The Passion should’ve won in 2004. It’s the best, most important film of the 21st Century. It’s just that Hollywood’s anti-Semitism and anti-Christianity that kept it from even being nominated.
No “Dude, Where’s My Car?”
I pretty much agree with the list except I haven’t seen a couple of them and “2001” was just plain awful to me.
Wilder's best film IMHO was "One, Two, Three"....Pure comedic genius, and one of the all-time great comedy performances from James Cagney.
Almost Famous???? What a drag of a movie.
Uh, no.
Truly cringeworthy melodrama.
A.I. was one of the most comically horrible movies ever made, like Al Gore meets L Ron Hubbard. (It also stole mercilessly from Bladerunner, but Bladerunner was such a better film, I won’t compare it.) And that’s one of only two from my middle-aged lifespan.
While there are some good movies on this list, it just proves once again that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Personally, I think anybody who sat through Kubrick’s turgid “2001, etc” without falling asleep half way through should get some kind of award.
Number 14. Nope. I really wanted to like that movie. It has great special effects and interesting story, but it just didn’t do it for me. There is a reason it’s so cheap wherever you find it.
Well, I know it’s not what the usual would expect, but really I thought The Haunting of Hill House, 1963, really should’ve won an Oscar.
The supposed scary or horror films have never reached it’s level, yet.
A psychological thriller is what they called it. I am still afraid to watch it, but it was wonderfully done.
btw, i do like Vertigo--however, best pic? i do not think so... it is not even one of my favorite Hitchcock movies, and i am partial to it because of its being located in the Bay Area...
Preston Sturges REALLY displayed his”Depth”with”Sullivan’s Travels”!!!
I can’t believe that The Great Escape (1963) couldn’t win an award, especially with the performances of Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough in that film.
They are nuts. Tom Jones is still one of the most spectacular films ever made. It made Albert Finney and instant star in his tour-de-force.
A.I.? If there was an award for most ponderous third act it should win by a landslide, otherwise no.
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Absolutely agree on Singin’ in the Rain, because it is the greatest of all time, period. Meet Me in St. Louis is also a great musical, a great movie.
Disagree on Pinocchio, although can’t say if it was the best that year. As I recall it was not really a big hit, rather a flop. I managed to see something of it again a while ago, and bottom line it is too long. Or at least the different segments are too long, or in some cases unnecessary.
2001 is a snooze fest I still can’t get through.
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As soon as I saw this thread, I began watching “Red River”.
Never seen it before...:)
Almost done.