Oscar Winners for Best Picture available on Blu-ray

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by benricci

Slumdog Millionaire was made for less than $14 million, and it won Best Picture.

Just sayin'...

Ya..and you can get it for $14 used now... I wasn't a fan of it.


Great tread...Ben Hur should be coming soon. The English Patient was released already. However, it's bare-bones.

[franklinpross]

Originally Posted by benricci

Guys, we are all forgetting the true best picture of 2008, "The Hottie and the Nottie."

are you on the right forum? This is the Blu ray forum, right?

[Adam_ME]

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content/id...n-october.html

Looks like Olivier's Hamlet is coming out in the UK in October. We'll see if it's region free. Unfortunately All Quiet on the Western Front isn't the original.

[o0Andy0o]

Originally Posted by boxterduke

I hear ya on that, what an overhyped machine that slumdog was.

I do think Slumdog was over hyped but not as much as The Dark Knight. That movie is EXTREMELY overrated. Don't get me wrong, I love The Dark Knight but it certainly was not the best film of the year. I really believe, as does the Academy and many others, that it was only as big as it was because Heath Ledger died. Although I can say that I believed it did deserve a Best Picture nomination over The Reader, it or WALL-E. This year I see the movie Precious winning Best Picture.

[kpkelley]

Originally Posted by o0Andy0o

Although I can say that I believed it did deserve a Best Picture nomination over The Reader, it or WALL-E.

The Reader is a fabulous movie, and well deserving of an Oscar Nomination. Of all those movies snubbed, The Wrestler was probably most deserving followed by Wall-E and then the Dark Knight.

IMO, Frost/Nixon and Benjamin Button were the weakest of the 5 nominated.

[o0Andy0o]

Originally Posted by kpkelley

The Reader is a fabulous movie, and well deserving of an Oscar Nomination. Of all those movies snubbed, The Wrestler was probably most deserving followed by Wall-E and then the Dark Knight.

IMO, Frost/Nixon and Benjamin Button were the weakest of the 5 nominated.

I liked The Reader but after watching it, I came to the conclusion that it didn't deserve to be parred with other films for Best Picture. I haven't seen Frost/Nixon but it really isn't my thing. I actually Benjamin Button was even better than Slumdog in a way. I also liked The Wrestler very much and praise Mickey Rourke's performance but I couldn't have seen it with a Best Picture nomination. But WALL-E and The Dark Knight deffinately deserved a nomination. Both of which led to the amazing decision to increase the Best Picture nominations to 10! Which delights me very much as Up will certainly recieve a nomination.

[franklinpross]

Langella was really outstanding in this one. He's a magnificent actor.
His stage credits are terrific. I think he's also a great film actor as well -
does anyone agree? Langella became Nixon . . body language and all . . .

[Magical Malik]

Langella was amazing as Nixon - he definitely deserved the Oscar nod. And so did Frost/Nixon. It was one of my faves of last year. The Hurt Locker is DEFINITELY the best film thus far for 2009.

[bluskies]

Langella was great. He really played the man from the inside out.

[Stas]

I love Forrest Gump but The Shawshank Redemption should have gotten the best picture in 1994.

[SirSomerville]

Originally Posted by Stas

I love Forrest Gump but in my opinion The Shawshank Redemption should have gotten the best picture in 1994.

Fixed it for ya.

The only year I disagreed with was '98
Saving Private Ryan!

Still waiting for that on blu.

As for '09, my prediction was 'Shutter Island'...but since it's been delayed...

[Wdm81]

Well with the academy going back to 10 films for the best picture category, i think we're going to see a few fan favourites or box office champs sneak in. That doesn't mean they will win and it doesn't mean that just because a movie like transformers 2 hits 400 million its guaranteed a nomination, but i think the change is a direct result of the Dark Knight's poularity and critical praise

I think the academy after last years fan/critic outcry as well as having really low ratings are going to try and appeal to the mainstream more next year, my 2 predictions are Watchmen gets a best picture nom, and neil blomkamp gets a best director nom (what he did on district 9 with just 30 million dollars and several actors including the lead who had never acted before is simply amazing)

Neither of those nominations will win though, but that's the academy's plan, open up the best picture category to more mainstream films so that TV rating go up meanwhile the same boring films will be the ones that win

I just really hope that if Nolan and co can produce a third Batman film of the same quality as TDK, that the academy will do like they did with peter jackson and give the film the awrd based more on the series then just the one film

[Casey]

i liked gran torino and button better than slumdog... but at least danny boyle directed it.

[sfmarine]

Originally Posted by bluskies

Langella was great. He really played the man from the inside out.

I agree...Frost/Nixon was also a great film. Still have to get it on blu.

[aggienader08]

Originally Posted by benricci

Slumdog Millionaire was made for less than $14 million, and it won Best Picture.

Just sayin'...

I was over-exaggerating a smidge.

[aggienader08]

Originally Posted by Stas

I love Forrest Gump but The Shawshank Redemption should have gotten the best picture in 1994.

*GASP!!*

[Kittenz]

Originally Posted by Blu Balls

I still can't believe after all these years that Dances with wolves won best picture and Best director went to Kevin Costner. What about Goodfellas? A movie that has definately stood the test of time. The acedemy has been full of shit on more then a few occasions but, that one is the pinnacle of there celebrity favoritism. A Beautiful Mind also comes to mind.

Dances with Wolves was a great movie. And it still is great today. And I sure hope it comes out on Blu-Ray soon.

[Suntory_Times]

Originally Posted by Wdm81

Neither of those nominations will win though, but that's the academy's plan, open up the best picture category to more mainstream films so that TV rating go up meanwhile the same boring films will be the ones that win

Boring? I don't agree with the oscars, but it does seem that your implying that only certain types of films win. Which simply isn't true, war movies have won, comedies have won, romances have won, etc. That being said I find the oscars to be a joke (look no further then 1997 and 1998) where Titanic won the oscar, and then Shakespeare in Love not only won the oscar, but Paltrow won for best actress (I don't think Paltrow gave a poor performance, but it didn't go above and beyond and there where many more deserving actresses that year). (Yes, I think I was more looking for an excuse to show my dislike for the oscars then actually reply to your post.

[Casey]

added nominees for the 2000's to the original post.

so far only 2008 and 2006 have the winners and all nominees available on bluray

[kpkelley]

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times

That being said I find the oscars to be a joke (look no further then 1997 and 1998) where Titanic won the oscar, and then Shakespeare in Love not only won the oscar, but Paltrow won for best actress (I don't think Paltrow gave a poor performance, but it didn't go above and beyond and there where many more deserving actresses that year). (Yes, I think I was more looking for an excuse to show my dislike for the oscars then actually reply to your post.

That was the year of Queen Elizabeth. Blanchett probably should have won, but voters probably felt a little awkward voting for the same character in two different movies.