John 2,032 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 What are some examples of films that were nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards that didn't win but, in your opinion, should have won? Here are a few examples of films I personally think should have won the Oscar: E.T. over Gandhi, The Fellowship of the Ring over A Beautiful Mind, and Hugo over The Artist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Fargo > The English Patient The Thin Red Line > Shakespeare In Love The Pianist > Chicago Munich > Crash The Tree Of Life > The Artist Django Unchained > Argo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,291 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 The Shawshank Redemption > Forest Gump Fargo > The English Patient Saving Private Ryan > Shakespeare in Love The Fellowship of the Ring > Beautiful Mind The Pianist > Chicago Hugo > The Artist Life of Pi > Argo Gravity > 12 Years A Slave Boyhood > Birdman The Big Short > Spotlight Hell or High Water > Moonlight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,219 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 La Grande illusion > You Can't Take It with You Stagecoach >> Gone with the Wind Citizen Kane >>>>>> How Green Was My Valley Double Indemnity >>> Going My Way *A Matter of Life and Death [not nominated] >> The Best Years of Our Lives *Build My Gallows High [not nominated] >> Gentleman's Agreement The Red Shoes >>>> Hamlet *Kind Hearts and Coronets [not nominated] >>> All the King's Men I haven't even got beyond the 1940s yet... *Admittedly, I didn't check on the eligibility of these films for nomination in the given years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,502 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 RAGING BULL/TESS/THE ELEPHANT MAN > ORDINARY PEOPLE E.T. > GANDHI THE LION IN WINTER > OLIVER! ALL THAT JAZZ/APOCALYPSE NOW> KRAMER VS KRAMER THE DRESSER/THE BIG CHILL/THE RIGHT STUFF > TERMS OF ENDEARMENT BROADCAST NEWS/THE LAST EMPEROR JFK > THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS TRAFFIC > GLADIATOR IN THE BEDROOM > A BEAUTIFUL MIND ANY FILM EVER MADE, EVER!!! > CRASH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,291 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 4 minutes ago, Richard said: JFK > THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS Quote IN THE BEDROOM > A BEAUTIFUL MIND Oh yes, that's a good one, forgot about that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,502 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 The Silence Of The Lambs is (I s**t you not) one of the funniest films that I've ever seen. Its not disturbing, and its not chilling, and its not scary. I just laugh at the whole pretentious, poe-facedness of it all. Sorry to criticise what is a well-loved film, but I can't help it. It doesn't do it, for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,291 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Hmm. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,502 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 What's interesting, Jay? What are you hmm-ing, now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,291 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Oh, just an unusual reaction to the film you have there. Most people love it. But I understand it is not for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,502 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 I think that JFK is a genuine f***ing masterpiece, but a lot of people think that it's conspiracy-theory hogwash. It's horses for courses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,291 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 We watched JFK again last year. It is a good film Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,502 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Theatrical, or extended? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,219 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 It would be quicker to list the years in which a worthy candidate won the award. For example, the years of On the Waterfront, Lawrence of Arabia, Annie Hall, Amadeus, Unforgiven, and of course 1964 in which they passed over Dr. Strangelove for the far superior My Fair Lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,291 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 23 minutes ago, Richard said: Theatrical, or extended? Great question. It was whatever Amazon Prime had, so probably the theatrical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corellian2019 384 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Oooh, that's nice, considering that the director's cut is all that's available on DVD & Blu-ray for JFK. My two cents: as much as I like Dances With Wolves and recognize the importance of its subject matter, in hindsight it made more sense to give top prizes to Scorsese and GoodFellas that year And Letters From Iwo Jima >> The Departed Pulp Fiction > Forrest Gump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Munich didnt belong as a nominee let alone Win. And no film deserved to beat Silence of the Lambs except possibly Beauty and the Beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,219 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Even Quiz Show > Forrest Gump. Even Andie MacDowell unconvincingly feigning obliviousness to adverse weather conditions > Forrest Gump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,136 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Richard said: I think that JFK is a genuine f***ing masterpiece, but a lot of people think that it's conspiracy-theory hogwash. It's horses for courses. Well, for a lot of people, myself included, it is conspiracy-theory hogwash, but it is also an excellent and extremely well-made film. Not sure I'd take it over SotL, but it'd be a worthy winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I still can't get over that JFK is a Warner Bros film, but the latest blu-ray release in Australia is through Fox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 This might be an unpopular opinion around here, but Up > The Hurt Locker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Avatar > Up > The Booboo Box JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 46 minutes ago, John said: This might be an unpopular opinion around here, but Up > The Hurt Locker. UP was one of the better Disney Pixar ones of that time. WallE was also a good watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 1971: A Clockwork Orange > The French Connection 1975: Barry Lyndon >> One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1976: Taxi Driver > Rocky 1986: The Mission >>> Platoon 1990: They nominated The Godfather Part III and Awakenings?! 