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The Oscars Do-Over 96 and 97: Some titanic match-ups (1 Viewer)

Best Picture of 1997

  • Titanic

    Votes: 26 18.3%

  • LA Confidential

    Votes: 28 19.7%

  • Good Will Hunting

    Votes: 49 34.5%

  • Boogie Nights

    Votes: 30 21.1%

  • Life is Beautiful

    Votes: 7 4.9%

  • As Good As It Gets

    Votes: 2 1.4%
  • Total voters
    142
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there we go, very difficult typing that all up while running on the treadmill lol

 
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I voted Sling Blade & Good Will Hunting 

I did not go do any outside research this time (well, other than reading the released movie list) . Rather, I am shooting from the hip here. This is my feel vote. 

I will post some more thoughts on this, as they come to me. 

Also, I want to throw out a guilty pleasure movie - 12 Monkeys - I really love it. Hope a few others do as well. 

 
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1996 was a toss up between Trainspotting, Fargo and Sling Blade.  All great films in their own right.   Went Trainspotting.  

If this was FBGals, I could see Titanic running away with 1997.  Here, not so much.  Boogie Nights was the easy choice for me and PTA's best work. LA Confidential and Good Will Hunting are definitely deserving but As Good As It Gets???  come on bruh  :lmao:

 
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1997 was easy.  Slam dunk for Boogie Nights with those choices.  

96 was harder for me with it being a dead heat between Slingblade and Fargo.  Ended up voting for Fargo.  

Still dont get the love for Trainspotting, Jerry Maguire, or As Good As it Gets. 

 
Man of Constant Sorrow said:
I voted Sling Blade & Good Will Hunting 

I did not go do any outside research this time (well, other than reading the released movie list) . Rather, I am shooting from the hip here. This is my feel vote. 

I will post some more thoughts on this, as they come to me. 

Also, I want to throw out a guilty pleasure movie - 12 Monkeys - I really love it. Hope a few others do as well. 
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I love 12 Monkeys- not a guilty pleasure at all.  

 
I always seem to be able to watch LA Confidential over and over again when it pops up without losing interest.  Crowe and Pearce are fantastic plus Kim Basinger in between them. James Cromwell is top notch here. Not sure it beats Boogie Nights - but to me Boogie Nights gets a bit cartoonish from time to time with Marky Mark and Reilly characters. 

 
KarmaPolice said:
96 was harder for me with it being a dead heat between Slingblade and Fargo.  Ended up voting for Fargo.  
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These were my 2 finalists as well, and upon reflection, I see that language/slang/pronunciation/accent /etc for both of these movies are an integral part of my vote. 

I'm not a historian enough to assert anything ground breaking about this, but I really find it interesting. 

 
Major said:
I hope all you Fargo fans have watched the first two seasons of the tv show. Up there with the movie and at times surpasses it. 
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Really? Is it Netflix? 

You've intrigued me majorly. 

Edit - dang - looks like no Netflix. 

But - could I knock it out during the free trial of Hulu? 

 
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Voted "Fargo" and "L.A. Confidential". The latter is probably a movie that doesn't hold up as well with repeated viewings, but I remember being captivated by the visuals and the acting and the plot twists when watching it in the theater.

"Boogie Nights" is a great movie, but it's just not Oscar-caliber, IMO. Some of the acting was pretty bad (I'm looking at you, Burt). And while I appreciate William H. Macy as an actor, I just felt like his performance wasn't a good fit. I understand the idea of trying to show what it feels like for a "non porn guy" to be in the porn business, but Macy just wasn't that convincing to me.

 
Major said:
I hope all you Fargo fans have watched the first two seasons of the tv show. Up there with the movie and at times surpasses it. 
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I think I am in the minority - I liked S1, but thought the show got progressively worse after that.  Not sure I would rank any of the show above the movie.  

 
[scooter] said:
Voted "Fargo" and "L.A. Confidential". The latter is probably a movie that doesn't hold up as well with repeated viewings, but I remember being captivated by the visuals and the acting and the plot twists when watching it in the theater.

"Boogie Nights" is a great movie, but it's just not Oscar-caliber, IMO. Some of the acting was pretty bad (I'm looking at you, Burt). And while I appreciate William H. Macy as an actor, I just felt like his performance wasn't a good fit. I understand the idea of trying to show what it feels like for a "non porn guy" to be in the porn business, but Macy just wasn't that convincing to me.
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I watched LA Confidential last year and I thought it was as good if not better than I remembered.

 
Trainspotting and LA Confidential.

Wait...Titanic was 98.  Is the poll wrong?

The Titanic year is the year I stopped caring about the Oscars.  Every other nominee was significantly better than Titanic.

 
Yankee23Fan said:
Trainspotting and LA Confidential.

Wait...Titanic was 98.  Is the poll wrong?

The Titanic year is the year I stopped caring about the Oscars.  Every other nominee was significantly better than Titanic.
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I’m doing it by the year it was released instead of Oscar year. It just seemed easier to keep it straight. Maybe that ended up being more confusing? 

 
Man of Constant Sorrow said:
Really? Is it Netflix? 

You've intrigued me majorly. 

Edit - dang - looks like no Netflix. 

But - could I knock it out during the free trial of Hulu? 
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It's up there with Breaking Bad for me.  The first season follows the movie for the majority of the season and then veers off with some great twists.  Billy Bob Thornton is brilliant and often steals the show.  It's an anthology so the 2nd season is a completely different story with some Easter eggs thrown in.  The second season felt like a Tarantino film at times.  Loved them both.  Third season is quirky af and not to the level of the first two but still enjoyable.  

