What deserved to win the 2001 Best Picture Oscar

[CheekyShepherd]

I have yet to vote on this poll myself as I have just been totally blown away by the excellence of A Beautiful Mind

Also, I have yet to see Gosford Park & In The Bedroom. I will not vote until I see all 5 films.

I've seen Moulin Rouge, but I fucking hate that film!!!

[El Bracamonti]

moulin rouge should have won best picture. the fact is, it was the best movie of the year

[Jerk Shapiro]

Gotta go with LOTR here...superior by a small margin to all other nominees

[CheekyShepherd]

Out of what I've seen so far:

1. Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (9.5/10)
2. A Beautiful Mind (9.5/10)
3. Memento (9.5/10)
4. The Others (8.5/10)
5. Shrek (8.5/10)
6. Battle Royale (8/10)
7. Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back (7.5/10)
8. Enemy At The Gates (7/10)
9. Heartbreakers (7/10)
10. Bridget Jones' Diary (7/10)

I have to get down to the video store more often!!

[dannywalker17]

Frankly I think LOTR is the best film of all time, so...

[Moviejunkie]

well i`ve only seen 3 out of 5...

but from the one`s i did see (ABM, LOTR,ML) i think AMB was the best one!

i really liked ML but i hated LOTR!

[Jasonite]

I'm kinda stunned Memento isn't up there. We're not just limiting this discussion to the movies the Academy nominated are we? I think Memento was clearly the best picture of the year.


J

[the movie guy]

LOTR should have won. A Beautiful Mind should have won at the Razzies.

[charliebobo]

I think Amelie was the best movie of 2001, with Moulin Rouge(my choice here) a close second

[notchreturns]

A Beautiful Mind was my favorite film of 2001

[Grebdron]

I haven't seen even one of those, so I can't vote. Man, I need to get out more.

[Haddonfield]

My vote is The Royal Tennenbaums. Owen Wilson is nuts in this flick!

[rushmore beauty]

LOTR: FOTR deserved to wim. I mean, honestly how often does a film like that come out? Maybe once every 10 years. Maybe.

[EDsoulsurvive*]

i voted MR becuase it was the most originally ground-breakingly awesome movie of last year. i mean seriously, Beautiful Mind was the biggest straight up oscar movie i've ever seen. no matter what any1 says, this movie tried as hard as it could to be accepted by the oscars. and u know those coward bastards ate it all up.

[Nate6]

It's all about the Moulin Rouge...what a great, stunning, original piece of work.

[dr.gorman]

Moulin Rouge. Forget about Lord of the rings being a "big risk" movie MR was 100x more of a risk than LOTR becasue it was a musical that came out of nowhere and was succesful which hadnt been done for years.

[CheekyShepherd]

I'm gonna vote for Lord Of The Rings in a minute!

No way am I gonna allow Moulin-fucking-Rouge to top this poll!

[docholiday_13]

I think LOTR deserve's it for sure. No other movie comes close for sheer scope and epicness (is that a word?). Moulin Rouge was spasmic, MTV crap. In the Bedroom was outstanding. A Beautiful Mind was typical Oscar fare that was uninspiring and boring as shite. Fucking Acadamy doesn't know shit.

[Moviejunkie]

Originally posted by Nate6
It's all about the Moulin Rouge...what a great, stunning, original piece of work.

i have to admit i really liked MR alot! and most musicals don`t really appeal to me that much. but i think MR is a beautiful, artistic, classical piece of film.. just wanted to add that to your post!

about LOTR- okay the special effects were good and the setting was nice but i just didn`t care about the story or the characters in this movie! i really didn`t give a rat`s ass what happened to the characters in this movie. i guess it`s because the character development was kind of weak, they never really set up the story and build the characters. it`s just all about the evil ring and that`s basicly the whole movie!

i know it`s based on the book but i think they should have changed it a little.

but the funny thing is, i liked the animated LOTR movies more than this!

[ColinM]

1) MOULIN ROUGE (10/10)
2) Memento (10/10)
3) LOTR: FOTR (9/10)
4) Amelie (9/10)
5) A Beautiful Mind (9/10)
6) Shrek (9/10)
7) Black Hawk Down (9/10)
8) Monsters, Inc (9/10)
9) The Others (8/10)
10) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (8/10)

Glad to see that Moulin Rouge is winning so far. It's my choice for best of the year, and it's my #10 movie of all-time.

[docholiday_13]

If that Moulin Rouge piece of crap wins this poll I'm going to start kicking shit.

