Worst "Best Picture" From Last 10 Years

[AKA]

This has been a pretty weak stretch for the Oscars, with some exceptions - what's the worst one that won?

[foodcourtdruide]

This has been a pretty weak stretch for the Oscars, with some exceptions - what's the worst one that won?

I thought last year was incredibly strong. This year, not so much. Can we include 1998? Because I thought Shakespeare In Love was dogshit.

[AKA]

I thought last year was incredibly strong. This year, not so much. Can we include 1998? Because I thought Shakespeare In Love was dogshit.

I honestly don't think that about half of those films deserve to be on there - maybe I'm wrong...

[underdog]

It's a tough choice between Gladiator (incredibly overrated) and Crash.

Also, I hated Chicago. But people who like musicals seemed to like it, so maybe that's why I hated it.

[WhistlePig]

Chicago was god-awful.

[KnoxHarrington]

I went with "Crash" because it's just garbage. Melodramatic, amateurish garbage that pretends to be a sophisticated, brutal look at racism and race relations, but is peopled with stereotypical characters in ludicrous situations.

I thought about choosing "Shakespeare in Love" as a protest, because it's just a stupid chick flick that Miramax bought the Oscar for, beating out "Saving Private Ryan".

[KnoxHarrington]

Looking at that list, too, has there been a Best Picture winner that was a huge deal at the time fall off the map more than "American Beauty"? People were praising it left and right at the time, but now it just seems so cliched and contrived.

I mean, just to give an example, the very first thing we hear the colonel say is a homophobic slur. They might as well have just named his character "Col. Closet Case."

[IMSlacker]

Wow. Crash, Chicago, Gladiator, American Beauty and Shakespeare in Love are all valid answers. I went with Crash since I hate that movie with a white hot passion, basically for the same reasons KnoxHarrington already said.

[foodcourtdruide]

I honestly don't think that about half of those films deserve to be on there - maybe I'm wrong...

Really? Which ones? I don't hate Crash as much as most people and I love the LOTR movies. I guess Chicago was pretty sub-par, but I don't like musicals so I couldn't appreciate it as some may have. I agree with others that Gladiator is very overrated. I also didn't like American Beauty, but I can see why it would be considered a great film by some.

[MC Pee Pants]

No Country for Old Men, that was the best movie I'd seen in a long time. Maybe because i saw it in the theaters and it got really suspenseful at times, but that movie was great. No music through out the whole thing to set any moods. Every mood created was set by the way it was shot and that creep Javier Bardem.

[IMSlacker]

No Country for Old Men, that was the best movie I'd seen in a long time. Maybe because i saw it in the theaters and it got really suspenseful at times, but that movie was great. No music through out the whole thing to set any moods. Every mood created was set by the way it was shot and that creep Javier Bardem.

You're supposed to vote for the worst "best picture". Now, you've ruined everything.

[pennington]

I have to go with American Beauty too. I didn't get all the excitement at the time either.

My feeling about a good movie is I get into it and the time goes fast. A bad movie is when I'm consciously aware they're acting and/or the time just drags (both of those apply to American Beauty).

[mikeyboy]

I didn't see Crash, but I suspect that would be my choice if I did. I'm going with "A Beautiful Mind". I thought that was incredibly overrated.

[foodcourtdruide]

You're supposed to vote for the worst "best picture". Now, you've ruined everything.

Restart the thread.

[foodcourtdruide]

I didn't see Crash, but I suspect that would be my choice if I did. I'm going with "A Beautiful Mind". I thought that was incredibly overrated.

I thought Matt Dillon saved Crash. I really liked him in it.

[instrument]

Foodcourtdude, please stop.

How can anyone not like american beauty? We got to see thor's lovely lopsided breasts.

[MC Pee Pants]

FUCK! Crash then, my bad everyone.

[KnoxHarrington]

I was tempted to vote for "The Departed". I was blown away by that movie the first time I saw it, but subsequent viewings have diminished it for me. It's just a mess -- ridiculous plot with nonsensical "plot twists" (I mean, who the fuck was that guy who shot DiCaprio in the head?), and Nicholson's performance is just batshit crazy.

It's why I hate "makeup Oscars" -- yeah, Scorsese and "Raging Bull" should have won in 1980, but the fact they didn't doesn't mean this movie should have.

