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One of the worst best pictures ever

posted 10 years ago by johnhorshack
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Right up there with Shakespeare in Love as one of the worst "best picture" winners ever.

Just a stupid sissy romance, while Fargo was the superior movie.

[–] Gun_Murat_Ilban 10 years ago

I agree with Shakespeare in Love; but The English Patient was one of the best "Best Picture" winners and Fargo was hardly a competitor against it. Unlike what many people believed, I think there were not a single possibiliy that Fargo was ever going to win.

[–] spookyrat1 10 years ago

Yawn! The boards of Best Picture winners always seem to have this same old, tiredly complaining thread on them.

This is a wonderful cinematic adaption of a Booker Prize-winning novel that was widely considered unfilmable around the time of production. Winning 9 Academy Awards in the most sweeping victory since 1987's The Last Emperor makes the OP's claim appear just plain ridiculous.🐭

[–] houstonhacker 10 years ago

Yep. And birdman, crash, artist, 12 years slave...

[–] sanders_mike25 9 years ago

Birdman sucked.

[–] doughazelrigg 10 years ago

I think The English Patient is a fine film, and has a lot going for it, but clearly Fargo has fared better over the years. As far as Oscars go, above poster is right -- pretty hard for a dark comedy like Fargo to go up against a classic "Hollywood" tale like TEP