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I like to think of myself as someone who has seen wide arrange of movies over the years but looking over the list of former winners, I am actually surprised I havent seen more. I know a lot of time I don't always agree with the choices but it is a good reflection of movies at that time. How many movies have you seen?

2011 - "The Artist"
2010 - "The King's Speech"
2009 - "The Hurt Locker"
2008 - "Slumdog Millionaire"
2007 - "No Country for Old Men"
2006 - "The Departed"
2005 - "Crash"
2004 - "Million Dollar Baby"
2003 - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
2002 - "Chicago"
2001 - "A Beautiful Mind"
2000 - "Gladiator"
1999 - "American Beauty"
1998 - "Shakespeare in Love"
1997 - "Titanic"
1996 - "The English Patient"
1995 - "Braveheart"
1994 - "Forrest Gump"
1993 - "Schindler’s List"
1992 - "Unforgiven"
1991 - "The Silence of the Lambs"
1990 - "Dances With Wolves"
1989 - "Driving Miss Daisy"
1988 - "Rain Man"
1987 - "The Last Emperor"
1986 - "Platoon"
1985 - "Out of Africa"
1984 - "Amadeus"
1983 - "Terms of Endearment"
1982 - "Gandhi"
1981 - "Chariots of Fire"
1980 - "Ordinary People"
1979 - "Kramer vs. Kramer"
1978 - "The Deer Hunter"
1977 - "Annie Hall"
1976 - "Rocky"
1975 - "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest"
1974 - "The Godfather Part II"
1973 - "The Sting"
1972 - "The Godfather"
1971 - "The French Connection"
1970 - "Patton"
1969 - "Midnight Cowboy"
1968 - "Oliver!"
1967 - "In the Heat of the Night"
1966 - "A Man for All Seasons"
1965 - "The Sound of Music"
1964 - "My Fair Lady"
1963 - "Tom Jones"
1962 - "Lawrence of Arabia"
1961 - "West Side Story"
1960 - "The Apartment"
1959 - "Ben-Hur"
1958 - "Gigi"
1957 - "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
1956 - "Around the World in 80 Days"
1955 - "Marty"
1954 - "On the Waterfront"
1953 - "From Here to Eternity"
1952 - "The Greatest Show on Earth"
1951 - "An American in Paris"
1950 - "All About Eve"
1949 - "All the Kings Men"
1948 - "Hamlet"
1947 - "Gentleman's Agreement"
1946 - "The Best Years of Our Lives"
1945 - "The Lost Weekend"
1944 - "Going My Way"
1943 - "Casablanca"
1942 - "Mrs. Miniver"
1941 - "How Green Was My Valley"
1940 - "Rebecca"
1939 - "Gone with the Wind"
1938 - "You Can't Take It with You"
1937 - "The Life of Emile Zola"
1936 - "The Great Ziegfeld"
1935 - "Mutiny on the Bounty"
1934 - "It Happened One Night"
1932/1933 - "Cavalcade"
1931/1932 - "Grand Hotel"
1930/1931 - "Cimarron"
1929/1930 - "All Quiet on the Western Front"
1928/1929 - "The Broadway Melody"
1927/1928 - "Wings"

Also how many of this years films have you guys seen?
- Amour
- Argo
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Django Unchained
- Les Miserables
- Life of Pi
- Lincoln
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Zero Dark Thirty
 
The films I have seen are -


2011 - "The Artist"
2009 - "The Hurt Locker"
2008 - "Slumdog Millionaire"
2007 - "No Country for Old Men"
2006 - "The Departed"
2005 - "Crash"
2004 - "Million Dollar Baby"
2001 - "A Beautiful Mind"
2000 - "Gladiator"
1999 - "American Beauty"
1997 - "Titanic"
1995 - "Braveheart"
1994 - "Forrest Gump"
1993 - "Schindler’s List"
1992 - "Unforgiven"
1991 - "The Silence of the Lambs"
1988 - "Rain Man"
1986 - "Platoon"
1983 - "Terms of Endearment"
1981 - "Chariots of Fire"
1978 - "The Deer Hunter"
1976 - "Rocky"
1975 - "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest"
1974 - "The Godfather Part II"
1972 - "The Godfather"
1969 - "Midnight Cowboy"
1968 - "Oliver!"
1965 - "The Sound of Music"
1962 - "Lawrence of Arabia"
1961 - "West Side Story"
1959 - "Ben-Hur"
1957 - "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
1956 - "Around the World in 80 Days"
1954 - "On the Waterfront"
1943 - "Casablanca"
1939 - "Gone with the Wind"


- Argo
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Zero Dark Thirty
 
wilson89 said:
I like to think of myself as someone who has seen wide arrange of movies over the years but looking over the list of former winners, I am actually surprised I havent seen more. I know a lot of time I don't always agree with the choices but it is a good reflection of movies at that time. How many movies have you seen?