[Hottub]

Why does anyone care what the holy "Acadamy" has to say about what is the best picture? They are rarely ever right. Yet get a best picture or best actor award, re-release the piece of stool and clear another 50 million.

Ponderous.

[drusilla]

i haven't seen all of the movies listed, but i had to go with crash because it was such a giant piece of shit. i HATED that movie so much.

[foodcourtdruide]

Foodcourtdude, please stop.

How can anyone not like american beauty? We got to see thor's lovely lopsided breasts.

Stop why? Becuase I liked Matt Dillon in Crash, or because I didn't like American Beauty?

[foodcourtdruide]

I was tempted to vote for "The Departed". I was blown away by that movie the first time I saw it, but subsequent viewings have diminished it for me. It's just a mess -- ridiculous plot with nonsensical "plot twists" (I mean, who the fuck was that guy who shot DiCaprio in the head?), and Nicholson's performance is just batshit crazy.

It's why I hate "makeup Oscars" -- yeah, Scorsese and "Raging Bull" should have won in 1980, but the fact they didn't doesn't mean this movie should have.

I couldn't agree more Knox and my first thought was The Departed as well. I didn't think it was a great film, but they just gave it to Scorsese because they fucked him on Raging Bull and Goodfellas.

[Aggie]

i haven't seen all of the movies listed, but i had to go with crash because it was such a giant piece of shit. i HATED that movie so much.

x10

[KojiClutch]

I personally didn't like A Beautiful Mind.

[Donnie Iris]

A lot of those movies were bad, but Crash tops the pile of shite in my mind.

[realmenhatelife]

Man, there are some real shitbombs on that list.


The Departed sucked, and had I known it didn't have any votes yet I would've given it a spite vote.

American Beauty is astoundingly bad though.

[TheMojoPin]

Almost none of those films "deserve" to have won Best Picture, but Crash is the only one I flat-out loathe as a truly awful film. Most of the others have flaws, some REALLY big ones, but they're at least watchable and come across as well-made films. Hell, even as cliche as a lot of AB has become, I can still watch it because Sam Mendes is a fantasic director with a really beautiul visual style. The only one I was tempted to vote for besides Crash was Million Dollar Baby.

[JimBeam]

I didn't see a few of them so as much as I would've liked to vote for one of those I didn't.

I went w/ Gladiator because as somebody else said it was a tad overrated.

I'm also not a big fan of period pieces.

Uisng an uniformed opinion, because I didn't actually watch the movie, I'd have picked Chicago because I absolutely hate Jones and Zellweger ( sp ?? ).

[KnoxHarrington]

I'd argue that as a stand-alone film, Return of the King definitely didn't deserve it, but I don't have such a problem with it as an award for the entire trilogy.

[weekapaugjz]

crash holds the record for the least amount of time it took me to shut it off, and i rarely turn off movies. i think it was 15 mins in before i realized it was a hunk of shit.

i have not seen chicago, million dollar baby, or shakespeare in love though.

[Dirtbag]

The only ones I've even seen were Gladiator and Return of the King, so RotK gets it by default.

[GreatAmericanZero]

i dont think i have ever seen "Shakespeare in Love" but i seen the rest. I voted for "Chicago" cuz not only did it suck, it wasn't even original...it was a play thats been around forever just made into a movie

The thing about the "best picture" is that they are films that give you an instant appreciation while truly great films need some time to become great. When I first saw "American Beauty" i thought it was really good. Now i watch it and its absolutely retarded and unrealistic (Kevin Spacey with the remote control car "I rule!")

Films like "Million Dollar Baby" and "Crash" are films that have shocking emotional twists but no one ever has any desire to ever watch those movies again

And in defense of "The Departed", from what i recalled,it was a really really bad year for movies so my opinion was...of movies that came out that year that actually had a chance to win an oscar i thought it deserved it. It wasn't Scorsese's best, but it wasn't in competition with Scorsese's other films, it was in competition with the rest of the films that came out in 2006...where none of the mainstream movies were particularly great. Loook at the best picture nominees for 2006:

Departed, The
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
Queen, The

what should they have done? gave it to the 90min "Malcolm in the Middle" episode called "Little Miss Sunshine"?

[TheMojoPin]

i dont think i have ever seen "Shakespeare in Love" but i seen the rest. I voted for "Chicago" cuz not only did it suck, it wasn't even original...it was a play thats been around forever just made into a movie

SiL is good. Best picture good? No, especially not that year, but it's a good flick.

