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Originally posted by Alexander:
...Just because a film in nominated for several awards does not mean it is a great film...
Well said.

Additionally, even a film that happens to get the Best Picture Oscar is not always necessarily the best movie made that year. Academy members just voted in the popular direction.

Recent cases in point...other nominees were far superior to these 'Best Picture' winners:

Forrest Gump (Shawshank Redemption)
Titanic (all 4 of the other nominated films)
The English Patient (Fargo)

Apple


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