makeshift wrote:
I have to seriously question the sanity (or maybe just taste) of people saying The Thin Red Line.
Here, here! I can't believe how many times Terrence Malick's masterful movie has been mentioned in this thread!
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| Author: | Dr. Lecter [ Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Worst Best Picture nominee of the last ten years |
Well, the question's pretty simple and it came to my mind witnessing all the hatred for Babel... Here are the films nominated for BP in that period: 2006: Babel The Departed Little Miss Sunshine The Queen Letters from Iwo Jima 2005: Crash Good Night, and Good Luck Brokeback Mountain Munich Capote 2004: Million Dollar Baby The Aviator Finding Neverland Ray Sideways 2003: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Mystic River Seabiscuit Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Lost in Translation 2002: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Hours Chicago Gangs of New York The Pianist 2001: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring In the Bedroom A Beautiful Mind Gosford Park Moulin Rouge 2000: Traffic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Gladiator Chocolat Erin Brockovich 1999: American Beauty The Green Mile The Sixth Sense The Insider Cider House Rules 1998: Shakespeare in Love The Thin Red Line Life is Beautiful Elizabeth Saving Private Ryan 1997: Titanic Good Will Hunting As Good As It Gets The Full Monty L.A. Confidential ____________________________________________________________________________________________ My least favorites (and the only ones I graded less than something in the B-territory): 1. Good Will Hunting (D+) 2. Good Night, and Good Luck (C) 3. Traffic (C+) 4. The Insider (C+) Of the winners, my least favorite is Shakespeare in Love, but it is still decent on its own measures. |
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| Author: | asalem182 [ Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:37 pm ] |
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1. Lost in Translation - D-- 2. The Thin Red Line - D 3. The Insider - C- |
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| Author: | Shack [ Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:53 pm ] |
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Babbbbbbelllll. I used to hate Lost in Translation a lot more than I do now, recently I saw a particular praised film in my sig that uses a similar nothing-ness technique that LiT does except much much worse and more frustrating, so it continues to improves slightly over time for me. I really like the acting in that movie. Though still, I think it is average C+/C level at best. I don't really have many complaints BP-wise, apart from maybe those 2. Oh, I thought Munich was about C level too. EDIT - Above comment is not referring to Pan's Labryinth. Was talking about 8 1/2, no longer in sig. |
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| Author: | Libs [ Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:59 pm ] |
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The Thin Red Line, easily. Chocolat, The Queen, and Capote are also contenders, despite being good movies. |
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| Author: | xiayun [ Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:59 pm ] |
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From the ones I've seen (haven't seen Babel, Letters from Iwo Jima, The Full Monty, and I couldn't remember much about Elizabeth), Shakespeare in Love, which is at B-/C+ level. All others are at least a B. |
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| Author: | Gulli [ Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:25 pm ] |
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The Thin Red Line, closely followed by The Full Monty and Babel. |
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| Author: | makeshift [ Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:35 pm ] |
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I have to seriously question the sanity (or maybe just taste) of people saying The Thin Red Line. I'd say Crash (easily) followed by Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind. |
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| Author: | film-lover [ Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:03 pm ] |
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I'd go with either Capote or The Queen. They were both good movies, but the only excellence in either was in the performance of the leads. |
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| Author: | snack [ Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:16 pm ] |
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Crash and Gladiator. Haven't seen Thin Red Line. |
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| Author: | Chippy [ Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:19 pm ] |
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Crash. |
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| Author: | Jim Halpert [ Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Worst Best Picture nominee of the last ten years |
1. Babel - D 2. Shakespear in Love - D+ 3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - D+ 4. Mystic River - D+ 5. Million Dollar Baby - F 6. Crash - D+ |
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| Author: | kypade [ Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:46 pm ] |
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Having not seen them all, I'd say these from best (bad) to worst (badder): Ray Seabiscuit Babel Crash Erin Brockovich - this probably isn't fair, since I havent seen it in like, many years and don't remember much other than being bored. |
