Why this lost the Best Picture Oscar.

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mtlddrms — 10 years ago(March 17, 2016 05:01 AM)

Yeah, but which of the two films is well-remembered and constantly shown on television over the years?

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xmonn — 9 years ago(May 27, 2016 01:23 PM)

I have to say I have a bias towards SPR. I think it's the greatest war movie ever made.
That said I thought SIL sucked. I tried watching it three times and only hated it more with each viewing. It's one of the most overrated Best Picture winners ever.

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donluigi87 — 9 years ago(June 08, 2016 02:49 PM)

I think 2 war films being up 4 best picture split the vote allowing Shakespeare In Love to win best picture.

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generationofswine — 9 years ago(June 09, 2016 08:35 PM)

No complexity? You're kidding me. Saving Private Ryan is the best pro-soldier/anti-war movie ever made. It walks that thin red line better than it's WWII rival could ever dream of.
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MoviemanCin — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 06:12 AM)

Simple.
It lost because Hollywood is composed mostly of liberals who hate war (even noble ones like WW II) and who hate the military.
Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar and doesn't.

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nospar122 — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 11:08 AM)

That's why so many war movies get made, right? Why must every argument come down to political bloviating? What an idiotic statement.

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MoviemanCin — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 08:23 PM)

Because it's true, numb nuts. Also Shakespeare probably had a better media campaign.
Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar and doesn't.

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nospar122 — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 09:27 PM)

Your beanie is missing its propeller.

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nocomputer1962 — 9 years ago(October 06, 2016 05:52 PM)

Somebody forgot to tell the liberals not to vote for Best Picture winners Platoon, Patton, Bridge on the River Kwai, From Here to Eternity, Best Years of our Lives, The Deer Hunter, Lawrence of Arabia, Wings, and All Quiet on the Western Front

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Musashi94 — 9 years ago(October 08, 2016 12:39 PM)

I wouldn't take anything Movieman says too seriously.
Oh and you forgot The Hurt Locker.

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nocomputer1962 — 9 years ago(October 09, 2016 08:51 AM)

Dang, how did I forget the Hurt Locker? That one really really would have shot movieman's argument to hell. Good catch.

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indy_go_blue44 — 9 years ago(October 27, 2016 09:50 PM)

Wings 1927
All Quiet on the Western Front 1930
Best Years of Our Lives 1946
From Here to Eternity 1953
Bridge on the River Kwai 1957
Lawrence of Arabia 1962
Patton 1970
Deer Hunter 1978
Platoon 1986
Saving Private Ryan 1998
Seems like the libs haven't done much for the past 30 years.

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nocomputer1962 — 9 years ago(November 08, 2016 08:11 AM)

To recap, my list accidentally omitted The Hurt Locker (2009), released 11 years after Saving Private Ryan.

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NeilNR — 9 years ago(November 13, 2016 11:28 AM)

Your original list is awesome. But I refused to see The Hurt Locker because of the camera work.

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BettyX — 9 years ago(January 20, 2017 10:37 PM)

Who the f* loves war?
Im more humble than you can understand-Donnie

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shanayneigh — 9 years ago(October 09, 2016 07:47 AM)

The technical achievement of this movie was great. But the story was pretty pedestrian. I can see why it didn't win best movie.
Not that I'm the biggest fan of Shakespeare in Love. I didn't particularly like any of the 1999 nominees for best picture.
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Ricardo-36 — 9 years ago(November 17, 2016 08:01 AM)

It lost because it was originally released during summer, as opposed to the more viable release window of late December for Oscar bait films. By the time the voting began, people had forgot about it.
Also, Spielberg had won an Oscar for another WW2-related film (Schindler's List) only 5 years prior, and that was a superior film.
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