They’ll likely give it to that sodomy/teen rape movie this year. Typical Hollyweird.
The only one out of the bunch I saw is “The King’s Speech”.
Was the 11th year a hit film?
slumdog was entertaining, the others were 3/5 stars at best.
You haven’t defined what a “hit” movie is.
Wow! I’ve only seen one of them. “Argo”. Didn’t want to waste my time with the others.
The only one I saw was No Country for Old Men, it was very good, even though Barbara Streisand’s stepson was the star.
2007 - No Country for Old Men: #36
What is it with this movie? Men seem to love it.
With the exception of “Moonlight” I saw them all-———and liked most of them——hated “Birdman”
I’ve seen the oldest four on the list and they were each good films.
Popularity does not equal quality. They can coincide, but it isn’t necessary. I’m not the least concerned that best picture winners aren’t big box office.
This is one reason I quit watching the academy award show years ago. Most the movies receiving awards I had never heard of. If I did ever get around to seeing them they generally sucked.
Haven’t seen any of them. Is No Country For Old Men worthy of watching?
No country for old men is an amazing story, and very well done, but I had to see it twice to really like it.
Most of the rest were clearly awarded as a political statement.
Spotlight was okay, but the subject matter was slow (investigative journalism about sexual abuse in the catholic church).
The Hurt Locker was good but not action packed...
Argo was okay but had what’s his name as the lead actor...
If awards were ever based on the perception of popularity (which is what the People’s Choice awards purports to be. But what kind of suspense can a show engender when all you have to do to see who is going to win is to look at publicly available attendance records?), it was jettisoned about the time the award presenters went from saying, “And the winner is,” to “And the award goes to...”
In other words, nobody wins anything through any efforts of their own. We pick the winners. We’re the Committee!
I liked Slumdog Millionairee. never heard of the rest.
I saw The Artist twice during its first run. Just a very fun movie without any political/liberal crap.
RE: Not a single “Best Picture” winner of the last 10 years has been a hit film.
DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY “HIT”.
Most of these films actually made money accounting for the budget used to make the film
SOURCE: Wikipedia
BOX OFFICE:
1) Moonlight
Budget $4 million
Box office $65 million
2. Spotlight
Budget $20 million
Box office $92.2 million
3. Birdman
Budget $16.5-18 million
Box office $103.2 million
4. 12 Years a Slave
Budget $17.1 million
Box office $187.7 million
5. Argo
Budget $44.5 million
Box office $232.3 million
6. The Artist
Budget $15 million
Box office $133.4 million
7. The King’s Speech
Budget $15 million
Box office $414.2 million
8. Hurt Locker
Budget $15 million
Box office $49.2 million
9. Slumdog Millionaire
Budget $15 million
Box office $377.9 million
10. No Country for Old Men
NO BUDGET DATA
By money made, I would say that most of the Oscar Best Picture winners the past 10 years were hit films.
translation: Yinz ingoramuses who voted for Trump are too STOOOOOOPID to know a good picture when you see one.