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Hi folks and welcome to Monday’s Movie Meme. With the start of my Oscars 2012 blogs, I thought it would be a good idea to get more people involved in this and throw the floor open to all film lovers. This week’s topic is pretty simple and its to do with The Oscars. Which are your favourite winners of the Best Picture category at the Academy Awards?
With over 70 year’s of winners, there must be some great movies that you have seen that deserved the award for Best Picture. So list them here and comment on others’ blogs aswell please. Have some fun with this one.
For me, I have seen some great films over the years, but there are 3 that stand out for me even over such titles as Kramer vs Kramer, The Godfather and Forest Gump.
Firstly I have to choose Platoon. Its a great story and loosely based on the events of director Oliver Stone’s own experiences during the Vietnam War. The cast is tremendous with Willem Dafoe and Tom Berenger sparring off each other in two brilliant roles, and stuck in the middle was a fantastic Charlie Sheen. It truly deserved its Best Picture award in 1987 and also took home the Best Director, Best Sound and Best Editing gongs aswell. In all it had 8 nominations and I have to include in my list of three.
Secondly, Rain Man was a welcome return to the serious role for Tom Cruise. I had seen him play the straight man in Taps, rather than all American action here we saw in Top Gun and when he takes on serious roles, he shows that he can actually act. Also nominated for 8 Oscars, it romped away with the Best Picture film in 1989 beating the likes of Mississippi Burning, Working Girl and Dangerous Liaisons. The film highlighted the condition known as Autism and thrust it to the fore in the biggest way possible and Dustin Hoffman’s portrayal of Raymond Babbitt was truly inspirational. For me though, it was Tom Cruise that surprised a lot of people.
Lastly, I was torn between two. Both historical dramas, I will side with Schindler’s List over The King’s Speech. A true story and one of the few films that I have seen in my life that can make me cry buckets. The cast was great with Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes in one of his earlier movie roles really showing what they could do in front of camera. The movie took home 7 Oscars, including the Best Picture in 1994 and is regularly featured in the top 10 of one of the best films ever made. IMDB rates it an 8.9 and it sits at No. 7 of its Top 250 movies. If you haven’t seen the movie which is shot in black and white except for a couple of short sequences, then you really must get around to it. Incredibly sad, moving and distressing in places, but you may never feel the same way about some other movies again.
So let’s have your choices people. What are your favourite Best Picture Oscar Award winners?
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You’ve mentioned some great films and I’ve actually seen the majority of them. I must confess though that I remember very few films that won the Oscar and a lot of them I would disagree with (at least I recall doing so when they were chosen).
I would have to look films up and see what they were competing with because I can’t recall any right now besides the ones you mentioned.
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This is a great topic, and with that I do not even know if naming one or two movies would be enough. I agree on Forrest Gump because it is an example of what every movie should strive to be. Not just because it’s characters are so developed, or how it captures time and draws viewers in or even how the rain can be seen in a glimpse for its true beauty. When I watch a movie, if I am able to see the comedy, drama, action, war stories, personal battles and struggles make not just Forrest a better person. But, everyone better for having watched it because it shares something human that we all experience in life and that is the most human experience a movie can bring the reality of every life is not one movie genre its a combination of all genres that fit together and make a masterpiece that we call life.
“The Notebook” would have to be my nominee because at first all you see is a love story. But once this film draws you in, there is so much more to see. Like life it is funny, ironic, takes you to a period in time of jazz music and beautiful clothing. As well as a war that leaves men scarred for life as well as the dreams of others who never received the letter that no matter where you are in time. I hope that love, laughter, and you find yourself exactly where you need to be as a young boy searching to ever make it or and old man who has made it when he realizes the women in his life was a testament that his life and everyone else around him mattered. He was always good enough for the women in his life, even if her father never approved. It did not change the fact that their love grew through eachother, their children, and to viewers in a theater who had hope to find an imperfect love so perfect it could last forever.
My favourite Best Picture Oscar winners (apart from the ones you’ve already mentioned) are:
Gone With the Wind
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
The Godfather
Amadeus
The King’s Speech
Unforgiven. 1992 best picture. Starring and directed by Clint Eastwood. Not a western guy but this film is the exception. In my top 5 films of all time.
Excellent choices. I’m especially referring to Platoon and Schindler’s List, which would have likely made my list if you didn’t post them here 🙂
If it weren’t for an old boyfriend that I had a few years back, I probably would have never watched “Rain Man.”…or even “Braveheart” (another Best Picture winner, by the way) for that matter! Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman were great in that movie. However, I’d be lying if I said that I plan to watch it again. The ending is kind of sad and doesn’t sit well with me. Still, the Best Picture Oscar was well deserved for “Rain Man.” If it’s playing on TV, I’ll take a second look but I would likely tune into the other two movies before watching “Rain Man” on any day.