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So, movie fans, what are the Oscar award winning "Best Pictures" that you didn't like or felt didn't deserve the Best Picture awards, and why? Note that they don't have to be movies you completely dislike, I list a movie that I love, but I felt that another nominee that year was a much better picture. I'd love to hear some opinions.
Here's my list.
The Departed - A note to Scorsese: A SCRIPT CONSISTING OF NOTHING OF F BOMBS, 4 LINES OF ACTUAL DIALOGUE PADDED OUT WITH MORE F BOMBS, DOES NOT MAKE YOU EDGY OR INTELLIGENT. IT MAKES YOU AN INCOHERENT IDIOT. Scorsese didn't put in any dialogue or exposition in the script, he just wrote down the F-Bomb between every syllable and put in 4 lines of actual dialouge. Wasting a good cast and a decent (but not Oscar worthy) script from the film "Infernal Affairs," are two more reasons I felt this movie was undeserving of "Best Picture," but next to the terrible dialogue, the reason I say it didn't deserve this award is because IT STOLE IT FROM BABEL. Babel was incredible, and it should've been the winner.
Crash - I just found it boring. It has a nice message I suppose, but I couldn't care for the characters and I felt it was poorly written and constructed. In Human Rights, the teacher banned me from the class and tried to have me suspended for intolerance and ignorance because I stated my honest opinion that I felt it was a mediocre film, and apparently that made me racist. She was clearly the ignorant one, because I explained to her that I got the picture and agreed with the theme, but there are simply much better films about the subject of "We're really all the same, lets get along and not hate each other" out there.
Chariots of Fire - This seems to be the one most people agree with me on, it was just... yawn. Nothing special and not really all that entertaining.
Forrest Gump - Before you get mad at me, this is the one I said that I LOVED but felt another nominee was more deserving. I felt that "Shawshank Redemption" should have won this one, though it was a tough call seeing as Pulp Fiction was also nominated, but of the 3, I would have chosen Shawshank as the best.
Kramer Vs. Kramer - I suppose it wasn't a bad movie, but it depressed me and I didn't really enjoy it that much. I also feel that "Apocalypse Now" was a better nominee that year.
The Godfather Part II - Like Forrest Gump, I don't want anyone beating me to death for putting this one on the list, this is an excellent movie. However, the first part won Best Picture and in my eyes, Part 1 and part 2 are the same film and I think that they should've given it to Chinatown instead.
Dances with Wolves - Yawn. I just found it boring, also, I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Kevin Costner. I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee him with every bone in my body. Plus no movie involving the subject of a white man befriending Native Americans and whatnot can ever compete with Little Big Man. Little Big Man is the king of that territory and forever will be. That is all.
Avatar - I know what you are saying, "But Avatar hasn't won yet!" and although I have a chance to be utterly, utterly wrong, a lot has led me to believe this is going to be the Academy's choice. I liked Avatar, it was better than most of the popcorn flicks released this year, and when people whine about story, I NEVER go into an Action/adventure film expecting a superb, brand new story and its only a tasty treat if it does have one; and I know Cameron succeeded with that with Terminator 1/2 and Aliens, but no director is perfect (Hey, his first film was Piranha 2: The Spawning, I doubt any of the Avatar haters can say Avatar is worse than Piranha 2 :V) and it was a fun film, but it is NOT Oscar worthy. Sadly, the reason I feel this is going to beat out its superior nominees (Inglorious Basterds and Hurt Locker)
is for the same reason Titanic and to a lesser degree, Return of the King (Great movie, but I think what I'm about to mention is what got it its award..) did - HOLY JESUS LOOKITTHAT THOSE SPECIAL EFFECTS IS INCREDIBLE MATE WE AINT SEEN NUTTIN LIKE THIS BEFOAR. It seems that the Academy is affected by eye candy as well, and it has been enough to have the Best Oscar stolen from superior films several times before.
So yeah, other people, what are your opinions?
Here's my list.
The Departed - A note to Scorsese: A SCRIPT CONSISTING OF NOTHING OF F BOMBS, 4 LINES OF ACTUAL DIALOGUE PADDED OUT WITH MORE F BOMBS, DOES NOT MAKE YOU EDGY OR INTELLIGENT. IT MAKES YOU AN INCOHERENT IDIOT. Scorsese didn't put in any dialogue or exposition in the script, he just wrote down the F-Bomb between every syllable and put in 4 lines of actual dialouge. Wasting a good cast and a decent (but not Oscar worthy) script from the film "Infernal Affairs," are two more reasons I felt this movie was undeserving of "Best Picture," but next to the terrible dialogue, the reason I say it didn't deserve this award is because IT STOLE IT FROM BABEL. Babel was incredible, and it should've been the winner.
Crash - I just found it boring. It has a nice message I suppose, but I couldn't care for the characters and I felt it was poorly written and constructed. In Human Rights, the teacher banned me from the class and tried to have me suspended for intolerance and ignorance because I stated my honest opinion that I felt it was a mediocre film, and apparently that made me racist. She was clearly the ignorant one, because I explained to her that I got the picture and agreed with the theme, but there are simply much better films about the subject of "We're really all the same, lets get along and not hate each other" out there.
Chariots of Fire - This seems to be the one most people agree with me on, it was just... yawn. Nothing special and not really all that entertaining.
Forrest Gump - Before you get mad at me, this is the one I said that I LOVED but felt another nominee was more deserving. I felt that "Shawshank Redemption" should have won this one, though it was a tough call seeing as Pulp Fiction was also nominated, but of the 3, I would have chosen Shawshank as the best.
Kramer Vs. Kramer - I suppose it wasn't a bad movie, but it depressed me and I didn't really enjoy it that much. I also feel that "Apocalypse Now" was a better nominee that year.
The Godfather Part II - Like Forrest Gump, I don't want anyone beating me to death for putting this one on the list, this is an excellent movie. However, the first part won Best Picture and in my eyes, Part 1 and part 2 are the same film and I think that they should've given it to Chinatown instead.
Dances with Wolves - Yawn. I just found it boring, also, I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Kevin Costner. I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee him with every bone in my body. Plus no movie involving the subject of a white man befriending Native Americans and whatnot can ever compete with Little Big Man. Little Big Man is the king of that territory and forever will be. That is all.
Avatar - I know what you are saying, "But Avatar hasn't won yet!" and although I have a chance to be utterly, utterly wrong, a lot has led me to believe this is going to be the Academy's choice. I liked Avatar, it was better than most of the popcorn flicks released this year, and when people whine about story, I NEVER go into an Action/adventure film expecting a superb, brand new story and its only a tasty treat if it does have one; and I know Cameron succeeded with that with Terminator 1/2 and Aliens, but no director is perfect (Hey, his first film was Piranha 2: The Spawning, I doubt any of the Avatar haters can say Avatar is worse than Piranha 2 :V) and it was a fun film, but it is NOT Oscar worthy. Sadly, the reason I feel this is going to beat out its superior nominees (Inglorious Basterds and Hurt Locker)
is for the same reason Titanic and to a lesser degree, Return of the King (Great movie, but I think what I'm about to mention is what got it its award..) did - HOLY JESUS LOOKITTHAT THOSE SPECIAL EFFECTS IS INCREDIBLE MATE WE AINT SEEN NUTTIN LIKE THIS BEFOAR. It seems that the Academy is affected by eye candy as well, and it has been enough to have the Best Oscar stolen from superior films several times before.
So yeah, other people, what are your opinions?
