I love musicals, so I found your reactions to those films difficult to watch. However, I really respect how you made a point to explain that it was just your opinion and that there were still redeeming qualities.
It's obvious that he doesn't like - or understand - musicals. His whining 'on and on' about how he 'personally' did not get a thing from most of the iconic musicals he (negativly) reviewed showed a huge lack of perspective and insight...qualities which are not best suited for anyone hoping to give a credible review of anything.
For me it wasn't that he doesn't like or doesn't get musicals, it's that he thinks because 𝘩𝘦 doesn't like the genre none of them deserve to be even 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 for best picture
yeah the west side story review was difficult to get through. he's allowed to not like musicals, it was just so obvious that it being a musical was the only thing he criticized about it idk
The best channel done uploaded once again! The fact that you’ve gone ahead and uploaded a 4-hour remaster is such an appreciated thing to do. Love everything you do!!
Recently discovered the channel, and I'm glad I did. Despite not having much interest in movie awards, you did a good job summarizing your thoughts on each film, and I've definitely added several movies that I've never heard of before to my "much watch" list.
Dude, WATCH THE ENTIRE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY AGAIN!!! You cannot judge Return of the King without having just seen the first two movies before it, knowing the full three-movie story! The 11 Oscars it won were basically for the entire trilogy as a whole.
Overall, I really enjoy your retrospective on the Best Picture winners. I find the subject really interesting, personally and recently I compiled a list of the films I feel should have won and what oscars they should have taken. Perhaps one day I'll make a video based on that myself, but for now your videos on the subject is probably some of the best I've seen. Keep up the good work.
The awards for Return of the King always felt like the Oscars giving the trilogy itself its due and not the individual picture itself. In my honest opinion, The Fellowship of the Ring is the best of the three. The other aspect that can shift your view of the movies is whether or not you watched the extended cuts, which are far superior.
I have grown up with nothing BUT the Extended Cuts. My whole family has in fact, and we act with the appropriate amount of distain whenever the theatrical version shows it’s face
Your disdain for musicals notwithstanding, I still enjoyed all 4 hours of your take on all the Best Picture winners. Except for your take on musicals, I thought your assessments of most of the winners are spot on. I, too, didn't care much for "Out of Africa" or "The English Patient" or "The Deer Hunter" but when you brought up "Mrs. Miniver" during your review of "American Beauty," THAT just sent me into oblivion. I also thought about "Mrs. Miniver" soon after seeing "American Beauty" in the theater. So...definitely kudos for that.
That "Musicals don't deserve to be nominated for best picture" take has to be one of the worst ones I've ever heard. A movie is a movie, no matter the genre, and if it's good enough to be the best picture, it should be nominated. Don't really understand your distain for Musicals
I agree. Also, I don't get it when people discard a whole genre. There are always exceptions. I don't like most Westerns, but my o my, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is an epic movie.
Yeah, it's like saying animated movies don't deserve to be nominated for Best Picture. E.g. Into the Spider-verse should've gotten the nomination over Black Panther.
This feels like watching a frat bro go through all the best picture films. He’s not necessarily terrible, but when you watch the video with that in mind his reviews make way more sense.
yeah i'm getting that vibe too. it's fine because everyone is entitled to their own opinion but it definitely seems like the only things he really cares about are like action films and war movies, and i'm not like that at all so i agree with nothing here lol
Love your content bro! You put me on to a lot of movies and made me check out a lot of stuff from the 70s which is now my favorite decade in cinema! I Appreciate your hard work and enthusiasm
Another fun fact Originally EEAAO was first drafted as a Jackie Chan movie before eventually changing direction Much as I love Jackie Chan Adventures, this was the right call
confession: a solid 50% of the reason i was rooting for eeaao as best picture was JUST so i could see what you had to say about it; it seems like everyone i talk to has completely different thoughts on the movie even if they love it equally. did NOT disappoint, i never even thought of the music video similarities!!! (probably because i was too busy sobbing)
Hats off for the effort of love you put into making this series. We all have our opinions on what years they goofed with best picture, but that is beside the point. I have yet to see all of the winners, but that is something on my bucket list.