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| Author: | trixster [ Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:55 pm ] |
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Babel or Lost in Translation |
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| Author: | Squee [ Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:38 pm ] |
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From the ones I have seen, Life Is Beautiful. |
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| Author: | MikeQ. [ Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:21 am ] |
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Crash. Peace, Mike |
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| Author: | Alex Y. [ Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Worst Best Picture nominee of the last ten years |
1 A Beautiful Mind D+ 2 Capote C- 3 The Queen C- 4 Traffic C 5 Brokeback Mountain C+ 6 Babel C+ 7 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World B- 8 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers B- 9 The Hours B- 10 The Departed B- Also, I think I gave The Green Mile a grade in the D range the first time I saw it, but I left it out since it's been too long and I can't remember why I hated it that much. |
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| Author: | neo_wolf [ Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:55 am ] |
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2006: Babel: D- The Departed:B Little Miss Sunshine:C The Queen:B Letters from Iwo Jima:B 2005: Crash:C- Good Night, and Good Luck:B Brokeback Mountain:C Munich:A Capote:B 2004: Million Dollar Baby:B The Aviator:B+ Finding Neverland:B- Ray:B+ Sideways:B+ 2003: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King:A+ Mystic River:B+ Seabiscuit:B Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World:A Lost in Translation:B 2002: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers:A The Hours:C Chicago:D Gangs of New York:B- The Pianist:B 2001: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring:A+ In the Bedroom:B A Beautiful Mind:B- Gosford Park:D Moulin Rouge:B+ 2000: Traffic:B+ Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon:C Gladiator:B- Chocolat:D Erin Brockovich:B 1999: American Beauty:A+ The Green Mile:B The Sixth Sense:A- The Insider:B+ Cider House Rules:D- 1998: Shakespeare in Love:C The Thin Red Line:C Life is Beautiful:B Elizabeth:B Saving Private Ryan:A+ 1997: Titanic:B Good Will Hunting:B+ As Good As It Gets:B The Full Monty:B+ L.A. Confidential:A+ Top 10 worst: 1.Cider House rules 2.Babel 3.Chocolat 4.Godsford Park 5.Chicago 6.Crash 7.The hours 8.The Think Red Line 9.Little Miss Sunshine 10.Shakespear in Love |
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| Author: | Chris [ Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:38 pm ] |
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The Thin Red Line, Chocolat, Capote, and Life is Beautiful. |
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| Author: | Johnny Dollar [ Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:53 pm ] |
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List of Shame: Babel Crash Finding Neverland Ray Mystic River Seabiscuit The Hours Gangs of New York A Beautiful Mind Moulin Rouge American Beauty The Green Mile Cider House Rules Life is Beautiful Titanic The Full Monty |
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| Author: | bABA [ Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:42 pm ] |
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full monty was a nominee?!?! wow great stuff |
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| Author: | zingy [ Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Worst Best Picture nominee of the last ten years |
Babel and Good Night, and Good Luck. |
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| Author: | David [ Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:34 pm ] |
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makeshift wrote: I have to seriously question the sanity (or maybe just taste) of people saying The Thin Red Line. Here, here! I can't believe how many times Terrence Malick's masterful movie has been mentioned in this thread!
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| Author: | Tyler [ Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:18 pm ] |
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Not enough SPR-esque schmaltz. |
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| Author: | Raffiki [ Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:07 pm ] |
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Haven't seen 5 of them, but of the ones I have seen... Finding Neverland C+/B- (it just was not a GREAT movie at ALL, one of the only great or even good things about it was Winslet). The Two Towers B (I'm as big a LOTR fan as this forum gets but TTT was pretty weak in my opinion) Shakespeare in Love B (I recently rewatched this and was a bit surprised as to why I had always supported it, it really wasn't anything too special) Seabiscuit (I cant even give a grade because I fell asleep) A little better than those would probably be Crash and Babel. I haven't seen: The Green Mile Cider House Rules The Thin Red Line The Full Monty I need to re-watch the following because I don't remember it or havent seen them from start to finish: Gladiator The Insider Saving Private Ryan |
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| Author: | Riggs [ Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:00 am ] |
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Chicago |
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