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Best Picture Hall of Fame Part 2
Posted By Wyldesyde19
Thank you for hosting, good sir.

Thank you for hosting, good sir.
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Best Picture Hall of Fame Part 2
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Congrats Siddon. Close call! 2 points. My...

Congrats Siddon. Close call! 2 points.
My ballot, and I realize I could have been tied had I voted my own nomination first haha:

1 Unforgiven
2 Platoon
3 Braveheart
4 American Beauty
5 The...
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Best Picture Hall of Fame Part 2
Posted By Wyldesyde19
Keeping us in suspense.....

Keeping us in suspense.....
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Best Picture Hall of Fame Part 2
Posted By Wyldesyde19
So far no surprises here...

So far no surprises here...
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Best Picture Hall of Fame Part 2
Posted By Wyldesyde19
My prediction is very similar to yours, except...

My prediction is very similar to yours, except flip 1 & 2.
Unforgiven takes this, I think with Platoon close behind.
Can’t wait to see the results!
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Best Picture Hall of Fame Part 2
Posted By Wyldesyde19
I had to take a few minutes to compose myself. ...

I had to take a few minutes to compose myself. Too funny haha 😆
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Best Picture Hall of Fame Part 2
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No worries, Raul! Perfectly understandable.

No worries, Raul! Perfectly understandable.
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Best Picture Hall of Fame Part 2
Posted By Wyldesyde19
So who do we have left still?

So who do we have left still?
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Best Picture Hall of Fame Part 2
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With that I’m all done and final ballot has already been sent. Great selection of films, guys. Very varied in terms of genre.
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Gandhi


Ben Kingsley is amazing in this film. Let’s get the obvious out of the way. It’s his film and he completely captures Gandhi. The film has a few powerful scenes, and simple but effective...
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Best Picture Hall of Fame Part 2
Posted By Wyldesyde19
Watching Gandhi now, and will write up my review...

Watching Gandhi now, and will write up my review and send in my ballot when finished. (Don’t wait up) 😆
I’m curious to see if my opinion has changed any since I first watched it years ago. Maybe a...
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Only Gandhi remains for me. Will finish this up either tomorrow night or Sunday sometime.
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The Departed

Scorsese’s only Best Picture win starts off crackling with energy, as he introduced the main characters one after another within the first 20 mins. It isn’t long before we get...
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Braveheart

Braveheart is an epic tale told on a grand scale that is filled with amazing scenes, bloody battles, and beautiful cinematography.
The story tells of the legend of William Wallace,...
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Best Picture Hall of Fame Part 2
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Should be able to review Braveheart and a the Departed this weekend, and then finish with Gandhi the week after.
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American Beauty

“Never underestimate the power of denial.”

Everyone is in denial in this film. Each have their own illusions about themselves with the exception of Lester Burnham (Kevin...
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Best Picture Hall of Fame Part 2
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In regards to American Beauty, a lot of it can be summed up by a quote from Coopers son In the film:

“Never underestimate the power of denial.”
That’ll be my lead in when I review it this...
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The King’s Speech


Some leaders are natural orators. They can rouse men with speech meant to illicit deep though, and to rouse then into action. Think Wallace in Braveheart. Others gave it in...
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Best Picture Hall of Fame Part 2
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Finished The King’s Speech. Once I’m off of work, will write a review.
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Best Picture Hall of Fame Part 2
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I was born in 1970. I became a movie buff pretty early on, encouraged by my father. Since 1981's Chariots of Fire I have seen every Best Picture winner theatrically. With Parasite that makes...
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I’ll be able to knock a few out this coming week. Work was rough
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Best Picture Hall of Fame Part 2
Posted By Wyldesyde19
Considering what The Departed was up against, it...

Considering what The Departed was up against, it was definitely a deserved win. Seemed to have been a weak year with the nominees as I remember. Having seen them all, they were all good.
With...
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Platoon

Chris Taylor: Somebody once wrote: "Hell is the impossibility of reason." That's what this place feels like. Hell.

And so begins Taylor’s descent into hell. His first minutes spent as...
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Yeah, exactly, I found his performance masterful before I knew about the allegations, why would any of that change afterwards?[/QUOTE]

It’s like Polanski. Man was a rapist. Fled the country to...
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I feel a lot of that revisionist criticism is derived from the fallout involving Spacey. It’s undeserved in my opinion. Judge the man, fine, but his roles are separate and should remain so.

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