Films like "Million Dollar Baby" and "Crash" are films that have shocking emotional twists but no one ever has any desire to ever watch those movies again

Because they're not that great. And is either really that "shocking?" You can see the climaxes of both from a million miles away.

And in defense of "The Departed", from what i recalled,it was a really really bad year for movies so my opinion was...of movies that came out that year that actually had a chance to win an oscar i thought it deserved it. It wasn't Scorsese's best, but it wasn't in competition with Scorsese's other films, it was in competition with the rest of the films that came out in 2006...where none of the mainstream movies were particularly great. Loook at the best picture nominees for 2006:

Departed, The
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
Queen, The

what should they have done? gave it to the 90min "Malcolm in the Middle" episode called "Little Miss Sunshine"?

LfIJ. As much as I slam Clint's movies over the last 15 year, that one is incredible

[GreatAmericanZero]

Because they're not that great. And is either really that "shocking?" You can see the climaxes of both from a million miles away.





if you were watching "Million Dollar Baby" for the first time..not knowing anything about it....the 3rd act will surprise anyone. That it turns suddenly from a boxer movie to a paralyzed woman death story. But thats the only thing "good" in that movie is that the 3rd act did surpise and once the surprise is gone its un-rewatchable.

And Morgan Freeman sucked a dick in it.

[underdog]

if you were watching "Million Dollar Baby" for the first time..not knowing anything about it....the 3rd act will surprise anyone. That it turns suddenly from a boxer movie to a paralyzed woman death story. But thats the only thing "good" in that movie is that the 3rd act did surpise and once the surprise is gone its un-rewatchable.

And Morgan Freeman sucked a dick in it.

I was about to watch that movie! Thanks for ruining it.

[TheMojoPin]

if you were watching "Million Dollar Baby" for the first time..not knowing anything about it....the 3rd act will surprise anyone. That it turns suddenly from a boxer movie to a paralyzed woman death story. But thats the only thing "good" in that movie is that the 3rd act did surpise and once the surprise is gone its un-rewatchable.

And Morgan Freeman sucked a dick in it.

I don't know, there's only so much you can do with a boxing movie...either the big win or the big heartbreaker where someone dies or is crippled or whatever. I knew one of the two was gonna happen.

[weekapaugjz]

I don't know, there's only so much you can do with a boxing movie...either the big win or the big heartbreaker where someone dies or is crippled or whatever. I knew one of the two was gonna happen.

that's what i was hoping for at the end of rocky balboa. damn my chick for making me watch that awful movie.

[yojimbo7248]

I'd argue that as a stand-alone film, Return of the King definitely didn't deserve it, but I don't have such a problem with it as an award for the entire trilogy.

I put Return of the King because I was thinking the same way. I got very tired of the battle scenes and didn't think it stood alone well enough to deserve the Oscar.

Tough choice, though. Lots of crap on the list. I would have voted for Dances With Wolves if it had been there. I think Kevin Costner acts on the same level as Keanu Reeves. I might have also voted for Ordinary People, especially since it stole the Oscar from Raging Bull. Academy has shown over and over it has shit for taste in movies.

[Kublakhan61]

Look at the best picture nominees for 2006:

Departed, The
Babel
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
Queen, The

what should they have done? gave it to the 90min "Malcolm in the Middle" episode called "Little Miss Sunshine"?

Or, The Queen - since it's the best movie on that list and that's what they were looking for.

[TheMojoPin]

I might have also voted for Ordinary People, especially since it stole the Oscar from Raging Bull. Academy has shown over and over it has shit for taste in movies.

Granted, RB is obviously better, but it's not like OP is a bad film.

[yojimbo7248]

Granted, RB is obviously better, but it's not like OP is a bad film.

It's not a bad film and doesn't belong on the list. Comparing RB and OP just shows how meaningless Oscars are in choosing the best movie of the year. I am sure there is a list of great films and then the movies that won the best film Oscar for that year. the only positive thing I can say about the Oscar is it isn't the Grammy.

[GreatAmericanZero]

I don't know, there's only so much you can do with a boxing movie...either the big win or the big heartbreaker where someone dies or is crippled or whatever. I knew one of the two was gonna happen.

whats another boxing movie where the boxer is crippled and/or died?

and the guy Bruce Willis kills in the beginning of his segment in Pulp Fiction doesn't count

[weekapaugjz]

whats another boxing movie where the boxer is crippled and/or died?

and the guy Bruce Willis kills in the beginning of his segment in Pulp Fiction doesn't count

beginning of rocky 4.

