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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAre there any Oscar-winning movies that you absolutely hate?
(I'm talking about films that won the Academy Award for Best Picture)
TBA
(825 posts)Also... I hated Star Wars. The acting was beyond horrible.
The English Patient was Loooong and boring IMO.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,167 posts)Call me old fashioned, but I don't find adulterors sympathetic or glamorous, and I love Ralph Fiennes! I felt the more interesting romance was between the nurse and the Sikh sapper.
I didn't like Bridges of Madison County either.
red dog 1
(27,792 posts)We walked out of the theater after about an hour or so, and got curious looks from the people who were standing in line for the next showing.
(I wanted to tell them all "Don't waste your money! It sucks!"
Laffy Kat
(16,376 posts)Never thought it would end. I'm with Elaine on this one.
Chemisse
(30,807 posts)trc
(823 posts)Have never been able to sit through the entire film.
too long and Hollywood for the subject.
hunter
(38,309 posts)And her husband at the time, he lighted some of it.
(My great aunt burned through a few Hollywood husbands, living as she did more than a century, and being a very strong-willed woman... She also worked on Cleopatra. Different husband, not her last.)
Catmusicfan
(816 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,580 posts)Cuthbert Allgood
(4,915 posts)It is one of the great injustices of the Oscars that Gump beat Shawshank Redemption. I think Pulp Fiction was the best film that year, but I knew it would never win Best Picture.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,580 posts)whathehell
(29,065 posts)but I liked Gump as well.
Hokie
(4,286 posts)I turn off Forest Gump as soon as it comes on the TV. I have probably watched Shawshank Redemption a dozen times. If that isn't the greatest robbery at the Oscars I am not sure what is.
Warpy
(111,237 posts)because of the premise of "any old moron can make it in America, what's your problem?"
My mother countered with "at least you didn't have to slog through one of the books for the blind, every other sentence ended with "but that's cause I'm a mo-ron."
applegrove
(118,600 posts)yardwork
(61,588 posts)Codeine
(25,586 posts)I've ever had to sit through. Actually, almost all Tom Hanks films are total rubbish, come to think of it.
Hokie
(4,286 posts)So was Saving Private Ryan. But Gump was pure garbage.
livetohike
(22,136 posts)I still don't get the admiration if it.
neeksgeek
(1,214 posts)Hated it.
samnsara
(17,615 posts)not sure how many won other than SOTL
red dog 1
(27,792 posts)but I'm glad he finally won an Oscar for Best Actor.
yardwork
(61,588 posts)Why don't you like it?
dhol82
(9,352 posts)One of the few times Bill Murray didn't mug his way through a decent role.
CTyankee
(63,901 posts)crying. I don't think I ever saw Debra Winger again in a movie...
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)Probably more, but these three come to mind immediately
whathehell
(29,065 posts)Didn't "love" The English Patient, but I must say that I DID like Ordinary People. Two out of three ain't bad.
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)Good director and some good actors, but major plot issues.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)I thought it was aaa-ight.
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)How could it miss with that cast? But it did.
Nailzberg
(4,610 posts)But especially Birdman. The other two I think I just didn't like.
dhol82
(9,352 posts)Was shocked when it won.
demosincebirth
(12,536 posts)Nailzberg
(4,610 posts)demosincebirth
(12,536 posts)CTyankee
(63,901 posts)cinematography. And that theme music...unforgettable..
lkinwi
(1,477 posts)Siwsan
(26,257 posts)I was so prepared to be blown away, by this film, but I found it to be predictable and beyond boring.
Admittedly, I only sat through it once, and maybe if I watched it again, I'd get the 'charm'.
The first time I saw 'Napoleon Dynamite' I was less than impressed, but when I watched it, again, I totally fell in love with the quirkiness of the film.
wcmagumba
(2,883 posts)it quirkiness and the (imo) story line of good over bad (nerds beating the bullies) I like...the pervy uncle still
bugs me a bit though, kind of pushes a line with me...
lunasun
(21,646 posts)The llama Tina why? So weird it's great esp the ending
Tina you fat lard come get some dinner. Tina! Eat the FOOD!
