Worst movie to win the Best Picture Oscar?

Gladstone

I'll say Crash (2006). Yuck.

Pitchfork51

Whatever won it the last 5 years. All movies are woke trash now.

Doog_de_Jour

I want to say it was Matt Damon, but some actor rightfully pointed out that Best Picture winners should be awarded five years later for Academy voters to take a walk on a beach and get some perspective.

Too many of the winners are fine films, but aren’t the best. Recency bias tends to cloud people’s judgement.

In addition to “Crash”, these are some of the weaker ones that come to mind...

Broadway Melody
Around the World in 80 Days
Shakespeare In Love (sorry @ShakespeareDawg)

YellowSnow

GrundleStiltzkin

Looking at the list — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture — surprised that I'm surprised how few I've seen recently, and I like movies.
2012, I liked Argo but Zero Dark Thirty, Django and Life of Pi all better.
2016, Arrival was robbed.
2018, Green Book was good, but Star Is Born & Favourite way, way better. Bohemian Rhapsody doesn't belong on the list.


Damn, years like 1994 don't come along that often.
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral (meh, but still good)
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
The Shawshank Redemption

GrundleStiltzkin

Doog_de_Jour said:

I want to say it was Matt Damon, but some actor rightfully pointed out that Best Picture winners should be awarded five years later for Academy voters to take a walk on a beach and get some perspective.

Too many of the winners are fine films, but aren’t the best. Recency bias tends to cloud people’s judgement.

In addition to “Crash”, these are some of the weaker ones that come to mind...

Broadway Melody
Around the World in 80 Days
Shakespeare In Love (sorry @ShakespeareDawg)

Beat Saving Private Ryan. W,JW.

YellowSnow

GrundleStiltzkin said:

Looking at the list — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture — surprised that I'm surprised how few I've seen recently, and I like movies.
2012, I liked Argo but Zero Dark Thirty, Django and Life of Pi all better.
2016, Arrival was robbed.
2018, Green Book was good, but Star Is Born & Favourite way, way better. Bohemian Rhapsody doesn't belong on the list.


Damn, years like 1994 don't come along that often.
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral (meh, but still good)
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
The Shawshank Redemption

Good Fellas should have beat @Swaye in 1990, but still the latter was a wonderful film.

YellowSnow

GrundleStiltzkin said:

Looking at the list — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture — surprised that I'm surprised how few I've seen recently, and I like movies.
2012, I liked Argo but Zero Dark Thirty, Django and Life of Pi all better.
2016, Arrival was robbed.
2018, Green Book was good, but Star Is Born & Favourite way, way better. Bohemian Rhapsody doesn't belong on the list.


Damn, years like 1994 don't come along that often.
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral (meh, but still good)
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
The Shawshank Redemption

Fuck that was a murderer's row.

GrundleStiltzkin

YellowSnow said:

GrundleStiltzkin said:

Looking at the list — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture — surprised that I'm surprised how few I've seen recently, and I like movies.
2012, I liked Argo but Zero Dark Thirty, Django and Life of Pi all better.
2016, Arrival was robbed.
2018, Green Book was good, but Star Is Born & Favourite way, way better. Bohemian Rhapsody doesn't belong on the list.


Damn, years like 1994 don't come along that often.
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral (meh, but still good)
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
The Shawshank Redemption

Good Fellas should have beat @Swaye in 1990, but still the latter was a wonderful film.

Goodfellas is objectively and substantially superior.

YellowSnow

GrundleStiltzkin said:

YellowSnow said:

GrundleStiltzkin said:

Looking at the list — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture — surprised that I'm surprised how few I've seen recently, and I like movies.
2012, I liked Argo but Zero Dark Thirty, Django and Life of Pi all better.
2016, Arrival was robbed.
2018, Green Book was good, but Star Is Born & Favourite way, way better. Bohemian Rhapsody doesn't belong on the list.


Damn, years like 1994 don't come along that often.
Forrest Gump
Four Weddings and a Funeral (meh, but still good)
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
The Shawshank Redemption

Good Fellas should have beat @Swaye in 1990, but still the latter was a wonderful film.

Goodfellas is objectively and substantially superior.

