Agree or disagree with Ent. Weekly?

[Matt Foley]

In their post Oscars issue they list Best Pictures from years past that shouldn't have won and those that should have. I take issue with a couple of them and wondered what you think...(I'll start with 1980 because not many people remember movies from the 50s and 60s, including me)...

1980

Winner: Ordinary People

EW's winner: Raging Bull

Agree or disagree: I agree

1981

Winner: Chariots of Fire

EW's winner: Reds

Agree or disagree: Both. Raiders of the Lost Ark should have won

1990

Winner: Dances With Wolves

EW's winner: GoodFellas

Agree or disagree: Disagree. DwW was one of my all time faves

1994

Winner: Forrest Gump

EW's winner: Pulp Fiction

Agree or disagree: Disagree. See Dances with Wolves above

1996

Winner: The English Patient

EW's winner: Fargo

Agree or disagree: Both. Neither of those movies should have won

1999

Winner: American Beauty

EW's winner: Being John Malkovich

Agree or disagree: I'll take Sixth Sense

2005

Winner: Crash

EW's winner: Brokeback Mountain

Agree or disagree: Saw both. Neither was great.

[mmmbeans]

agree with 1980, 1990, 1994, 1996 and 2005.

[fitty76]

The Acadamy alway goes for the safe choice. Goodfellas is a classic. It makes me sad that Kevin Costner won Best Director over Scorsese that year. Pulp Fiction was a game changer in movie making. Nobody had ever seen a story told like that before. American Beauty wasn't great. But it was better than the others. Hated Crash, saw it once and don't have a desire to see it again. Saw Brokeback a few times and thought it told a great story. (All jokes aside). 1996 just sucked. Jerry Maguire was nominated for Best Picture for God sake.

[GritsRgreat]

Just a few of my own..

1941 - Citizen Kane > How Green Was My Valley

1948 - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre > Hamlet

1949 - Battleground > All the King's Men

1951 - A Streetcar Named Desire > An American in Paris

1952 - High Noon > The Greatest Show on Earth

1955 - Mister Roberts > Marty

1956 - The Searchers > Around the World in 80 Days

1964 - Dr. Strangelove > My Fair Lady

1969 - Once upon a time in the west > Midnight Cowboy

1977 - Star Wars > annie Hall

1979 - Breaking Away > Kramer vs. Kramer

1983 - The Right Stuff > Terms of Endearment

1989 - Field of Dreams > Driving Miss Daisy

1997 - L.A. Confidential > Titanic

2000 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon > Gladiator

[Matt Foley]

1989 - Field of Dreams > Driving Miss Daisy

Good call.

[mmmbeans]

Just a few of my own..

1941 - Citizen Kane > How Green Was My Valley

1948 - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre > Hamlet

1949 - Battleground > All the King's Men

1951 - A Streetcar Named Desire > An American in Paris

1952 - High Noon > The Greatest Show on Earth

1955 - Mister Roberts > Marty

1956 - The Searchers > Around the World in 80 Days

1964 - Dr. Strangelove > My Fair Lady

1969 - Once upon a time in the west > Midnight Cowboy

1977 - Star Wars > annie Hall

1979 - Breaking Away > Kramer vs. Kramer

1983 - The Right Stuff > Terms of Endearment

1989 - Field of Dreams > Driving Miss Daisy

1997 - L.A. Confidential > Titanic

2000 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon > Gladiator

good call on almost all of those.

[GritsRgreat]

good call on almost all of those.

The Searchers and Once Upon A time In The West weren't even nominated.

:out:

[Matt Foley]

Star Wars was not a good movie.

[GritsRgreat]

Star Wars was not a good movie.

It may not be a good movie but i can watch 100X+

over and over again.

[Matt Foley]

It may not be a good movie but i can watch 100X+

over and over again.

I should say it's not a GREAT movie. It's a good movie.

[mmmbeans]

The Searchers and Once Upon A time In The West weren't even nominated.

:out:

i love once upon a time in the west (best first 15 minutes of any film EVER) but I think Midnight Cowboy is probably a better film.

It has...you know... acting.

[Matt Foley]

i love once upon a time in the west (best first 15 minutes of any film EVER) but I think Midnight Cowboy is probably a better film.

It has...you know... acting.

You want bad acting? How bout the dude who played Johnny Ringo in Tombstone? Or the guy who played Kyle in The Terminator? Or the guy who played the crazy guy in The Abyss?

[bredy087]

1997 - L.A. Confidential > Titanic

2000 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon > Gladiator

LA Confidential is so underrated. It actually had a good plot as opposed to a film where we already know the ending.

Crouching Tiger is not better than Gladiator.

[GritsRgreat]

LA Confidential is so underrated. It actually had a good plot as opposed to a film where we already know the ending.

Crouching Tiger is not better than Gladiator.

Love Crouching Tiger but i'm a sucker for those kind of films.

Hero, The seven Samurai, the Bruce Lee movies, hell i even

love Kung Fu Hustle.