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)it's one of the two for pretty much everyone. Not a lot of middle ground. Either you 'get' what the director was going for, and find it hilarious ... or you just ... completely don't, and you HATE it.
Talking Napoleon Dynamite here ...
lunasun
(21,646 posts)GrapesOfWrath
(524 posts)Yuck to both
Docreed2003
(16,858 posts)Generic Brad
(14,274 posts)My kid was taking a film study class at the time and was going through a phase where she suddenly considered herself an expert. She was trying to convince me I was too dense to get it. I got it. I just didn't like it. Her half a semester of film class made her more knowledgable on art and entertainment than my two degrees in Theater.
Maybe it was her pretentious film phase I disliked more than that movie.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)But that dog is awesome. I think it got the Oscar because no one wanted the dog to be sad.
Catmusicfan
(816 posts)That type of acting and type of story.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Mainly because I think Goodfellas should have won Best Picture and Director
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,915 posts)No damn way Ordinary People was better than Raging Bull.
red dog 1
(27,792 posts)I hated Dances with Wolves, and I loved Goodfellas.
(Jimmy Two Times: "I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers"
besides Liotta, Joe Pesci & Robert De Niro were great!
PJMcK
(22,026 posts)Gone With The Wind
Chariots of Fire
Dances With Wolves
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,915 posts)I cry without hesitation at films and novels. Not a tear at this one (which shocked my daughter). What a horrible film. Rose is a horrible person. He's lucky he died.
ploppy
(2,162 posts)I didn't like Titanic and I would have shoved Rose right off that raft.
MuseRider
(34,104 posts)to this day I still hold fast that I should never see that movie. I had friends who were competing with each other about how many times they had seen it. Some were talking 10 - 15 times! I figured it was never anything that would move me if that was happening. Blech! Silly silly people, oh but Leonardo is so handsome and they were so in love. Really.
iamateacher
(1,089 posts)Still haven't.
Grammy23
(5,810 posts)Harrumph....guess I am just an old poopy head. LOL
greatauntoftriplets
(175,731 posts)red dog 1
(27,792 posts)Last edited Fri Jul 21, 2017, 04:40 PM - Edit history (1)
and I like Leo too..
He was great in The Aviatar
(except for him not having the Howard Hughes mustache until near the end of the movie)
lunatica
(53,410 posts)The Aviator is where he plays Howard Hughes.
red dog 1
(27,792 posts)(Thanks for catching that mistake)
I loved The Aviator and I've seen it at least 15 or 20 times.
I thought the acting was superb, especially John C. Reilly as Noah Dietrich, Alec Baldwin as Juan Trippe, Cate Blanchette as Katherine Hepburn, Jude Law as Errol Flynn,.and Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner.
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)Loved it when I watched it, for the millionth time a little while ago.
red dog 1
(27,792 posts)I loved the scene where Errol Flynn reaches over & grabs one of Howard Hughes' pees, after he steals a chair from someone at the next table.
And a few minutes later, the guy who he stole the chair from throws a snowball at him.
And all the while, the singer is waving his arms while singing "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise"
Great film!
Catmusicfan
(816 posts)NNadir
(33,512 posts)laws of thermodynamics push it over the edge.
sakabatou
(42,146 posts)It hurts my eyes.
GrapesOfWrath
(524 posts)Gladiator...
wishstar
(5,268 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)And Crowe got Best Actor for that as a makeup for him not getting it for The Insider.
whathehell
(29,065 posts)and I can't help but wonder why he didn't.
I've seen these kinds of "substitution" awards before and always wondered about them.
Midwestern Democrat
(806 posts)whathehell
(29,065 posts)and I must say that, were I one of those voting, I'd have had a hard time deciding between those two.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,170 posts)I think I saw just about every one of the Best Picture nominees that year and I probably would have chosen any of them over Birdman. (Boyhood was my personal favorite that year).
