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Re: Worst Best Picture
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03/19/06 09:11 PM
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Of the 50 or so that I've seen and have a good memory of, I think that "Rain Man" is the only one that I'm really surprised to see that it won for Best Picture. As I think back on it, it seems like just another movie that had some cute moments. I don't know what the other Best Picture nominees were that year, but The Accused, A Fish Called Wanda, and Accidental Tourist won the other major awards.
I like Dustin Hoffman, but Kramer v. Kramer has a claim on just the tiniest speck in my memory now. It somehow seems more out-of-date than say, The Godfather. They talked a lot through half-closed doors, right?
For what it's worth, Kramer v. Kramer is now ranked #10,079 in DVD sales on Amazon. Some other contenders: Ordinary People (Amazon #2327), English Patient (#2077), Rain Man (#2076), and Chicago (#955).
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Re: Worst Best Picture
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03/19/06 09:45 PM
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Originally posted by mustachepete: ... I don't know what the other Best Picture nominees were that year, but The Accused, A Fish Called Wanda, and Accidental Tourist won the other major awards... I think you've got several different years going, there. Not positive, but I believe that the year Dustin & Kramer won, the other winners were as follows: Best Actress: Sally Field for 'Norma Rae' Supporting Actress: Meryl Streep for 'Kramer' Geena Davis did win Supporting Actress for 'The Accidental Tourist' but that was way later than 1979. Same goes for Jodie Foster in 'The Accused', and Kevin Kline for 'A Fish Called Wanda'. If I recall correctly all those movies came out well into the 1980's. Apple
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Re: Worst Best Picture
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03/20/06 07:46 AM
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Originally posted by MistaMista Tom Hagen: Kramer vs. Kramer was one that I specifically remember being surprised at when I saw how it basically swept the major awards at the Oscars that year (1979?). I had never really heard of it before, and I don't hear much about it whenever people are talking about good films. I love it, it's in my favs list. The cast is amazing, you practically cannot decide who is the best, either Dustin Hoffmann or Maryl Streep. The script is great too. You can say it is a bit of a tear jerker and overcorrect, but that's possibly why it swept all the major Academy awards... :p
I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)
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Re: Worst Best Picture
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03/21/06 06:10 AM
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To the ones who don't like Titanic. I'm so sorry for you: apparently you haven't got a clue what the word "romantic" means and boy! you miss soooo much. The love story may be sappy, implausible and all, but it just meant love can defeat death. Sorry, I get rather aggressive when my fav movies are getting offended...
I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)
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Re: Worst Best Picture
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03/21/06 06:19 AM
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Gladiator, IMO is a great epic supported by a taut direction and great acting. Not to mention proof the historical epic isn't dead yet.
A Beautiful Mind, like Howard's other films, is bad. It relies on music to set a mood that the rest of the film can't live up to, though Crowe was very good in it.
As for not knowing what romantic means, yeah, because Titanic is the only way one could appreciate cinematic romance. No need to feel sorry for me at least, I've seen plenty of romance outside Titanic.
Casablanca, Annie Hall, Gone With the Wind, In a Lonely Place, À bout de souffle, etc.
The best cinematic depiction of love between a man and a woman I can think of is A Woman Under the Influence.
As for 1997, I need to rewatch As Good As it Gets, though I think the best films from that year are Insomnia, Year of the Horse, and Jackie Brown.
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Re: Worst Best Picture
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03/21/06 06:50 AM
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Originally posted by Don Vercetti: As for not knowing what romantic means, yeah, because Titanic is the only way one could appreciate cinematic romance. No need to feel sorry for me at who said Titanic is the ONLY way? Not me, I said Titanic is definitely a romantic movie. If you cannot see it, it's because your romantic side is a little blind IMO. :p
I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)
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Re: Worst Best Picture
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03/21/06 09:53 AM
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i personally did not like shakespeare in love....that one shoulda been the worst! lol...but i for some reason never seen american beauty..maybe ill get on that...and o yea...titanic did suck..uneventful...no surprise ending or nothing! haha
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Re: Worst Best Picture
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03/21/06 10:13 AM
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Originally posted by Lavinia from Italy: ...I'm so sorry for you: apparently you haven't got a clue what the word "romantic" means and boy! you miss soooo much. The love story may be sappy, implausible and all, but it just meant love can defeat death... Romance and love 'defeating death' is wonderful and has a place in many films. There were many real life stories that emergecd from the Titanic disaster that could have been depicted. Instead, we got this fictional, arrogant 'Jack/Rose' barf-fest that in my opinion simply cheapened the tragedy. I'm so sorry for you, Lavinia from Italy. If 'sappy, implausable' love stories are your thing, that's wonderful. Apparently you haven't got a clue of even a fraction of really took place on that night in April, 1912. And are probably not even interested. Apple
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Re: Worst Best Picture
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03/21/06 10:48 AM
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Originally posted by AppleOnYa: I'm so sorry for you, Lavinia from Italy. If 'sappy, implausable' love stories are your thing, that's wonderful. Apparently you haven't got a clue of even a fraction of really took place on that night in April, 1912. And are probably not even interested. Apple [/QUOTE] this time, Apple, you immortalized yourself. This is so insulting that I couldn't believe what I was reading. Even coming from you.
I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)
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Re: Worst Best Picture
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03/21/06 10:48 AM
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Originally posted by Lavinia from Italy: apparently you haven't got a clue what the word "romantic" means and boy! you miss soooo much. Just the THOUGHT of something romantic lasting 3:15 is exhausting.
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Re: Worst Best Picture
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03/21/06 11:19 AM
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Originally posted by Lavinia from Italy: [QUOTE]...this time, Apple, you immortalized yourself... THIS time? Sorry dear...I was simply borrowing words from your own post, which was (IMO) far more insulting to all (..the ones who don't like Titanic..) at whom it was directed. But of course, we're ALL entitled to our own opinions ... Apple
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Re: Worst Best Picture
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03/21/06 11:34 AM
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Originally posted by AppleOnYa: Sorry dear...I was simply borrowing words from your own post, which was (IMO) far more insulting to all at whom it was directed. the difference is that I put a smiling face after my post, while you put a nice vomiting one and most of all you assumed I don't know anything about the Titanic tragedy and that I am not even interested in it. Many Italian immigrants died in that tragedy. I'm much interested in the disaster, if only for that. But it was cinema we were talking about. Cinema. It's a fictious thing. Fictious love stories are perfectly allowable, even in a historic frame. Anyway, this is a closed case for me. I'm not interested at all in sharing thoughts with people who are constantly in a biting mode. CIAO!
I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell the truth. I tell what ought to be truth (Blanche/A streetcar named desire)
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