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Oscars: What’s your Best Picture?
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The Oscar awards start at 8 p.m. Sunday, which means that sometime after most of us have dozed off Monday morning they will get around to giving the last award, for Best Picture.
Why wait? We’ll do our own Best Picture vote, right here and now, and we won’t limit it to the 5 nominees. Just tell us what you think the best movie of 2008 was and, if you want, why. You want to vote for “Kung Fu Panda” or “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan,” fine.
If you want a little help remembering what came out, here’s a good list, ordered by box office grosses.
My winner would be “Slumdog Millionaire.” I know, it has a lot of buzz that feels like overkill, but strip all that away, just look at the film itself, and man is that a great piece of moviemaking.
What do you think was the best movie of last year?
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By Georgia Gal
February 17, 2009 12:50 PM | Link to this
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (although Marley & Me was my favorite) out of those nominated, but I imagine Slumdog Millionaire will win.
By ConfusedKev
February 17, 2009 12:53 PM | Link to this
Of the movies nominated, my pick would be “Slumdog Millionaire.” Great flick - very well done.
I am still baffled as to why “The Dark Knight” and “Wall-E” weren’t nominated. (“The Reader”????!! REALLY??! “Milk”?? Come on!). I’m all about indie movies, but it’s obvious that the Academy will not award movies that are considered mainstream. I can only think of “The Lord of the Rings” movies, “Forrest Gump”, and “Jerry Maguire” as the exception to the rule.
By ChopFan
February 17, 2009 1:03 PM | Link to this
I have to wonder if “Slumdog Millionaire” were a Hollywood flick, rather than a Bollywood flick, would it be recieving the same attention? My guess is no. A good movie, but not best picture material - maybe best screenplay. “Milk” and “The reader” were both far better movies and both more deserving. If I had to pick one - I’d choose “The Reader”.
By Carrollton Movie Fan
February 17, 2009 2:21 PM | Link to this
Here are my top 5 movies of 2008.
These movies were fun and well made. Why do the Oscars have to be so pretentious and politically correct?
By Carrollton Movie Fan
February 17, 2009 2:23 PM | Link to this
Here are my top 5 movies of 2008.
These movies were fun and well made. Why do the Oscars have to be so pretentious and politically correct?
By chuck allison
February 17, 2009 2:27 PM | Link to this
It is not even close. “Fireproof” was by far the best movie of 2008.
By Sherry Disharoon
February 17, 2009 3:11 PM | Link to this
My picks are: 1. Best Picture: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2. Best Actor: Brad Pitt 3. Best Animated Film: Wall-E
By Phil Kloer
February 17, 2009 4:04 PM | Link to this
Alright! Fireproof, Bolt and Mamma Mia. Definitely not what you hear when the envelope is opened, but movies that are loved by some.