The Weinsteins purchased some Oscars for Shakespeare in Love in ’98 and several nominations for The Cider House Rules in ’99. Normal people of the world moved on. Yet, when the mediocre Chocolat grabbed a Best Picture nom in 2000, even your grandma was like, “Really? What’s this horse shit?” The film is a Hallmark card bereft of anything original or artistically intriguing. If Shakespeare in Love was a feathery pillow, then Chocolat was a cotton ball fiber.
A warm, sentimental film that should have been nominated instead: Almost Famous
Essentially these two films are the same movie. Big disaster. Big cast of movie stars all trying to out act one another. Both are cheesy examples of Hollywood bloat. And while Airport is just a rather lame film, The Towering Inferno is downright awful in almost every imaginable way.
Something, anything that should have been nominated instead of Airport: Little Big Man
A film about being trapped that should have been nominated instead of The Towering Inferno: Scenes from a Marriage
Yes, a musical about a dude who talks to animals was a Best Picture candidate. Okay, that’s a cheap shot since Babe, a film about a talking pig was nominated 30 years later, but Babe is a brilliant film and Doctor Dolittle is not. Nominating Doctor Dolittle for Best Picture is like electing Simple Jack from Tropic Thunder, only that Doctor Dolittle is more retarded. Honestly, can you remember any song from this film (hell, one of the songs actual won an Oscar)? In fact, can you remember anything about this film other than it inspired a franchise of horrid remakes starring Eddie Murphy? I have no idea how this film found itself alongside In the Heat of the Night, The Graduate, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (admittedly a bad film also, but a masterpiece compared to Doctor Dolittle) and the seminal Bonnie and Clyde in the Best Picture category. However, it was the late ’60s, so I expect massive amounts of acid were involved. Massive amounts.
Seriously, Doctor Dolittle was nominated instead of: Cool Hand Luke, Blowup, In Cold Blood, Point Blank, The Dirty Dozen and Le Samouraï
Now, you tell me… Do you agree? Disagree? What films would you add and what films would you take off? Sound off below!
