HCH Academy Awards - Best Picture of 1994
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Quiz ShowI’ll go hipster. Quiz Show is sublime to me. Pulp, Shawshank & Gump.
Wazzername ruined Leon for me. -
Pulp FictionGet the gimp. Give Quentin credit for bring this genre back with a vengeance
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Pulp FictionI felt dirty watching the Professional so I watched it again to make sure and still felt dirtyGrundleStiltzkin said:
I’ll go hipster. Quiz Show is sublime to me. Pulp, Shawshank & Gump.
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Pulp FictionLike a said the other day....1927 Yankees of movie years. Pulp, Gump, or Shawshank all deserve to win. I can’t vote against Pulp though. Just can’t.
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Pulp Fiction
R u obtuse Grumble or is it deliberate?GrundleStiltzkin said:I’ll go hipster. Quiz Show is sublime to me. Pulp, Shawshank & Gump.
Wazzername ruined Leon for me. -
Shawshank Redemption"You know, the funny thing is, on the outside I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook."
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Quiz Show
Huh? Love all 4 those movies. I’ve rewatched Quiz Show more recently and enjoy every tim, so picked it.YellowSnow said:
R u obtuse Grumble or is it deliberate?GrundleStiltzkin said:I’ll go hipster. Quiz Show is sublime to me. Pulp, Shawshank & Gump.
Wazzername ruined Leon for me. -
Pulp Fiction
I’m quoting Andy speaking to Warden Norton of Shawshank. Quiz show is wonderful.GrundleStiltzkin said:
Huh? Love all 4 those movies. I’ve rewatched Quiz Show more recently and enjoy every tim, so picked it.YellowSnow said:
R u obtuse Grumble or is it deliberate?GrundleStiltzkin said:I’ll go hipster. Quiz Show is sublime to me. Pulp, Shawshank & Gump.
Wazzername ruined Leon for me. -
Legends of The FallI think you're right. I think this might be the worst murderers row in movie history. Just watched Forest Gump with the kids. Forgot how damned good it was. Shawshank is one of the best movies of all time. Those two are a big step above anything else on that list for me. Except Legends of the Fall. I didn't see it until a couple of years later, right after I lost my brother. Nothing in any movie has come closer to making me cry than the scene where Brad Pitt is charging the cliff next to his brother's grave on a horse and then pulls back at the last second. This movie is simply perfection in every way.
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Quiz Show
Maybe I should give it another go. Remember almost nothing about it.1to392831weretaken said:I think you're right. I think this might be the worst murderers row in movie history. Just watched Forest Gump with the kids. Forgot how damned good it was. Shawshank is one of the best movies of all time. Those two are a big step above anything else on that list for me. Except Legends of the Fall. I didn't see it until a couple of years later, right after I lost my brother. Nothing in any movie has come closer to making me cry than the scene where Brad Pitt is charging the cliff next to his brother's grave on a horse and then pulls back at the last second. This movie is simply perfection in every way.
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Legends of The Fall
It's both long and a slow burn, so if you're okay with that kind of thing, yes, give it another go. I watched it again recently, and it totally held up to what I remembered. Amazing movie.GrundleStiltzkin said:
Maybe I should give it another go. Remember almost nothing about it.1to392831weretaken said:I think you're right. I think this might be the worst murderers row in movie history. Just watched Forest Gump with the kids. Forgot how damned good it was. Shawshank is one of the best movies of all time. Those two are a big step above anything else on that list for me. Except Legends of the Fall. I didn't see it until a couple of years later, right after I lost my brother. Nothing in any movie has come closer to making me cry than the scene where Brad Pitt is charging the cliff next to his brother's grave on a horse and then pulls back at the last second. This movie is simply perfection in every way.
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Pulp Fiction
Agree. Any movie with Brad Pitt in Montana will give me a chub. Plus taking Kraut scalps @Swaye style is bad ass.1to392831weretaken said:I think you're right. I think this might be the worst murderers row in movie history. Just watched Forest Gump with the kids. Forgot how damned good it was. Shawshank is one of the best movies of all time. Those two are a big step above anything else on that list for me. Except Legends of the Fall. I didn't see it until a couple of years later, right after I lost my brother. Nothing in any movie has come closer to making me cry than the scene where Brad Pitt is charging the cliff next to his brother's grave on a horse and then pulls back at the last second. This movie is simply perfection in every way.
