Silence of the Lambs wins Best Picture but Goodfellas didn't
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I am shocked at that! These two films are a year apart so they didn't run against each other in the same Academy Awards show. I finally saw Silence of the Lambs tonight and I can't believe that won Best Picture. I thought it was a great movie but I'm shocked a movie like this won the Best Picture but Goodfellas was snubbed the year before. Gotta love the Academy Awards! (sarcastic tone, of course)
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imo brian cox, who originated the role of lector(in the original red dragon) does a better job than hopkins.
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I bet in 1990 somebody suddenly freaked out about things that happened in 1970 too.
Kramer vs. Kramer beating Apocolypse Now
Shakespeare in Love beating Saving Private Ryan
Forrest Gump beating Pulp Fiction and Shawshank Redemption
Titanic beating LA Confidential
Crash beating Brokeback Mountain and Munich
A Beautiful Mind beating Fellowship of the Ring
Sometimes though it's just tough to make a choice.
1977-Annie Hall and Star Wars
1999-American Beauty and The Insider
2009-Avatar and The Hurt Locker
1974-The Godfather Part II and Chinatown
1995-Braveheart and Apollo 13
1971-The French Connection, A Clockwork Orange, and The Last Picture Show
1988-Rain Man and Dangerous Liasons
1973-The Sting, The Exorcist, and American Graffiti
2007-No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood
1976-Rocky, Network, and All the President's Men
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OK, I love Shawshank and Pulp Fiction, but it was Forrest Gump, come on. That was fair.
I honestly think that the votes were split in this case and FG won by default. That was a pretty amazing year and yeah, I love all three movies too
-my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
This about sums it up. Though, I think this dude was born when both these movies came out, as well as when some band came to prominence...God damn. I'm not even old, and now I feel old. Shit. Can't you like Justin Bieber or some shit and make me feel better about myself?
Forrest Gump win doesn't bother me, all 3 are EXCELLENT movies.
I absolutely love A Beautiful Mind, so that really doesn't bother me either.
I still don't get the fascination with TItanic though... it was a decent movie, but definitely not a great one.
And as far as the original post... I love Goodfellas.... I've probably watched that more than almost any other movie, but Silence of the Lambs was soooo good when it came out, and different.
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That's what I was thinking. I think the Academy dropped the ball on that one.
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You forgot Taxi Drive in 1976.
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Goodfellas
Dances With Wolves
Awakenings
Ghost
The Godfather III
Winner: Dances With Wolves
1992:
Silence of the Lambs
Beauty and the Beast
Bugsy
JFK
The Prince of Tides
Winner: Silence of the Lambs
Here's a huge snub from 1981:
Ordinary People
Raging Bull
Coal Miner's Daughter
Tess
The Elephant Man
Winner: Ordinary People
How many people are talking about Ordinary People today? A lot of people talk about Raging Bull. Raging Bull deserved the award.
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I actually really liked Ordinary People :oops:
You're going to shit all over Point Break and Roadhouse like that?
Shocking I know.
shakespeare in love was smart witty and funny. saving private ryan was another boring war film... no different from a lot of other war films.
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Also in the late 90s Hollywood was sort of over Hanks & Spielberg, and pretty much everyone had a huge boner for Harvey Weinstein. Which also explains Gwyneth's somewhat premature Oscar win that year. (Not that I don't like Gwyneth, just think Cate Blanchett was robbed that year.)
Also in the late 90s Hollywood was sort of over Hanks & Spielberg, and pretty much everyone had a huge boner for Harvey Weinstein. Which also explains Gwyneth's somewhat premature Oscar win that year. (Not that I don't like Gwyneth, just think Cate Blanchett was robbed that year.)[/quote]
Well Speilberg did win best director for SPR, they just didn't give him best picture. Which makes no sense whatsoever....
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me too. but then again as excellent as denzel was in training day i thought russell crowe should have won for a beautiful mind. he was def better in that than gladiator. and he was bloody good in that.
not a big tom hanks fan. though i love BIG and liked him a lot in road to perdition. anything else i can pretty much leave.
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Chariots of Fire was on tv earlier tonight!! I can't remember the last time I saw this movie was on tv and as soon as I mention it it's on tv. This happens to me all the time actually. It's very strange.....
Another habit says its long overdue
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I'm so happy with my righteous self