14 Films That Should Have Won the Oscar for Best Picture But Weren’t Even Nominated

Pajamas Media ^ | 03/01/2014 | KYLE SMITH

[dr_lew]

I didn’t like “2001: A Space Oddity” when I saw it in the theater. I was told at the time that you had to read the book to understand the movie, which a moviegoer should not have to do.

I suppose Joe Bob Briggs could have explained it to you. "OK, now he's the space baby. What's the problem?"

[yarddog]

I liked “Dune”, in fact really liked it.

I have noticed that every person who told me it was no good had read the book. I never did.

[EveningStar]

ping

[minnesota_bound]

I liked the monkees...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML1OZCHixR0

The waltz of the spaceship with the space station.
2001: A Space Odyssey-Strauss
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML1OZCHixR0

[Fiji Hill]

Walt Disney's "Pinocchio" made hash of Carlo Collodi's classic The Adventures of Pinocchio (Florence, Italy: Paggi, 1883), so I wouldn't have given it the Oscar. My choice for 1940 would be "Santa Fe Trail."

[minnesota_bound]

I also liked Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs but I may be thinking of another Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.....

[thecodont]

Collodi’s Pinocchio was a real brat.

[Fiji Hill]

One of my favorite British movies! Much better than the 12 years later Barry Lyndon, mocked in MAD magazine as “Borey Lyndon”.

Barry Lyndon--sounds like a move about the 1964 presidential election.

[Dogbert41]

Hogan’s Heros?!? Naw, it was The Great Escape that brought Hogan’s Heros!

[rlmorel]

As soon as I saw this thread, I began watching “Red River”.

Never seen it before...:)

Almost done.

[Fiji Hill]

Disney would go on to butcher Felix Salten's Bambi (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929). I loved it when I saw it in the theater at the age of 6, but when I watched it again on DVD somewhat later in life, the extent to which Disney messed with the original story left me angry.

[driftless2]

This was Kubrick. Everything he made was supposed to be gold. The critics were too afraid to pan the flick and not be invited to future snob parties. Nobody could say (except for the rabble) that the emperor had no clothes. At least for that flick.

[Borges]

2001 is one of the best films ever made. I’ve watched it countless times and it gets me every time.

[Borges]

“the sequel was far, far better.”

The long forgotten 80s travesty is better than 2001? LOL

[Borges]

The book was written while the film was being made.

[Borges]

What flaws did it have in terms of being badly made?

[okie01]

This was Kubrick.

Who was a wildly inconsistent chooser of material, but a consistently genius director.

E.g. --

2001: A Space Odyssey was a brilliant work of genius. Some people didn't like it...but it was a fantastic movie.

Eyes Wide Shut was a total waste of time. Some people liked it, but it was a piece of trash.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

[Borges]

EWS looks better with every passing year. The Kubrick feature that has not held up well is A Clockwork Orange.

[chae]

The tv movie “The Bible” was re-cut. They took out all the old testament, and released it in theaters as “Son of God”.

[Nifster]

One,Two Three..... One of my all time favorite movies. Jimmy Cagney was brilliant

I also think Mr. Roberts should have been a best picture winner.