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Film How many Oscar winning Best Picture movies have you seen in the 21st century?
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Seen: 15
Favourite: Parasite
Least favourite: Crash (no real strong feeling here TBH)
Favourite: Parasite
Least favourite: Crash (no real strong feeling here TBH)
Seen 15. The rest I have no interest in and probably won't ever watch them.
Least Favourite: Everything Everywhere All at Once. Waste of my time.
Too many to choose for favourite.
Least Favourite: Everything Everywhere All at Once. Waste of my time.
Too many to choose for favourite.
- 2022 - "Everything Everywhere All At Once" yes - average
- 2021 - "CODA" - no
- 2021 - Nomadland- yes shit
- 2020 - "Parasite" - yes, enjoyed a lot
- 2019 - "Green Book" - yes, pretty good
- 2018 - "The Shape of Water" - yes, weird
- 2017 - "Moonlight" - yes, average
- 2016 - "Spotlight" - yes, decent
- 2015 - "Birdman" - yes, great
- 2014 - "12 Years a Slave" - yes v good
- 2013 - "Argo" - yes v good
- 2012 - "The Artist" no
- 2011 - "The King's Speech" yes pretty good
- 2010 - "The Hurt Locker" - no
- 2009 - "Slumdog Millionaire"- yes fantastic
- 2008 - "No Country for Old Men" - yes fantastic
- 2007 - "The Departed" - yes fantastic
- 2006 - "Crash"- yes v good
- 2005 - "Million Dollar Baby" no
- 2004 - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" - yes incredible
- 2003 - "Chicago" no
- 2002 - "A Beautiful Mind" yes fantastic
- 2001 - "Gladiator" yes incredible
- 2000 - "American Beauty" yes fantastic
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Only 6, I prefer TV shows to movies anyway.
Films like that are silly
Seen 18.
Fav: tbh depends on my mood but I did enjoy slumdog millionaire and really liked CODA. So CODA.
Least fav: Crash I suppose as it’s the least memorable for me.
Fav: tbh depends on my mood but I did enjoy slumdog millionaire and really liked CODA. So CODA.
Least fav: Crash I suppose as it’s the least memorable for me.
Not seen 9 - more than expected.
Loved Birdman, Parasite, LOTR, Gladiator and Beautiful Mind. Some really average winners in Hurt Locker (trash film), Argo, Shape of Water (I liked it but it wasn’t great), Moonlight (yawnfest), Slumdog (overrated shit) etc Spotlight was alright but again meh.
The quality of the winner varies too much. Probably because they focus too hard on their internal criteria with action, horror and comedy films always ignored.
Loved Birdman, Parasite, LOTR, Gladiator and Beautiful Mind. Some really average winners in Hurt Locker (trash film), Argo, Shape of Water (I liked it but it wasn’t great), Moonlight (yawnfest), Slumdog (overrated shit) etc Spotlight was alright but again meh.
The quality of the winner varies too much. Probably because they focus too hard on their internal criteria with action, horror and comedy films always ignored.
I've only seen 2 and a half, fell asleep during LOTR
Seen gladiator and million dollar baby in full. Quite surprised I've only seen the 2.
Seen 15
Also tried 2 more on a couple of occasions in EEAAO and American Beauty but neither did anything for me and Ive given up trying to get through them
There's a few I really liked, parasite, moonlight, no country, departed
I hated crash just like everyone did but I also distinctly remember really disliking million dollar baby - maybe it needs a rewatch as I can see a few like it but I remember it being clichéd nonsense with downright ridiculous fight scenes
Also tried 2 more on a couple of occasions in EEAAO and American Beauty but neither did anything for me and Ive given up trying to get through them
There's a few I really liked, parasite, moonlight, no country, departed
I hated crash just like everyone did but I also distinctly remember really disliking million dollar baby - maybe it needs a rewatch as I can see a few like it but I remember it being clichéd nonsense with downright ridiculous fight scenes
There's one person on here who apparently liked Crash. I never thought I'd see the day.
As for MDB, I also disliked it but I actually dislike Eastwood as a director (with a few exceptions) in general so no surprise.
Seen all of them, bar CODA, which I didn’t even know existed up until right now.
Crash was awful, didn’t even deserve a nomination, no idea how it won.
Favourite is probably The Departed, but (obviously) there are so many great movies there.
Crash was awful, didn’t even deserve a nomination, no idea how it won.
Favourite is probably The Departed, but (obviously) there are so many great movies there.
Fair go that you liked it. But it didn’t do what it tried to do. That scene was awful. I don’t think we needed to see a conspiratorial black man on screen seeing oppression at every turn, so much so that he thinks big windows on buses are an indicator. It’s mental.
The film seemed to have been awarded for what it tried to do, rather than what it achieved. I rewatched it a few years ago. It’s really bad.
I thought it was fine, but it is a textbook example of what people mean when they call a movie "pretentious."
17 I guess. I would have thought I’d have seen more of them. Didn’t even know Argo, The Artist and Hurt Locker won. Put my ratings next to the ones I’ve seen. I guess I found all that I’ve watched to be pretty solid. Least favorite if I had to choose… possibly King’s Speech? ROTK would probably be my favorite, though Parasite also was a standout for me.
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Edited my original post. Added best and worst movies and added ratings.
