Originally posted by botankus
Calm down, dude. It's all a matter opinion.Just like an eight year old might think Garfield should have won Best Picture, a twenty-five year old might have thought Braveheart should have won Best Picture, and an eighty-three year old might have thought Shakespeare in Love should have won Best Picture. 😛
ok braveheart was AMAZING and shakespeare in love was too... 😄
botankus who is it? 😱
Re: Movies or People Who DONT Deserve OSCARS!!!
Originally posted by sarita_dutta
I am starting this thread to express my opinion on the Top THREE Movies / People Who I dont think Deserved the Oscar:3) SILENCE OF THE LAMBS "Best Picture" 1991: The Oscar should have most certainly gone to BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, though a good movie has not stood the test of time well and comes nowhere near the elegance of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
BRAVO !!!
I fully agree that giving "Silence of the Lambs" a Best Picutre was decided low point in the history of the Oscar, as well as a turning point as well.
Since that decision, it really hasn't been the same.
While it would be a stretch to have given it to "Beauty and the Beast" instead, it is preferable to give it to a film of merit that would entertain a general audience, than one so negative and dark.
As for the Oscars this year, my pick is the movie "Sideways".
Though silence of the lambs was a criminal thriller, and these types of movies usually never even get acknowledged for Oscars. Silence of the lambs is as well made a film as any other. The direction, acting, writing, and character development was superb. Many times, a nominee will be overlooked because of it's subject matter. Or it is focused upon soley for that very reason. I believe silence of the lambs was chosen for it's style and overall art of the film making process.
Originally posted by ragesRemorse
Ghostbusters was a good movie and all, but i dont think it deserved an oscar.
Erm, Ghostbusters DEFINITELY deserved an Oscar. What a brilliant movie. To meld comedy, with sci-fi, with drama and make it into a summer blockbuster for the family deserves to be recognised. It was bizarrely realistic (that is, it had odd ghosts and crazy weapons, but it at least tried to explain it, made the proton packs seem lifelike, and even the explanation behind having a Stay Puft Marshamallow Man stomping around the city was actually genius) and the characters and performances were superb. It had everything, dark comedy, light comedy, stupid comedy, cute comedy, slapstick, punchlines, running gags, everything.
I am biased because I grew up with Ghostbusters and had the action figures, saw the movie a million times and still know every line. It has a cult following still to this day, and it's easy to see why.
I thought it was funny how they named the baby in GBII 'Oscar'.
Wow, i liked SOTL better then B&tB. shakespeare in love deserved to be nominated but SHOULD NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT have beaten out SPR. SPR reinvented the way we look at war. FOREVER. Ghostbusters, hmmm, no oscars there. It is my personal opinion too, but i think Denzel should have had a nom. for man on fire. i thought was an amazing movie. definietly better than finding neverland. please.