Tournament! Best Picture Oscars! [Winner Inside!!]

Hamlet

Lawrence Of Arabia

 

Hamlet 10
In The Heat Of The Night 1

Lawrence Of Arabia 11
Gentleman's Agreement 0

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Next up:

[link=http://imdb.com/title/tt0120338/]Titanic[/link] (1997)
[link=http://imdb.com/title/tt0167260/]Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King[/link] (2003)

[link=http://imdb.com/title/tt0097239/]Driving Miss Daisy[/link] (1989)
[link=http://imdb.com/title/tt0081283/]Ordinary People[/link] (1980)

This will run until Sunday night board time.

 

Return Of The King

Driving Miss Daisy

 

Return of the King

Driving Miss Daisy

 

Oooo, a toughie. ROTK or Titanic? C'mon, you all know as a stand alone film ROTK is not really Best Picture calibre, and won because it was a way to honour the whole trilogy. On the other hand, Titanic is a great film despite the backlash popular nowadays. That being the case I'll vote for Titanic. I know its going to get creamed here but that won't bother me. The LOTR is great too, as a trilogy.


Driving Miss Daisy and Ordinary People? Who cares?
But I'll vote for Driving Miss Daisy, just for that whole Redford beating Scorcese thing.

 

LotR: RotK

Driving Miss Daisy

 

Return Of The King

Driving Miss Daisy


Boooo Titanic!

 

Ugh. Titanic should crush ROTK, as the latter isn't even in the same galaxy in terms of quality. The former is a masterpiece, and the latter is just overdone (among other things). Thank you for the mention a couple posts ago about ROTK only winning because of the trilogy itself. Lost in Translation was a far superior picture, and deserved Best Picture of 2003. Now that would have been a tough vote for me, and I honestly don't know which one I would have chosen between the two. As it is, it's easy.

Titanic.

Ordinary People.

Ordinary People is an excellent, sometimes devastating film, and is one of the best movies of the 1980s. Few people have seen it (it isn't widely available on DVD, and isn't marketed), and it's not what you would call a popcorn movie. What it is, however, is a window into the lives of a family being gradually torn apart by a tragedy they don't want to deal with. Robert Redford's directorial debut, and probably his best overall to date as a director.

 

I agree with KW about Ordinary People. You should seek out a copy (even on VHS ) and watch it!

edit: I just checked and amazon has it on dvd for $11.99.

Also, Timothy Hutton won Best Supporting Actor, Redford won Best Director, and Mary Tyler Moore, IMO, should have won Best Actress.

 

ROTK

Ordinary People

 

Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King

Driving Miss Daisy

 

Titanic

Driving Miss Daisy

 

Return of the King

Ordinary People

 

Return of The King

Driving Miss Daisy

 

Return of The King

Driving Miss Daisy

 

RotK

Driving Miss Daisy

 

Return of the King

Ordinary People

 

Return Of The King

Ordinary People

 

Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King 12
Titanic 3

Driving Miss Daisy 10
Ordinary People 5

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Next up:

[link=http://imdb.com/title/tt0043278/]An American In Paris[/link] (1951)
vs.
[link=http://imdb.com/title/tt0112573/]Braveheart[/link] (1995)

[link=http://imdb.com/title/tt0052618/]Ben-Hur[/link] (1959)
vs.
[link=http://imdb.com/title/tt0057590/]Tom Jones[/link] (1963)

 

An American In Paris

Ben-Hur



Mace Windy,
windier than a chariot race!

 

oooooooh. An American In Paris is such a terriffic movie, but braveheart isone of my all time favorite movies. Darn.


Braveheart

Ben-Hur

 

Braveheart

Ben-Hur

TWO INCREDIBLE EPICS

 

Braveheart

Ben-Hur

What a shame about Titanic. The superior film in every way. And Ordinary People for that matter, which deserved the win here.

 

Braveheart

Ben-Hur

 

Driving Miss Daisy winning Best Picture instead of Do the Right Thing is an absolute tragedy.