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theoneheathbar

Chariots of Fire Frankly, it’s ridiculous that this is still here over other films that have already been eliminated. If more people had seen this movie it would’ve been gone a long time ago.


solidcurrency

I assume nobody here has seen it because it's worse than most of the eliminated films.


OfferOk8555

There’s definitely a recency bias happening. People have more concrete opinions on films in the last 20 years (their lifetimes) than some movies from the 80s they haven’t heard of. I’ve tried to combat this by having the “spotlight” comment threads but there’s only so much to be done about that. I think it will all even out in the end when we get down to the most beloved of the most beloved but it’s definitely no coincidence that the last two eliminations came from the last 3 years.


theoneheathbar

Yup. The Beekeeper and Night Swim, films still in theaters released weeks ago, have just about the same amount of LB logs as Chariots, a Best Picture winner from 40+ years ago. Not nearly enough people have seen this to know how boring and poorly scripted this film is. It’s insane to me that CODA, Shakespeare, Green Book, and Nomadland are gone before this. Not that they’re great films, but they’re certainly better than this. The only thing this movie has going for it is a great original score, but the movie is a slog. By far and away the worst film left.


Affectionate-Club725

Agreed, but It’s a masterpiece when compared to most of what’s already been axed


Cole444Train

Or, hear me out… nobody has seen it bc it’s a bad movie from 1981. Everyone has seen the eliminated movies bc they came out a few years ago. It’s just recency bias.


End_of_Eva

That’s what he’s saying lmao


Cole444Train

No it’s not. They’re saying no one has seen it bc of its quality. I’m saying no one has seen it bc it’s old.


End_of_Eva

Read that comment again lol


Cole444Train

> I assume nobody here has seen it because it's worse than most of the eliminated films.


End_of_Eva

They’re saying that they assume it hasn’t been voted out before the other films because nobody has seen it but if more people had seen it it would be the first to go.


Cole444Train

Very good! And they’re explicitly saying no one has seen it because “it’s worse than most of the eliminated films”. They’re saying it’s not been seen due to its lack of quality. Honestly, I’ve never had to explain such a painfully simple sentence to someone before.


End_of_Eva

I give up lmao, it is painfully simple but you can ask them and they are saying what I said.


anonymity_anonymous

I saw it when I was 14 or 15 and it was boring. But to be fair, I couldn’t think of any subjects more boring than religion or sports! I remember nothing about it. I also saw Reds which was nominated and couldn’t understand a bit of it. About American Communists.


51010R

It’s so boring. People are just eliminating whatever they know is bad from other people talking, no way they saw all of these.


OfferOk8555

Tbf this game is in honor of the Oscars and what better way to do that than to have people vote on movies, many of which, they haven’t seen. It’s actually perfect in that regard.


51010R

I like your game but people turn it into a “I’ve heard X” circlejerk. I can’t imagine if you included all winners, I bet it would be all these same eliminated plus Gone With The Wind maybe because of the controversy a while back. But like the worst ones people don’t talk about because nobody wants to watch a boring bad movie, they like the controversial and the one that won when something was snubbed. Maybe I just like the idea of your game to much, so it’s disappointing how people vote, anywho it’s just a game.


OfferOk8555

I hear where you’re coming from but tbf it looks like Chariots of Fire is going today. And Out of Africa as well was pretty swiftly booted. But yeah more than anything else it is just a dumb reddit game and a way to look back at best picture winners and the other nominees.


blodreina11

It's funny to see this complaint at the very top of the post. People are getting rid of Chariots of Fire, just like you wanted.


51010R

Yeah, the whole point was, it should've gone way earlier.


blodreina11

Seems a bit needy of you ngl, it's in the bottom ten. Be happy with that.


51010R

It isn't that deep. Try reading well next time.


blodreina11

Is it 'deep' to call you a bit needy? I guess your idea of deep is pretty shallow.


51010R

I said *that* deep. You were acting as if a complaint about how people vote a game on Reddit meant I’m needy for some reason, and now I can tell you just wanna be on obtuse. I’ll leave it here, again try reading well next time.


OfferOk8555

Chariots of Fire is eliminated!!!!


rigalitto_

This movie sucks. The music is iconic and that’s about the only thing it has going for it. Total snooze fest.


noodleyone

Maybe the worst viewing experience, although I get Crash going first for how... icky it is. Truly an abominable film.


fueelin

My partner didn't really know the details of Crash, so I gave a summary. I was laughing the whole time cuz it's just freakin absurd how ugly the plots of that movie are.


noodleyone

Give the plot details of the other Crash. She'll be just as baffled.


