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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: Slyfox
Those old movies beat the hell out of anything they are making today.

In contrast:

1950: "All About Eve" #2
1951: "An American in Paris" #6
1952: "The Greatest Show on Earth" #1
1953: "From Here to Eternity" #1
1954: "On the Waterfront" #14
1955: "Marty" #37
1956: "Around the World in 80 Days" #2
1957: "The Bridge on the River Kwai" #1
1958: "Gigi" #5
1959: "Ben-Hur" #1

61 posted on 01/03/2018 10:04:49 AM PST by Simon Green
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To: Simon Green
2016 Moonlight: #101 Haven't seen it; won't see it.

2015 Spotlight: #62 Same as above...

2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance): #78 A gimmick, but Michael was very good.

2013 12 Years a Slave: #62 Don't need to see this to have an idea of the evils of slavery.

2012 Argo: #22 It was okay. Best Picture? Nah...

2011 The Artist: #71 Same story was done much better in Singing in the Rain....

2010 The King's Speech: #18 Man overcomes speech impediment. So- so...

2009 The Hurt Locker: #116 I thought it was great. Almost documentary in style.

2008 Slumdog Millionairee: #16 Great. A love story with sibling rivalry and rags-to-riches overtones. Plus Frida Pinto is beautiful.

2007 No Country for Old Men: #36 Great minimalist flick.

62 posted on 01/03/2018 10:07:24 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

If Margo Robbie plays Hillary I may have to re-register my party. She makes my eye brows hard.


63 posted on 01/03/2018 10:08:06 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Build Kate's Wall)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Is that fo real? Meryl the Hypocrite playing Hillary the Hypocrite?? Oh my gosh, typecasting I agree with!!

Yes, BRING IT, two women who used penises to climb to “power” and lied and hurt women and others every step of the way, while never failing to be arrogant and condescending to good people.

Both clung to rapist pricks (!) in order to gain success! Both didn’t care what women got hurt! Perfect. Meryl doesn’t even need to get into character for this one.


64 posted on 01/03/2018 10:08:28 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: sparklite2
it was jettisoned about the time the award presenters went from saying, “And the winner is,” to “And the award goes to...”

It's all an over-produced high school homecoming election.

65 posted on 01/03/2018 10:09:38 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: Yaelle

Look for an October premiere just before the mid-term elections.


66 posted on 01/03/2018 10:11:42 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Build Kate's Wall)
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To: Rummyfan

I wish it was. That would be better than the mass airing of political grievances we have today.


67 posted on 01/03/2018 10:11:52 AM PST by sparklite2 (Read the Sparklite Times)
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To: GoldenState_Rose

Ping, you may find this enlightening.


68 posted on 01/03/2018 10:12:09 AM PST by Navy Patriot (America returns to the Rule of Law)
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To: morphing libertarian

LOL!


69 posted on 01/03/2018 10:12:56 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (The remoulade was a trifle tart, but the souflee for dessert more than made up for it.)
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To: G Larry
Are you suggesting that the award is given to the top leftist agenda item of the day and NOT to films people actually want to see?

Best Actor and Best Actress are easiest to predict.

For actress, look for someone beautiful playing ugly, preferably handicapped, and if lesbian or bi, that's a big bonus.

For actor, playing gay or retarded, or even better, both! And maybe having AIDS too.

70 posted on 01/03/2018 10:13:51 AM 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
These may well be good films. I couldn't say, as I haven't seen a single one of them.

I saw 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2015. All were pretty good.

71 posted on 01/03/2018 10:15:05 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: .45 Long Colt
Guilty-I loved it. I’m a Cormac McCarthy fan. I loved the book first. I also liked The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, so maybe I enjoy tough men being chased through the Southwest and Mexico...and Tommy Lee Jones movies.

Yes I see a common theme there LOL.

72 posted on 01/03/2018 10:15:06 AM 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
The most popular movies are either comic book superhero movies or kid flicks.

The Academy doesn't go in for either.

73 posted on 01/03/2018 10:15:12 AM PST by x
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To: Simon Green

The reality is simple. Hollywood makes movies that we hate because they sell great overseas.

I started posting about this reality years ago during GW’s .
terms.

We had a friend, who used to travel a lot to the UK, France, other Euro Trash countries, China, Japan and reasonably well off countries.

He told us that the more our Movie actors/actresses trashed America, the more popular they were in the countries where he traveled. Their talk shows were loaded with America Hating/spewing Follywood types. The more they hated America, the more popular their movies were across the oceans.

This is documented below:

https://www.statista.com/topics/964/film/

Film and Movie Industry - Statistics & Facts

The global film industry shows healthy projections for the coming years, as the global box office revenue is forecast to increase from about 38 billion U.S. dollars in 2016 to nearly 50 billion U.S. dollars in 2020. The U.S. is the third largest film market in the world in terms of tickets sold per year, only behind China and India. Just under 1.2 billion movie tickets were sold in the U.S. in 2016. There are about 5,800 cinema sites in the U.S. as of 2016. According to a recent survey, 13 percent of Americans go to the movies about once a month, seven percent go see movies in the movie theater several times a month, whereas 31 percent go less than once a year. This is a considerable share taking into account the 52 percent of American adults who prefer watching movies at home.

https://www.statista.com/topics/964/film/

So. movies that trash America with Follywooders who hate America and trash it often in our media, are very popular across the various oceans.

Our movie makers, actors/actresses don’t care how we feel about their products and them. The more we hate it/them, the more tickets they sell across the oceans.


74 posted on 01/03/2018 10:15:15 AM PST by Grampa Dave (America had regime change 20 Jan 2017! ISIS collapsed! Are Iran/Our media, the DNC/FBI/DOJ/CIA next?)
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To: TigerClaws

“The Post” just came out under the wire for Best Picture. It will be nominated and probably win. In recent years, I have seen that the one film that successfully attacks either the United States or some sort of Christian or conservative institution or belief, will usually win best picture.


75 posted on 01/03/2018 10:16:43 AM PST by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Honestly, I’d go see a movie of Margot Robbie reading the phone book!


76 posted on 01/03/2018 10:17:45 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: dfwgator
The only one out of the bunch I saw is “The King’s Speech”.

I highly recommend No Country For Men, FRendo.

77 posted on 01/03/2018 10:19:59 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say)
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To: Simon Green

Top seller doesn’t equate to best.

Look at pop music from any era.


78 posted on 01/03/2018 10:20:11 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: dfwgator

I don’t see a lot of movies, but I liked 07-10. I thought they were all pretty good, and King’s Speech very good.


79 posted on 01/03/2018 10:20:37 AM PST by j.havenfarm ( 1,000 Posts as of 8/11/17! Still not shutting up after all these years!)
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To: sparklite2

And there are snubs and blacklists at the Oscars.

Quality and effort take a backseat to messaging and importance.


80 posted on 01/03/2018 10:23:24 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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