Ooh no way. Absolutely love Sideways. It should have won.

Outright dislike? Very few actually.


Good Night, and Good Luck - I'm pretty indifferent towards that. It's a flat C-grade and the worst BP nominee of the 2000s that I have seen. It might not be "bad" per sé and I certainly ee its technical qualities, but I was neither blown away by Strathairn, nor by the storytelling. It just left me really cold and shrugging.


Traffic - probably THE most overrated BP nominee of the decade and the epitome of Soderbergh-overratedness. It's something around C+. Acting is strong, but the screenplay is a mess. It tries too hard.


Good Will Hunting - okay, I HATE that one. Really hate, not just dislike. A retarded film. Put me off Van Sant for good probably.


The Exorcist - Yeah, I dislike it quite a bit. Laughable film.


Gigi - not terrible, but most likely the worst BP winner I have seen. Such a mellow and shallow musical ended up with 9 Oscars? My goodness.


I actually think that's pretty much it.

Except for the Denzel instead of Spacey part, I agree about everything else there. It's actually among the better biopics and it's a better turn by Crowe than in Gladiator.

Traffic's a mess, though it's not a terrible film.

Before Sunset is pure crap, even bigger than Before Sunrise.

And for pictures in the last 10 years that didn't deserve to be BP material (not necesarily bad, just not good enough or overrated):
The Full Monty
Chocolat
Gosford Park
Lost in Translation
Sideways
Babel

No, but so many love it and it actually won Best Director...

The Towering Inferno. It was a tacky and hilarious movie. But it was baaaad. And people say The Dark Knight was not a good enough BP nominee.

What else? I can't think of anything else at the moment.

Every nominee I've seen have been "passable" to "great."

Huh? Those are like the 3 best BP nominees of the last decade.

That applies to most I have seen as well.

I think Good Will Hunting and The Exorcist are the only ones I harbor deep dislike towards.

Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season > Good Will Hunting

Sideways was NOT the best movie of its year...but it was the best actual nominee of its crop. I wouldn't probably have nominated it for BP, but I would have rather than the other four. Finding Neverland? C'mon.

I never saw it but Chocalat gets a bad rap.

I liked Lost in Translation so cant complain there.

Most of the 1996 crop were probably not deserving (weakest BP group ever??) but I guess not alot to choose from.

Oh gosh.

Shine.

*shudders*

Actually, I'm just miffed that Geoffrey Rush got so much love for that. I thought the younger actor gave the better performance.

Sill haven't seen Shine. But Loyal loves it.

SHINE!

Best movie about mental illness ever. Does Awakenings count as mental illiness? Probably not.

Slumdog Millionaire is close, but I can't help but think that a lot of my steam towards the film is because I found the film to be merely good while others find it amazing.

Clockwork Orange kinda counts, though.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Gangs of New York

Oh, Good Night, and Good Luck easily

Master & Commander is one of the most BORING BP nominees I have seen.


However, I can't deny that it was really masterfully made in most places. I loved the opening and the finish.

I must be on of the few who really liked Goodnight and Goodluck.

Yeah, Alex is mental. I think I have a thing for mental movies.

Crowe should have won in '00 for The Insider.

Gosford Park would've been my winner in '01.

And Howard winning over Altman was nothing less than a crime.

The Hours
Finding Neverland
Ray
A Beautiful Mind
Crash
Mystic River
Life is Beautiful
The Green Mile
Forrest Gump
Scent of a Woman
American Beauty

No argument there. I think the Academy got too carried away with that one.

I like to add Forrest Gump on the list. The character is stereotypically southern and dumb. He just has no sympathy.