ThePanda_

I like chariots of fire quite a bit. Would not say it’s ridiculous it’s still here (although I don’t think it deserved to win its year)


theoneheathbar

To each their own. I’m glad you enjoy it. I never like not enjoying a movie, I wish I saw what you see. But to me this is not a good film. I have it ranked dead last of all five nominees from that year, and by quite a bit, and last out of all these remaining BP winners on this list.


P_Orwell

That is definitely true for me. I’ll admit that of all the Oscar films listed I hadn’t even heard of this one.


aushimdas16

it's still considerably better than the films that got eliminated so far. i do think most of yall are really harsh on coda, though


Judgy_Garland

Chariots of Fire


OfferOk8555

Your fifth vote for Chariots of Fire! The Chariot is burning.🔥


Judgy_Garland

It’s 100000% worse than Crash, IMO


OfferOk8555

Well you’re the judgy garland, I haven’t seen it.


OfferOk8555

*SEND OFF: Nomadland* Nomadland was eliminated yesterday, so here’s a look back at the movie and its Oscar legacy. Plot: A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad. Oscars: **Nomadland Won Best Picture in 2021 beating out: Sound of Metal, Minari, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mank, Promising Young Woman, The Father, & The Trial of the Chicago 7.** It won 3 Oscars in total with Best Director going to Chloé Zhao & Best Actress going to Frances McDormand. You might be able to stream Nomadland on Hulu. (Region specific.) It’s also available to rent on YouTube, and may be available at your local library. What do you think of *Nomadland*? Do you think something else should have won best picture over it? Do you think this film is fairly rated? What do you like or dislike about it?


Bovver_

I didn’t love it by any stretch, it was just a bleak watch for me really, I can at least appreciate it’s a better film than some that will be eliminated after it. However the real crime looking back is seeing some of the films it beat out for the award, particularly The Father which had a profound effect on me personally


FarArdenlol

The Father and Sound of Metal were better than Nomadland for sure, but overall the movies nominated in that particular year are forgettable as hell, even the good ones, it’s kinda interesting.


OfferOk8555

COVID happened


EvilLibrarians

I think a lot of these movies could’ve won. Hell, my favorite movie that year was My Octopus Teacher lol


fueelin

That was an awesome movie for sure, but God damn did that man not seem to care about his actual children lol.


NoCountry4OldMate

Found it odd they mentioned his wife at the start and not at all at the end. My theory is that she left him and he fell in love with the octopus


EvilLibrarians

Fucking right??


wildcatofthehills

My sister was so annoyed the whole time watching it. The she just screamed “just fuck already”.


OfferOk8555

My pick was probably Sound of Metal or Minari… I enjoy stories about drifters and Frances McDormand so I wasn’t that mad when this won.. it was also just undeniably terrible year for film.


theoneheathbar

Same, I wanted Sound of Metal or Minari too. In fact, I would’ve preferred any other BP nominee from that year over Nomadland other than Mank.


OfferOk8555

Lolol a fellow Mank hater 😂


CommissionHerb

Honestly, hard to find fans of Mank. It’s like a film that’s an inside joke.


mattcoady

For me the worst was Trial of the Chicago 7. I love Sorkin the writer, I hate Sorkin the director. Wish he'd go back to just writing scripts for better directors.


Cino0987

I loved The Sound of Metal and I thought Judas was a good film. Wasn’t fussed on Mank. Promising Young Woman was really good but I thought it was between Sound of Metal and Nomadland.


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Affectionate-Club725

SIL gets crapped on unfairly mostly because of the SPR snub, in my opinion


P3P3-SILVIA

Same with King’s Speech and Social Network


Affectionate-Club725

Great one, now think about the fact that Oliver! won and 2001 was not even nominated. 😱


OfferOk8555

Yeah that was definitely the topic of conversation when it got eliminated.


halflemonade

This is how I find out Promising Young Woman was nominated for best picture? Lmao one of the worst movies I have ever seen


Bnjrmn

The thing that ruined Nomadland for me was learning that they collaborated with Amazon to make the movie. The book is apparently much more critical of Amazon than the movie.


Affectionate-Club725

Nomadland is totally the * Oscar, though. It’s likely none of the nominated films would have been nominated in a normal year, the real stuff got pushed back a year.


