'The English Patient' is my nominee for worst-ever Best Picture winner.

I just watched it and I didn't like it either and totally agree Fargo should have won. But it wasn't the worst. Crash, Oliver!, A man for all seasons, Gigi, and Mrs. Miniver were worse.
But yeah, it beating Fargo is certainly a head-scratcher.





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I did sixty in five minutes once...

I loved the English patient.
Actually I'm very glad it won best picture, maybe you don't like because you don't like romantic flicks or at least you don't like this genre to win which is acceptable.


But see it this for a romance it's clearly one of the best modern romances.

I loved The English Patient.

As far as "worst movies that got Best Picture award" goes here's my list:
1. Tom Jones (1963)
2. The Sound of Music (1965)
3. Rocky (1976) - though it's far from "bad movie" winning in front of "Taxi Driver", "All the President's Men" and especially "TV Network" is ridiculous
4. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
5. Out of Africa (1985)
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

People weren't and still aren't ready for a David Lean-type epic romantic drama. I bolded the drama part, because this is a film that takes its own time to create amazing characters. It doesn't rush things, it lets it resonate throughout the two and a half plus hours. The music score, the scope of the photography, the direction, the acting. Everything in this film is pitch perfect. If you ever have the time and inclination, go back and really watch it. If some of the scenes - particularly the ending sequence when he finds her in the cave - if those scenes don't move you, then carry on and watch something else. But be warned, this is a wonderful masterpiece that deserves your time and effort.

I absolutely adored The English Patient and I say it deserved to win best picture.

My picks for the worst Best Picture winner would either be Oliver! or Shakespeare in Love. Not necessarily bad films, but there were other movies in those years that were better such as 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968 (even though it wasn't nominated which makes me even more furious) or Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line in 1998.


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Last films:

The English Patient: 10/10
Atonement: 10/10
Garden State: 7/10

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I second that.

I was so, so, so bored throughout this movie!!!!

My pick for the weakest, of the ones I've seen at least, is The Greatest Show on Earth.