[Kublakhan61]

whats another boxing movie where the boxer is crippled and/or died?

and the guy Bruce Willis kills in the beginning of his segment in Pulp Fiction doesn't count

The Crippled Masters!!

[TheMojoPin]

whats another boxing movie where the boxer is crippled and/or died?

What's the one with Ricky Schroeder?

I'm sure there are others, but I'm not saying it happen left and right...just that when you think about it, with movie boxing there's two options...either they win the big match (or their internal big match) or something terrible happens. Nobody writes a serious boxing movie where there's a total anti-climax...it's boxing. The only time I can think of that is with the shitty Great White Hype, but I guess that was the point of that awful movie.

[Slumbag]

Chicago.
It's a musical with Renee Zellwegger.

There.

[hammersavage]

Chicago.
It's a musical with Renee Zellwegger.

There.

But Queen Latifah's in it!!

[Slumbag]

But Queen Latifah's in it!!

Oh, no kidding.







Chicago.

[hammersavage]

But Richard Gere's in it!! (I could go on but I won't)

[underdog]

What's the one with Ricky Schroeder?

Silver Spoons.

[GreatAmericanZero]

oh wow. on the opening page of Yahoo they have an article on this very subject (worst best picture winner). They don't mention my choice, "chicago" but a lot of shitty movies

btw, they mention "Rocky" cuz of its shitty sequels, but the first "Rocky" movie is a genuinely good movie..i truly believe that

Like the Supreme Court and the College of Cardinals, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is an exclusive and obscure deliberative body that is prone to its own brand of weirdness. The Academy loves to reward actors who play endearing lunatics and actresses who hag it up for a part. It throws trophies at lavish historical epics and anything about the Holocaust. And for a long time, it had a strange aversion to Martin Scorsese. Though some times the most deserving film took home the top prize -- "Casablanca" won in 1943, "The Godfather" in 1972, and "The Last Emperor" in 1987 -- more often than not the Academy drops the ball. Here are just a few of the Oscar's worst Best Pictures.

Cimarron (1931)
Here is a flick that really hasn't stood the test of time. "Cimarron," a big-budget tale about how the West was won, racked up huge box office earnings and took home the big prize in 1931. So why have you probably not heard of it? It most likely has something to do with the film's ridiculous storylines, hammy acting, and overt racism.

How Green Was My Valley (1941)
John Ford's heart-warming tale about Welsh coal miners has earned the unfortunate notoriety of stealing the Best Picture Oscar from what many call the best movie ever made, "Citizen Kane." In some cinephile circles, the movie is regarded with a distain usually reserved for tobacco lobbyists and banking executives.

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Sure, this epic spectacle was shot in 70mm and featured lots of location footage, which was pretty impressive at the time, but it's also about as deep as the skin on tomato soup. James Dean's final movie "Giant" would be an infinitely better choice.

Rocky (1976)
The Academy couldn't possibly have foreseen "Rocky" IV, V or VI when they handed this film a trophy. That being said, Stallone's pugilist fairy tale seems pretty pale next to its fellow nominees, "Network," "All the President's Men," and of course Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver." Over the years, the Academy developed a fetish for nominating but not rewarding Scorsese's best work.

Ordinary People (1980)
Another example of the Academy hosing Scorsese. "Ordinary People," about emotionally-repressed suburbanites, is a well-crafted, well-acted movie. It just not even in the same ballpark as Marty's savage masterpiece "Raging Bull," a movie that many critics have dubbed the best of film of the 1980s.

Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
A well-meaning but muddle-headed Best Picture winner about rich white folk learning a little something about racism by talking to the help. The film's warm and fuzzy Hallmark card version of race relations is particularly galling since Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" -- the actual best pic of the year -- wasn't even nominated.

Dances With Wolves (1990)
In a perfect world, the poor would be fed, the Cubs would win the World Series, and "Goodfellas" would have won Best Picture. Instead, this steaming pile of self-congratulatory new-age twaddle got the nod. Director Kevin Costner went on to make "The Postman" while Scorsese would have to wait sixteen more years before landing the prize in 2006 for "The Departed."