It's cliché to the point of a plot of a Seinfeld episode, but The English Patient wasn't all that impressive.
I'm split on Titanic. Visually, it was spectacular. In terms of dialogue and building characters, it was atrocious. The Billy Zane character had to be the most laughably one-dimensional antagonist in modern movie history. If they cut out the whole Jack-Rose nonsense and about an hour of the running time, I'd say it would have deserved Best Picture. With it, it's a bit of a slog.
iamateacher
(1,089 posts)Was unwatchable
Warpy
(111,237 posts)That was a review from a co worker in their target audience and it remains the best review of "Titanic" I've ever seen or heard. Special effects were good. Wanted to punch all the actors.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Except when I wave bye-bye.
Cuthbert Allgood
(4,915 posts)because that was a hell of a commitment with a fantastic outcome.
But I loved Birdman, too.
Paladin
(28,249 posts)Loved "The English Patient," however......
CozyMystery
(652 posts)Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)Cuthbert Allgood
(4,915 posts)What a gorgeous story.
dhol82
(9,352 posts)Still can't understand how the female lead (can't remember her name) won for best actress. She couldn't sing, she couldn't dance and her acting sucked.
Whatever.
red dog 1
(27,792 posts)I haven't seen the movie, but it sure was profitable for the studio.
It cost $30 million to make, and so far has grossed over $445 million.
dhol82
(9,352 posts)Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)Warpy
(111,237 posts)Gorgeous scenery, unsympatheic characters, ridiculous plot, and irritating Schumannesque noodling on a piano all through the movie. If they had deleted the characters and shitcanned the script and just showed the scenery, it would have been a lovely travelogue. Instead, the actors and the screenplay all won Oscars.
"Mean Streets," imitation cinema verité purporting to follow random small time mobster wannabes as they randomly fucked up everything they touched. Annoying characters, herky-jerky camera work, no real plot.
"Jerry McGuire," cartoon characters with annoying personalities spouting a series of one liners. I have never made it completely through this turkey, even though I'm a serious Cuba Gooding fan. He couldn't save this one.
RobinA
(9,888 posts)Positively hated it, couldn't wait for it to end. When she goes overboard at the end I'm going, "Finally. Die so this movie can be over."
Skittles
(153,142 posts)I cannot believe the quality flicks it beat for the big prize
whathehell
(29,065 posts)Maybe not Best Picture quality, but certainly not "drivel"either.
LisaM
(27,800 posts)I think it was drivel, too!
whathehell
(29,065 posts)Not everyone is gifted with good taste.
LisaM
(27,800 posts)I'm never going to like it, so there!!! That'll show you.
whathehell
(29,065 posts)Some never receive it... So there.
LisaM
(27,800 posts)In those you never know WHAT you're going to find..
Codeine
(25,586 posts)"Pure unrefined shit" is a more accurate assessment.
whathehell
(29,065 posts)No one was expressing their opinion of you, Codeine.
Okay.
LisaM
(27,800 posts)A friend and I held an Oscar-watching party of two - just us - so we could ball up napkins and throw them at the TV every time that damn movie won an award! We both hated it and we really wanted to trash on it, so no one else was invited (some beer was probably drunk, too!)
Skittles
(153,142 posts)*CRIMINAL*
Wolf Frankula
(3,600 posts)Should have been called 'Plays with Camera." Lost in Translation. Two bores sitting around boring.
Wolf (who was not in Plays with Camera and didn't want to be.)
LisaM
(27,800 posts)I absolutely hated every second of it.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,167 posts)whathehell
(29,065 posts)Gross, foul and dull...My husband and I actually walked out.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Shakespeare in Love? Crap.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)red dog 1
(27,792 posts)but I watched it again and liked it.
Since then, I've seen it at least 20 times.
(Frances McDormand deserved the Oscar she got)
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)It was nominated, the Coen's first IIRC, but it didn't win.
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)Only world class morons could like that movie and believe it held any value.