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Legends of The Fall
All three of the brothers were perfect. Anthony Hopkins is amazing--particularly post-stroke. All of the @Swaye actors are really good, too. Acting, writing, set design, score. It's just perfect. Only problem is that I could say the same thing about Shawshank, too. Just personal preference splitting the tiniest hair.YellowSnow said:
Agree. Any movie with Brad Pitt in Montana will give me a chub. Plus taking Kraut scalps @Swaye style is bad ass.1to392831weretaken said:I think you're right. I think this might be the worst murderers row in movie history. Just watched Forest Gump with the kids. Forgot how damned good it was. Shawshank is one of the best movies of all time. Those two are a big step above anything else on that list for me. Except Legends of the Fall. I didn't see it until a couple of years later, right after I lost my brother. Nothing in any movie has come closer to making me cry than the scene where Brad Pitt is charging the cliff next to his brother's grave on a horse and then pulls back at the last second. This movie is simply perfection in every way.
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Shawshank Redemption
Legends of the Fall is a serious dark horse here, amazing movie.1to392831weretaken said:I think you're right. I think this might be the worst murderers row in movie history. Just watched Forest Gump with the kids. Forgot how damned good it was. Shawshank is one of the best movies of all time. Those two are a big step above anything else on that list for me. Except Legends of the Fall. I didn't see it until a couple of years later, right after I lost my brother. Nothing in any movie has come closer to making me cry than the scene where Brad Pitt is charging the cliff next to his brother's grave on a horse and then pulls back at the last second. This movie is simply perfection in every way.
I didn't watch it until recently because I always assumed as a kid it was a softcore porn for my Mom based on the VHS cover.
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Pulp Fiction
When I get old and have a stroke I wanna yell at people like Col. Ludlow.1to392831weretaken said:
All three of the brothers were perfect. Anthony Hopkins is amazing--particularly post-stroke. All of the @Swaye actors are really good, too. Acting, writing, set design, score. It's just perfect. Only problem is that I could say the same thing about Shawshank, too. Just personal preference splitting the tiniest hair.YellowSnow said:
Agree. Any movie with Brad Pitt in Montana will give me a chub. Plus taking Kraut scalps @Swaye style is bad ass.1to392831weretaken said:I think you're right. I think this might be the worst murderers row in movie history. Just watched Forest Gump with the kids. Forgot how damned good it was. Shawshank is one of the best movies of all time. Those two are a big step above anything else on that list for me. Except Legends of the Fall. I didn't see it until a couple of years later, right after I lost my brother. Nothing in any movie has come closer to making me cry than the scene where Brad Pitt is charging the cliff next to his brother's grave on a horse and then pulls back at the last second. This movie is simply perfection in every way.
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Shawshank RedemptionYellowSnow said:
When I get old and have a stroke I wanna yell at people like Col. Ludlow.1to392831weretaken said:
All three of the brothers were perfect. Anthony Hopkins is amazing--particularly post-stroke. All of the @Swaye actors are really good, too. Acting, writing, set design, score. It's just perfect. Only problem is that I could say the same thing about Shawshank, too. Just personal preference splitting the tiniest hair.YellowSnow said:
Agree. Any movie with Brad Pitt in Montana will give me a chub. Plus taking Kraut scalps @Swaye style is bad ass.1to392831weretaken said:I think you're right. I think this might be the worst murderers row in movie history. Just watched Forest Gump with the kids. Forgot how damned good it was. Shawshank is one of the best movies of all time. Those two are a big step above anything else on that list for me. Except Legends of the Fall. I didn't see it until a couple of years later, right after I lost my brother. Nothing in any movie has come closer to making me cry than the scene where Brad Pitt is charging the cliff next to his brother's grave on a horse and then pulls back at the last second. This movie is simply perfection in every way.
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Shawshank RedemptionShawshank might be the greatest movie ever made. Only movie that stands up to Godfather 2 for me anyway.
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Shawshank RedemptionDumb and Dumber is superior to the best movie made in 81% of years and it can't garner a vote here.
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Shawshank RedemptionI could have gone with any of the big three. I just watched Pulp Fiction last week so that disqualified it somehow. It has been too long since I've seen Forest Gump so...I went with Shawshank.
