparently) never seen Crash, but I'm surprised there aren't more people that hated Million Dollar Baby. I like boxing movies and I like Eastwood, but the way that movie suddenly changes to "Oscar Bait" sobbing bullshit in the last third felt cheap and disingenuous.
All Quiet on the Western Front
It Happened One Night
Gone With the Wind
Rebecca
Casablanca
The Best Years of Our Lives
Hamlet
All The King's Men
All About Eve
An American in Paris
From Here to Eternity
On The Waterfront
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Apartment
West Side Story
Lawrence of Arabia
My Fair Lady
The Sound of Music
The Godfather
The Sting
The Godfather II
Rocky
Annie Hall
The Deer Hunter
Kramer v Kramer
Ordinary People
Terms of Endearment
Amadeus
Out of Africa
Driving Miss Daisy
Dances with Wolves
The Silence of the Lambs
Schindler's List
The English Patient
Titanic
Gladiator
A Beautiful Mind
Chicago
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Million Dollar Baby
Crash
No Country For Old Men
Slumdog Millionaire
The Hurt Locker
The King's Speech
The Artist
Argo
12 Years a Slave
Birdman
If I had to be honest, probably some tripe like Out of Africa. A very beautiful movie with great actors that has to be one of the most boring movies I have ever seen. Crash isn't so bad as it is pandering and it beat out a very deserving film. Also not that big a fan of An American in Paris considering two of the movies it beat are some of America's all time best cinema, A Streetcar Named Desire and A Place in the Sun. Out of all the winners post 2010, I would have to say that The Artist is my favorite. It has a gimmick, sure, but it is so effortlessly charming and the two leads are both fantastic.
It Happened One Night
Gone With the Wind
Rebecca
Casablanca
The Best Years of Our Lives
Hamlet
All The King's Men
All About Eve
An American in Paris
From Here to Eternity
On The Waterfront
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Apartment
West Side Story
Lawrence of Arabia
My Fair Lady
The Sound of Music
The Godfather
The Sting
The Godfather II
Rocky
Annie Hall
The Deer Hunter
Kramer v Kramer
Ordinary People
Terms of Endearment
Amadeus
Out of Africa
Driving Miss Daisy
Dances with Wolves
The Silence of the Lambs
Schindler's List
The English Patient
Titanic
Gladiator
A Beautiful Mind
Chicago
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Million Dollar Baby
Crash
No Country For Old Men
Slumdog Millionaire
The Hurt Locker
The King's Speech
The Artist
Argo
12 Years a Slave
Birdman
If I had to be honest, probably some tripe like Out of Africa. A very beautiful movie with great actors that has to be one of the most boring movies I have ever seen. Crash isn't so bad as it is pandering and it beat out a very deserving film. Also not that big a fan of An American in Paris considering two of the movies it beat are some of America's all time best cinema, A Streetcar Named Desire and A Place in the Sun. Out of all the winners post 2010, I would have to say that The Artist is my favorite. It has a gimmick, sure, but it is so effortlessly charming and the two leads are both fantastic.
DontBeThatGuy
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Oh, and The Help too. I guess the Academy really fucking loves these white people focused race-relation films, or as some call them, "white savior films"
Y'all are plebs
I had no idea Titanic won best picture. Yikes.
Conscience Falls
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Looking through the last thirty years, there sure are a bunch of films that have either not aged well, or I personally never enjoyed.
Edit: What the hell happened in 1989, good lord.
As for Rain Man, people should give that one a watch again. It, uh, has not aged well.
Edit: What the hell happened in 1989, good lord.
As for Rain Man, people should give that one a watch again. It, uh, has not aged well.
I love Ang Lee, but Brokeback was a nothing film, with one of Ledger's worst performances. Both Crash and Brokeback were political votes, and neither deserved to be up for it.
Yeah, think they stupidly played it safe.
Most of them I haven't enjoyed that much.
Hurt Locker was garbage.
lmao
Crash was fucking trash and had no business winning, much less being nominated in the first place.
I'm honestly assuming it's because the Crash win is a newer wound for many. Drivin Miss Daisy won in a year when Do the Right Thing wasn't even nominated. Fucking hell.
Man Called Aerodynamics
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For me, Crash, aka Big Serious Issues: The Movie.
Sirpopopop
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The English Patient.
