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KMR — 11 years ago(June 06, 2014 08:45 AM)
From Here to Eternity is pretty good, wasn't as "CLASSIC" for me as I'd expected, but def. worth a watch. I still don't think Slumdog Millionaire was as bad as many think, but it's not one of the academy's best choices (it had weak competition that year, not unlike Tom Jones had in 1963 enabling it to pull out the BP win). Watching all the Best Picture winners is harder than it sounds, as a lot of the really old films haven't aged well. But I want to be able to say I saw every last one of them!
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KMR — 11 years ago(June 11, 2014 08:52 AM)
"that one that won best picture the first oscars wings in 1928 would almost be impossible to find"
Actually, Netflix has Wings! But it's one of the ones I'm not exactly looking forward to watching (hear it hasn't aged too well, though a certain plane fight scene still gets praise today) - I keep putting it off and it'll probably be among the last ones I see. Just watched In the Heat of the Night (1967's BP winner) and it's a very respectable winner, I think. Not great, but quite good. -
KMR — 11 years ago(June 23, 2014 10:14 AM)
Philthegreatone, have you seen this Buzzfeed article, ranking all the BP winners? It's pretty funny, totally subjective.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/all-85-best-picture-oscar-winners-ranked -
brefane — 11 years ago(December 05, 2014 12:05 AM)
Dated film may have seemed innovative in its day plus the Academy favors Brit films look at The English Patient, a terrible film and remember Oliver, A Man for All Seasons, My Fair Lady, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Chariots of Fire. Tom Jones is not good, and Hud released the same year is so much better and wasn't even a Best Picture nominee.
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gittes98 — 10 years ago(September 06, 2015 11:14 PM)
To the OP
Have you seen all 87 Best Picture winners? if not, your blanket comments mean nothing. Watch The Great Ziegfeld, Cimarron, Oliver!, or especially The Greatest Show on Earth then your comment may have some merit.