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Dusty
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Oscar Best Pictures that should have been

Ever watched the AA's, and gotten really pissed off because your flick didn't take the Oscar of all Oscars home? List and explain.

IMO.

- Saving Private Ryan Should have snatched the Best Picture in '99.

- 'The Green Mile' instead of 'American Beauty'? Although I was satisfied, I would have felt the same if TGM won. Same goes for 'The Sixth Sense'.

- I was satisfied with 'Gladiator'. But now that I look back, Requiem for a Dream was the more powerful film. But, Experimental films aren't picked up much in the AA.

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hmm i got to go and look at noms and see

but I 100% agree with Saving private ryan and Green mile. Amazing films, simply amazing.


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1957: Paths of Glory: Too my surprise not even nominated, one of the best films ever made.

1964: Dr. Strangelove

1971: Clockwork Orange

1976: Taxi Driver: Mind boggling that the simple and generic story of Rocky beat out this unique and infinitely important film with a message and theme that will never grow dated.

1977: Star Wars

1980: Elephant Man

1990: Goodfellas

94: Shawshank Redemption: Though I love Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction, Shawshank is better then both of these films in ever conceivable way. An absolutely gorgeous story and beautiful film that will grow to be one of the greatest classics of all time.

97: As Good as it Gets or LA Confidential: Both are better then Titanic, by miles.

98: Life is Beautiful (This was the year Saving Private Ryan was nominated, btw).

2000: Any of the other nominees should have won instead of Gladiator: Traffic, CTHD, ect. Though, my favorite film of that year was Requiem for a Dream. Gladiator was the biggest mistake the Academy ever made, a very generic film, it was.

2001: In The Bedroom or LOTR

2002: The Pianist or LOTR

2004: Sideways


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98: Life is Beautiful (This was the year Saving Private Ryan was nominated, btw).



http://www.eonline.com/Features/Awa...ard/index3.html

I could swear it was 99.


EDIT: oh I see, you are speaking of when the film was released. Not when the awards were held....right?

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Saving Private Ryan was a year after Titanic, which was 97

99 was American Beauty which wasn't nominated against SPR, which was the year before Gladiator, and that was 2000.

yeah, I'm going by the year they were made.

Like, this years Academy Awards was for 2005, even though it was held in 2006, it's for the prior year, more or less.


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Understood. yes

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2000: Any of the other nominees should have won instead of Gladiator: Traffic, CTHD, ect. Though, my favorite film of that year was Requiem for a Dream. Gladiator was the biggest mistake the Academy ever made, a very generic film, it was.

Good call. This was the year I stopped watching and caring about the awards...


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Are we putting all of the films that WERE nominated and didn't win? Because if we aren't then here's my list of movies that should of won in the following years:

1971: A Clockwork Orange
1986: BLUE VELVET (What the hell was the Academy thinking? It was a ****ing masterpiece.)
1994: PULP FICTION
1996: Trainspotting
1998: Rushmore
2000: Requiem for a Dream
2001: Donnie Darko
2002: Adaptation
2003: Lost in Translation
2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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2001: In The Bedroom or LOTR

In the Bedroom was good but I think A Beautiful Mind deserved it in '01.


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Are we putting all of the films that WERE nominated and didn't win?


Nope, just pick whatever.


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1986: BLUE VELVET (What the hell was the Academy thinking? It was a ****ing masterpiece.)


Better than 'Platoon'? If so, I should buy it now.

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1971: A Clockwork Orange
1986: BLUE VELVET (What the hell was the Academy thinking? It was a ****ing masterpiece.)
1994: PULP FICTION
1996: Trainspotting
1998: Rushmore
2000: Requiem for a Dream
2001: Donnie Darko
2002: Adaptation
2003: Lost in Translation
2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind


Wishful thinking, but wonderful choices. I'd agree with nearly everyone of those. Out of the years you choose, the toughest choice for me would be 1994; I love 'Pulp Fiction', but 'The Shawshank Redemption' is also cinematically supreme. 'Pulp Fiction' gets my appreciation of cool, but 'Shawshank' beats it on heart and soul. It's a tough choice, so I'll sit on this spiky fence.

Additional mention:

1990 should have been 'Goodfellas', 2001 should have been 'LOTR' ('A Beautiful Mind' is a pile of shit!), same goes for 2002 (this time regarding 'Chicago'), 1981 should have been 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', and that's about all I can think of.


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2005 - Brokeback Mountain
1994 - pulp fiction
1998- Life is Beautiful
1989- Born on the Fourth of July
2002 - all the Nominees could have won BUT Chicago

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Better than 'Platoon'? If so, I should buy it now.

I sure think so.

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I love 'Pulp Fiction', but 'The Shawshank Redemption' is also cinematically supreme. 'Pulp Fiction' gets my appreciation of cool, but 'Shawshank' beats it on heart and soul. It's a tough choice, so I'll sit on this spiky fence.

I agree, it's a very hard choice to make. I love them both very much, but "Pulp Fiction" has been a long time favourite.
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2001 should have been 'LOTR' ('A Beautiful Mind' is a pile of shit!)

I agree with that, completely forgot about LOTR.

Also agree with your statement on 2002 regarding "Chicago".

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2005, "Brokeback Mountain". "Crash" was great, but I think there was a lot of social precautions taken with the voting. Whereas "the gay cowboy movie" probably should have won, they took the "social awareness" angle with "Crash" which preaches acceptance and repercussions of our wrong actions, which was the safe route.

A movie wins for best score, best screenplay, and best director, which is THE MOVIE MINUS THE ACTORS..and fails to win best picture? Ok, Hollywood.

..and a big "****, no" to "Lost In Translation". Nothing Oscar worthy there, IMO. Sofia Coppola is a one hit wonder.

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i think goodfellas,who one instead of goodfellas that year


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I'd vote for Clockwork Orange & Shawshank Redemption

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Great choices, BF.


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i think goodfellas,who one instead of goodfellas that year


Dances with Wolves won best picture that year.


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i think goodfellas,who one instead of goodfellas that year


Yeah, Both good, but 'Goofellas' is better. stick out tongue

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Good Will Hunting should have won in 1998 IMO... I thought it was much better than Titanic.


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