I liked the original far more.
It only won because Scorsese was overdue one and they thought that'll do.
DontBeThatGuy
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Drive Miss Daisy actually gets nominated, and actually wins, but Do The Right Thing is nowhere to be found. One is safe and forgettable film about race-relations, the other is a damn masterpiece that still feels unlike anything else. It's captures a time period, a seasonal period, and humans in a very unique way.
My take on the ones since the turn of the century:
2014 - "Birdman" - Brilliant, hilarious, well-deserved.
2013 - "12 Years a Slave" - Inert, strangely inhuman and devoid of emotion. Not terrible but I didn't like it.
2012 - "Argo" - Dull, mediocre, failed at humour.
2011 - "The Artist" - Fantastic. Well-deserved.
2010 - "The King's Speech" - Didn't see.
2009 - "The Hurt Locker" - Watchable but not much more.
2008 - "Slumdog Millionaire" - Decent.
2007 - "No Country for Old Men" - Absolutely brilliant, one of my favourite films.
2006 - "The Departed" - A really good watch, but also derivative and with a shocking performance from Nicholson.
2005 - "Crash" - Garbage, man.
2004 - "Million Dollar Baby" - Quite good but mawkish at times.
2003 - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" - A massive let down after the brilliant first movie. Lots of the flaws come from the source material though.
2002 - "Chicago" - Didn't see, lol musicals.
2001 - "A Beautiful Mind" - Didn't see.
2000 - "Gladiator" - The end is flawed, but it's a great action film. Loved it.
No Country for Old Men would be my winner out of that group.
2014 - "Birdman" - Brilliant, hilarious, well-deserved.
2013 - "12 Years a Slave" - Inert, strangely inhuman and devoid of emotion. Not terrible but I didn't like it.
2012 - "Argo" - Dull, mediocre, failed at humour.
2011 - "The Artist" - Fantastic. Well-deserved.
2010 - "The King's Speech" - Didn't see.
2009 - "The Hurt Locker" - Watchable but not much more.
2008 - "Slumdog Millionaire" - Decent.
2007 - "No Country for Old Men" - Absolutely brilliant, one of my favourite films.
2006 - "The Departed" - A really good watch, but also derivative and with a shocking performance from Nicholson.
2005 - "Crash" - Garbage, man.
2004 - "Million Dollar Baby" - Quite good but mawkish at times.
2003 - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" - A massive let down after the brilliant first movie. Lots of the flaws come from the source material though.
2002 - "Chicago" - Didn't see, lol musicals.
2001 - "A Beautiful Mind" - Didn't see.
2000 - "Gladiator" - The end is flawed, but it's a great action film. Loved it.
No Country for Old Men would be my winner out of that group.
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I tried seeing this two times. I fell asleep both of them.
You aren't missing much, just imagine Avatar with brown skin instead of blue.
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I really like Forest Gump, it's comfort food to me. Tom Hanks is my Nintendo dammit.
Million Dollar Baby was good, but there's like no reason to watch it again once you know the hook (no pun intended...).
For those that said Titanic, its at least a really well made movie. I suggest giving this a watch to get into the why: https://youtu.be/WHiceVim9Wg
For those that said Titanic, its at least a really well made movie. I suggest giving this a watch to get into the why: https://youtu.be/WHiceVim9Wg
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This would be a huge list in and of itself. Most Oscar Best Picture winners are utter garbage.
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Haven't quite seen all of them, but of the ones I have, I would have to say that Crash and Birdman were not all that enjoyable for me and feel out of place with the rest.
Conscience Falls
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I can completely agree with this summation. Hell, I would have taken Field of Dreams over Daisy.
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A lot of films beat 2001: A Space Odyssey. It was a highly contested movie with some of the best critics of that decade absolutely trashing it. People walked out of the preview showing for the film. It wasn't an overwhelming commercial success (although no one could call it a failure - I think it made 8.5 million in box office) when it first released - the majority of its success coming much later with re-releases. I don't think it was even nominated for any Best Picture awards (it had plenty of best VFX and Sound awards though).
Crash, quite easily. Although horrendous filth like A Beautiful Mind does it give it some competition.
And smh at TEP mentions. One of the most beautiful epics ever crafted and omg at Minghella's marvelous adaptation of the book! Plus it's one of the few films where Miss Binoche is completely outclassed (by the always spectacular Kristen Scott Thomas).
