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Whats your preferred Oscar Best Movie ?
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CreepingFear
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When I think of Crash, I think of the James Spader/Holly Hunter movie. That was memorable.
haha I asked because you talked about gore in SOTL being hard to watch while Hannibal has...copious amounts of it, was just curious
AlternativeUlster
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Oh yeah, I forgot how much I loved Gone with the Wind too. I will put that in at #3 of my top picks.
CreepingFear
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I think because in Hannibal, it's over the top, almost artistic. SOTL, they made it as realistic as possible with using real FBI profilers as advisers for the movie.
Lawrence of Arabia followed by No Country for Old Men.
And piss to all who complain about No Country's ending. It is completely satisfying and answers all questions without having to tell you.
LoA though is one of the great cinematic experiences I've ever had. My first time seeing it was in theaters with the 4k Restoration back in 2012. Be jealous.
And piss to all who complain about No Country's ending. It is completely satisfying and answers all questions without having to tell you.
LoA though is one of the great cinematic experiences I've ever had. My first time seeing it was in theaters with the 4k Restoration back in 2012. Be jealous.
yup I agree with your view. It's got great atmosphere, but SOTL's is sick and unsettling increasing the hard to watch factor tenfold
I dunno, I thought two older movies held up extremely well; 12 Angry Men and Shichinin no Samurai. For some reason neither won the respective oscar. The rest.. I can see that Casablanca etc. are good movies, just dated.
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American Beauty
Most of the greatest Hollywood movies made - and that means the greatest, most entertaining and rewarding to watch today - were released from the 30s to the 60s.
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
I go with "All Quiet on the Western Front". It's a great movie that still packs a punch after 80 years.
BTW Looking at the list I'm amazed at the number of movies that undeservedly carried the Oscar home. Even though I really like The Artist, it's not a movie that will stand the test of time and be remembered for decades to come. Same goes for The King's Speech, Slumdog Millionaire, The Departed, Crash, Chicago, Shakespeare in Love, American Beauty, etc.
It also saddens me that 90% of the people will have seen only a fraction of these movies, usually the ones released in the past 15 years. How many people here have seen Oscar winners like It Happens One Night, Grand Hotel, How Green Was My Valley, Best Years of Our Lives, Lost Weekend, Wings, ...? I'm glad to see mentions for Rebecca and All About Eve though.
BTW Looking at the list I'm amazed at the number of movies that undeservedly carried the Oscar home. Even though I really like The Artist, it's not a movie that will stand the test of time and be remembered for decades to come. Same goes for The King's Speech, Slumdog Millionaire, The Departed, Crash, Chicago, Shakespeare in Love, American Beauty, etc.
It also saddens me that 90% of the people will have seen only a fraction of these movies, usually the ones released in the past 15 years. How many people here have seen Oscar winners like It Happens One Night, Grand Hotel, How Green Was My Valley, Best Years of Our Lives, Lost Weekend, Wings, ...? I'm glad to see mentions for Rebecca and All About Eve though.
Well I don't agree. Too much 'filmed stage play'.
The Godfather.
Out of all the movies on that list, you think Crash is the best one?
Calling out the Coen Bros. for self-indulgence after picking Forrest Gump as the top Best Picture of all time. Jesus take the wheel...
Out of all the movies on that list, you think Crash is the best one?
Calling out the Coen Bros. for self-indulgence after picking Forrest Gump as the top Best Picture of all time. Jesus take the wheel...
Schattenjäger
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American Beauty
Return of the King but that was for the entire trilogy
Return of the King but that was for the entire trilogy
Doctoglethorpe
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Forest Gump, pretty easy pick.
That said, none of my personal top movies are on that list.
That said, none of my personal top movies are on that list.
MidnightCowboy
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Gladiator is a weak movie
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Some of my favourite films are on this list, like:
American Beauty
Kramer vs. Kramer
Schindler's List
Annie Hall
The Deer Hunter
American Beauty
Kramer vs. Kramer
Schindler's List
Annie Hall
The Deer Hunter
TheExhaustedWalrus
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No Country
Schindler's List
The Godfather
Schindler's List
The Godfather
whatsinaname
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It is a travesty that Paths of Glory is not on that list.
Team Alucard
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It is legitimately my favorite movie. I know, I have terrible taste. I'm the only one I know in real life who actually liked it.
One and done.
ComputerBlue
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Rain Man
Rocky
Godfather
Rocky
Godfather
CaptainofIndustry
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The Silence of The Lambs.
djplaeskool
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The French Connection
Silence of the Lambs
Return of the King
Silence of the Lambs
Return of the King
Mike Works
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For personal re-watching tastes:
Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, Return of the King
The movie that I think is the best and I also enjoy:
Godfather Part 2
Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, Return of the King
The movie that I think is the best and I also enjoy:
Godfather Part 2
EightBitNate
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Does anyone else find it weird American Beauty won? I love the movie so much, but I don't think of it as an Oscar-movie. They go for historical and dramatic movies. American Beauty was a black comedy.
Delta Assault
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...they don't go for action movies.
djplaeskool
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The Insider should have won that year.
Outstanding and commercially underrated film.
Got nominated for 7 Oscars and didn't win a damned thing.
EightBitNate
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Sorry. I reworded it.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
All About Eve, Annie Hall, The Apartment, Godfather, The Best Years of Our Lives.
FlyingSaucer
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Unforgiven is a very tempting proposition.
Violence Jack
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Silence of the Lambs and American Beauty
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