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Favorite movie to win the Oscar for Best Picture in the 90's?

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Penthesilea:

--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on September 19, 2007, 01:05:36 am ---Has anybody here read the book? There is a scene in it of strongly implied (not graphic) necrophilia. Frankly, I wasn't that impressed with the book overall, but when I read that scene, I had to hand it to Michael Ondaatje. I thought, "Wow! I've read books about a lot of things but THERE'S a subject I haven't seen handled before!" And he managed to make it romantic and touching, too.

The movie, unfortunately, chickened out and did not depict that, even implicitly (as I remember, anyway ???).

--- End quote ---

I read the book. Liked it far more than the movie. I only saw the movie for Kristin Scott Thomas (another truly beau-ti-ful woman). I liked the writing style of the book. I remember said scene, but I don't have the book at hand right now. If memory serves, it was pretty clear what happened. My reaction was both, eeew and wow.

Penthesilea:
Dances with Wolves --  liked it a lot then. Now: It has a tad too much of everything
The Silence of the Lambs -- loved it. Still do. So thrilling, plus Jodie Foster!
Unforgiven -- haven't seen it
Schindler's List -- my vote. A must see
Forrest Gump -- left me unimpressed the first time. Liked it more the second time.
Braveheart -- absolutely a no-go. I didn't even like it back then, when I thought Mel Gibson was the hottest thing on this planet (and yes, he was hot back in those Lethal Weapon movies). Today he only makes me eew
The English Patient -- boring
Titanic -- popcorn movie. Entertaining the first time, but the corniness is hard to stand.
Shakespeare in Love -- I saw only the first half and didn't like it
American Beauty -- Thank you Petitfogger: I just don't understand what people see in this film.

ifyoucantfixit:


        My favorite was difficult.  Schindlers List.  For all the obvious reasons a masterpiece
        Very close second was Unforgiven.  This movie was also a masterpiece.  Single handedly
                                                          brought back what was a dying breed..the western/

         Silence of the lambs,...Jodie Foster and others, but not my cup o
         Forrest gump.. Tom Hanks, Sally Field,, too gimicky and long for me but ok
         Braveheart....tooooo long.  three scenes, made into a novel...........
         Titanic....i loved it...the story was sappy yes and all that...but visually it was worth it...a feast
                      for the eyes.
          Shakespeare in love....love him she gets on my nerves....I may be one of the few people
                                         cant stand her....so the movie would have been better with
                                          someone else.
           The English patient...bored me
            American Beauty,    Kevin Spacey the only thing to make this worth seeing...uhhhh
            Dances with Wolves.... Enjoy this a lot, but lots of starts and stops....a bit long....
                                             But acting and cinematograhy is wonderful...
           

Lynne:
It's interesting to see how my tastes have changed.  Most of these were good enough at the time, but not enduring.  I'm trying to use 'Would I watch it again?' as a yardstick.

Schindler's List is my vote - powerful stuff and should be required viewing.  I remember liking American Beauty a lot too - artistic and worthy of a second viewing, IMO.  I've seen Silence of the Lambs multiple times - Jodie Foster.  I had nightmares for a couple of weeks after Braveheart and you'd have to tie me up to make me sit thru that one again.  I didn't finish Unforgiven but I can't remember what bothered me about it.  Judging from everyone else's opinions, I think I need to give it another shot.

serious crayons:
Susie, I loved SIL the first time I saw it. I wasn't as thrilled with it the second time, but maybe because I'd built it up too much in my memory. It was cute and fun and clever, though.

As for TEP ... well, here again, it was a reaction to hype. I probably would have liked it OK on its own, but it got SOOO overpraised.

Usually I like British things! (In fact, OT but I'm often amazed -- how can so much great classic enduring literature, not to mention film and music, have come out of one medium-sized country?)

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