tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post8614053352094886003..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Least Deserving of the Oscar?mybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-7217166648701642242007-02-22T08:56:00.000-06:002007-02-22T08:56:00.000-06:00Forrest Gump would be right up there, along with O...<I>Forrest Gump</I> would be right up there, along with <I>Out of Africa</I>, <I>Crash</I> and <I>American Beauty</I>, which I hated with a passion.<BR/><BR/><I>Shakespeare in Love</I> does not come close to that class.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-73609245004033387672007-02-21T14:11:00.000-06:002007-02-21T14:11:00.000-06:00CRASH and A BEAUTIFUL MIND should be at the top. ...CRASH and A BEAUTIFUL MIND should be at the top. But I think a lot of films get backlash because they are seen as too successful, or a better way to put it: too familiar. I think this is what happened to FORREST GUMP. The other thing that happens is that other nominees overshadow the winners as time goes by. In 1995, GUMP was up against not only PULP FICTION, but THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION as well. In 12 years I think SHAWSHANK has proven to be the best movie of 1995, but it wasn't deemed that during award season.<BR/><BR/>There are other injustices for Best Picture: 1941's HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY over CITIZEN KANE or THE MALTESE FALCON; DANCES WITH WOLVES over GOODFELLAS; THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH over THE QUIET MAN and HIGH NOON. So it shouldn't be a surprise when LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE wins this weekend.Steve Allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747911304010686713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-55330189024854809122007-02-21T11:40:00.000-06:002007-02-21T11:40:00.000-06:00Obviously no one who voted on that list has ever s...Obviously no one who voted on that list has ever seen <I>Cimmaron</I> or <I>Cavalcade</I>. I have. There is no possible way that <I>Shakespeare in Love</I> or <I>Forrest Gump</I> or <I>Kramer vs. Kramer</I> could possibly be less deserving than either of those two wastes of silver and nitrate film stock.Brent McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883838112004433045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-19114551332068947262007-02-21T11:24:00.000-06:002007-02-21T11:24:00.000-06:00I haven't sat through more than a minute or two of...I haven't sat through more than a minute or two of SIL, but can't imagine it's remotely as offensive as FORREST GUMP, TITANIC, or CRASH. Nor as vastly overrated as SCHINDLER'S LIST or SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (sorry, Graham).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-5755393378410598132007-02-21T10:21:00.000-06:002007-02-21T10:21:00.000-06:00Huh, as I recall the three movies they name were a...Huh, as I recall the three movies they name were all extremely entertaining. Though SAVING PRIVATE RYAN did get the shaft.Graham Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775285782385634486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-80830580642089921252007-02-21T09:51:00.000-06:002007-02-21T09:51:00.000-06:00I'd vote for Forrest Gump and Greatest Show on Ear...I'd vote for Forrest Gump and Greatest Show on Earth. But SIL would be right up there. Paltrow's star has really fallen.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com