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TJ Wells
06/12/08, 03:52 PM
In my opinion, these are all the movies since 1970 that have beaten a better movie (or movies) for Best Picture. Which one do you agree WITH ME on the most (i.e. which one do you think deserved it's Best Picture win the least)?

NOTE: This is not (at least not in EVERY case) me saying I dislike these movies; some of them I love. I'm just saying that in each of these years, there was a movie (or movies) I felt deserved Best Picture more.

NOTE 2: Go here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Picture) to see a complete list of all Best Picture winners and nominees.
TJ Wells
06/12/08, 04:00 PM
I went with Rocky. Again, a movie I like, but in a year when All the President's Men, Network AND Taxi Driver were nominated, it should've been happy to finish fourth.
Smash Adams
06/12/08, 04:04 PM
I voted for million dollar baby since I found it completely mediocre, but then again I think American Beauty is one of the most overrated movies
JesusV2
06/12/08, 04:06 PM
It was between Crash and Chicago for me, they are pretty much tied but I went with Crash
Adeniz19
06/12/08, 04:24 PM
I went with Dances with Wolves. Goodfellas is just too good.
doomcrs04
06/12/08, 04:26 PM
Lord Of The Rings.

Lost in Translation or Mystic River would have been smarter choices.
reductiondesign
06/12/08, 04:32 PM
Lots of these didn't deserve it, but I'm going with Chicago.
ThexQuietxCull
06/12/08, 04:36 PM
I went with Rocky. Again, a movie I like, but in a year when All the President's Men, Network AND Taxi Driver were nominated, it should've been happy to finish fourth.

im sold
lindZ629
06/12/08, 04:36 PM
Chicago. I enjoyed it, but it was nowhere near the caliber of a best picture.
cahrishurr
06/12/08, 04:42 PM
Chicago, fuck that movie.
Chris M.
06/12/08, 05:03 PM
Without really thinking about the other nominees of the respective years for these movies, I voted Chicago. But then after looking through 2002's Best Picture noms, I'm not so sure that it was the LEAST deserving out of all the movies listed above. I would've went with The Pianist before it, and maybe Gangs of New York, but that's about it.

So now after thinking about it, I'll say Rocky or Million Dollar Baby.
niveK
06/12/08, 05:16 PM
No Shakesphere in Love?

I went with Gump. Pulp Fiction or Shawshank should have won
FondestMemory
06/12/08, 05:36 PM
shakespeare in love.
Broken Parachute
06/12/08, 05:38 PM
Where the hell is Shakespeare in Love!?!?!?

I went with The English Patient. What a garbage movie. Jerry Maguire and Fargo were both up for Best Picture that year too. Either one of them deserved it.

I almost picked Rocky. All the President's Men is an amazing film, definitely more deserving than Rocky. The only thing is I like Rocky so it was tough to pick it.
Broken Parachute
06/12/08, 05:40 PM
Oh man, I didn't even see Chicago on that poll. I might have gone with that. LOTR: The Two Towers and Gangs of New York were both infinitely better than Chicago.
mht
06/12/08, 05:42 PM
Lord of the Rings... what a fucking horrendous and shit trilogy that was.
airik625
06/12/08, 06:06 PM
I went with Chicago.
Jessooker
06/12/08, 07:40 PM
I went with Dances with Wolves. Goodfellas is just too good.

same.
Chris Fallon
06/12/08, 08:44 PM
I still don't understand why Chicago won.
LV03
06/12/08, 09:01 PM
Million Dollar Baby...don't like that movie & i think it was overhyped. Never seen Chicago.
Jessooker
06/12/08, 09:09 PM
I liked Chicago :shrug:
Illuminate
06/12/08, 09:11 PM
Lots of these didn't deserve it, but I'm going with Chicago.

i choose there will be blood ;)

just kidding man
radiofriendly
06/12/08, 09:15 PM
between the headache inducing Chicago, or completely mediocre Million Dollar Baby
Ailite
06/12/08, 11:20 PM
I love Million Dollar Baby
Crash did not deserve to win at all, it should have been Brokeback Mountain and I will defend that to my grave
brtnsnw4
06/12/08, 11:41 PM
Forrest Gump. Greatest movie ever
notoaststereo
06/13/08, 01:38 AM
Gangs of New York > Chicago
Munich > Crash
Shawshank vs. Forest Gump is too close to call
Goodfellas > Dances With Wolves
notoaststereo
06/13/08, 01:39 AM
Lord of the Rings... what a fucking horrendous and shit trilogy that was.agreed. boring and way to fucking long.
williek311
06/13/08, 04:23 AM
Chicago, Crash and The English Patient
popdisaster00
06/13/08, 06:02 AM
shakespeare in love.
srsly.

I went for chicago.
popdisaster00
06/13/08, 06:03 AM
Forrest Gump. Greatest movie ever
you're voting for the movie that LEAST deserved the award though haha
radiofriendly
06/13/08, 07:48 AM
the english patient was a gorgeous movie. as much as i love Jerry Maguire and Fargo, i just can't complain. gorgeously shot, rendered, and executed.

Dances With Wolves was a sprawling, epic masterpiece. one of a kind. possibly the greatest civil war/new america movie of all time.

there's simply no arguing Crash on this forum. you either liked it or you didn't. as for brokeback mountain, if you don't buy into the attraction between the two in the first 30 minutes, it's harder to appreciate the movie. since there was hardly any dialogue, i just didn't buy into it.

it's impossible for me to talk about 1994 on this forum, because everybody worships Forrest Gump & Shawshank. i just don't understand it. I thought Quiz Show was the best film to come out of 94. original, expertly written, with incredible characters, and John Tuttorro's best performance.
stayillogical
06/13/08, 07:46 PM
Gump. Shawshank all the way, it's not close at all for me.
amysaurus
06/13/08, 07:50 PM
Shawshank > Gump
itsmesean0630
06/13/08, 10:16 PM
Lord of the Rings... what a fucking horrendous and shit trilogy that was.

Lord Of The Rings.

Lost in Translation or Mystic River would have been smarter choices.

agreed. boring and way to fucking long.

I agree with all these comments. LOTR bite dick. If even for the "action", it doesn't deserve Best Picture.

To all the people saying Shawshank was better than Gump, I have to disagree. Forrest Gump is truly a great movie. Wonderful acting, soundtrack, and story. Do not get my wrong, Shawshank is high up on my list of favorite movies, but I enjoy Forrest Gump way more.
itsmesean0630
06/13/08, 10:19 PM
Oh, and Mystic River is way better than LOTR. There are so many choices on that list, I disagree with. For example, Ray was way better than Million Dollar Baby, Taxi Driver was way better than Rocky as was All the President's Men.
AlternateToLife
06/14/08, 01:38 PM
LOTR. I never liked these movies


EDIT: I also think Forrest Gump should have lost to Shawshank Redemption; Dances With Wolves to Goodfellas; and American Beauty to The Sixth Sense. But I like all those movies, I just think the others were better.
Broken Parachute
06/15/08, 10:31 AM
Oh, also...I definitely, without a doubt think Apollo 13 should have been the Best Picture of 1995 over Braveheart. I'm sorry, maybe I suck but I don't like Braveheart and I think Ron Howard did an incredible job with Apollo 13. Tom Hanks and Ed Harris gave amazing performances too.
TJ Wells
06/15/08, 10:34 AM
I love the Lord of the Rings trilogy (though I will always love Star Wars WAY MORE; I even liked the prequels). However, Lost in Translation is one of my top 5 films of all time, and affected me more than any movie has in probably the last ten years. Should've won, and Bill Murrray ABSOLUTELY should've won best actor.