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I would recommend CODA to those who have not seen it. Very nice movie
13
Fave: LOTR: ROTK followed by Parasite
Least: The Artist - hated it, will never get those 2 hours back
Fave: LOTR: ROTK followed by Parasite
Least: The Artist - hated it, will never get those 2 hours back
11, I think... 
Birdman was great though.
For the favourite it has to be either Parasite or No Country for Old Men, I can't really decide.
Least favourite — probably Green Book? It was alright but nothing to write home about — so predictable, I don't really enjoy movies like that.
Gladiator has to be the most overrated movie ever though, at least here on caf. It was not bad at all (and it's not in contention for my own personal "least favourite") but it gets hyped up like some sort of a masterpiece which it certainly wasn't.
Birdman was great though.
For the favourite it has to be either Parasite or No Country for Old Men, I can't really decide.
Least favourite — probably Green Book? It was alright but nothing to write home about — so predictable, I don't really enjoy movies like that.
Gladiator has to be the most overrated movie ever though, at least here on caf. It was not bad at all (and it's not in contention for my own personal "least favourite") but it gets hyped up like some sort of a masterpiece which it certainly wasn't.
Yeah it's a nice film. Nowhere near the best that year, but probably in the wake of Covid and all that, a feel-good movie just felt nice.
What do you dislike about him? I actually rather like him myself, although I have no idea what he does as a director - but then he does have a reputation of just not getting in the way. So I guess for me it's the stories he picks first and foremost; and maybe his relaxed style (not slow, not fast, not frantic, not poetic - just relaxed).
I find his films heavy-handed, for the most part. I think they lack subtlety, and I feel that even when the film has a positive message - like Gran Torino for example, that is meant to be anti-racist - the delivery is so clumsy and heavy-handed that it gets in the way of being enjoyable.
There's very few of his films I've actually liked and I really don't rate him very highly as a director - though I know he's generally considered as one of the important directors of the past century blablabla, just not for me.
Good. His movies are tedious. Feel good stories for senile people who lost touch with the world about 40 years ago.
Underwhelming in which way? This list is a much worse group of films than the 2000 - Present Day period.
So the ones I haven't seen are CODA, Nomadland (pandemic era cultural hinterland), The Artist, The Kings Speech (I was at Uni and neither are films I'd have gone out of my way to watch) and A Beautiful Mind (comes across as very biopic by the numbers/ a genre that's thankfully dated).
Does anyone really rate any of those/ think I need to see them? CODA and Nomadland I have absolutely no knowledge of - I've no memory of either making any cultural impact. I'm pretty sure Frances McDormond is in one, but would have to guess which.
Does anyone really rate any of those/ think I need to see them? CODA and Nomadland I have absolutely no knowledge of - I've no memory of either making any cultural impact. I'm pretty sure Frances McDormond is in one, but would have to guess which.
Seen them all except CODA, The Artist and fake Crash (the real Crash was made by Cronenberg).
Favorites: No Country for Old Men, Argo, Parasite
Least Favorite: LOTR 3
Favorites: No Country for Old Men, Argo, Parasite
Least Favorite: LOTR 3
all of them, with American Beauty being my favourite.
With so many people saying they rate American Beauty so highly - does that mean we have a lot of pervy dads on the Caf?
Not seen 5 movies and they've been in the past 7 years which tells you how much less I watch movies now. Maybe gone to the cinema 4-5 times the past 5 years.
Many of the movies I've seen of that list wouldn't crack the top 20 for this century. I reckon only 3-4 of them might at first glance.
Many of the movies I've seen of that list wouldn't crack the top 20 for this century. I reckon only 3-4 of them might at first glance.
These are the ones i have seen. Clear favorite is The Return of the King.
American Beauty i liked the least.
American Beauty i liked the least.
- 2015 - "Birdman"
- 2011 - "The King's Speech"
- 2008 - "No Country for Old Men"
- 2007 - "The Departed"
- 2004 - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"
- 2002 - "A Beautiful Mind"
- 2001 - "Gladiator"
- 2000 - "American Beauty"
Well, that's me told then!@Cheimoon see above, a more succinct way of describing how I feel about Eastwood's films
I can't actually really disagree with any of that, and I certainly wouldn't argue that he makes super relevant movies (certainly not anymore), or that he's an important director in cinema history (apart from a few good films). I guess I'm just part of the senile crowd!
I thought Birdman was great. I really enjoyed it's quirky nature.
Well, that's me told then!
I can't actually really disagree with any of that, and I certainly wouldn't argue that he makes super relevant movies (certainly not anymore), or that he's an important director in cinema history (apart from a few good films). I guess I'm just part of the senile crowd!
sorry wasn't meant in any disparaging way, just a reflection of how I feel about his films from a personal viewpoint. I wouldn't make anyone feel bad for liking anything. Except Crash. If you like Crash you should really have a talk with yourself.Eh? He was not the hero
That’s ok. I will join you sooner than I’d like to admit.Well, that's me told then!
I can't actually really disagree with any of that, and I certainly wouldn't argue that he makes super relevant movies (certainly not anymore), or that he's an important director in cinema history (apart from a few good films). I guess I'm just part of the senile crowd!
Or plastic bag aficionados.
Or closeted army men.