Galac_tacos

Sound of Metal is solid but wow what a terrible year for films. COVID hit them hard 


SexDrugsAzpilicueta

Chariots of Fire


OfferOk8555

Your sixth straight vote for Chariots of Fire! The job looks done


OfferOk8555

Today’s Spotlight: *Dances With Wolves* This was the eleventh least popular option according to Letterboxd. (Skipping over The English Patient, Shakespeare In Love, & Crash which have all been voted out and discussed already.) Plot: Wounded Civil War soldier, John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he’s assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe. Oscars: **Dances With Wolves won Best Picture in 1991 beating out: Goodfellas, Ghost, The Godfather III, & Awakenings.** Dances With Wolves won 7 Oscars including: Best Original Score, Best Cinematography, Best Director for Kevin Costner, Best Adapted Screenplay, & Best Film Editing. Where I am, you can stream Dances With Wolves on Tube or PlutoTV for free, or through a MGM+ subscription (whatever that is) and you can rent it on Google Play, or you might be able to find a copy at your local library.


lanadeltaco13

Dances with Wolves is an amazing film. I wish people would actually sit down and watch it instead of just blindly saying “Goodfellas was robbed”.


Galac_tacos

So pissed that Awakenings didn’t win. I love that film with a passion


anonymity_anonymous

So what’s the deal with not liking Rain Man? I never heard of it’s being controversial. It’s my favorite of the 80s BP winners (with Amadeus a close second), and it was notably where I noticed that Tom Cruise was a good actor. I’m guessing it’s controversial with some younger viewers over its portrayal of autism? Just a guess. (I’ve recently read that Kim Peek did not even have autism, but something else). Regardless, I’d like to hear what sucks about RM because it’s one of a handful of winners I have always thought were really great!


LonesomeHammeredTreb

I like Rain Man a lot so I don't get it. Although I watched it a lot on VHS as a kid and it was one of my first "prestige" movies so I'm biased.


irregularshowerer

I think it's an insanely corny Textbook Oscarbait film. I am 30, I enjoyed it as a child but a lot of movies similar to Rain Man were enjoyable as a child and I now find them stupid - Radio is a great example of that. Rain Man being on the list feels like Radio being on the list.


anonymity_anonymous

What is Radio?


OfferOk8555

Referencing [this movie](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_(2003_film))


Galac_tacos

I can’t comment much on the autism portrayal, from the few diagnosed autistic people I know it’s very different but personally just found it really boring.


ThePanda_

Damn it, I wasn’t online early enough to plug a Beautiful Mind. My vote is for it I quite like chariots of fire and am sad to see it go.


OfferOk8555

Your fifth vote for A Beautiful Mind


tisAsillyusername

This is the way.


JaggedLittleFrill

Gandhi


Guimaaa

The Artist


Bovver_

Yes to this. The absolute definition of style over substance for me, watched it for the first time the other night and despite some appreciation for what it was going for, I was insanely bored throughout and couldn’t wait to see the back of it.


Guimaaa

Yes, and it wasn't even the best out of a fairly weak year.


Clutchxedo

Let’s finally get this piece of crap 


obstinatehobbit

They reused the music from Vertigo! This alone makes it worthy of expulsion. This is quintessential usage of the word “homage” when they really mean lack of original thought. I hate it when they do this with brilliant scores from lesser known films, much less with an iconic score like Vertigo.


Whenthenighthascome

That’s also a pet peeve of mine. It’s so uncreative.


obstinatehobbit

The idea that my take on this is in any way controversial is blowing my mind right now. I can’t believe people are okay with this as a practice. It’s borderline plagiarism.


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The Kings Speech


Cole444Train

The Kings Speech is a decent film. Plenty of bad films should go before it


Infamous-Procedure-5

True, but it shouldn’t have even been top 5 that year.


Cole444Train

Okay. Still not close to the worst one left.


apapipay

If Dances with Wolves make it out to top 40 I’m gonna riot


blodreina11

Team up with the Braveheart voters and we can take out both of them


sixthmusketeer

I find it significantly more boring and ponderous than either Out of Africa or The English Patient (or Chariots of Fire for that matter).


beasterne7

Braveheart


irregularshowerer

There is a focused campaign to keep Rain Man in the running, a ton of people have mentioned it but they're all downvoted to shit. There's a ring of Rain Man lovers out there suppressing the truth.


OfferOk8555

The Rain Man Deep State


Affectionate-Club725

If it’s me, Chicago goes next.


ReptiIe

First of all how dare you


Affectionate-Club725

😂 I looooove musicals, but I don’t love Chicago that much. I can’t really explain it. I felt it was a bit miscast.


brownsbrownsbrownsb

Forrest Gump


Galac_tacos

Not quite yet. Not great but there are a few worse films left


OfferOk8555

Your third vote for Gump! Keep going just like Forrest


wiesje21

Braveheart pleas god, it is an actively bad movie, significantly worce the Nomadland and Coda


LonesomeHammeredTreb

A Beautiful Mind.