1994: Pulp Fiction >>> Forrest Gump 1995: Neither Casino nor Leaving Las Vegas get nominated and Braveheart wins?! 1997: L.A. Confidential >> Titanic 2000: Traffic > Gladiator 2005: Brokeback Mountain >> Crash 2012: Django Unchained > Argo 2013: The Wolf of Wall Street >> 12 Years a Slave 2017: Phantom Thread >>> The Shape of Water In the history of the Oscars there were only three serious Oscar-thieves: 1986: Platoon <<< The Mission 1994: Forrest Gump <<< Pulp Fiction 1995: Braveheart <<< Casino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Fuck, movies like Ordinary People and Terms of Endearment are not really "best picture" material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,502 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 7 hours ago, Glóin the Dark said: Even Quiz Show > Forrest Gump. QUIZ SHOW is seriously good. Cheating on a quiz show is like plagiarising a comic-strip. 7 hours ago, Glóin the Dark said: Even Andie MacDowell unconvincingly feigning obliviousness to adverse weather conditions > Forrest Gump! Is it raining? I hadn't noticed Fuck! Fuuuuk! Fuck fuckitty fuck. Don't say its the B358. It's the B558. Fuck iiiiit! Bugger. Glóin the Dark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corellian2019 384 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 10 hours ago, Brundlefly said: 2017: The Shape of Water >>> Phantom Thread I think you have this in reverse; The Shape of Water won the Oscar, not the other way around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 49 minutes ago, Corellian2019 said: I think you have this in reverse; The Shape of Water won the Oscar, not the other way around You're right. Thank you. Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corellian2019 384 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 But you are right, in my opinion. Shape of Water is not Best Picture material Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Then why did it win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,502 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 @Glóin the Dark, GONE WITH THE WIND did win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corellian2019 384 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Margo Channing said: Then why did it win? Sexual politics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,219 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 49 minutes ago, Richard said: @Glóin the Dark, GONE WITH THE WIND did win. I know. It's a pile of shite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 The Wizard of Oz deserved to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 14 hours ago, Brundlefly said: 1995: Braveheart <<< Casino Braveheart>>>>Everything, except Return of the King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 41 minutes ago, Chen G. said: Braveheart>>>>Everything, except Return of the King. Braveheart is an intense, but trivial and one-dimensional film and as such one of the biggest Oscar-catastrophes. The appreciation of a racist film like Blind Side is also quite scandalous. Enjoy Braveheart, but do not claim it deserved the Oscar for Best Picture. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,502 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 The trouble with BRAVEHEART is, it's full of Gibson Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Glóin the Dark said: I know. It's a pile of shite! You are so mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 A lot of 1939 movies deserved to win. That year was full of excellent movies. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,502 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 1 minute ago, JoeinAR said: You are so mistaken. Don't you mean "You are so..wrong!"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Just now, Richard said: Don't you mean "You are so..wrong!"? No. He is wrong because he's mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 5 minutes ago, Richard said: The trouble with BRAVEHEART is, it's full of Gibson He's also miscast. JoeinAR and Chen G. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,502 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I'll take your word for that. I watched it in 19whenever, and I've not wanted to watch it, since. I'm not denying that it's a good film, its just that it's a film that doesn't interest me. I would have awarded the Oscar to IL POSTINO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,219 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 20 minutes ago, JoeinAR said: You are so mistaken. About it being "shite", perhaps. About it not being the best film of 1939, no way! Stagecoach wipes the floor with Gone with the Wind, and there's a whole bunch of other great films from that year that I would also place higher (The Wizard of Oz and Ninotchka among them; I'd say the very best film of 1939 is La Régle du jeu, though I don't know what it's status was regarding Oscar eligibility). 18 minutes ago, Richard said: "You are so..wrong!"? It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 37 minutes ago, Brundlefly said: Enjoy Braveheart, but do not claim it deserved the Oscar for Best Picture. It doesn't deserve Best Picture. It deserves "The Best of Best pictures." Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 3 minutes ago, Chen G. said: It doesn't deserve Best Picture. It deserves "The Best of Best pictures." Casablanca? Lawrence of Arabia? The Godfather? The Godfather Part II? Braveheart is alright, I guess, but it's nowhere near as good as many, if not most, of the films that have won best picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 49 minutes ago, Glóin the Dark said: About it being "shite", perhaps. About it not being the best film of 1939, no way! Stagecoach wipes the floor with Gone with the Wind, and there's a whole bunch of other great films from that year that I would also place higher (The Wizard of Oz and Ninotchka among them; I'd say the very best film of 1939 is La Régle du jeu, though I don't know what it's status was regarding Oscar eligibility). It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again. 39 IS a great year for film but Gone With The Wind derserves its place. Its a great film. Its an important film. Its a film the pc dickheads can shut the fk up about. It is a wonderful snap shot of a different era Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Cars 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,944 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 1 hour ago, John said: Lawrence of Arabia? In terms of historical epics, Braveheart's my favorite. I like it more than Lawrence of Arabia; I like it way more than Ben Hur. It moves me far more, therefore it is the better film. And "Best Picture" is, to no little extent, the "best producer" award: That's why its given to the producer. And Braveheart is the most ambitious production of that year. A 3-hour, thick-accented, R-rated, on-location, harrowing historical war epic and a period piece, and a tragedy on top of that, with a script that eschews the three-act structure, all helmed by an actor of "mindless" action roles in his second directorial role, whose also starring the picture? the potential for it to be a disaster was there, but it turned out amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 9 minutes ago, Chen G. said: It moves me far more, therefore it is the better film. Uh huh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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