2011 - "The Artist"
2002 - "Chicago"
1998 - "Shakespeare in Love"
1987 - "The Last Emperor"
1985 - "Out of Africa"
1982 - "Gandhi"
1980 - "Ordinary People"
1977 - "Annie Hall"
1970 - "Patton"
1969 - "Midnight Cowboy"
1968 - "Oliver!"
1966 - "A Man for All Seasons"
1965 - "The Sound of Music"
1964 - "My Fair Lady"
1963 - "Tom Jones"
1962 - "Lawrence of Arabia"
1960 - "The Apartment"
1958 - "Gigi"
1956 - "Around the World in 80 Days"
1955 - "Marty"
1954 - "On the Waterfront"
191952 - "The Greatest Show on Earth"
1951 - "An American in Paris"
1950 - "All About Eve"
1949 - "All the Kings Men"
1948 - "Hamlet"
1947 - "Gentleman's Agreement"
1946 - "The Best Years of Our Lives"
1945 - "The Lost Weekend"
1944 - "Going My Way"
1942 - "Mrs. Miniver"
1941 - "How Green Was My Valley"
1940 - "Rebecca"
1938 - "You Can't Take It with You"
1937 - "The Life of Emile Zola"
1936 - "The Great Ziegfeld"
1935 - "Mutiny on the Bounty"
1934 - "It Happened One Night"
1932/1933 - "Cavalcade"
1931/1932 - "Grand Hotel"
1930/1931 - "Cimarron"
1929/1930 - "All Quiet on the Western Front"
1928/1929 - "The Broadway Melody"
1927/1928 - "Wings"
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I've seen everything but these. Guess I oughta add them to my "need to see" list.

Also how many of this years films have you guys seen?
- Amour
- Argo
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Django Unchained
- Les Miserables
- Life of Pi
- Lincoln
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Zero Dark Thirty
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Not a single one.
 
I can't find the year that "debbie does ☆dallas★" won.
 
I hope Lincoln and Les Miserables win every award.

I still haven't made it through Slumdog Millionaire........ that is, honestly, the worst movie I have ever watched.
 
Les Miserables being nominated for best picture is a joke. It got only average reviews and is about the 40th adaption of that story.
 
Out of all of those movies, these are the only ones I've seen and what I thought of them

2007 - "No Country for Old Men" --- Not bad, but certainly nothing special
2006 - "The Departed" --- I didn't like it much at all. I usually love those kinds of movies, but not this one.
2001 - "A Beautiful Mind" --- Now that one, I liked
2000 - "Gladiator" --- Really good
1994 - "Forrest Gump" --- I liked it better than I thought I would
1992 - "Unforgiven" --- Wow, what a huge disappointment. I love Clint Eastwood, but this movie was just horrible. Way too slow and just a lousy premise to start with.
1991 - "The Silence of the Lambs" --- One of my two or three favorite movies ever. Awesome!
1990 - "Dances With Wolves" --- Pretty good
1989 - "Driving Miss Daisy" --- Pretty good
1988 - "Rain Man" --- Pretty good, and better than I thought it would be
1981 - "Chariots of Fire" --- Pretty good
1976 - "Rocky" --- Just a great movie
1974 - "The Godfather Part II" ---Great
1973 - "The Sting" --- Really good
1972 - "The Godfather" --- Just great
1965 - "The Sound of Music" ---Holy crap! I still have nightmares of my sister making me watch it when I was little.
I haven't seen any of the movies that are up for awards this year. In fact I think the last movie I saw in a theater was The Green Lantern.

Movie critics lost a lot of credibility with me when I went to see The Crying Game at the theater years ago. Critics were just totally in love with that movie. When the hot chick turned out to be a guy and how his love interest found out about it by getting an eyeful of junk, I understood why the critics loved it. I guess it made them feel progressive or something to say they loved the movie, but why in the hell would most people want to see something like that, especially on the big screen?
 
I've seen quite a few of the Best Pictures. I think the best Best Picture has to be Schindler's List. Such a powerful movie.
 
Argo winning is a joke. It's a good movie but, for a movie that's based on true events, it's filled with so many historical inaccuracies it would require a novel to rebut.
 
Django Unchained doesn't interest me in the least. I've seen enough Tarantino movies and they're all the same - a three hour movie that could be summarized in an 80 minute movie. I've never understood all the praise for Tarantino - his movies are alright but they are way too long, drawn out and about 135 minutes of a 140 minute Tarantino movie is just snoozy.
 
Anyone notice that with a few exceptions the movies up for best picture are rarely box office successes? Granted box office success says nothing about the quality of a film but....
 
Stewart Fan said:
Anyone notice that with a few exceptions the movies up for best picture are rarely box office successes? Granted box office success says nothing about the quality of a film but....
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They look for totally different things than average viewers do. Still, I think Argo is overrated.
 
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