Forrest Gump (1994)
Robert Zemeckis' manipulative, schmaltzy Boomer yarn made piles of cash and wowed about half the critics in the country, but the movie's sentimental platitudes and cheap nostalgia really don't hold a candle to "Pulp Fiction," the most influential and imitated film of the '90s.

Gladiator (2000)
A poor man's "Spartacus" tarted up with lots of CGI. For a director as talented as Ridley Scott, it's hard to understand why the action scenes in "Gladiator" were as incoherent as they were. It was as if the entire editing staff was hopped up on Red Bull and Twinkies. If you want to see better-constructed action scenes in a better movie, check out the flick that should have won, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

Crash (2005)
One of the great "What were they thinking?" moments of Oscardom. Instead of choosing the best-reviewed movie of the year -- "Brokeback Mountain" -- the Academy picked this contrived, hectoring paean to liberal guilt. What made Ryan Phillippe shoot that guy? Racism. What made Ludacris jack that car? Racism. What made Sandra Bullock fall down the stairs? Racism. The movie is about as nuanced as a hammer blow to the head, as enjoyable as listening to your parents fight, and about as honest as your average Enron executive.

So this year, will the Academy get it right for a change or will it drop the ball once again? And what Oscar winners of the past do you think had no business taking home the gold?

[Dirtbag]

Gladiator (2000)
A poor man's "Spartacus" tarted up with lots of CGI. For a director as talented as Ridley Scott, it's hard to understand why the action scenes in "Gladiator" were as incoherent as they were. It was as if the entire editing staff was hopped up on Red Bull and Twinkies. If you want to see better-constructed action scenes in a better movie, check out the flick that should have won, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."While I can't disagree that Gladiator probably shouldn't have won, Crouching Tiger is probably the single biggest disappointment I've ever had in a movie theater. Terrible, terrible movie.

[GreatAmericanZero]

i defended "Rocky" winning, but i didnt realize it was up against "taxi driver"


since i was 13, i always defended "A Clockwork Orange" as my fav movie of all time. it was the film that made me look at movies as art and when i saw it at 13 it transformed my view of film as "stupid entertainment" to looking at movies to say more. After "A Clockwork Orange" i purposefully looked out for the great movies instead of whatever shit was being marked to me at the time

but "Taxi Driver" is a movie i watched again and again til the point where i will say that, although its not my favorite movie (cuz nothing can beat "A Clockwork Orange" at this point) i do believe it is the best film ever made. from direction to screenplay to acting it is all absolutely perfect

so in that instance, "Rocky" didn't deserve to win. But as a movie by itself, the original "Rocky" is actually a great artistic film. Too bad the sequels suck a dick

[KnoxHarrington]

That piece kind of points out why "Crash" won in 2005: they desperately didn't want to give "Brokeback Mountain" the Oscar, but they didn't want to seem reactionary. So give it to a nice safe movie.

[sailor]

departed was a confusing mess. loved american beauty. if you think tom stoppard's shakespeare in love was simply a "chick flick" you should read some more.

[Yosammity]

Crash sucked. It was just a silly movie.

I thought Shakespeare in Love was great.

[Don Stugots]

Chicago was a good play/musical but it did not transition to the big screen to well. I still had to go with Crash.

[Yerdaddy]

Good topic! There have been alot of shit best pic wins in the last 10 years. I went with Crash, hands down. Liberal tripe for a theme and a series of good-to-evil/evil-to-good epephanies and transformations for a story/stories. Ham-fisted, patronizing garbage all-around. Easy pick.

After that I'd go with Gladiator, Shakespeare in Love and The Departed. And, of the entire list of 10 there isn't a single one that can be called a great movie. Disgraceful.

In fact, if you look at the list of movies that got beat ou (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Picture)t, it's been a shitty 10 years of filmmaking overall.

Crash should have easily been beaten by Brokeback Mountain and Good Night and Good Luck, but neither are especially great movies. Brokeback had a good story, really good acting and some great cinematography, but wouldn't be considered a great movie. Good Night and Good Luck is, in my opinion, an excellent movie, but a small movie that few people saw and so was not surprisingly overlooked.

I love watching Gladiator, but it's an epic action movie - not a best picture. Crouching Tiger and Traffick would have been much more distinguished winners. They were just better movies.

Shakespeare should have come in last place that year behind Thin Red Line, followed by Life is Beautiful, Private Ryan and then Elizabeth. That was actually a decent year for movies and that pick made no sense except that maybe the war themes of three of the pics stole each others' votes.

