Least Favorite films that Won Oscars - Blu-ray Forum

dkelly26666 · 02-05-2024, 06:26 PM

Haven't agreed with a Best Picture winner since "The Departed" and "No Country for Old Men" won in 2006 and 2007. (I've only agreed with the Best Picture winner 11 times since 1971; 11 times in 52 years).

Most of the recent ones are pretty darned forgettable, if you ask me. Who will be going on about "Argo", "The Artist", "Spotight", "Moonlight", "CODA", "Nomadland" and others many years from now? Most of those already seem mostly forgotten.

Historically, I'm with several other people on "Forrest Gump". I never got the widespread appeal for that one. I even tried it twice in the theater because people were acting like I missed something the first time. Nope. Still just thought it was OK, at best.

Hanks winning for that plus "Philadelphia" (two years in a row) was pretty upsetting, too. On "Gump", I never bought him for a second, and on "Philadelphia", I didn't think he did anything special. What the film was about won him the Oscar, not the performance.

If I'm being honest, and pro-active, "Oppenheimer" will fall into this category for me, shortly, as well. Such a vastly overrated reaction to a very average film. "Film of the Century"? Give me a break.

02-05-2024, 06:26 PM	#31
dkelly26666 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2012	Haven't agreed with a Best Picture winner since "The Departed" and "No Country for Old Men" won in 2006 and 2007. (I've only agreed with the Best Picture winner 11 times since 1971; 11 times in 52 years). Most of the recent ones are pretty darned forgettable, if you ask me. Who will be going on about "Argo", "The Artist", "Spotight", "Moonlight", "CODA", "Nomadland" and others many years from now? Most of those already seem mostly forgotten. Historically, I'm with several other people on "Forrest Gump". I never got the widespread appeal for that one. I even tried it twice in the theater because people were acting like I missed something the first time. Nope. Still just thought it was OK, at best. Hanks winning for that plus "Philadelphia" (two years in a row) was pretty upsetting, too. On "Gump", I never bought him for a second, and on "Philadelphia", I didn't think he did anything special. What the film was about won him the Oscar, not the performance. If I'm being honest, and pro-active, "Oppenheimer" will fall into this category for me, shortly, as well. Such a vastly overrated reaction to a very average film. "Film of the Century"? Give me a break.

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