[Moviejunkie]

Originally posted by docholiday_13
If that Moulin Rouge piece of crap wins this poll I'm going to start kicking shit.

why do you hate this film so much? can you give us one logical reason why you hate it, besides just saying it sucks or it`s a piece of crap etc..etc..

[docholiday_13]

Sure I can say why I hate it. It's hyperactive bullshit. Some over glorified 2 hour music video for shitty music. Godawful charecters! Everytime someone opens their mouth in this movie I want to uppercut them. It's just so pointless! This has to be the most aggravating, dig out my eyeballs, nail my tongue to a board piece of shit ever. And what the fucks with the "Whooo!" thing Nicole Kidmans always doing? GOD SHUT THAT GIRL UP! Gahh just thinking of this pile of bunk ass videotape makes me want mail my shit to the director.

[arto_j]

Moulin Rouge was clearly the best film of last year in my opinion. Out of the nominees, I'm yet to see Gosford Park though.

[Favourite end]

Although I think "A Beautiful Mind" was a great movie and "LOTR" is the best directed movie ever (or at least one of them), I think "Moulin Rouge" deserved the Oscar.

[Moviejunkie]

It's hyperactive bullshit.

allthough i hummm...mmmhhmm *clears throat*... disagree with your analysis of the fine movie that Moulin Rouge is, i do have to to admit that this is the funniest statement i`ve heard in a long time! :D

i will be using this one in the future!

[docholiday_13]

Originally posted by Moviejunkie
allthough i hummm...mmmhhmm *clears throat*... disagree with your analysis of the fine movie that Moulin Rouge is, i do have to to admit that this is the funniest statement i`ve heard in a long time! :D

i will be using this one in the future!

It'll cost you $ 4.27 to use that line. Otherwise I sick my law school taking landlord on you.

[inglourious basterd]

Originally posted by docholiday_13
It's just so pointless!

At first, I disliked the dizzying style as well. However, I began to love it when I began analyzing the depth of the plot. I disagree with that point, because there was a point...you were just so distracted by the visuals (which, incidentally, also had a point) that you didnt notice it.

[inglourious basterd]

Originally posted by CheekyShepherd


No way am I gonna allow Moulin-fucking-Rouge to top this poll!

Why is it hard to accept the fact that people loved something that you disliked? (If thats the case, you shouldn't have opened this thread). Could it be that you just didnt grasp what was going on? Either way, the results are confirming that many see something in that film that you do not.

(For the record, I voted for "In The Bedroom")

[Knolex]

My favorite movie ever is LOTR, but in part because I love the Book...

I voted for Moulin Rouge... It´s a fantastic movie... I love it!

[the movie guy]

Originally posted by Knolex
My favorite movie ever is LOTR, but in part because I love the Book...

I voted for Moulin Rouge... It´s a fantastic movie... I love it!

What the fuck? Anyone else see anything wrong with this picture?

You chose Moulin Rouge over your favorite film, buddy!!!

(Not that this pole is actually gonna CHANGE the Oscars, so I guess it doesn't matter. It just seems odd, that's all.)

[docholiday_13]

Any guy that votes for Moulin Rouge has no testicles and spends their nights styling their hair and crying themselves to sleep! .........................................There I said it! HAAAAAAAAAAA.

*runs out of the room victoriously, arms in the air*

[adidas12185]

This is just another prime example of R. Scott's gritty war epic- Blade Hawk Down not receiving its due. Heck, it doesn't even get nominated for an Oscar last year when it definitely should have, again, it doesn't even make this lousy poll either. Even though none of the films listed surpass B.H.D. (9/10) imo, I vote for L.O.T.R.: F.O.T.R.

[Moviejunkie]

You chose Moulin Rouge over your favorite film, buddy!!!

i think their is a difference between favorite and best. obviously knolex thought MR was the "BEST" movie. but that doesn`t keep him from thinking very highly of LOTR!

[inglourious basterd]

Originally posted by adidas12185
This is just another prime example of R. Scott's gritty war epic- Blade Hawk Down not receiving its due. Heck, it doesn't even get nominated for an Oscar last year when it definitely should have, again, it doesn't even make this lousy poll either. Even though none of the films listed surpass B.H.D. (9/10) imo, I vote for L.O.T.R.: F.O.T.R.

You are right. BHD was a favorite of mine from last year.. The problem was that so many people did not understand the point of the movie. It was bunked as a movie that had a "lack of character development".

My other favorite from last year was "Ghost World". The thing is that I had no expectations for it showing up in any other top ten list.

Moulin Rouge and In The Bedroom are two other movies that I loved from last year. Both were written very well.