The rest of the winners were at least among the best movies of a bad filed of nominations. No Country is probably the one that most deserved to win in the last 10 years.

[Gvac]

Good topic! There have been alot of shit best pic wins in the last 10 years. I went with Crash, hands down. Liberal tripe for a theme and a series of good-to-evil/evil-to-good epephanies and transformations for a story/stories. Ham-fisted, patronizing garbage all-around. Easy pick.

After that I'd go with Gladiator, Shakespeare in Love and The Departed. And, of the entire list of 10 there isn't a single one that can be called a great movie. Disgraceful.

In fact, if you look at the list of movies that got beat ou (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Picture)t, it's been a shitty 10 years of filmmaking overall.

Crash should have easily been beaten by Brokeback Mountain and Good Night and Good Luck, but neither are especially great movies. Brokeback had a good story, really good acting and some great cinematography, but wouldn't be considered a great movie. Good Night and Good Luck is, in my opinion, an excellent movie, but a small movie that few people saw and so was not surprisingly overlooked.

I love watching Gladiator, but it's an epic action movie - not a best picture. Crouching Tiger and Traffick would have been much more distinguished winners. They were just better movies.

Shakespeare should have come in last place that year behind Thin Red Line, followed by Life is Beautiful, Private Ryan and then Elizabeth. That was actually a decent year for movies and that pick made no sense except that maybe the war themes of three of the pics stole each others' votes.

The rest of the winners were at least among the best movies of a bad filed of nominations. No Country is probably the one that most deserved to win in the last 10 years.

This may be the first time in RFnet history that I've agreed with every single word of a Yerdaddy post!

2009 is gonna be a great year!

[GreatAmericanZero]

unless theres an "Inglorious Basterds" upset, i predict that for the first decade in the 21st Century, the film of the decade will be "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind".

[sailor]

This may be the first time in RFnet history that I've agreed with every single word of a Yerdaddy post!

2009 is gonna be a great year!

heck, first time i read every single word of a yerdaddy post.

give me those ribs!

[AKA]

oh wow. on the opening page of Yahoo they have an article on this very subject (worst best picture winner). They don't mention my choice, "chicago" but a lot of shitty movies
[/I]

I think it might be time for a round two (http://www.ronfez.net/forums/showthread.php?t=76953)...

[RoseBlood]

I haven't seen Crash, Chicago or Shakespeare in Love; although I'm fairly certain I wouldn't enjoy the latter two.

I liked No Country for Old Men alot.

I liked The Departed and Gladiator.

I saw the first Lord of the Rings and I think I fell asleep, not my cup o tea but I'm not voting it worst cause sci-fi/fantasy fans seemed to really enjoy it.

Million Dollar Baby, Beautiful Mind and American Beauty were all well made, thought provoking, but all very sappy.

I guess I'll vote Beautiful Mind.

[Kevin]

I haven't seen Crash, Chicago or Shakespeare in Love; although I'm fairly certain I wouldn't enjoy the latter two.

I liked No Country for Old Men alot.

I liked The Departed and Gladiator.

I saw the first Lord of the Rings and I think I fell asleep, not my cup o tea but I'm not voting it worst cause sci-fi/fantasy fans seemed to really enjoy it.

Million Dollar Baby, Beautiful Mind and American Beauty were all well made, thought provoking, but all very sappy.

I guess I'll vote Beautiful Mind.

I heard Nash was not happy with the way he was portrayed in A Beautiful Mind.

[TheMojoPin]

I heard Nash was not happy with the way he was portrayed in A Beautiful Mind.

He should be happy with it, since it makes him look a LOT better than he actually was in reality.

[hammersavage]

Gladiator beating Almost Famous (even though it wasn't nominated) is a travesty.

[ravn816]

I didn't pick any because I think a lot of them are weak as Best Picture films. I have to say while I liked a lot of the films on this list, I don't think they were Best Picture great. There's a big fuck difference.

[CountryBob]

The only movie on this list that pissed me off, let me down and made me regret that I wasted 2 hours of my life was Million Dollar Baby. I couldnt get into this mess and didnt care if Hillary Skank lived or died.

BTW... this list made me think about 1 other movie that I was so let down - Eyes Wide Shut. I rented this movie, in bed with the chick, ready for some turning on. She didnt like porn movies but this was supposed to be very racy and such. Well, I was asleep in about 30 minutes and found out that she was asleep before i was.