01-31-2010, 10:44 PM
Some historical Oscar travesties (I'm only including movies I've seen):
1976: Rocky over Taxi Driver
1979: Kramer vs. Kramer over Apocalypse Now
1980: Ordinary People over Raging Bull
1989: Driving Miss Daisy over every other movie made in 1989
1990: Dances with Wolves over Goodfellas
1994: Forrest Gump over Pulp Fiction
1996: The English Patient over Fargo
1997: Titanic over L.A. Confidential
1998: Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line
2002: Chicago (what a steaming pile of shit) over every other nominee -- Gangs of New York, The Hours, The Two Towers, and The Pianist
2005: I think Crash was incredibly overrated, but I know I'm in the minority on this one...so I won't say which films should have beat it
Obviously, this is somewhat subjective (and I'm sure some of you will disagree with me), but it's pretty easy to see which movies on this list have stood the test of time and which ones haven't.
Anyway, I'll have to think about it a little, but I'm pretty sure Hurt Locker was the best movie I've seen this year. However, I haven't seen Avatar so it wouldn't be fair for me to complain if it wins. I have my suspicions about it, though (all spectacle and no substance).
1976: Rocky over Taxi Driver
1979: Kramer vs. Kramer over Apocalypse Now
1980: Ordinary People over Raging Bull
1989: Driving Miss Daisy over every other movie made in 1989
1990: Dances with Wolves over Goodfellas
1994: Forrest Gump over Pulp Fiction
1996: The English Patient over Fargo
1997: Titanic over L.A. Confidential
1998: Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line
2002: Chicago (what a steaming pile of shit) over every other nominee -- Gangs of New York, The Hours, The Two Towers, and The Pianist
2005: I think Crash was incredibly overrated, but I know I'm in the minority on this one...so I won't say which films should have beat it
Obviously, this is somewhat subjective (and I'm sure some of you will disagree with me), but it's pretty easy to see which movies on this list have stood the test of time and which ones haven't.
Anyway, I'll have to think about it a little, but I'm pretty sure Hurt Locker was the best movie I've seen this year. However, I haven't seen Avatar so it wouldn't be fair for me to complain if it wins. I have my suspicions about it, though (all spectacle and no substance).