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per_soloYour top 5....
Today, in honor of last night's Academy Awards...you job, should you choose to accept it, is to list your top 5 "Best Picture" Academy Award Winners...
Yes, this took me a little research to see which ones had actually won...fortunately, there's a handy little database at http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1141651324365
In no uncertain order...
1. The French Connection
2. The Godfather
3. The Silence of the Lambs
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
5. Oliver!
That was actually much harder than I'd have thought...some were like "Oh, that wasn't THAT good a movie..."
I've seen all the above, though I will admit to having only see pieces of "The French Connection" on AMC...
And, for further note...let's go with my top 5 "They WEre Robbed" on the Academy Awards.
1. The Conversation (Lost to Godfather Part II)
2. The Big Chill (Lost to Terms of Endearment)
3. Awakenings (Lost to Dances with Wolves)
4. The Shawshank Redemption (Lost to Forrest Gump)
5. Saving Private Ryan (Lost to Shakespeare in Love)
I had line for why I love some of these, why I thought some should win to others, but things are a might bit hectic on this Monday morning...so, chat away, have fun..agree with my picks? Disagree? Thoughts? :-P
Today, in honor of last night's Academy Awards...you job, should you choose to accept it, is to list your top 5 "Best Picture" Academy Award Winners...
Yes, this took me a little research to see which ones had actually won...fortunately, there's a handy little database at http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1141651324365
In no uncertain order...
1. The French Connection
2. The Godfather
3. The Silence of the Lambs
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
5. Oliver!
That was actually much harder than I'd have thought...some were like "Oh, that wasn't THAT good a movie..."
I've seen all the above, though I will admit to having only see pieces of "The French Connection" on AMC...
And, for further note...let's go with my top 5 "They WEre Robbed" on the Academy Awards.
1. The Conversation (Lost to Godfather Part II)
2. The Big Chill (Lost to Terms of Endearment)
3. Awakenings (Lost to Dances with Wolves)
4. The Shawshank Redemption (Lost to Forrest Gump)
5. Saving Private Ryan (Lost to Shakespeare in Love)
I had line for why I love some of these, why I thought some should win to others, but things are a might bit hectic on this Monday morning...so, chat away, have fun..agree with my picks? Disagree? Thoughts? :-P
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not sure i can do this...
Date: 2006-03-06 04:49 pm (UTC)1.american beauty
2.crash
3.casablanca
4.schindler's list
5.the incredibles(i know it was animated best film but still..)
i'll have to wait for the they were robbed category since i'm not sure about the runners up....
Re: not sure i can do this...
Date: 2006-03-07 01:18 pm (UTC)My problem, especially in the last several years, is that I've not seen many lately...I think that points to a problem. Dad asked if I'd seen any of the contenders this year, and I had to say no...hmmm...
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Date: 2006-03-06 09:08 pm (UTC)Braveheart
Forrest Gump
Schindler's List
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
M*A*S*H (Lost to Patton)
A Clockwork Orange (lost to The French Connection)
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
(lost to My Fair Lady)
Star Wars (lost to Annie Hall)
Special poor choice award goes to: every other nominated movie in 79, All That Jazz, Apocalypse Now, Breaking Away, Norma Rae (lost to Kramer vs. Kramer)
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Date: 2006-03-06 09:12 pm (UTC)I tried sticking with mostly movies I knew (haven't seen Annie Hall), and I don't remember Kramer Vs. Kramer at all...well, barely.
Have a hard time wtih My Fair Lady VS Dr. Strangelove..both are good movies for entirely different reasons...good picks, though.
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Date: 2006-03-06 09:26 pm (UTC)pick Patton over most the movies listed. Bit M*A*S*H was brilliant
and innovative were as Patton was a W.W.II biography. Same type of
thing for My Fair Lady and DR. S. And about your list I would
need a coin toss on The Shawshank Redemption and Forrest Gump
again both are much better than some of the winners of other years.
And as for K vs K I had to sit through it on a date. Any other movie
would have been better.