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)
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
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)
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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:
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.
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:
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.
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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)
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
too racist, last time I saw it I laughed at all the corny dialogue.
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.
2) Kate’s young bosom
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.