25th in a series of polls examining how you, the TrekBBS users, would have voted, were you in the Academy. Up next: Best Picture, 2001. Which nominee most deserved the Academy Award?
TrekBBS Academy Awards #25: Best Picture, 2001
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FOTR. I really liked In the Bedroom, too... but I love my LOTR. I was bored to tears during A Beautiful Mind, didn't care for Moulin Rouge and have never seen Gosford Park.
I don't like any of the LOTR trilogy much, although The Two Towers was the best of the lot. They were overlong, poorly acted, silly, joyless exercises. Most overrated flicks of this millennium.
I really like all of these, actually, though I agree the LOTR movies are pretty to look at but overrated otherwise. This was my favourite though, the others got progressively worse until I was praying for ROTK to just end already 
I cast my vote for Moulin Rouge!, edging out Gosford Park on the grounds that I'm more likely to grab it to rewatch over and over.
I cast my vote for Moulin Rouge!, edging out Gosford Park on the grounds that I'm more likely to grab it to rewatch over and over.
FOTR should have won...then Master and Commander should have won in 2003! 
For comparison, here are the top-rated English language feature films on IMDB that were eligible for Oscars in 2001:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (8.7)
Donnie Darko (8.3)
Monsters, Inc. (8.0)
Mulholland Dr. (8.0)
Shrek (8.0)
A Beautiful Mind (7.9)
The Others (7.8)
Black Hawk Down (7.7)
Ghost World (7.7)
The Man Who Wasn't There (7.7)
Moulin Rouge! (7.7)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (7.6)
Ocean's Eleven (7.6)
The Royal Tenenbaums (7.6)
Life as a House (7.5)
Training Day (7.5)
Waking Life (7.5)
Blow (7.4)
Enemy at the Gates (7.4)
In the Bedroom (7.4)
Lantana (7.4)
Gosford Park scores a 7.2.
I believe this was the first year that had a separate category for Best Animated Film (which of course makes it much harder for an animated film to be nominated for Best Picture - and it was hard enough to begin with).
Out of the nominated films I think The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring should have won (and The Return of the King shouldn't have won in 2003).
Mulholland Dr. should have been nominated for Best Picture, and Naomi Watts should have been nominated for Best Actress, as should Thora Birch for her performance in Ghost World.
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (8.7)
Donnie Darko (8.3)
Monsters, Inc. (8.0)
Mulholland Dr. (8.0)
Shrek (8.0)
A Beautiful Mind (7.9)
The Others (7.8)
Black Hawk Down (7.7)
Ghost World (7.7)
The Man Who Wasn't There (7.7)
Moulin Rouge! (7.7)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (7.6)
Ocean's Eleven (7.6)
The Royal Tenenbaums (7.6)
Life as a House (7.5)
Training Day (7.5)
Waking Life (7.5)
Blow (7.4)
Enemy at the Gates (7.4)
In the Bedroom (7.4)
Lantana (7.4)
Gosford Park scores a 7.2.
I believe this was the first year that had a separate category for Best Animated Film (which of course makes it much harder for an animated film to be nominated for Best Picture - and it was hard enough to begin with).
Out of the nominated films I think The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring should have won (and The Return of the King shouldn't have won in 2003).
Mulholland Dr. should have been nominated for Best Picture, and Naomi Watts should have been nominated for Best Actress, as should Thora Birch for her performance in Ghost World.
This is the year LOTR should have won Best Picture. NOT the year it actually did win.
The first movie was by far the best. The last one was WAY too long and was so poorly edited that I thought it was ending about 5 times before it actually did end. By the time I walked out of the theater after the last film, I was annoyed, exhausted, and had to pee so bad I thought I would pop. I mean, we had pretty much a full hour of saying goodbyes.
I mean, enough already with the goodbyes. Just LEAVE already.
The first movie was by far the best. The last one was WAY too long and was so poorly edited that I thought it was ending about 5 times before it actually did end. By the time I walked out of the theater after the last film, I was annoyed, exhausted, and had to pee so bad I thought I would pop. I mean, we had pretty much a full hour of saying goodbyes.
I mean, enough already with the goodbyes. Just LEAVE already.
I don't think I could live with myself if I voted for anything other than FOTR. I was extremely skeptical that LOTR could ever be done justice on the big screen, but when I went to the theatre on opening day, I was blown away. Epic filmmaking on so many levels -- simply a grand cinematic achievement. I don't really mind that ROTK was the one that eventually won -- in my mind, all three entries were essentially one film, and it deserved recognition at the Oscars. Maybe ROTK wasn't the strongest volume in the cinematic LOTR, but to that I simply say (not much of an argument, I know, but I'm sticking with it).
As for the other nominees... Moulin Rouge is visually stunning and a lot of fun (and I will shamelessly admit to singing along to the soundtrack on occasion), but I wouldn't give it a Best Picture nod. In the Bedroom is a well-crafted drama with some great performances, but it was a tad slow in parts, and I doubt it will be regarded as a timeless classic in the future, not to the extent that certain other films are, anyway.
Haven't seen the other two nominees...
(not much of an argument, I know, but I'm sticking with it). As for the other nominees... Moulin Rouge is visually stunning and a lot of fun (and I will shamelessly admit to singing along to the soundtrack on occasion), but I wouldn't give it a Best Picture nod. In the Bedroom is a well-crafted drama with some great performances, but it was a tad slow in parts, and I doubt it will be regarded as a timeless classic in the future, not to the extent that certain other films are, anyway.
Haven't seen the other two nominees...
I liked all but Moulin Rouge this year. As much as I love the LoTR trilogy, I think the voters got it right this year. A Beautiful Mind was a really well made movie and the best of the nominees.
I thoroughly enjoyed "Moulin Rouge!" and count it among my favorite musicals of all time. Lush visuals - and that's in addition to Nicole herself - snappy production numbers, interesting spins on the story, amusing and eclectic score... it's great fun all the way around, albeit in a mature way.
However, without question it's The Fellowship of the Ring. As I explained in the 2002 poll, this film by itself deserves the Best picture for such an extremely high level of quality in movie-making. But the eventual Oscar was awarded to Return of the King, most likely to include the entire trilogy. However, there are those who feel, and I am possibly one of them, that if you take them individually this is the best of the three.
However, without question it's The Fellowship of the Ring. As I explained in the 2002 poll, this film by itself deserves the Best picture for such an extremely high level of quality in movie-making. But the eventual Oscar was awarded to Return of the King, most likely to include the entire trilogy. However, there are those who feel, and I am possibly one of them, that if you take them individually this is the best of the three.
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That describes "A Beautiful Mind" to a tee.
I don't know. I wouldn't say it's the most overrated film of the millennium. Certainly of the year it was made, though. And I don't think it's overlong, either.
I know, picky, picky.
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