Not at all. Mostly not terrible films or performances but Oscar winners? Give me a break. Except for Racism for Dummies, erm I mean Crash, which won Oscars and it was incredibly bad. Shawshank Redemption was watchable but then again The Green Mile was a watchable Stephen King story that made it to film but hardly an Oscar winner (amazingly it was nominated).
Film Worst Oscar snubs of all time?
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Shawshank was worthy of Best Picture, the best of that year though Pulp would have been worthy and Eternal Sunshine was not even remotely like Carrey playing Carrey. And that's a bizarre characterization of Crash. It was based on a JG Ballard novel and doesn't deal with racism at all really. So yes sir, you are a having a mare!
Eternal Sunshine was a terrible film though. Almost unwatchably bad.
Shawshank was a high quality B movie. Enjoyable but forgettable. It shows how bad the field was that year when 4 Weddings and a Funeral was nominated - fin but no Oscar winner, not by a million miles. Pulp Fiction was by far the best film of the 4 nominated.
And I'm amazed you can't see the race stuff in Crash. It was obvious and offensive. Or are you talking about the other film of the same name about car crash porn.
Shawshank was a high quality B movie. Enjoyable but forgettable. It shows how bad the field was that year when 4 Weddings and a Funeral was nominated - fin but no Oscar winner, not by a million miles. Pulp Fiction was by far the best film of the 4 nominated.
And I'm amazed you can't see the race stuff in Crash. It was obvious and offensive. Or are you talking about the other film of the same name about car crash porn.
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Okay, I'm never taking your movie or TV picks seriously
You probably like Woody Allen movies
No. I hate Woody Allen movies.Okay, I'm never taking your movie or TV picks seriously
You probably like Woody Allen movies
Okay, that redeems your taste to some degree.
You and your hot takes!
If I remember correctly, you don't like a single Kubrick film as well?You misspelled stupid.
Meh, people can have different opinions. It's not like he's completely trashing the film either. He even says that it's good.
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To my fellow Shawshankies(I'm totally coining that term), this is a great watch:
The Shining looked good but missed the point of the book and Jack Nicholson hit peak over acting.You and your hot takes!
Full Metal Jacket was great for half the film them got really really bad. The mock-up of Vietnam in the second half was terrible.
Everything else I hated. A director with the emotional depth of a McDonald's advert.
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It is a good film. I enjoyed it. But the best rated film of all time?
I remembered correctly then
I mostly disagree but again: opinions.To be fair, IMDb's top list is very flawed. According to that list, Nolan is pretty much the best director of all time
Having said that, I find it notoriously hard to rank movies. The different eras and genres combined with your own personal biases makes it an impossible task. I do enjoy reading these lists, though.
Not a fan of Kubrick myself, either. His movies are too cold and clinical for me. Still, I find it strange that he never won an Oscar for best Director considering how critically acclaimed his films were.
Snubs are snubs.
Ralph Fiennes not wining Oscar for Amon Goth is a crime. Beyond any comprehension.
edit: And Al Pacino should have won several Oscars. Scent of a woman is not even in Top 3 of his best performances. It is still fantastic though.
Ralph Fiennes not wining Oscar for Amon Goth is a crime. Beyond any comprehension.
edit: And Al Pacino should have won several Oscars. Scent of a woman is not even in Top 3 of his best performances. It is still fantastic though.
Stephen King absolutely hates the film because of this reason
Stephen King absolutely hates the film because of this reason
King hated it because its not a faithful adaptation. He doesn't think its a bad film per se. Kubrick clearly wanted to do something else other than a dysfunctional family and alcoholic father.
Rivaldo for his world cup play acting deserved an Oscar.
One of the worst takes I’ve ever seen anywhere, about anything, in my entire life. Wow.
Also, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a good film. You should not be allowed to comment on films
You are thinking of a different Crash
Agreed
Eternal Sunshine may have a cult following but that doesn't make it any less pretentious, self indulgent and just plain dumb. Not to mention Elija Wood as a rapist being a major story line.One of the worst takes I’ve ever seen anywhere, about anything, in my entire life. Wow.
Also, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a good film. You should not be allowed to comment on films
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Disagree entirely
Ah, I didn't even realize this other film existed. When people mentioned Crash over the years, I always thought they meant David Cronenberg's adaptation of the JG Ballard novel! @Wibble just has a very judgmental and strange opinion on many movies though
Wibble, what's your top 3 movies of all time?
