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HCH Academy Awarads - Best Picture of 1997?

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HCH Academy Awarads - Best Picture of 1997? 29 votes

Boogie Nights
10%
RoadDawg55greenbloodTequilla 3 votes
Titanic
6%
Gladstonebiak1 2 votes
L.A. Confidential
17%
whlinderalumni94chuckDoog_de_JourFishpo31 5 votes
Good Will Hunting
34%
DerekJohnsonSwayeBennyBeaverdfleahuskyhooliganYellowSnowNeighbor2972USMChawkJoey1to392831weretaken 10 votes
Life Is Beautiful
6%
Mad_SonDawgOfTheAges 2 votes
Donnie Brasco
6%
AtomicDawgYouKnowIt 2 votes
The Fifth Element
10%
GrundleStiltzkindoogieLaocoön 3 votes
Jackie Brown
3%
haie 1 vote
Wag The Dog
3%
RaceBannon 1 vote
F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off...
0%
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  • Fishpo31
    Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,639
    edited January 2021
    L.A. Confidential
    I'm not a big movie guy anymore, but this was a great year for me, and I may be one of the only people in captivity that has never seen Titanic...I loved Jackie Brown, and LA Confidential is one of, if not my favorite film ever. I read the book, and the movie is true to it...James Ellroy is tits, I highly recommend reading all his stuff (I have), if you have the time to obsess over 600-plus page books filled with darkness, filth, misogyny, violence (sorry, not book club board)...
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  • dflea
    dflea Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 7,287 Swaye's Wigwam
    Good Will Hunting
    YellowSnow said:

    I've partied with Minnie Driver at Sundance so my confirmation bias is seeping in. My ex wife wouldn't let me propose a threesome though. Sad.

    You did the right thing by getting rid of that bitch.

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  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    The Fifth Element
    Better year than I’d expected.
    Good Element for rewatchability. Boogie Nights would be my real pick. Good Will/Wag the Dog (underrated)/Brasco
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,318 Founders Club
    Good Will Hunting
    dflea said:

    YellowSnow said:

    I've partied with Minnie Driver at Sundance so my confirmation bias is seeping in. My ex wife wouldn't let me propose a threesome though. Sad.

    You did the right thing by getting rid of that bitch.

    True. But I wouldn’t have been able to go to Minnie’s private Sundance party were it not for my Daddy Warbucks ex father in law.
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  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,041 Standard Supporter
    edited January 2021
    L.A. Confidential
    I will say though I love The Fifth Element. For being a sometimes silly sci-fi movie it has one of the most oddly romantic scenes of any film I’ve seen at the end:

    https://youtu.be/Jxl0LMT20yY

    “TELL HER KORBEN!!!!!” ❤️❤️❤️
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  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,041 Standard Supporter
    L.A. Confidential
    YellowSnow said:

    chuck said:

    I never walk away from an LA Confidential viewing opportunity.

    Oh...

    Every Tim I feel inadequate around @Swaye ’s arsenal I think back to shotgun Ed.

    Simpler Tims

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=dkbiz3-NxK4
    I forgot how hot Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce were in this movie.


    Double raaawwwwwrrrrrrrrr.
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  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    The Fifth Element
    Do I° need to see LA Confidential again?
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  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,041 Standard Supporter
    L.A. Confidential
    GrundleStiltzkin said:

    Do I° need to see LA Confidential again?

    Sure.gif
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  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    The Fifth Element
    Doog_de_Jour said:

    GrundleStiltzkin said:

    Do I° need to see LA Confidential again?

    Sure.gif
    Shrug.jif
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  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,683 Swaye's Wigwam
    edited January 2021
    L.A. Confidential
    Doog_de_Jour said:

    YellowSnow said:

    chuck said:

    I never walk away from an LA Confidential viewing opportunity.

    Oh...

    Every Tim I feel inadequate around @Swaye ’s arsenal I think back to shotgun Ed.

    Simpler Tims

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=dkbiz3-NxK4
    I forgot how hot Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce were in this movie.


    Double raaawwwwwrrrrrrrrr.
    I'm with you on Russell Crowe. Not the raaawwwwwrrrrrrrr part so much but the rest.
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  • BennyBeaver
    BennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346
    Good Will Hunting

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    BennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346
    Good Will Hunting

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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,524 Founders Club
    Good Will Hunting
    chuck said:

    I never walk away from an LA Confidential viewing opportunity.

    Oh...

    I really, really wanted to like this movie, because I loved the concept and time period. And @koopdog was encouraging me to watch it. When I finally did, I was tremendously underwhelmed.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 114,099 Founders Club
    Wag The Dog
    Criminally underrated

    And unusual in that its a direct shot at Bill Clinton yet should be a cautionary tale in any year
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  • alumni94
    alumni94 Member Posts: 4,871
    L.A. Confidential
    L.A. Confidential was "the movie" when it came out in my opinion, but I go back to Good WIll hunting.
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  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    The Fifth Element
    RaceBannon said:

    Criminally underrated

    And unusual in that its a direct shot at Bill Clinton yet should be a cautionary tale in any year

    Wag the Dog and Primary Colors are not easy to find. You'd think that one of the services would have had both streaming last fall for sure.
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  • BennyBeaver
    BennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346
    Good Will Hunting
    GrundleStiltzkin said:

    RaceBannon said:

    Criminally underrated

    And unusual in that its a direct shot at Bill Clinton yet should be a cautionary tale in any year

    Wag the Dog and Primary Colors are not easy to find. You'd think that one of the services would have had both streaming last fall for sure.





