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Jambit424 — 19 years ago(August 03, 2006 12:30 AM)
I've been around for some time, and like to think I have a decent taste for movies. '94 was a damned good year for film. But I am apparently the only one here who thinks that Tom Hanks and Forrest Gump each deserved their Oscars. I've seen each of these top rated movies of 1994 maybe ten or twelve times (with the exception of Four Weddings, which I've seen once), and I just can't get past the thought that Forrest Gump is just the best damn movie ever made. Everything about it just seemed so flawless. I don't know what went right with Zemeckis and Eric Roth and Alan Silvestri and the whole lot of them, but it turned out perfectly.
I'm also a huge fan of Tarantino, and think Pulp Fiction rightly won the (more artsy-based) Palm D'or while the great American film Gump won the Academy Award. Fiction also got the trophy for screenwriting, as it should have. So everything's in its right place. -
critical-escapist — 18 years ago(June 03, 2007 12:26 PM)
- Forrest Gump
- Quiz Show
- Pulp Fiction
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Four Weddings and a Funeral
I still think Forrest Gump (the film) and Tom Hanks rightfully won their Oscars. The movie has a talismanic feeling to it and it is every epitome of a classic film. It's the film that nobody has forgotten about yet, while all the other nominees have faded into a distance. Sure, people are still talking about Pulp Fiction and that film has garnered its share of imitators but I still don't think it can touch Forrest Gump.
I did like Quiz Show. I thought it was stylistic, perfectly executed, and extremely underrated. If it have won Best Picture of 1994, I would have no complaints. But Forrest Gump is still the film that I can watch countless times and still fall in love with it again.
I think I should re-watch Pulp Fiction but I thought it went a little over-the-top with its artsy-ness and bizarre storytelling and out-of-the-world dialogue.
As for The Shawshank Redemption and Four Weddings and a Funeral well, I didn't like either of them very much.
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SeisCinemaSeis — 16 years ago(September 14, 2009 07:53 AM)
'Pulp Fiction' was the best movie that year. I don't like Tarantino's persona but the truth is that 'Pulp Fiction' is a much better film than 'Forrest Gump'.
About 'Quiz Show', 1994 was a very competitive year. I really liked it but I'd place it only in the 3th place.
From best to worse:- Pulp Fiction
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Quiz Show
- Four Weddings and a Funeral
- Forrest Gump.
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tony-mazz — 16 years ago(November 22, 2009 08:45 PM)
1994 was a very good year for films but i think 1979 was better-
the warriors
kramer vs kramer
mad max
time after time
alien
the china syndrome
salem's lot
breaker morant
apocalypse now
and justice for all
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Tirkka — 15 years ago(December 17, 2010 04:20 PM)
Forrest Gump won way too few Oscar awards that year; at least Gary Sinise should have won as well.
Quiz Show was an ok movie but not really even close to being an Oscar material and i don't think it would have won it for best picture in any other year either. I don't really like Pulp Fiction that much and even though The Shawshank Redemption is a good movie, i think it is way overrated and i'm really glad thos movies didn't win.
Four Weddings and a funeral is a great movie and if it wasn't for Forrest Gump, it should have been that movie to win.
"Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and **** the prom queen."
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harlequinade17 — 15 years ago(January 05, 2011 06:59 AM)
Outstanding movie, the cast was great and the pace was amazing. It kept my interest througout the whole thing, it definetly should have won.
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arman0612 — 14 years ago(August 10, 2011 12:24 PM)
I couldn't agree more, one of the greatest surprises was how amazing this film is. Miles better than Forrest Gump and Four Weddings and a Funeral and also better than Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption.
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JellyFish19 — 14 years ago(October 30, 2011 01:35 PM)
1994 was one of the best years for movies, but I don't think I will be watching Quiz Show again, unlike Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, Clerks, The Lion King, Ed Wood, Leon and Crumb.
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chas437 — 14 years ago(November 05, 2011 03:38 PM)
Agree. Quiz Show was a great film, and I can watch it multiple times. But 1994 was a year of heavyweight films. I think 1997 was also, Fargo, Slingblade, Tatantic, Boogie Nights, Austin Powers, but I think English Patient won the Oscar. I would have given it to Fargo, a nearly flawless film.
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parris2003 — 14 years ago(January 21, 2012 01:17 PM)
I actually think that out of all the nominated movies that year gump was the weakest, and I think if they had to do it over again shawshank or quiz show win exceptional film that just ran into a juggernaut named Forrest gump.
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Mustang_Ed — 13 years ago(January 28, 2013 11:45 PM)
Yes, 1994 was a great year. Loved these movies. Here is my ranking of the films I like the best from '94.
Notice I said "like" not "liked". I like some movies more and some movies less with the passage of time.
"Quiz Show" has held up very well over the years. If I spot it playing on TV, I enjoy watching it again.
Terrific acting and a wonderful story with a lesson. A lesson that we continually seeing repeating up to the present. Lance Armstrong. From a hero to a bum. Just like that.
1.) "Quiz Show"
2.) "Pulp Fiction"
3.) "The Shawshank Redemption"
4.) "Forrest Gump"
5.) "Legends of the Fall"
6.) "Bullets Over Broadway"
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kswiss89 — 12 years ago(December 12, 2013 03:53 AM)
In many other years it would have been a definite possibility, but 1994 is one of the greatest years ever as far as movies go.
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knoxfan2008 — 11 years ago(November 15, 2014 07:01 AM)
It's a great film. I'd rate Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, this and Shawshank all 9 or above. 4 weddings i'd give at least an 8. This was one of the 2 best years for American cinema in the 90's, equal with 1999. It's a wonderful film, the script would have won every other year if it weren't for the brilliant competition. I do think the script deserved to win over Forrest Gump, though I do really like Forrest Gump.
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hnt_dnl — 11 years ago(January 03, 2015 04:18 PM)
I had forgotten this film was among the nominees. All anyone ever talks about is Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, and Forrest Gump. I think Ed Wood was the real Best Pic of '94, but I do like this film a lot. This is definitely one of the stronger years for Best Picture nominees.