Probably gonna have to poll out some of these years.

LebamDawg

1939 Gone with the Wind

too racist, last time I saw it I laughed at all the corny dialogue.

Neighbor2972

Driving Miss Daisy over Do the Right Thing, and Dances with Wolves over Goodfellas in back to back years is pretty rough

IPukeOregonGrellow

YellowSnow said:

YellowSnow

IPukeOregonGrellow said:

YellowSnow said:

Seriously. How the fuck is @Gladstone downvoting me? I yelled out in the theater that the boat was gonna sink.

IPukeOregonGrellow

YellowSnow said:

IPukeOregonGrellow said:

YellowSnow said:

Seriously. How the fuck is @Gladstone downvoting me? I yelled out in the theater that the boat was gonna sink.

The Gas Station TV Production course final project I submitted was just my friend downing bourbon and thrashing Titanic.

huskyhooligan

The Shape of Water - I was onboard until the dance scene. Rest of it didn't make sense.
Birdman - I'm still not certain what I watched. I understand the whole one continuous shot concept, but the actual storyline sucked.
The Artist - too french, probably would fall asleep watching. If I wanted to watch old movies, I'd you know, watch old movies.
The Kings Speech - Mostly because Inception should have won. Where was stop the steal in 2011? Blood is on your hands Obama.

I haven't seen parasite yet. I heard it was good but me no likee readee.

GrundleStiltzkin

huskyhooligan said:

The Shape of Water - I was onboard until the dance scene. Rest of it didn't make sense.
Birdman - I'm still not certain what I watched. I understand the whole one continuous shot concept, but the actual storyline sucked.
The Artist - too french, probably would fall asleep watching. If I wanted to watch old movies, I'd you know, watch old movies.
The Kings Speech - Mostly because Inception should have won. Where was stop the steal in 2011? Blood is on your hands Obama.

I haven't seen parasite yet. I heard it was good but me no likee readee.

Parasite was good, quite good. Once Upon a Tim was better.

Tequilla

YellowSnow said:

IPukeOregonGrellow said:

YellowSnow said:

Seriously. How the fuck is @Gladstone downvoting me? I yelled out in the theater that the boat was gonna sink.

1) While the movie perhaps was 15-30 minutes longer than it needed to be, it’s a fully developed movie that does a good job of encompassing the legend of Titanic both at the time and 75 years later

2) Kate’s young bosom

YellowSnow

Tequilla said:

YellowSnow said:

IPukeOregonGrellow said:

YellowSnow said:

Seriously. How the fuck is @Gladstone downvoting me? I yelled out in the theater that the boat was gonna sink.

1) While the movie perhaps was 15-30 minutes longer than it needed to be, it’s a fully developed movie that does a good job of encompassing the legend of Titanic both at the time and 75 years later

2) Kate’s young bosom

We’re gonna need a bigger shovel Teq. It’s getting deep in here.

Gladstone

I downvote with love. I know Titanic is probably too Old Hollywood for the older, cynical dudes on here but I'll defend it. If nothing else, the entire second half is a superior action movie than 99.9999% of action movies -- and directed by arguably the greatest action director of all time. Scenes like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg9VDvAQ-1k

Everyone knows it's going to hit. Obviously. And yet the tension is absolutely intoxicating and you find yourself just hoping, praying they'll avoid it. It's amazing. I strongly urge a rewatch on this and yes, the teen girl Leo crush was annoying for a long time.

Just an insane amount of love and effort and detail put into it. Flame away.

huskyhooligan

Gladstone said:

I downvote with love. I know Titanic is probably too Old Hollywood for the older, cynical dudes on here but I'll defend it. If nothing else, the entire second half is a superior action movie than 99.9999% of action movies -- and directed by arguably the greatest action director of all time. Scenes like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg9VDvAQ-1k

Everyone knows it's going to hit. Obviously. And yet the tension is absolutely intoxicating and you find yourself just hoping, praying they'll avoid it. It's amazing. I strongly urge a rewatch on this and yes, the teen girl Leo crush was annoying for a long time.

Just an insane amount of love and effort and detail put into it. Flame away.

Argo kind of did the same thing, in you already knew the outcome, but still made it suspenseful, or thinking they would get caught.