And smh at TEP mentions. One of the most beautiful epics ever crafted and omg at Minghella's marvelous adaptation of the book! Plus it's one of the few films where Miss Binoche is completely outclassed (by the always spectacular Kristen Scott Thomas).
I generally cite The Greatest Show on Earth or The Life of Emile Zola as the worst, but I never liked Oliver! either. But they're so far removed from modern convention and sensibility that I probably just don't get it. Then again Casablanca and Rebecca and All Quiet on the Western Front hold up pretty well, so who knows.
Crash is preachy and smug and probably the worst modern winner up with The English Patient.
Crash is preachy and smug and probably the worst modern winner up with The English Patient.
To Far Away Times
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Forest Gump is probably more known for stealing the award from away from Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption than it is for actually being a good movie.
DontBeThatGuy
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Ebert was on the right side of history at least. Gave it 4 stars.
Doubt it. Forrest Gump, whether you like it or not, was insanely popular and probably still is, considering how much it still gets shown on Television. Also, the Shawshank love came afterwards, when it TBS/TNT started showing it seemingly every single day, sometimes more than once. (which meant I watched that film a ton)
Murder. She Wrote
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Never understood why The Hurt Locker won, but it was a bad year for movies in general.
Conscience Falls
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The Greatest Show on Earth screened as a total failure for me and the majority of my class. It's a film that has more in common with a road show than an actual film.
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I didn't like it either, despite being obsessed with the Iraq war.
Rockandrollclown
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Whatever wins this year thats not Fury Road. For now, Shakespeare in Love.
Fortinbras
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WAT?
I tried seeing this two times. I fell asleep both of them.
I've seen 49 best picture winners and The English Patient is by far the worst. It took me days to finish the movie. Shakespeare in Love is also terrible.
PsihoPerihelion
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I've seen all of them (I even own Wings on blu-ray) here's the ones I hate:
Around the World un 80 Days
An American in Paris
The Greatest Show on Earth
Gigi
Tom Jones
My Fair Lady
OLIVER!
Chariots of Fire
Driving Miss Daisy
The English Patient
Shakespeare in Love
Crash
Slumdog Millionaire
The Artist
The King's Speech
Around the World un 80 Days
An American in Paris
The Greatest Show on Earth
Gigi
Tom Jones
My Fair Lady
OLIVER!
Chariots of Fire
Driving Miss Daisy
The English Patient
Shakespeare in Love
Crash
Slumdog Millionaire
The Artist
The King's Speech
PsychoSoldier
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Crash is a terrible movie.
Corpsepyre
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Titanic, definitely. Fuck new James Cameron.
These are the BP winners I haven't seen:
The Broadway Melody (1929)
Cimarron (1931)
Cavalcade (1933)
The Great Ziegfield (1936)
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Going My Way (1944)
All the King's Men (1949)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Gigi (1958)
Tom Jones (1963)
Out of the BP winners I have seen, the only one that stands out far below the rest is Crash (2005). No idea how Brokeback Mountain didn't win. Out of Africa (1985) is an okay movie but kind of forgettable - Witness might have been a better pick that year. Shakespeare in Love (1998) over Saving Private Ryan or The Thin Red Line is laughable. Dances with Wolves (1990) over Goodfellas is a bit of a head-scratcher but not surprising. As much as I think Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) is a great movie, Apocalypse Now is one of the absolute best movies of all time. Ordinary People (1980) over Raging Bull? Blah.
The Broadway Melody (1929)
Cimarron (1931)
Cavalcade (1933)
The Great Ziegfield (1936)
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Going My Way (1944)
All the King's Men (1949)
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Gigi (1958)
Tom Jones (1963)
Out of the BP winners I have seen, the only one that stands out far below the rest is Crash (2005). No idea how Brokeback Mountain didn't win. Out of Africa (1985) is an okay movie but kind of forgettable - Witness might have been a better pick that year. Shakespeare in Love (1998) over Saving Private Ryan or The Thin Red Line is laughable. Dances with Wolves (1990) over Goodfellas is a bit of a head-scratcher but not surprising. As much as I think Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) is a great movie, Apocalypse Now is one of the absolute best movies of all time. Ordinary People (1980) over Raging Bull? Blah.
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