Comments on: The worst of Oscar best

By: Jason Shapiro

Jason Shapiro — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:16:04 +0000

Sorry dude but “Titanic” was absolutely, positively the WORST best Picture winner of all time. If you are looking for wooden acting, moronic dialogue, and downright silly staging, then it has to win.

I also do not get why “Dances With Wolves” gets such a high ranking unless you really like every PC cliche ever written about Indians, soldiers, the “winning of the West ” and all that nonsense. I will say that the costumes, weapons, and other material culture in “Dances…” were dead-on accurate, but shit, you can say that about the reconstructed ship in “Titanic.” I am neither a Costner nor a Gibson fan and I honestly do not know why you think “Dances…” schmaltz so much better than “Braveheart” schmaltz?

By: cosmoetica

cosmoetica — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:17:28 +0000

Fred, I talke it you haven’t read Infinite Jest yet?

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:27:08 +0000

This is interesting and I’m going to have to watch a few of these again plus there are some I missed. Never saw Annie Hall, but I love Diane Keaton! The Forrest Gump entry was interesting. I like to read the books from which movies are derived and Forrest Gump was absolutely the worst book I have ever read. I have no idea how such a good movie was made from such a bad book and I have no idea how someone could have read the book and thought it was worthy of the film stock!

I still love the movie!

By: cosmoetica

cosmoetica — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:29:16 +0000

Not a big fan of musicals, but West Side Story is one of the greatest musicals. Is it the way it was shot that does not appeal to you, the R&J ripoff, or what? It cannot be the music.

I’d have a few of your best on the worst: Dances With Wolves, and Schindler’s List, certainly. Titanic’s bad, but almost Rocky Horror Picture Show campy. Who hasn’t cheered when Leo’s frozen corpse sinks below the sea? But Schindler’s list- every imaginable ethnic cliche, and ever imaginable melodramatic twist: ‘Tell me I’m a good man!’ UGH! Deux!

That Crash and Brokeback Mountain, which friends have told me were Titanic messes, were the top two films this year, says alot, especially when Match Point and The New Worls were around.

A better list would be best films that never won Oscars.

By: Michael J.W. Stickings

Michael J.W. Stickings — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:22:00 +0000

I agree with you, but only about the first half of Goodfellas. The second half was quite weak in places.

By: 01 Boxer

01 Boxer — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:02:27 +0000

Dances with Wolves? Great movie, but Goodfellas was far superior, and should have won. (Plus I think one reason Dances with Wolves is loved as much as it is is because of John Barry’s brilliant score).