You Must Choose – a pitiable yet poignant grab for blogitmacy.
By Burbanked on Jan 29, 2006 in Movies, The Oscars, You Must Choose | 1,733 views |
So now we’re well into the 2006 awards season, and everywhere we look, surf and TiVo there’s another actor-writer-producer- director-Hollywood-Foreign-Press-member who is desperately seeking your attention and validation through the presentation of some kind of fancy bookshelf swag.
We’re proud – no, we’re delighted – here at Burbanked to jump on the self-aggrandizing bus in the presentation of this special edition (well, it’s our first, anyway) awards-season survey. We’re not asking much. On the eve of the Oscar nominations, we simply want you to weigh in on two quickie Best Picture questions below – and in doing so, prove that anyone besides Mom is reading this add your e-voice to the dynamic, movie-savvy community of the Burbanked readership.
Just add a comment with answers to these:
- What film from 2005 will be nominated for and become the Best Picture frontrunner?
- What past Best Picture winner did you never see, and never plan to see for the rest of your natural life?
And…commence clicking! Only 170 votes per person, please.
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hal | Feb 7, 2006 | Reply
The former point I think I am a bit late for.
#2 is easy. Forrest Gump. Hopefully people are shaking their heads “that never won..” If only that were the case.
Burbanked | Feb 8, 2006 | Reply
Yep, the backlash against that movie was uglier than Gump’s “magic legs”.
blogfiend | Feb 9, 2006 | Reply
All I want to know is when are you going to start talking about gay cowboys? I have an idea for a bi-racial gay buddy cop movie, with one character a disgruntled former priest, now that would be a real awards juggernaut.
You do ask a great question about Best Picture Films (how many do you own that you would watch over and over again?)
In the 77 years of Academy Award Best Picture Awarding, I count 22 films that I would want to watch again (if I owned them) and 16 that I would categorize as multi-watchers (see asterisks) (with only 7 multi-watches from the last 20 years).
My list:
1.Gone With the Wind*
2.Casablanca*
3.An American in Paris*
4.On the Waterfront
5.The Bridge Over the River Kwai*
6.Ben Hur*
7.West Side Story*
8.Lawrence of Arabia*
9.My Fair Lady*
10.The Sound of Music*
11.Patton*
12.The French Connection
13.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest*
14.The Godfather II*
15.Chariots of Fire*
16.Amadeus*
17.The Last Emperor*
18.Silence of the Lambs
19.Braveheart
20.Titanic
21.A Beautiful Mind
22.The Lord of the Rings*
Overall, in the 77 years this is a pretty inconsistent track. I think that it would make a cool line chart.