What is the most overrated Academy Award Best Picture?
 

Anyone really like Shakespeare in Love?

Of course not......:agree::agree::agree::agree:

If you go back further you could add Gone with the Wind. I was beautifully shot but was grossly overrated. OK. Start throwing the rocks.:throwtomatoes:

In 1998 it kicked the butt of Saving Private Ryan, Dark City, American History X and The Big Lebowski. Yet ten years later those movies are still talked about where as Shakespeare in Love was immediately forgotten. Go figure the Oscars, huh?

You really think American Beauty and Amadeus should be on this list?

These are two of my top 10-20 films of all time.

The English Patient. The longest (nearly) three hours of my life . . . .

I liked both of these Russ Boston.
 

I was at a loss of what other Academy Award Best Pictures to put on the list. Maybe, The English Patient
should be on it instead.

I change my vote: English Patient!!!

My understanding is that to win best picture it has to have some redeeming value. No movie that has lots of action, blood and guts will ever win the best picture academy award.

So as far as I am concerned I could have checked all of the choices.

What about Braveheart and Gladiator?

My bad; can I split my vote .....:agree::agree::agree:

SO MANY POSSIBILITIES AND ONLY ONE VOTE???

I have to think about this but these were epic/historic movies. I preferred Gladiator (Crowe) over Braveheart (Gibson) but neither were on my best picture list.

Braveheart has been on my list since it came out in the theaters. The movie has everything, like romance, friendships, betrayal, courage, loyalty etc. etc.
Gladiator was good, but alot further down on my list.

Check out the Chinese movie Red Cliff, if you want a lot of epic action.
 

This movie Red Cliff just recently came out in two DVDs. It is just over 4 hours long but has several epic battle scenes involving both land and river battles. It broke box office records in China. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Cliff_(film)

:faint:
Atlanta Pturner
(who went to Margaret Mitchell Elemetary School)
But... I'll worry about that tomorrow

p.s.
No I won't. Frankly, my Donna, I don't ... throw rocks.
:popcorn: