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Not a single "Best Picture" winner of the last 10 years has been a hit film.
01/03/18

Posted on 01/03/2018 9:27:46 AM PST by Simon Green

Perhaps if the Acadamy Awards picked Best Pictures that anyone actually saw, they'd be more relevant. Here's a list of the box office rankings of the winner of the Best Picture awardvfor the last ten years:

2016 Moonlight: #101
2015 Spotlight: #62
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance): #78
2013 12 Years a Slave: #62
2012 Argo: #22
2011 The Artist: #71
2010 The King's Speech: #18
2009 The Hurt Locker: #116
2008 Slumdog Millionairee: #16
2007 No Country for Old Men: #36

To get to a year in which a Best Picture winner cracked the Top 10, you have to go back to 2003's "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King".

These may well be good films. I couldn't say, as I haven't seen a single one of them.


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To: Simon Green

The live action version of Beauty and the Beast was a beautiful and grand movie. It didn’t receive one nomination. Disgraceful.


121 posted on 01/03/2018 4:30:32 PM PST by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: Mr. Mojo

No Country for Old Men was a very good movie, I recommend it.


122 posted on 01/03/2018 4:33:37 PM PST by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: doorgunner69

They meant Josh Brolin. Tommy Lee was Gore’s college roommate, however.


123 posted on 01/03/2018 4:34:02 PM PST by gundog (Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
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To: Grampa Dave
"We have never seen nor will we see any of this trash posing as movies:"

How do you know they are trash if you haven't seen them?

With some of these at least, you've missed some great art. Which is your prerogative of course.

124 posted on 01/03/2018 4:36:52 PM PST by mlo
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To: Simon Green; All
okay. here we go. I promise short, succinct reviews and a letter grade. since I got netflix, i have tried to get some of the academy award winners and nominees from every era.

2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance): #78 A pretentious movie about an actor who wants to be considered seriously. Artsy. Grade: C-

2013 12 Years a Slave: #62A free black man in 19th century America is dragged to the South and made a slave. Based on true story. Grade: B+

2012 Argo: #22 Surprisingly entertaining story based on Canada did a better job than Jimmy Carter getting hostages out of Iran. Grade: B+

2011 The Artist: #71A daring film--A silent movie in modern times! Enjoyable love story. Grade: A-

2010 The King's Speech: #18Impeccable performances and riveting true story of a man who rose above many obstacles to lead a nation, if only in morale. Grade: A+

2009 The Hurt Locker: #116A pretty intense Iraq war flick. Not bad, but not as riveting as others. Grade: C

2008 Slumdog Millionaire: #16Very surprisingly entertaining story based on "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire"; young man in India plays the game and knows the answers to tough questions. We see the back stories of how he knows so much "trivia". Grade: A

2007 No Country for Old Men: #36Violent, not for kids flick--but an intense story of hide and seek with a trunk full of money that belongs to drug dealers. Grade: A

125 posted on 01/03/2018 5:05:40 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: Simon Green
Slumdog Millionaire was an excellent story. Very entertaining.

No Country For Old Men is a Cohen Brothers movie. Well done and very entertaining. Violence and mayhem abound. Tommy Lee Jones was excellent as the sheriff and Josh Brolin is good as the one who finds the money. But Javier Bardem as the bad guy makes the film.

Don't recall seeing any of the others.

126 posted on 01/03/2018 6:40:44 PM PST by HotHunt
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To: saleman
I can’t even remember what happened with the money?

Although they didn't explicitly show it in the movie, Josh Brolin's character, Llewellyn, had hidden the money in his final hotel room and Chigur recovered it there. That was my reading anyway. It was spelled out clearly in the book.

127 posted on 01/03/2018 7:18:31 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: Simon Green

Great threads on the box office. I think a lot of people wait to rent the Oscar nominated movies, since most of them are small indies and don’t really need to be seen in a theater. Also, a lot of them are kind of dark and depressing these days.


128 posted on 01/03/2018 7:28:30 PM PST by EdnaMode
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Hillary would probably love to see Margot Robbie play her. :D


129 posted on 01/03/2018 7:32:41 PM PST by EdnaMode
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To: Simon Green

I’ve seen three of the ones listed—Argo, The Artist, and No Country for Old Men—and they were all good. I also want to see The King’s Speech, which I’m pretty sure will be good.


130 posted on 01/03/2018 8:13:09 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (I don't see many movies.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Morbid.


131 posted on 01/04/2018 2:58:13 AM PST by Theophilus (Repent)
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To: Mr. Mojo

No Country For Old Men was GREAT, as was Argo.


132 posted on 01/07/2018 1:56:14 AM PST by Sir_Ed
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