Just watched the movie "The Mission" and really surprised to find out that the score from Ennio Morricone did not win any awards
Yes, that's been plagueing me for decades also
Herbie Hancock all the way
Excellent score. One of the best ever.
Ranked 23rd
Forrest Gump edging Pulp Fiction.
Forrest Gump was an excellent movie though. Some people don't like it because of its conservative tone.
Monster's Ball winning anything. Thought the movie was crap.
except for the finest sex scene ever in a major mainstream Hollywood movie
Shakespear in Love anyone?
That winning instead of Saving Private Ryan was a bit of a shocker.
Crash was the worst "Best Film" ever.
Shakespeare In Love wasn't quite as bad.
Marissa Tomei winning for My Cousin Vinny still seems an odd choice.
Shakespeare In Love wasn't quite as bad.
Marissa Tomei winning for My Cousin Vinny still seems an odd choice.
Crash was a weird one, definitely wasn't the Best Picture, Brokeback Mountain was the favourite but lost out. It certainly appeared to win due to it's undertones of racism, what a load of bollocks.
Titanic also won over LA Confidential which was simply brilliant but it seemed James Cameron's efforts and million sof teenage girls crying over Leonardo won over the judges....
Titanic never deserved that many awards. 5 at the most, mostly to the techincal staff. Even Donnie Brasco was better.
Crash definitely for me. Or Crass as I like to call it, horrible.
Academy Award winner Cher.
Cher for fecks sake!
Cher for fecks sake!
She was good in Moonstruck although Cage annoyed the living daylights out of me ans spoiled the film. She was far better in Silkwood.
Chicago was utter rubbish
And The Departed was average at best.
Million Dollar Baby was a bit rubbish as well.
That reminds me. Academy award winner Nicholas Cage.
Yeap. Worse than Crash for me.
Not nominating Mickey Rourke in 87 for either Angel Heart or Barfly was a huge feck up.
Tom Hanks winning an oscar over Day Lewis
Agreed with all of your assessments. The Departed was a copy of a Hong Kong movie called Infernal Affairs, which they dressed up with big name actors and a bunch of Boston Irish nonsense. Self-important wankers.
I really wanted to like Barfly after reading Hollywood, but I don't think it was anything special. Bukowski himself thought the movie was a bit of a mess and I've read somewhere that he didn't like what Rourke did with the character.
I saw The Departed before watching Infernal Affairs and it really pales in comparison. Has there ever been a remake that's been better than the original? Probably, but I can't think of any.
Daniel Day Lewis is probably the best actor I have ever seen
Yeah, Barbet Schroeder said that Bukowski struggled with the fact that a film isn't solely, or even primarily, a screenwriter's vision.
Yeah Infernal Affairs pisses all over The Departed as did Good night, and good luck over Crash.
As for your question, Scarface.
Oh and to add my own The English Patient winning over the perfection that is Fargo is daft.
the Shawshank Redemption not winning any
Hanks got bad aids and got the oscar, whilst Day Lewis portrayal of Gerry Conlon was as per usual with the man absolutely flawless.
His ability to get into the skin of his characters is far better than anyone else out there.
DDL = Best actor around
Excellent it may have been, but Pulp Fiction is one of the greatest movies of all time.
It`ll always win the Academy Award for most overrated picture (until The Dark Knight came along)
Overrated? whatever
Couldn't disagree more!
You should see his interview with charlie rose about There Will Be Blood
It sums up why he is the best
Yes it was. The worst bit was the rat at the end of the movie. I like symbolism, but that was way too obvious.