HIM820 1,755 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 There are winners I don’t like but I understand why they won so I won’t bother with those. I prefer to judge some winning because the politics of voting at the time, so my picks are - Out of Africa - Driving Miss Daisy Both are good/okay but won as somewhat of a course correction from the more nihilistic movies of the 70s. Of course the white christian values of the Reagan era helped this too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernmentHookah 884 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 26 minutes ago, CatelynnMarie said: American Beauty. That was a soft ball of a movie. I guess the poster with Mena and the rose petals is iconic? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatelynnMarie 4,244 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 30 minutes ago, GovernmentHookah said: That was a soft ball of a movie. I guess the poster with Mena and the rose petals is iconic? the poster is without a doubt iconic, i give it that for sure. i just remember feeling sick watching and i'm still unsure why it's as popular as it is. i've wanted to give it a re-watch to see if i missed anything to i guess understand why it is so popular, but i just haven't been able to do it. it genuinely disturbs me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GovernmentHookah 884 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 Just now, CatelynnMarie said: the poster is without a doubt iconic, i give it that for sure. i just remember feeling sick watching and i'm still unsure why it's as popular as it is. i've wanted to give it a re-watch to see if i missed anything to i guess understand why it is so popular, but i just haven't been able to do it. it genuinely disturbs me Hmm I’m going to have to re-watch the movie as well it’s been years since I last watched it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oriane 19,792 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 I'm looking at the whole list and writing down what shocks me: 1941: Citizen Kane not winning is 1981: I haven't seen the other nominated ones (except Indiana Jones) but Chariots of Fire is a joke, the only interesting thing about the movie is the music. 1990: I can't remember Dance with wolves well, but Goodfellas deserved to win over it. 1996: The English Patient was nice but Fargo deserved to win over it. 1998: Shakespeare in love was so bad. Life is beautiful >>> 2010: The King's Speech receiving so many awards including Best Picture was a joke. I'm biased because Black Swan is my all-time favorite, but I would even have been fine with Inception, The Social Network, Toy Story 3 or True Grit winning over it. 2014: I liked Birdman but Whiplash was crazy, totally deserved to win. 2015: I guess Spotlight was awarded because of its subject, but the film itself was nothing special. Room was incredible and deserved to win. Overall I find it crazy how few movies I've seen from the 30-50s (aka the most reknown and acclaimed now) were nominated, let alone awarded. The 60-70s were better, good movies that truly stood the test of time. I've also got a few personal preferences, especially in the 2010s, where I would have preferred another movie to win, but I wouldn't say the movie that won was undeserved. You popped my heart seams, all my bubble dreams Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladle Ghoulash 16,258 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 4 hours ago, bionic said: Green Book Shape of Water Argo King's Speech Departed Shakespeare in Love Forrest Gump Braveheart Silence of the Lambs I could go on SILENCE OF THE LAMBS?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladle Ghoulash 16,258 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 4 hours ago, gumzy3000 said: Everything Everywhere All at Once... I really hated this movie. EEAAO was ****ing terrible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodeckDanny 2,219 Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 CODA for sure. Literally a Yankeefied version of the Belier Family with with way less memoralbe songs. I'll never get how that won. Listen to my debut pop single 'Want You Bad'! (link on Insta) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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