I realize it didn't receive the big award. No matter. It earns criticism whenever movies are the topic.
Forrest Gump from the same year was an absolute gem, with one astonishing scene after another with so many clever twists of all level, whether subtle or over the top. Simply brilliant. I have to laugh every time it is nominated in threads like this. Let's just say I don't want those people handicapping anything for me. Flunk city.
Skittles
(153,142 posts)I thought Forrest Gump was pure drivel
red dog 1
(27,792 posts)and I don't consider myself a "world class moron"
I don't consider Roger Ebert to be a "world class moron' either (he loved it too)
Magazine critics of Time, Newsweek, The New Yorker & Entertainment Weekly's all loved it as well, so I guess they must all be "world class morons" too.
The fact that it received 7 Oscar nominations means that the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences are all "world class morons" too, right?
It won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, and also won 2 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA), got six Golden Globe nominations, and director Quentin Tarantino received the prestigious "Palme d'Or" award at the Canne Film Festival.
It was independently released by Miramax Films, cost $8.5 million to make, and so far has grossed over $215 million
That must mean that all those millions of movie-goers are world class morons as well!
"It earns criticism whenever movie are the topic"?
I don't think so.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Texasgal
(17,042 posts)I just didn't get it.
retread
(3,761 posts)40+ years later still get the creeps.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)If I ever need painful surgery or dental work, I won't need drugs and pain killers!
Just let me hear, "I had a farm.." and I will go into a three hour stupor.
CTyankee
(63,901 posts)...and that scene where Redford washes her hair...jeez...
catbyte
(34,367 posts)would've been so much better, but they went with the long, boring, droning "film." I loved Sydney Pollack, but this pretentious drivel wasn't his best work. Even if it did have Meryl Streep & Robert Redford in it.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Seriously one of the most undeserving Best Picture winners in history, though to be fair it wasn't a great year for movies and there was no obviously-should-have-been-the-winner. Feel like it won by default. But it was silly and just heavy-handed as hell. Matt Dillon is so annoying in it.
I also REALLY didn't like Ordinary People. MTM was just ... I mean I love HER, but that role ... and her acting ... it's pretty obnoxious, IMHO.
Birdman was not worthy of BP either.
I'm also surprised nobody has posted Shakespeare In Love which is one of the most regularly-panned Best Picture winners, top 10 worst of all time on every list of that sort I've seen since it won.
I, however, love that movie. Not sure it's BP-worthy, to be fair, but I found it delightful.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Those would include (but not limited to):
Argo
No Country for Old Men
American Beauty
Braveheart
Schindlers List
Unforgiven
Platoon
Ghandi
Deer Hunter
Cuckoo's Nest
Either Godfather
French Connection
... cause those were all great, deserving BP winners.
Kinda surprised not one person picked any of these:
The Kings Speech
Return of the King (if for no other reason it's interminable 'ending(s)')
A Beautiful Mind
Chicago
I personally liked all those films but I've seen them all complained about in terms of Best Picture winners ... figured SOMEone would choose them.
Hokie
(4,286 posts)She thought Russell Crowe's accent was terrible. But hey, how can you expect an Australian to sound like someone from southern West Virginia?
I liked the movie but I thought Sylvia Nassar's book was better and gave a more accurate portrayal of Nash. The movie skipped over Nash's gay inclinations for one.
I am biased on the movie and Nash though. I grew up one block from where Nash went to high school. He was much older than me of course.
stopbush
(24,395 posts)LeftInTX
(25,224 posts)I don't care for Lawrence of Arabia. It has beautiful music and beautiful scenery, but it just drags on. Omar Sharif used to say that only guys liked the movie. (There are no women in the movie except for the extras on the sidelines)
Oliver! - Lame for best picture.
Midnight Cowboy - Too surreal
Amadeus - WTF - Best picture?
Shakespeare in Love - Unwatchable
The Kings Speech - zzzzz
There are many movies on the best picture list that I haven't seen.