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Dr. Lecter
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 Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners loyalfromlondon wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: loyalfromlondon wrote: Howard is really interesting. He goes back and forth between not caring at all about Oscars and creating the baitiest films possible. Yeah, you know...it is to the point of me thinking - maybe he doesn't really care and just makes films he likes/wants to make? I mean he said that one of the reasons to do The Da Vinci Code was spending lots of time in Paris and shootng inside of the Louvre (because judging by the boring film, the story couldn't have been the reason). I'm also curious how much say Grazer has over Howard's choices. He allowed The Missing to happen. Oh my. The worst of Howard's films. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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billybobwashere
He didn't look busy?!
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners 1. Return of the King A+
2. The Departed A+
3. American Beauty A
4. No Country for Old Men A
5. Gladiator A-
6. Slumdog Millionaire B+
7. A Beautiful Mind B+
8. Million Dollar Baby B+
9. Chicago B
10. Crash C
Not since Schindler's List has the Best Picture winner been my favorite film of the year. ROTK came the closest.
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Jmart
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners Best Picture
The Departed - ****
No Country for Old Men - ****
American Beauty - ****
Million Dollar Baby - ****
Slumdog Millionaire - ****
A Beautiful Mind - ***½
Gladiator - **
Chicago - *½
Crash - *½
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - NA
Best Director
Martin Scorsese
The Coen Brothers
Peter Jackson
Clint Eastwood
Danny Boyle
Steven Soderbergh
Roman Polanski
Ron Howard
Sam Mendes
Ang Lee
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trixster
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners 01. No Country for Old Men/The Coen Brothers
02. The Departed/Martin Scorsese
03. Steven Soderbergh
04. Ang Lee
05. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Peter Jackson
06. American Beauty/Sam Mendes
07. Chicago
08. A Beautiful Mind/Ron Howard
09. Gladiator
10. Crash
11. Slumdog Millionaire/Danny Boyle
N/A Million Dollar Baby/Clint Eastwood/Roman Polanski
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Johnny Dollar
The Lubitsch Touch
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners In descending order
Good:
No Country for Old Men
The Departed
Million Dollar Baby
Chicago
Bad:
Gladiator
Slumdog Millionaire
Return of the King
A Beautiful Mind
American Beauty
Crash
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Shack
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners Rorschach wrote: loyalfromlondon wrote: Howard is really interesting. He goes back and forth between not caring at all about Oscars and creating the baitiest films possible. The thing is that he can actually make a good bait film IMO. Frost/Nixon, Cinderella Man, and A Beautiful Mind were bait films but still good. I give him credit for being fairly consistent with his bait. I like the quote about Howard that he's a skilled director that simply shows no personality or individuality in either style or choice of projects. As a story teller he's underrated, he's good at crafting tension and plotting and in general the parts of directing that's not just how stylistic your camera is (including being maybe the best out there at directing performances). Frost/Nixon shows all of these strengths particularly well... his work creating the tension of the interviews and making them exciting is very good filmmaking. He's just not an auteur. Jon Favreau is another guy heading down that path... Iron Man is a very well directed and made film... it's just without any style or personal touch. Nolan is sort of there too, though his films are at least always shot recognizably stoic and coldly. But he's an excellent filmmaker still in my opinion, one of the best currently working. _________________Shack’s top 50 tv shows - viewtopic.php?f=8&t=90227
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners Shack-Fu wrote: Nolan is sort of there too Not at all. There's a clear path in his films. Apart from what you've already mentioned, he always deals with flawed and usually morally compromised individuals, usually uses the same kind of editing and cinematography and so on... _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Gulli
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners Superb
No Country For Old Men
ROTK
Great
Slumdog Millionaire
Gladiator
Decent
American Beauty
Meh
Departed
Chicago
Crash
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners Gulli wrote: Superb
No Country For Old Men
ROTK
Great
Slumdog Millionaire
Gladiator
Decent
American Beauty
Meh
Departed
Chicago
Crash Heh! Your list is almost exactly the opposite of mine. We're like the two Capt. Kirk's in the Star Trek episode The Enemy Within. I just pray we never meet, so that we don't end up causing the universe to explode!
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Loyal
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners Wait, did Shack just compare Ron Howard to Christopher Nolan?
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Tyler
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners Yeah, Ron Howard has no distinct style. He's not a bad or offensive director at all, but he simply has no signature. However, Nolan's films all have a certain ominousness and look to them.
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners Yeah, I agree on Howard. He has made some pretty good films. I like A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man and Appollo 13 quite a bit. But I wouldn't call any of them great. And in none of them did he leave his personal touch.
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Johnny Dollar
The Lubitsch Touch
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners Dr. Lecter wrote: Shack-Fu wrote: Nolan is sort of there too Not at all. There's a clear path in his films. Apart from what you've already mentioned, he always deals with flawed and usually morally compromised individuals, usually uses the same kind of editing and cinematography and so on... I grant you that they all look the same, but 'always deals with flawed and usually morally compromised individuals'? Does that not sound like 91% of all movies? It's called conflict.
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners yoshue wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: Shack-Fu wrote: Nolan is sort of there too Not at all. There's a clear path in his films. Apart from what you've already mentioned, he always deals with flawed and usually morally compromised individuals, usually uses the same kind of editing and cinematography and so on... I grant you that they all look the same, but 'always deals with flawed and usually morally compromised individuals'? Does that not sound like 91% of all movies? It's called conflict. I mean severely flawed. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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MadGez
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners Best Picture (in significance)
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. Gladiator
4. Chicago
5. The Departed
6. No Country for Old Men
7. Million Dollar Baby
8. Crash
9. A Beautiful Mind
Best Picture (my personal rank)
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (for the trilogy)
2. No Country for Old Men
3. The Departed
4. Slumdog Millionaire
5. Gladiator
6. Million Dollar Baby
7. A Beautiful Mind
8. Crash
9. Chicago
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners MadGez wrote: Best Picture (in significance)
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. Gladiator
4. Chicago
5. The Departed
6. No Country for Old Men
7. Million Dollar Baby
8. Crash
9. A Beautiful Mind
Best Picture (my personal rank)
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (for the trilogy)
2. No Country for Old Men
3. The Departed
4. Slumdog Millionaire
5. Gladiator
6. Million Dollar Baby
7. A Beautiful Mind
8. Crash
9. Chicago What is "significance"?
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Gulli
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners Bradley Witherberry wrote: MadGez wrote: Best Picture (in significance)
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. Gladiator
4. Chicago
5. The Departed
6. No Country for Old Men
7. Million Dollar Baby
8. Crash
9. A Beautiful Mind
Best Picture (my personal rank)
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (for the trilogy)
2. No Country for Old Men
3. The Departed
4. Slumdog Millionaire
5. Gladiator
6. Million Dollar Baby
7. A Beautiful Mind
8. Crash
9. Chicago What is "significance"? Read Loyals first Post.
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners Gulli wrote: Bradley Witherberry wrote: What is "significance"? Read Loyals first Post. No help there...
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Loyal
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners Cultural significance, signfiicance within the context of the AMPAS.
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: Rank The Last 10 BP/BD Winners loyalfromlondon wrote: Cultural significance, signfiicance within the context of the AMPAS. Thanx!
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