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Post by Popeye Doyle on Oct 3, 2018 17:40:56 GMT
The choices are - Ordinary People Chariots of Fire Gandhi Terms of Endearment Amadeus Out of Africa Platoon The Last Emperor Rain Man Driving Miss Daisy
Pretty weak selection, especially when compared to the prior decade. Amadeus needs a rewatch but going with Platoon, which I've never thought as beyond okay.
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Post by vegalyra on Oct 3, 2018 17:51:09 GMT
Not a huge fan of most of these films, but Out of Africa was shot beautifully. The soundtrack by John Barry is superb as well.
I still hold a grudge against Chariots of Fire. It's a decent film, but Raiders or Reds should have won Best Picture.
Amadeus is decent, the soundtrack is better of course...
The rest of the films are very forgettable. Gandhi and Platoon were worth one watch a piece.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Oct 3, 2018 17:55:19 GMT
Amadeus is decent, the soundtrack is better of course...  |
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Post by sostie on Oct 3, 2018 18:02:22 GMT
Chariots of Fire
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Post by jcush on Oct 3, 2018 18:09:51 GMT
Rain Man
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Post by Captain Spencer on Oct 3, 2018 18:58:02 GMT
Platoon
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Post by Archelaus on Oct 3, 2018 19:09:22 GMT
Platoon
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Post by mslo79 on Oct 3, 2018 19:35:43 GMT
Rain Man (1988) - 7.5-8/10 (within my Top 104 movies) that's a clear cut choice for me and nothing else is even close.
p.s. I have only seen Gandhi(5/10)/Platoon(5/10)/Rain Man(7.5-8/10). but I doubt my opinion above would change even if I had seen all of them as playing the odds, chances are nothing else would score higher than a 6/10 for me. NOTE: my basic rating scale... 5/10 or less = Thumbs Down. 6/10 or higher = Thumbs Up.
Hell, Best Picture Oscar winners or nominee's are pretty weak in general as every now and then you will find some movies that stand out but not often as the odds are definitely against it.
strictly looking at ALL Best Picture Winners for me... only eight are worth mentioning. NOTE: worth mentioning = movies I personally score a 7/10 or higher.
if I count ALL nominated best picture... that total increases some. if I count every best picture nominee that I score a 6-6.5/10 or higher the total is only 29 movies. but if you go by movies I score a 7 or higher it drops back to 28 movies. so basically only 14.7% (28 out of 190) of my total favorite movies in general are made up of Best Picture Nominee's.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2018 19:39:33 GMT
I haven't seen Chariots or Daisy (yet?). Of the rest, Anadeus runs away with it, followed by Platdogtagsn.
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Post by biker1 on Oct 3, 2018 19:44:13 GMT
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the last emperor
platoon
ordinary people
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chariots of fire
driving miss daisy
terms of endearment
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rain man
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 3, 2018 19:47:07 GMT
Platoon
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Post by bd74 on Oct 3, 2018 20:20:54 GMT
Pretty weak selection, especially when compared to the prior decade. The previous decade? I can only think of The Godfather as being the sole standout. You had shitty "feelgood" choices like Rocky and Kramer vs Kramer. Anyway, I've seen everything from this list except Ordinary People. I can't decide between Out of Africa, The Last Emperor, and Chariots of Fire. All three are stellar epics. I think I'll choose...Out of Africa.
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Post by hi224 on Oct 3, 2018 20:22:37 GMT
The choices are - Ordinary People Chariots of Fire Gandhi Terms of Endearment Amadeus Out of Africa Platoon The Last Emperor Rain Man Driving Miss Daisy
Pretty weak selection, especially when compared to the prior decade. Amadeus needs a rewatch but going with Platoon, which I've never thought as beyond okay.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Oct 3, 2018 20:37:59 GMT
Pretty weak selection, especially when compared to the prior decade. The previous decade? I can only think of The Godfather as being the sole standout. You had shitty "feelgood" choices like Rocky and Kramer vs Kramer. Anyway, I've seen everything from this list except Ordinary People. I can't decide between Out of Africa, The Last Emperor, and Chariots of Fire. All three are stellar epics. I think I'll choose...Out of Africa.
Patton The French Connection The Godfather: Part II One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest The Deer Hunter
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Post by lowtacks86 on Oct 3, 2018 20:45:24 GMT
Deinetly Rain Man, yeah deifnetly, definetly
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Post by Sulla on Oct 3, 2018 21:20:53 GMT
Amadeus
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Post by politicidal on Oct 3, 2018 22:12:18 GMT
Gandhi.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Oct 3, 2018 22:18:56 GMT
Terms of Endearment or Rain Man.
Out of Africa has one of the greatest scores I've ever heard, the movie is okay too.
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Post by movielover on Oct 3, 2018 23:14:01 GMT
1. Rain Man
2. Platoon
3. Ordinary People
4. Gandhi
5. Amadeus
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Oct 4, 2018 0:16:08 GMT
The only standout title for me is Platoon, my favourite Vietnam War (and Charlie Sheen) movie.
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