I'm curious too after seeing these posts.
Make that top 5-10(in no specific order if you prefer), @Wibble
Val Kilmer should have at least been nominated for his role as Doc Holliday in Tombstone.
What a glorious world you were living in, not being aware of that other execrable film with the same name. We are sorry to ruin it for youAh, I didn't even realize this other film existed. When people mentioned Crash over the years, I always thought they meant David Cronenberg's adaptation of the JG Ballard novel! @Wibble just has a very judgmental and strange opinion on many movies though
Wibble, what's your top 3 movies of all time?
This should be fun…..I'm curious too after seeing these posts.
Make that top 5-10(in no specific order if you prefer), @Wibble
I'll go with Jim Carey not receiving a nomination for the Truman Show. Not saying he should have won it, just been nominated.
Ennio Morricone until "The Hateful eight" which was way less in quality than many, many of his other gems. I think they gave it to him to just redeem themselves.
He didn't win one before that?
Never paid much attention to the Oscars myself, seems warranted.
I don't have a list but 6 films I think are great off the top of my head areI'm curious too after seeing these posts.
Make that top 5-10(in no specific order if you prefer), @Wibble
Godfather 2
Apocalypse Now
Blade Runner The Final Cut
3 Colours Blue
Spirited Away
Brazil
But also lots of popcorn fluff that are great entertainment if a bit short of truly great film status but tend to have rematch value. Shawshank wouldn't make this list for me as it was enjoyable but with no rematch value at all for me.
The Thing
Gladiator
T2
Good Will Hunting
Raisers of the Lost Arc
Truly Madly Deeply
Star Wars (the first 2 or 3)
The best 2 or 3 Tarentino films
And there are loads more particularly in the second category. Truly great films are very rare indeed.
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Crash wasn't my favourite Cronenbergh film but it was a shining light of brilliance compared to the other Crash.Ah, I didn't even realize this other film existed. When people mentioned Crash over the years, I always thought they meant David Cronenberg's adaptation of the JG Ballard novel! @Wibble just has a very judgmental and strange opinion on many movies though
Wibble, what's your top 3 movies of all time?
Never!!He didn't win one before that?
Never paid much attention to the Oscars myself, seems warranted.
And he deserved like 5 at least!!
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What a piss take
Outstanding British filmmaking is often lost on the Academy.
I don’t like a world in which Braveheart wins an Oscar in 1995 for best picture, yet a film as good as Trainspotting doesn’t get a nod the next year.
A more random shout: Gary Lewis as the father in Billy Elliot is absolutely phenomenal; as good as a supporting role you’ll see. Captures the sacrifice and misery of an 80s miner in northern England to perfection. He got a BAFTA nod but such a role isn’t flashy enough for the Academy. Some of the performances that get Oscar nods in the supporting categories are hilarious; in some cases about three minutes of screen time.
As for the rest of the thread, Shawshank is overrated. It’s a solid, sentimental film but that’s where it ends.
Talk of DiCaprio and the Wolf of Wall Street is interesting. I think his supporting performance in Django, which was the same year, is markedly better (quite possibly the best of his career) but didn’t even get a nod.
I don’t like a world in which Braveheart wins an Oscar in 1995 for best picture, yet a film as good as Trainspotting doesn’t get a nod the next year.
A more random shout: Gary Lewis as the father in Billy Elliot is absolutely phenomenal; as good as a supporting role you’ll see. Captures the sacrifice and misery of an 80s miner in northern England to perfection. He got a BAFTA nod but such a role isn’t flashy enough for the Academy. Some of the performances that get Oscar nods in the supporting categories are hilarious; in some cases about three minutes of screen time.
As for the rest of the thread, Shawshank is overrated. It’s a solid, sentimental film but that’s where it ends.
Talk of DiCaprio and the Wolf of Wall Street is interesting. I think his supporting performance in Django, which was the same year, is markedly better (quite possibly the best of his career) but didn’t even get a nod.
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Both shite. Whiplash was the best film that year by a country mile, I reckon.
Also, this. Great shout. It’s ridiculously good acting.
No way was Lagaan better than No Man's Land let alone Amelie which was a great movie.
For me itd have to be Good Will Hunting losing out to that turd of Titanic
Damn, even LA Confidential came in that year.
Damn, even LA Confidential came in that year.