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Forest GumpClerks is actually my favorite of the bunch.
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Legends of The Fall1994 were early high school days for me. My buddy told me I had to watch this new Pulp Fiction movie. We had a movie night, I watched it, and I came away asking, "What the fuck was that!?" Hated it. Didn't feel like the story being told out of time helped anything and was just done for pretentious reasons.
My wife's part of a Facebook group that decided to vote on the 53 best '90s movies, then everyone would watch one per week in chronological order and discuss afterward. Kind of like a book club only for '90s movies. At the end, there was supposed to be a big costume party where everybody came as one of the movie characters (I planned to attend as The Dude's Credence tape). COVID shot the party down but not the movie watching, so I watched a lot of '90s movies last year, Pulp Fiction one of them. I have a WAY better appreciation for it now than I did then. It would still probably be sixth at best on this list for me, but it's a great movie.
For me:
1.) LOTF
2.) Shawshank
3.) Gump
4.) Dumb and Dumber
5.) Clerks
6.) Pulp Fiction
7.) The Professional
Quiz Show*
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1,345,194.) Speed (seriously?)
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Pulp FictionI thought Shawshank had a chance to win this year. Did not quite expect this margin.
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Legends of The Fall
It's flawless. The score alone is worth Best Picture. I think that's the problem with this bracket: More than one movie that are flawless, so it's just going to come down to which one is going to tug the right strings for each viewer just a little more. Naturally, being raped in prison is going to resonate most often at HCH.YellowSnow said:I thought Shawshank had a chance to win this year. Did not quite expect this margin.
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Pulp Fiction
Prison rape beats basement rape at HCH.1to392831weretaken said:
It's flawless. The score alone is worth Best Picture. I think that's the problem with this bracket: More than one movie that are flawless, so it's just going to come down to which one is going to tug the right strings for each viewer just a little more. Naturally, being raped in prison is going to resonate most often at HCH.YellowSnow said:I thought Shawshank had a chance to win this year. Did not quite expect this margin.
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Shawshank Redemption
Legends of the fall would win if the criteria was a count of pretty poses by the lead actor. Add the score and scenery and subtract everything else and you have your clear winner.1to392831weretaken said:
It's flawless. The score alone is worth Best Picture. I think that's the problem with this bracket: More than one movie that are flawless, so it's just going to come down to which one is going to tug the right strings for each viewer just a little more. Naturally, being raped in prison is going to resonate most often at HCH.YellowSnow said:I thought Shawshank had a chance to win this year. Did not quite expect this margin.
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Legends of The Fall
I was talking about Shawshank in the above post, but okay. Just saying there's really nothing to nitpick from multiple movies this year. Several are pretty much perfect.chuck said:
Legends of the fall would win if the criteria was a count of pretty poses by the lead actor. Add the score and scenery and subtract everything else and you have your clear winner.1to392831weretaken said:
It's flawless. The score alone is worth Best Picture. I think that's the problem with this bracket: More than one movie that are flawless, so it's just going to come down to which one is going to tug the right strings for each viewer just a little more. Naturally, being raped in prison is going to resonate most often at HCH.YellowSnow said:I thought Shawshank had a chance to win this year. Did not quite expect this margin.
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Shawshank RedemptionI see movies winning awards these days and I am like what the fuck this piece of shit won but Shawshank and Pulp Fiction didn’t?
3 of the top 12 on IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?groups=top_100&sort=user_rating,desc
And Schindler’s List was just one year earlier. Movies aren’t made like this anymore.
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All the best movies @whlinder are TV shows now. I mean who even goes to a fucking movie theater anymore? It’s just gay ass comic book shit.whlinder said:I see movies winning awards these days and I am like what the fuck this piece of shit won but Shawshank and Pulp Fiction didn’t?
3 of the top 12 on IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?groups=top_100&sort=user_rating,desc
And Schindler’s List was just one year earlier. Movies aren’t made like this anymore.
I don’t know how a prison movie can have so many memorable quotes but that’s what makes it amazing. -
Pulp FictionI would have bet $100k on @DerekJohnson voting for The Professional.
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Legends of The Fall
I didn't realize The Professional was chock full o' Asian ladies...YellowSnow said:I would have bet $100k on @DerekJohnson voting for The Professional.
