Worst Post-Crash Best Picture Winner

Is THAT why Josh Duhamel was changing a diaper in a shitty romcom and yelled "IT SMELLS LIKE SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE IN HERE"?

Shape Of Water bored the arse off me.

Jack Nicholson's reading of the Best Picture nominees of 2005 should be in a highlight reel as one of his best performances, particularly his pronouncement of CAH-PO-TAY.

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his best expression was after he announced the winner, understandable because it was kind of a shocking moment

I have seen all of these films, and just based on how enjoyable it was to watch them, The Shape of Water was the worst for me, even though it is probably a better film than some of the others

I don’t quite understand how people can interpret Argo as “blatant CIA propaganda” when it makes the CIA look fundamentally incompetent at almost every step of the way, requiring help from HOLLYWOOD and CANADIANS to get a small number of Americans out alive, after a military option has already failed spectacularly.

the pretty wall. And people shot porn there too?

yes.

Maybe it’s just the way I see it but Argo is fun for me because it’s like “holy shit, this entire business is rube goldberg machines, buttressed by w. heath robinson machines, etc”

They Shoot Porn There, Don't They?

I enjoyed watching most of these films, even if they weren’t great

I oppose Green Book on its principle.

King's Speech was a historical revisionist classic.

The entire premise that having a relatively unknown, recently elevated 'new' king speak on the radio without stuttering badly was of any real historic importance in WWII was a bit of twaddle designed to wring a few more drops of drama out of a situation containing very little drama of its own. He was a king at a time when being king was mostly irrelevant. And he stuttered. Compared to the reality of a nation involved in total war this amounted to less than nothing.

U mean he didn't say "tits"?

Given the length of his lifetime, I'm sure he managed to bust out a couple of "tits" before he died.

why was it hard to tell Slumdog was fraudulent the week it came out? (see also American Beauty)

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, February 10, 2020 11:10 AM (yesterday)

bc I was 19 :P

Xpost I'ma let bg clean that one up

AQUA DONG

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These are the four worst. But they're all masterpieces next to Crash.

The King's Speech
The Artist
Argo
The Shape of Water

I've only seen six of these, so I voted for The King's Speech, which was the worst of the six.

I've seen seven, of which Argo was the worst. Still voting for Green Book though.

Green Book is the only one I haven't seen, because it is the worst.

I enjoyed all the others, to a greater or lesser extent. Slumdog Millionaire perhaps least.

From best to worst...

No Country for Old Men
Parasite
Moonlight
The Departed
The Hurt Locker
12 Years a Slave
Spotlight
Slumdog Millionaire
Green Book
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
The Shape of Water
Argo
The Artist
The King's Speech

that's close to how I would place them

I had no idea Birdman won best pic. I enjoyed it as a weird little comedy.

Words can’t express how much I hated The Shape of Water; it cemented my opinion that GDT is the worst critically lauded director working today. Although it did open my eyes to the idea that apparently a lot of women secretly want to shag a fish-man.

Words can’t express how much I hated The Shape of Water

Ditto. Of the eight films I've seen in this poll, this is the only one I outright hated.

apparently a lot of women secretly want to shag a fish-man

I suspect the big attraction for women was that he was mute.

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I'm surprised at the numbers for NCfOM and Departed.

would like to hear the thinking of four voters

I think a few people admitted to having had misread the poll as best, not worst

at least I hope so

In my movie theater career career NCfOM generated some of the funniest audience feedback from dumb people going to see it just bc it won best picture, including my favorite (mightve told this story before): the lady who walked up to the counter afterwards and goes “So I don’t get it... it was all just a DREAM?”

Jones used to read Word Up! magazine

some day I'm going to show someone the director's cut of The Counselor and tell them it was No Country for Old Men

lol wait there’s a director’s cut of the counselor?

In my movie theater career career NCfOM generated some of the funniest audience feedback from dumb people going to see it just bc it won best picture, including my favorite (mightve told this story before): the lady who walked up to the counter afterwards and goes “So I don’t get it... it was all just a DREAM?”

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lol this was p close to my experience. at the end, some lady yelled out "that's IT?"

xp yes, and although I forget the differences, it is definitely better

..and apparently 20 minutes longer

The Blu-Ray of The Counselor comes with both cuts and yes, Scott's version is better than the version I saw in a theater. (It's a good movie; I like it. You have to meet it where it is, though - it concedes nothing, in any cut.)

No Country for Old Men 4
The Artist 3

In what world?