Three takes: 1) 1984 Amadeus. I love how passionate you are for this one. It is truly one of the greats, and it takes something to see beyond the immediate subject matter to see how great it is. 2) 1992 Unforgiven. Yeah, I'm with the dissenters here. This is an all-time great movie. It's not an easy watch, granted. It's not, contrary to what you say, trying to recreate the glories of past westerns. It's showing the brutality and ugliness that those films glossed over. As for the "hype" about Eastwood's character, that's the point. Everyone is getting hyped--the kid thinks he's the shit even though he's never done anything and can't see, and English Bob even has his own biographer. The whole point is about getting beyond the legend to see the ugly truth. 3) 2003 Return of the King. I can respect your ambivalence. It's true, it's unprecedented for the Academy to recognize a franchise (the Godfather notwithstanding), but it's hard to come in to this movie without context. I look at it as a kind of award for the trilogy as a whole. The previous two won several awards, but the third one swept all 11 awards it was nominated for. It was a kind of capstone, and the previous two movies were fresh in the Academy's mind. Thus, all the accolades just kind of poured out on to this one. FWIW, I think the first one is the best of the trilogy.
Looking forward to hopefully hearing your thoughts on 'Oppenheimer' in the near future. These are a great compilation of mini-reviews and analyses. Thank you for all the effort you went to to make this video (and the three individual chapter videos.) :)
I remember watching Midnight Cowboy out of curiosity back in college. Completely blown away. Years later, I caught it on TV (a channel that didn't censor thank goodness), and it was about halfway through the film. My husband came by and was captivated despite it being well into the plot. He said it was a very strange film, but he was captivated all the way though.
Wow, thanks Mr. Reccollect, now I can make a film that's got a stand out performance, achieve a large scale feel, that's not only a musical about a war that's ahead of it's time based around a certain struggle and a relationship that fits into a certain genre, but that's also a biopic about a true story, to win an award!
My top 15 Best Picture winners, just to share: 1. The Godfather: Part II 2. The Godfather 3. Titanic 4. Ben-Hur 5. Gone With The Wind 6. Rocky 7. Casablanca 8. Lawrence of Arabia 9. West Side Story 10. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 11. The Sound of Music 12. Everything, Everywhere, All At Once 13. It Happened One Night 14. The Apartment 15. Schindler's List
1:50:10 - Fascinating stat: Literally EVERY feature film John Cazale originally acted in was nominated or won Best Picture. Every single one. The Godfather, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, Dog Day Afternoon, and The Deer Hunter.
I remember watching It Happened One Night in high school for a class and I too thought this was gonna be a bore, but that movie legit made a bunch of 16-17 year old kids who didn't care about classic films like this to laugh and also become invested in the story. That scene where Clark Gable tries to get a hitchhike and fails until Claudette Colbert just flashes her legs and it instantly works was one of the funniest things I saw. So he, and I, aren't lying when we say that It Happened One Night is definitely worth the watch even for a modern audience.
Phenomenal vid man. Super comprehensive and well done on many levels. Your opinions are rly well articulated and it’s a great way to chronologically explore film/modern history
Not only this video is incredibly comprehensive and impressive but mang you’ve got some great music taste! Windowlicker, Vordhosbn, 54 Cymru Beats, Cock/Ver10, Fingerbib, Out By 16 Dead on the scene, Dawn Chorus, Lost from the 1080 Snowboarding game, Revolution 909, modjo cheeky bit of Dilla too…. Aphex the goat!
I really love how you explain and present all these movies. You should try also Apocalypse Now Redux (2001 version) by Francis Ford Coppola which hypnotyze me back 22 years ago when I discover the magic of movies. And see also North by Northwest (1959), Pink Floyd -The Wall (1982), Dogville (2003), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966), The Thing (1982), Cocktail (1988), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Toy Story (1995) and High Fidelity (2000). And bonus: Touching the Void (2003), one of the greatest documentaries of all time. Enjoy those movies!
The classic. Such an incredible gargantuan of a project. By the way, who is the artist of those Oscar statuettes at the beginning? Super cool drawings too.
About the “bottom 10”: Only 3 of them need to be taken into consideration. The Broadway Melody was the first MGM musical with sound so this was revolutionary for its time so it probably would not hold the attention and favoritism for contemporary audiences. Gigi was the last of the great MGM musicals produced by Arthur Freed, Who had produced a good majority of the Golden Age of MGM musicals so it was the end of an era. Not for everyone, sure. The Best Years of Our Lives was the movie people wanted to see especially when we had just gotten out of WWII and people wanted an optimistic, feel good movie about the men who came home after that conflict.
Em, Best Years of Our Lives is most certainly not a feelgood film! Men coming back from the war, attempting to assimilate back into society and dealing with the challenge that comes with it. One struggles to come to terms with losing his hands, one falls into alcoholism and another has PTSD. Not a happy film, a dramatic reflection of the situation facing veterans in post-war America
So i just finished watching the whole thing and i have to say, the hugest of props. You've dedicated more time to this than i have to anything in my life 😅 I was suprised at the end when you said this took more time than any of the other projects, i would've though the Buckethead discography would've taken longer.
