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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
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Location: Bonn, Germany
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 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
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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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asalem182
Cream of the Crop
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 6:44 am
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Location: Cairo, Egypt
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1. Lost in Translation - D--
2. The Thin Red Line - D
3. The Insider - C-
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Shack
Devil's Advocate
Joined: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:30 am
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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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Libs
Sbil
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Location: Arlington, VA
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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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xiayun
Extraordinary
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Location: San Mateo, CA
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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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Gulli
Jordan Mugen-Honda
Joined: Mon May 01, 2006 9:53 am
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The Thin Red Line, closely followed by The Full Monty and Babel.
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makeshift
Teenage Dream
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:20 am
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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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film-lover
Star Trek XI
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Location: The Grind House
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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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snack
Extraordinary
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Crash and Gladiator. Haven't seen Thin Red Line.
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Chippy
KJ's Leading Pundit
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Crash.
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Jim Halpert
Stanley Cup
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Location: Hockey Town
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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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kypade
Kypade
Joined: Sat Oct 30, 2004 10:53 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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trixster
loyalfromlondon
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Babel or Lost in Translation
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Squee
Squee
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Location: Yuppieville
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From the ones I have seen, Life Is Beautiful.
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MikeQ.
The French Dutch Boy
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Location: Mordor, Middle Earth
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Crash.
Peace,
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Alex Y.
Top Poster
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:47 pm
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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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neo_wolf
Extraordinary
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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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Chris
life begins now
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The Thin Red Line, Chocolat, Capote, and Life is Beautiful.
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Johnny Dollar
The Lubitsch Touch
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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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bABA
Commander and Chef
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full monty was a nominee?!?!
wow
great stuff
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zingy
College Boy Z
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Re: Worst Best Picture nominee of the last ten years Babel and Good Night, and Good Luck.
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David
Pure Phase
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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!  _________________   1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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Tyler
Powered By Hate
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Not enough SPR-esque schmaltz.
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Raffiki
Forum General
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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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Riggs
We had our time together
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Chicago
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