Catullus 5 ([info]catullus_5) wrote,
@ 2007-11-13 17:49:00
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Best and worst pictures
Here are movies that have won the Academy Award for Best Picture. I've created a personal ranking for the ones I've seen, in the hopes of sparking a discussion wherein everyone tells me how I'm crazy for liking movie X and disliking movie Y. So let's go - how does my ranking compare to yours?

My two favorite movies ever:

1. The Godfather (1972)
2. Casablanca (1942)

Excellent:

3. Forrest Gump (1994)
4. The Godfather Part II (1974)
5. The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
6. The Departed (2006)
7. Braveheart (1995)
8. The Sting (1973)
9. American Beauty (1999)

Pretty good:

10. Schindler's List (1993)
11. Rocky (1976)
12. Shakespeare In Love (1998)
13. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
14. Amadeus (1984)
15. The French Connection (1971)
16. The Lord Of The Rings III (2003)

Not that great:

17. Platoon (1986)
18. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
19. Gladiator (2000)
20. Chicago (2002)
21. Dances With Wolves (1990)
22. Titanic (1997)

Couldn't stand:

23. A Beautiful Mind (2001)

Recent winners I didn't see:

Crash (2005)
The English Patient (1996)
Unforgiven (1992)


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[info]asmodai
2007-11-13 11:40 pm UTC (link)
You know, I am always amazed how many people have managed not to see Casablanca.

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[info]catullus_5
2007-11-14 09:32 pm UTC (link)
Srsly. It's not just a movie, it's the movie. I mean in 500 years if you were teaching students what this thing called a "movie" was in ancient times, and you could only show them one movie to embody what the whole concept and culture were all about, in my mind that's gotta be the one. It's an archetype.

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[info]overstim
2007-11-13 11:45 pm UTC (link)
ill star with a simple list:

Movies I'm embarrassed I haven't seen yet:
The Godfather II
Unforgiven

Movies I haven't seen yet and it doesnt really bother me:
The English Patient
Dances With Wolves
Million Dollar Baby
Amadeus
The Sting

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[info]catullus_5
2007-11-14 09:42 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I really need to see Unforgiven too. No excuse.

You'd probably like The Sting. It's a fast-plotted caper movie.

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