OAO 76th Academy Awards Thread

[Mecha Mummy 0]

I'll do mine just for the hell of it.

 

2003 - Chicago over Gangs of NY, The Hours, LOTR TTT, The Pianist

(my pick: At the time Two Towers, but now I'm leaning towards Pianist.)

 

2002 - A Beautiful Mind over Gosford Park, In the Bedroom, LOTR Fellowship, Moulin Rouge

(my pick: Fellowship.)

 

2001 - Gladiator over Chocolat, Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Tiger & Dragon

(pick: Traffic)

 

2000 - American Beauty over Cider House Rules, Green Mile, Insider, Sixth Sense

(pick: Green Mile)

 

1999 - Shakespeare in Love over Elizabeth, Private Ryan, Thin Red Line, Life Is Beautiful

(pick: Private Ryan)

 

1998 - Titanic over As Good As It Gets, Full Monty, Good Will Hunting, LA Confidential

(pick: As Good As It Gets)

 

1997 - English Patient over Fargo, Jerry Maguire, Secrets & Lies, Shine

(pick: Jerry Maguire)

 

1996 - Braveheart over Apollo 13, Babe, Il Postino, Sense and Sensibility

(pick: Braveheart.)

 

1995 - Forrest Gump over Four Weddings and a Funeral, Pulp Fiction, Quiz Show, Shawshank Redemption

(pick: There was pretty much no way they could fuck this up. My favorite was Shawshank but all on the list are great.)

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

LOTR should not have won best editing. However, the wrong film winning best editing isn't as bad as the wrong film winning Best Picture. The Academy doesn't seem to know anything about most of the technical categories anyways. It wasn't even the most moronic decision in that category in the last five years. Traffic beating Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was much worse.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

2003 - Chicago over Gangs of NY, The Hours, LOTR TTT, The Pianist

(my pick: The Pianist)

 

2002 - A Beautiful Mind over Gosford Park, In the Bedroom, LOTR Fellowship, Moulin Rouge

(my pick: A Beautiful Mind)

 

2001 - Gladiator over Chocolat, Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Tiger & Dragon

(pick: Gladiator)

 

2000 - American Beauty over Cider House Rules, Green Mile, Insider, Sixth Sense

(pick: The Insider)

 

1999 - Shakespeare in Love over Elizabeth, Private Ryan, Thin Red Line, Life Is Beautiful

(pick: Saving Private Ryan, but special mention to the Truman Show which was the real best movie of the year.)

 

1998 - Titanic over As Good As It Gets, Full Monty, Good Will Hunting, LA Confidential

(pick: LA Confidential)

 

1997 - English Patient over Fargo, Jerry Maguire, Secrets & Lies, Shine

(pick: Fargo)

 

1996 - Braveheart over Apollo 13, Babe, Il Postino, Sense and Sensibility

(pick: Apollo 13)

 

1995 - Forrest Gump over Four Weddings and a Funeral, Pulp Fiction, Quiz Show, Shawshank Redemption

(pick: Pulp Fiction)

[Ravenbomb 0]

*shrug*

2003 - Chicago over Gangs of NY, The Hours, LOTR TTT, The Pianist

(my pick: Gangs of New York)

 

2002 - A Beautiful Mind over Gosford Park, In the Bedroom, LOTR Fellowship, Moulin Rouge

(my pick: LOTR)

 

2001 - Gladiator over Chocolat, Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Tiger & Dragon

(pick: Traffic, but Almost Famous and High Fidelity were WAY better)

 

2000 - American Beauty over Cider House Rules, Green Mile, Insider, Sixth Sense

(pick: American Beauty)

 

1999 - Shakespeare in Love over Elizabeth, Private Ryan, Thin Red Line, Life Is Beautiful

(pick: Thin Red Line)

 

1998 - Titanic over As Good As It Gets, Full Monty, Good Will Hunting, LA Confidential

(pick: LA Confidential)

 

1997 - English Patient over Fargo, Jerry Maguire, Secrets & Lies, Shine

(pick: Fargo)

 

1996 - Braveheart over Apollo 13, Babe, Il Postino, Sense and Sensibility

(pick: Braveheart)

 

1995 - Forrest Gump over Four Weddings and a Funeral, Pulp Fiction, Quiz Show, Shawshank Redemption

(pick: Pulp Fiction)

[Ripper 0]

1999 - Shakespeare in Love over Elizabeth, Private Ryan, Thin Red Line, Life Is Beautiful

(pick: Saving Private Ryan, but special mention to the Truman Show which was the real best movie of the year.)

Goddamn right!

[Ted the Poster 0]

1999 - Shakespeare in Love over Elizabeth, Private Ryan, Thin Red Line, Life Is Beautiful

(pick: Saving Private Ryan, but special mention to the Truman Show which was the real best movie of the year.)

Goddamn right!

Jim Carrey got snubbed like he didn't fucking exist, goddammit.

[Guest Choken One]

Let's not forget he got snubbed again a year later...

[Ravenbomb 0]

three times, I thought he should've gotten nominated for The Majestic (or Man on the Moon if you were talking about Majestic), too

[Mole 0]

2003 - Chicago over Gangs of NY, The Hours, LOTR TTT, The Pianist

(my pick: Gangs of New York)

 

2002 - A Beautiful Mind over Gosford Park, In the Bedroom, LOTR Fellowship, Moulin Rouge

(my pick: A Beautiful Mind is an AWESOME film. Plus, Crowe should have won Best Actor)

 

2001 - Gladiator over Chocolat, Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Tiger & Dragon

(pick: Traffic, no doubt. Gladiator is overrated)

 

2000 - American Beauty over Cider House Rules, Green Mile, Insider, Sixth Sense

(pick: American Beauty, hands down one of the best movies of all time)

 

1999 - Shakespeare in Love over Elizabeth, Private Ryan, Thin Red Line, Life Is Beautiful

(pick: Private Ryan, it was robbed)

 

1998 - Titanic over As Good As It Gets, Full Monty, Good Will Hunting, LA Confidential

(pick: Errrr, Titanic)

 

1997 - English Patient over Fargo, Jerry Maguire, Secrets & Lies, Shine

(pick: Jerry Maguire, other than Fargo it is the only movie I saw)

 

1996 - Braveheart over Apollo 13, Babe, Il Postino, Sense and Sensibility

(pick: Braveheart, hands down. Even though Apollo 13 is a great movie)

 

1995 - Forrest Gump over Four Weddings and a Funeral, Pulp Fiction, Quiz Show, Shawshank Redemption

(pick: I must have been too young, only 12 when this happened, but these are tough picks. Gump is an amazing movie, Pulp is just plan awesome and Shawshank is one of my favorite movies of all time. I'll go with Shawshank.)

[Guest Anglesault]

Wow, TSM can NEVER EVER EVER be happy.

Heh, you just noticed that?

 

 

Holy fuck, Choken has 150 posts in this thread.

No, I just didn't think people would get heated about RotK winning that much.

It bored the crap out of me, personally.

 

Of course, the Super Extendo DVD Version of FotR was 12 times as boring.

[Guest Choken One]

if it bored you the first time...why did you watch an EXTENDED version of it?

[Guest Anglesault]

This third movie bored me in theaters, and the first bored me on DVD.

Edited March 1, 2004 by Anglesault

[Slayer 0]

This third movie bored me in theaters, and the first bored me on DVD.

So did the second one bore you on VHS?

[Guest Anglesault]

I learned my lesson after the first.