[OddLane]

Shakespeare in the Park is an entertaining film, but the fact that it actually beat Saving Private Ryan gives you an inkling of how out of touch the Academy is. It was the Weinstein publicity machine that even earned it a Best Film nod-just like The Artist, which was watched by fewer people than an unpopular cat video on YouTube.

Personally, I think Forrest Gump is a great movie-although I disliked some of the changes the director made to Winston Groom's novel-even if artistically it's not on par with Citizen Kane.

[Lazlo in PA]

I had a bit of an issue with the writer about Forrest Gump. 1994 had a lot of good movies for some reason and even thought the other two cited were great, only one could win. I would guess if Pulp won, the writer would belly ache that Gump didn’t win.

[Lmo56]

Shakespeare in the Park is an entertaining film, but the fact that it actually beat Saving Private Ryan gives you an inkling of how out of touch the Academy is.

Actually, it was Shakespeare In Love and it was SO UNDESERVING against Saving Private Ryan - it was a DISGRACE ...

I've been in combat and the first 15 minutes [Omaha Beach] scared the shit out of me. For its realism and how it showed what the Greatest Generation did at that landing - how could it NOT have won?

Because the members of the Academy considers themselves as Artistes - and Shakespeare is the altar upon which they worship ...