Best Picture 2006 Poll - Which would YOU vote for?
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Re: Best Picture 2006 Poll - Which would YOU vote for?
The much-celebrated "Iwo Jima" is the only film I've yet to see.
I found The Departed to be sloppy police potboiler. The Hong Kong original was somewhat better. Babel was enjoyable if blatantly contrived and unbelievable. Sunshine was good fun, if formulaic. I should see The Queen again. In 2006, I thought it was fine.
I found The Departed to be sloppy police potboiler. The Hong Kong original was somewhat better. Babel was enjoyable if blatantly contrived and unbelievable. Sunshine was good fun, if formulaic. I should see The Queen again. In 2006, I thought it was fine.
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For me, Letters From Iwo Jima is the clear stand-out: a powerful, beautifully visualized epic.
But I like most of the other nominees as well. Babel doesn't achieve the highs it aims for, but gets points from me for ambition. (I know, I know, y'all despise it.) The Queen is lovely but rather limited in scope. The Departed is stylish and plenty of fun but not much more.
The nadir, of course, is Little Miss Sunshine -- a little nothing.
But I like most of the other nominees as well. Babel doesn't achieve the highs it aims for, but gets points from me for ambition. (I know, I know, y'all despise it.) The Queen is lovely but rather limited in scope. The Departed is stylish and plenty of fun but not much more.
The nadir, of course, is Little Miss Sunshine -- a little nothing.
cam wrote:I am wonderfing if Babel and Departed AND Little
Miss Sunshine split the vote, will it go to The Queen?
I am seriously thinking that this is the year that the vote splitting theory may actually come into play. And I also believe that The Queen could be the most likely beneficiary.
Having seen all five I chose The Departed over The Queen.
My vote is for The Departed, but either Letters or The Queen would also be good choices.
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Having seen my last nominee, Letters From Iwo Jima, today, I feel it is by far the best of the nominees, as well as being up there with They Were Expendable, The Biig Red One and The Thin Red Line as one of the great war movies ever. What a beautiful and heartbreaking film. (How the hell can Little Miss Sumppump even be on the same ballot as this masterpiece?)
However, if I were an Academy member I would vote for Babel, because I would enjoy seeing the Academy continue its slide into irrelevance.
However, if I were an Academy member I would vote for Babel, because I would enjoy seeing the Academy continue its slide into irrelevance.
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