POLL- The WEAKEST LINK: BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS OF THE 1990s - ROUND 2

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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,811
    Forrest Gump
    Gern Blansten said:
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    Gern Blansten said:
    Same...not a bad movie to watch but contains some ridiculous acting and writing at times.  Not as good as Unforgiven or DWW
    However we feel about Mel Gibson, Braveheart was revolutionary in it's gory no-nonsense depiction of battle, something I don't remember seeing before then. Influential for Saving Private Ryan, Game of Thrones, all kinds of stuff.
    Excalibur?
    I loved Excalibur as a kid and watched it so many times on HBO or one of the cable channels where they showed it constantly.
    I don't think those scenes are comparable to Braveheart - I kind of think the early fight scenes were laughable, weren't they?

    Been a while since I have watched.

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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,185
    edited April 2021
    Braveheart
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__0r5M2RjCM

    I'm not laughing....you must be thinking of the Holy Grail :)
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    Braveheart
    Gern Blansten said:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__0r5M2RjCM

    I'm not laughing....you must be thinking of the Holy Grail :)
    The climactic battle scene...


  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,811
    Forrest Gump
    Gern Blansten said:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__0r5M2RjCM

    I'm not laughing....you must be thinking of the Holy Grail :)

    Ha.  You are right -- I was thinking of the scene where they are in-fighting and then Arthur is knighted.  Flopping around in the water and what not.
    Been too long - need to watch this again!
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,408
    The Silence of the Lambs
    Hobbes said:
    It's time that @mickeyrat gets the hose again.

    great actress. great movie. lost me with that accent....
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  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    Dances with Wolves
    Easy choice. Only Forrest Gump beating out Shawshank and Pulp Fiction is 90s comparable to this Oscar snub. 
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    Braveheart
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    Easy choice. Only Forrest Gump beating out Shawshank and Pulp Fiction is 90s comparable to this Oscar snub. 
    Oh I forgot Shawshank was the same year.  Geez, what a year of movies.  And maybe Gump was the worst of those three, but it was a damn fine movie.  My wife thought she hated the movie but I made her and my daughter sit down and watch it a few months ago.  She sobbed and sobbed.  She realized that she had never actually sat down and watched it.  Loved it.  

    Great writers must all be doing shows/series now.  The movies for the last ten years have basically sucked. Yeah there's a good one here and there, but not like the 90s. 
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    edited April 2021
    Dances with Wolves
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    Easy choice. Only Forrest Gump beating out Shawshank and Pulp Fiction is 90s comparable to this Oscar snub. 
    Goodfellas is clearly the better film that year. The other nominees ... :i_dunno:


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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,811
    Forrest Gump
    GFIII was nominated?

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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    Dances with Wolves
    I remember Awakenings.

    Better book than movie, but then again that's close to the rule (for me at least). 
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    Dances with Wolves
    oftenreading said:
    I remember Awakenings.

    Better book than movie, but then again that's close to the rule (for me at least). 
    Yeah, the film was sentimental pap.
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Dances with Wolves
    dankind said:
    oftenreading said:
    I remember Awakenings.

    Better book than movie, but then again that's close to the rule (for me at least). 
    Yeah, the film was sentimental pap.
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  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    Dances with Wolves
    Titanic is an overrated movie. There are two far superior choices in Good Will Hunting or LA Confidential. I would have voted for GWH. 


  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    Braveheart
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    Titanic is an overrated movie. There are two far superior choices in Good Will Hunting or LA Confidential. I would have voted for GWH. 


    Without a doubt.. it's a classic that holds up today. 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,811
    Forrest Gump
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    Titanic is an overrated movie. There are two far superior choices in Good Will Hunting or LA Confidential. I would have voted for GWH. 


    I don't like GWH but am right there with you on LA confidential.  Big James Ellroy fan.  Pretty decent adaptation.
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  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    Dances with Wolves
    mrussel1 said:
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    Titanic is an overrated movie. There are two far superior choices in Good Will Hunting or LA Confidential. I would have voted for GWH. 


    Without a doubt.. it's a classic that holds up today. 
    It's not your fault... that you both think this way.

    LA Confidential for the win!
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,879
    Braveheart
    Hobbes said:
    mrussel1 said:
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    Titanic is an overrated movie. There are two far superior choices in Good Will Hunting or LA Confidential. I would have voted for GWH. 


    Without a doubt.. it's a classic that holds up today. 
    It's not your fault... that you both think this way.

    LA Confidential for the win!
    I feel like it's my fault
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,116
    Unforgiven
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    Titanic is an overrated movie. There are two far superior choices in Good Will Hunting or LA Confidential. I would have voted for GWH. 


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  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    Dances with Wolves
    mrussel1 said:
    Hobbes said:
    mrussel1 said:
    1ThoughtKnown said:
    Titanic is an overrated movie. There are two far superior choices in Good Will Hunting or LA Confidential. I would have voted for GWH. 


    Without a doubt.. it's a classic that holds up today. 
    It's not your fault... that you both think this way.

    LA Confidential for the win!
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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,889
    Dances with Wolves
    F Me In The Brain said:
    GFIII was nominated?

    Holy shit, I had forgotten it was nominated. (likely blocked it out like a repressed bad childhood memory)

    If anyone needs proof the Academy is more about politics/who you know than quality, there's exhibit A.
    What a piece of garbage that movie was.
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