Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Let me just preface this by saying that yes, just about every film on this list is American. I'm sorry. I'm trying to remedy this problem by seeing as many foreign films of the nineties as I can but right now, these are the ones that I love the most dammit! 1. Rushmore (Wes Anderson) 2. The Thin Red...

Haven't seen half the winners on the list but I liked Redgrave quite a bit in Julia.



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The best film of all time? No, but I still say it's the best film of the year. BEST PICTURE 1. Beauty and the Beast 2. JFK 3. Defending Your Life 4. Life is Sweet 5. An Angel at My Table BEST DIRECTOR 1. Oliver Stone, JFK 2. Jane Campion, An Angel at My Table 3. Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise, Beau...

A sentimental year for me. Here is when I began my love affair with movies! I remember Braveheart being my number one pick with absolutely zero chance of variation and laughing at the absurd notion of a talking pig film being better that this huge, sweeping epic. Now, the talking pig film dances cir...

Wow. I'm seeing a lot of sick and handicapped people... I'm no big fan of William Goldman but I also don't like to vote for the retard at any given opportunity, but the "Crazy Guy" vote is equally deceptive. Hopkins is oodles of fun in Silence but would I rank that above the remarkable tr...

Hmm...I wouldn't say they did the right thing as much as they did the somewhat acceptable thing. I mean, I will never understand the allure of Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs or even her work in The Accused . She's a fine, credible actress but she never struck me as anything more than comp...

It sucks that Schindler's List is such an amazing film because I'd love to be able to vote for Unforgiven . I still find it difficult to believe that this crackling, visceral, deeply moving yarn won Best Picture above such obvious, hard-headed contenders as A Few Good Men and Scent of a Woman . I n...