I watched it on F/X but Hulu isn't a bad idea either b/c it moves fast and you can easily binge watch.   But I digress, lets get back to the topic at hand.  

 
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Some great movies both years.

Going Fargo but would not argue Sling Blade or Jerry McGuire.

Going Good Will Hunting. Boogie Nights was pretty amazing but just like watching Good Will Hunting more. I love that movie.

I do remember being impressed with Titanic on the big screen but get that it is corny and that everyone makes fun of it now.

 
Major said:
I forgot about Lone Star.  Need to watch that one again.  Remember enjoying it when it came out.  
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Holy poop.

Lone Star is the one movie I go to when somebody asks about “lesser known movies”.

Such a great film.  

 
Trainspotting is genius, easy choice for me that year. Awesome soundtrack too.

97 was much tougher, went with L.A. Confidential. Granted a lot of the characters are pretty one dimensional, but the acting is great and the "one dimensionalness" fits the tone of the movie perfectly.

 
Fargo is a pretty easy choice for 1996.  Trainspotting was great and would have won some years, but not this year.

1997 is really close between LA Confidential and Boogie Nights.  I went with Boogie Nights but you can't really go wrong with either choice.

 
Fargo might end up being the biggest winner yet and looking at the competition, that is no surprise. 97 is splitting hairs.

 
I picked Sling Blade for 96. There are a lot of great movies to pick from in the poll for 96, but this one was easy for me. I loved the story, and the characters within the story. Billy Bob wrote it, directed it, and starred in it, and he did a fabulous job at all three of those things. The casting was very well done. BB was fantastic as Karl, and John Ritter was perfect as Vaughan. I wasn't sure how Dwight Yoakam would be as an actor, but I think he did great portraying the abusive redneck Doyle. Lucas Black and Natalie Canerday were very good as the son and mother, and James Hampton, JT Walsh, and Robert Duvall were terrific in their small roles. I also think the cinematography was very well done, and really captured the atmosphere and landscape of the rural South. 

I picked Good Will Hunting for 97. This category was harder for me to chose from than 96. 

 
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simey said:
I picked Sling Blade for 96. There are a lot of great movies to pick from in the poll for 96, but this one was easy for me. I loved the story, and the characters within the story. Billy Bob wrote it, directed it, and starred in it, and he did a fabulous job at all three of those things. The casting was very well done. BB was fantastic as Karl, and John Ritter was perfect as Vaughan. I wasn't sure how Dwight Yoakam would be as an actor, but I think he did great portraying the abusive redneck Doyle. Lucas Black and Natalie Canerday were very good as the son and mother, and James Hampton, JT Walsh, and Robert Duvall were terrific in their small roles. I also think the cinematography was very well done, and really captured the atmosphere and landscape of the rural South. 

I picked Good Will Hunting for 97. This category was harder for me to chose from than 96. 
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Billy Bob never came close to matching Sling Blade. It's almost like Rocky. I have no idea how that guy was the total driving force behind something so wonderful and human. It makes no sense with of their career. 

 
[scooter] said:
Voted "Fargo" and "L.A. Confidential". The latter is probably a movie that doesn't hold up as well with repeated viewings, but I remember being captivated by the visuals and the acting and the plot twists when watching it in the theater.
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This is almost exactly haw I saw it and voted. One quibble: L.A. Confidential is just a great Neo-noir. It captures the aesthetic and tone, just in modern form. I think it holds still. I would even venture that all noirs are period pieces in some sense. Which is why I must say that Good Will Hunting will never get old. 

The Matt Damon line with the "How do you like them apples?" has actually aged well, even in a modern world. 

eta* By the way, I don't think the word "neo" should be capitalized here. I always thought it -- neo --  was an adjective, not a proper noun, therefore lowercase.  

 
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Still can't believe Branagh's Hamlet wasn't nominated and would probably have given it my Oscar vote to it to celebrate the best year ever for Shakespeare movies (Luhrman's Romeo and Juliet, Pacino's Looking for Richard, Twelfth Night). The '96 movie i liked the most was When We Were Kings, but Fargo wasn't far behind and gets my vote here.

Titanic still gets my '97 vote. As with all Cameron flix, it's such a shame that he has ever been allowed anywhere near dialogue, but his technical imagination & execution is unmatched and the Oscars are as much about scale as anything, so i'm still on the big boat in a weak year.

 
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ffldrew said:
I always seem to be able to watch LA Confidential over and over again when it pops up without losing interest.  Crowe and Pearce are fantastic plus Kim Basinger in between them. James Cromwell is top notch here. Not sure it beats Boogie Nights - but to me Boogie Nights gets a bit cartoonish from time to time with Marky Mark and Reilly characters. 
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LA Confidential is infinitely re-watchable. 

 
Man I am in the minority.  I really liked Primal Fear and thought it was a nice twist that kept me entertained.  But to be fair I have never seen Fargo or Sling Blade

 
Major said:
I hope all you Fargo fans have watched the first two seasons of the tv show. Up there with the movie and at times surpasses it. 
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Love the movie, and the series is phenomenal. 

 
Gally said:
Man I am in the minority.  I really liked Primal Fear and thought it was a nice twist that kept me entertained.  But to be fair I have never seen Fargo or Sling Blade
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I like Primal Fear a lot too-but you have to see Fargo. 

 
Apparently the difference between achievement in moviemaking and just making good movies has melted away. Explains a lot.

 
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