Here's my ranking of all Best Picture winners I've seen: 44. Crash (C) 43. Birdman or: The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorace (C+) 42. Spotlight (B) 41. Green Book (B) 40. Titanic (B) 39. Out of Africa (B+) 38. The Hurt Locker (B+) 37. No Country for Old Men (B+) 36. Patton (B+) 35. 12 Years a Slave (B+) 34. Slumdog Millionaire (B+) 33. Gentleman's Agreement (B+) 32. Moonlight (B+) 31. In the Heat of the Night (A-) 30. Shakespeare in Love (A-) 29. My Fair Lady (A-) 28. Ben Hur (A-) 27. The Shape of Water (A-) 26. Rocky (A-) 25. The King's Speech (A-) 24. Million Dollar Baby (A-) 23. The Silence of the Lambs (A-) 22. Everything Everywhere All at Once (A-) 21. The Godfather Part II (A) 20. Parasite (A) 19. Rebecca (A) 18. Oppenheimer (A) 17. A Beautiful Mind (A) 16. Casablanca (A) 15. Gladiator (A) 14. Argo (A) 13. Chicago (A) 12. Forrest Gump (A) 11. The Departed (A) 10. Braveheart (A) 9. Kramer vs. Kramer (A) 8. The Apartment (A) 7. Rain Man (A) 6. The Godfather (A) 5. Unforgiven (A) 4. The Sound of Music (A) 3. One Flew Over the Coocoo's Nest (A+) 2. Schindler's List (A+) 1. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (A+)
It's amazing how few of the classic films you actually liked and I can't relate to your lukewarm reaction to so many great films but as they say "even a stopped clock is right twice a day" and you did manage to like a few of the classics. Maybe it's just that young people just tend to be condescending in their opinions of older movies and can't appreciate them.
@BartholomewSmutz Opinions are subjective at the end of the day. Not everyone is gonna like the movies you like or the "timeless classics". Honestly, a large portion of the winners from the 20s through the 60s have little replay value outside of of the people that grew up around those time periods, in my opinion. Obviously, there's some great ones in there, but they are few and far between. Heck, most of the best movies from those eras didn't even win Best Picture. It wasn't until the 70s where the Best Picture really got great (though several of the 90s winners weren't great, either, but that's my opinion) And keep in mind, he did watch those movies with an open mind, they just weren't his cup of tea.
Banshees should've won Best Picture in my opinion. And I really liked your other videos about watching every Best Picture winner. Ke Huy Quan was my favorite part of Everything Everywhere.
Great video My only disagreement (which might be an unpopular opinion) is Rocky. Despite how iconic it is, I don't think it's better than Network or Taxi Driver, which were also nominated that same year Hell, the director of Rocky shouldn't even have won Best Director over Sidney Lumet. Compare a guy who's only known for Rocky and Karate Kid, who also was nominated to 3 Razzie Awards, and tell me if he was a better director than Sidney, who's filmography had a total of 46 nominations, being 5 for him, and who eventually was awarded a Honorary Award I can accept Rocky winning Best Picture award, I think it might not be as significant to me because I'm not American, but that Best Director award was as ridiculous as Crash winning Best Picture
Nit picking about names, costumes, etc. is one thing, but the "Braveheart" historical inaccuracies were more on a par with how in "Inglorious Bastards" they succeeded in killing Hitler in that theater! Lol!
I got to go see the Cleveland Orchestra perform the score from Amadeus as the film played. Definitely one of the best film watching experiences of my life
At one time I was going to collect all of the best Oscar Academy Awards that were available on DVD's . But then I realized that I would be collecting them for a completion, not because I really cared about each of the films. I have realized that a hobby can also become some sort of an addiction. Does anyone else agree with my broad statement here ?
2:59:37 let us know if you do go back and watch Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers! pretty neat you hadn't seen those and went straight to the 3rd for this project.
I am only an hour into your delightful epic video (you're discussing Ben-Hur as I type this comment), but I have to comment on a couple of things I particularly enjoyed. Your passionate hate for Gigi had me rolling. I can't disagree with anything you say - and I only really like two things about this movie: Chevalier's "I Remember it Well" song and Leslie Caron🥰, who was a delight in everything she did. Also, re Mrs. Miniver: You seemed confused about why the Nazis would hate a movie made during the war that was essentially a propaganda film about the British public needing to strong under Nazi bombing, fear of German invasion, and a war that could be lost at any moment. 😉
On your final ranking list, you have as #2 The Godfather (1975). The Godfather is from 1972. Very good job. I also own on dvd all of the Best Picture winner. Thanks very much for tackling this mammoth endeavor. Great job.