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  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    The Fifth Element
    BennyBeaver said:

    GrundleStiltzkin said:

    RaceBannon said:

    Criminally underrated

    And unusual in that its a direct shot at Bill Clinton yet should be a cautionary tale in any year

    Wag the Dog and Primary Colors are not easy to find. You'd think that one of the services would have had both streaming last fall for sure.





    Yeah, but still.


    Good lookin out. When I'd checked in the fall, there was like one expensive option for Wag.

    ATBS, chinclude that shit in my subscriptions.
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  • BennyBeaver
    BennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346
    Good Will Hunting
    GrundleStiltzkin said:

    BennyBeaver said:

    GrundleStiltzkin said:

    RaceBannon said:

    Criminally underrated

    And unusual in that its a direct shot at Bill Clinton yet should be a cautionary tale in any year

    Wag the Dog and Primary Colors are not easy to find. You'd think that one of the services would have had both streaming last fall for sure.





    Yeah, but still.


    Good lookin out. When I'd checked in the fall, there was like one expensive option for Wag.

    ATBS, chinclude that shit in my subscriptions.
    No shit. I act like I've been mugged if I have to pay per view on Prime or Netflix or xfinity.
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  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,041 Standard Supporter
    L.A. Confidential
    GrundleStiltzkin said:

    BennyBeaver said:

    GrundleStiltzkin said:

    RaceBannon said:

    Criminally underrated

    And unusual in that its a direct shot at Bill Clinton yet should be a cautionary tale in any year

    Wag the Dog and Primary Colors are not easy to find. You'd think that one of the services would have had both streaming last fall for sure.





    Yeah, but still.


    Good lookin out. When I'd checked in the fall, there was like one expensive option for Wag.

    ATBS, chinclude that shit in my subscriptions.
    Wag the Dog is on Hoopla (King County Library) for streaming @GrundleStiltzkin.
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  • 1to392831weretaken
    1to392831weretaken Member Posts: 7,696
    Good Will Hunting
    Would you like to watch it in 1080? 720? With Dutch subtitles?



    Pay $40 per year for a VPN, turn it on, and watch whatever the hell you want.
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  • 1to392831weretaken
    1to392831weretaken Member Posts: 7,696
    Good Will Hunting
    Oh, and totally another strong year. The problem I have with contests like this is that there are the movies I "enjoy" most, then there are the movies that are the "best." I could watch The Fifth Element three times per year and it wouldn't get old. But is it the best on the list? For this kind of award, I usually err toward the movie that is the most powerful and provokes the strongest reaction/thought/etc. or is the deepest or most original.

    I really liked Wag the Dog a lot. Donnie Brasco is one of two mob/gangster movies I can think of off the top of my head that I actually like. I think three of my favorite movies from this year didn't even make the pole, and those are Contact (book was even better), Grosse Pointe Blank, and Devil's Advocate.
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  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    The Fifth Element
    1to392831weretaken said:

    Oh, and totally another strong year. The problem I have with contests like this is that there are the movies I "enjoy" most, then there are the movies that are the "best." I could watch The Fifth Element three times per year and it wouldn't get old. But is it the best on the list? For this kind of award, I usually err toward the movie that is the most powerful and provokes the strongest reaction/thought/etc. or is the deepest or most original.

    I really liked Wag the Dog a lot. Donnie Brasco is one of two mob/gangster movies I can think of off the top of my head that I actually like. I think three of my favorite movies from this year didn't even make the pole, and those are Contact (book was even better), Grosse Pointe Blank, and Devil's Advocate.

    Cosigned on those two. Both kinda underrated.
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  • BennyBeaver
    BennyBeaver Member Posts: 13,346
    Good Will Hunting
    GrundleStiltzkin said:

    1to392831weretaken said:

    Oh, and totally another strong year. The problem I have with contests like this is that there are the movies I "enjoy" most, then there are the movies that are the "best." I could watch The Fifth Element three times per year and it wouldn't get old. But is it the best on the list? For this kind of award, I usually err toward the movie that is the most powerful and provokes the strongest reaction/thought/etc. or is the deepest or most original.

    I really liked Wag the Dog a lot. Donnie Brasco is one of two mob/gangster movies I can think of off the top of my head that I actually like. I think three of my favorite movies from this year didn't even make the pole, and those are Contact (book was even better), Grosse Pointe Blank, and Devil's Advocate.

    Cosigned on those two. Both kinda underrated.
    Co-cosigned. Contact: MM and JF...swoooooooon
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 114,099 Founders Club
    Wag The Dog
    Devil's Advocate

    I read the book dad, we lose
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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,102
    Boogie Nights
    Good Will Hunting is one of my favorite movies ... it’s spectacular in so many ways

    Titanic is an epic ... and Kate’s bosom

    But we’re in Yellow Piss’s Record Shop and you’ll be hard pressed to find a better soundtrack than Boogie Nights ... and no other movie has a sassy Nina Hartley cuckolding Little Bill
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