[EdV]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac

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)

And why would I want to spend 4 hours of my time watching thousands of human beings needlessly killing each other?

[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac

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)

I already rented it and watched both DVDS. Great movie!

[zcaveman]

Originally Posted by EdVinMass

And why would I want to spend 4 hours of my time watching thousands of human beings needlessly killing each other?

That is the great thing about our society. You do not have to waste those four hours watching that movie. Just skip it and leave it to us to watch.

[NJblue]

Originally Posted by Donna2

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.

No rocks from my side. I agree completely. To me it was one of the worst acted movies of all time.

[salpal]

English Patient -- so awful I forgot about it. Thought it would never end.

Braveheart - another one I would like to forget about.

Lord of the Rings - one monster after another (just my opinon).

[bkcunningham1]

Just out of curiousity I looked at the complete list of Best Picture winners since the Academy Awards started in 1929. I have seen more of the first 30 movies on the list than the last 30! I am an old movie buff and loved
Marty with Ernest Borgnine. Of the movies listed on the poll, I've only seen No Country for Old Men (had to look it up to see what it was about before I remembered the plot). How bad is that?

[Donna2]

Lately I have been viewing a wonderful production form BBC, called Lark Rise to Candleford.

I purchased the first year which consists of 10 one-hour shows. The acting is superb. It is a period piece from the mid 1800's in England.
I couldn't find the second year to purchase but instead found it at Netflix which I just rented the first disk.
This is just a good old fashioned production about life in a different time. It may be too corny for some but we loved it.


I'm sorry. I realize I should not have posted this on this thread. The hosts can delete and I am fine with that.

[zcaveman]

I reviewed the list:

http://www.tif.ro/movies/oscar/lista.htm

My additions (of the ones I have seen):

Titanic
Lord of the Rings
Slumdog Millionaire

I preferred NOT to watch a lot of the Best Picture movies because they were really flops - think English Patient, Shakespeare in Love, Out of Africa).

[ssmith]

AVATAR!!! ooops sorry I know that was not a choice. I felt there was no depth to the acting or the plot althouhg the special effects were good.

[ssmith]

AVATAR!!! ooops sorry I know that was not a choice. I felt there was no depth to the acting or the plot although the special effects were good.

[Russ_Boston]

Originally Posted by ssmith

AVATAR!!! ooops sorry I know that was not a choice. I felt there was no depth to the acting or the plot although the special effects were good.

Not a choice because it didn't win best picture.

[batman911]

Two good low budget flix: The Red Violin and The Spanish Prisioner.

[chuckinca]

Originally Posted by collie1228

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

"The Piano" won the that title for me!


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...for a chick flick. It was one of the ten nominees for Best Picture in 2010's AA show. I liked it more than many of the other nominated movies from this year's crop.

[BBQMan]

There have a number of terrible films that have won the Oscar, but The Greatest Show on Earth is arguably the worst.