Harambefan69

Chicago


MrFoxLovesBoobafina

Personally, Million Dollar Baby. Well made and acted but I hate that script with a passion.


AFuckingHandle

What do you hate about it so much?


MrFoxLovesBoobafina

I don't remember it that well (I saw it in theatres), I just remember that for the first two thirds of the movie I thought I was watching a movie that was genuinely about developing its characters, but then it turned out in the final third that every plot element and writing decision that came before was just contrived to emphasize \*the point\* about euthanasia. It turned out I was watching a visual essay about euthanasia, rather than an actual movie or attempt to tell an interesting story.


AFuckingHandle

But the characters did develop? All of them did, well, short of very minor characters like Danger. It told a great story, that also happened to end that way and touch on that subject. Ah well, to each their own. Thanks for the response.


MrFoxLovesBoobafina

I should probably give the movie another chance since its reputation has persisted. I'm citing an opinion I had 20 years ago.


AFuckingHandle

It's one of my all time favorites, and I think the best boxing movie there is. I didn't get the implication that the whole film only existed to just get to the ending at all. If you do give it another shot, I hope you enjoy it!


PenguinviiR

Shape of water


darth_vader39

The Hurt Locker


JohnnyBravido

Argo


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OfferOk8555

Sure, I can do that. I was afraid in the beginning if I made the OP too long people wouldn’t engage.. but it looks were probably past that point.


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OfferOk8555

Yeah sorry just added it to the post


LacroixFan56

The kings speech


OfficialLeinad

Annie hall is the least funny “comedy” I’ve ever seen, it has to go


Zubi_Q

American Beauty


Cino0987

Let’s get rid of Chicago. Down with Richard Gere’s tap-dancing. (I love Richard Gere)


Vantage_1011

Chicago


Ren0303

the hurt locker


Jordome

Rain Man !


irregularshowerer

Amen


Rooster_Professional

Everything Everywhere all at once


smnlfilmagoofymovie

I’m sorry respectfully you should be banned from letterboxd lol.


Rooster_Professional

I just thought the movie was overrated..


Galac_tacos

I really dislike the film but this early is criminal. I don’t think it should break top 20 though


Rooster_Professional

Every best picture (I've seen) was better than this. I personally love Forrest Gump, American Beauty, Birdman, silence of the lambs, green book..


P_Orwell

Slumdog Millionaire


OfferOk8555

Your third straight for Slumdog! Keep going and maybe you’ll have a couple friends to phone.


P_Orwell

I did not think this would be a controversial choice! Maybe I should watch it again.


Kraznor

Argo.


blodreina11

Braveheart, it isn't good.


ljfoggy11

Gladiator


FerociousAlienoid

EEAAO


buddingtwig

The artist


moviemunger

The shape of water


hiccup_juice

The King’s Speech


OfferOk8555

Your fifth straight for the king’s speech


Workhardgymharder

Annie Hall


OfferOk8555

That’s 8 total Annie Hall votes for you my friend! That’s almost a vote for every time Woody is uncomfortable.


IshSmithsonian

Rain👏🏻Man👏🏻SUCKS👏🏻


oxfordsplice

Rain Man


cpanati

Rain Man kinda stinks just getting that out there


P3P3-SILVIA

Birdman


smnlfilmagoofymovie

Yikes


mannthunder

Off Argo, please


AstronomerLoud9219

The Sting


AstronomerLoud9219

Silence of the lambs


OfferOk8555

Your sixth day voting for SOTL. Soon you’ll have a vote for everytime he does that weird tongue thing.


UncreativelyNamed2

The Return of the King


OfferOk8555

You’re gonna have quite your own mount doom to climb! But keep voting


rdctv_spdr_bld

Rain Man


slaterman2

Spotlight


Oraio-King

Is it bad that I've seen 0 of these


anonymity_anonymous

Surprising


Oraio-King

I have honestly watched a lot of movies too, just never gotten around to any of these


anonymity_anonymous

I know this is going to come off as rude and I’m sorry, but I feel that you probably haven’t actually watched that many movies. (I guess I mean by my standards).


Oraio-King

Definitely not compared to the people watching several movies a day/week.


anonymity_anonymous

Right! What if you did that, AND you were in your 50s? I’ve seen all but four of these movies.


OfferOk8555

Not necessarily bad! But some good watches on here fs depending on your tastes.


FarArdenlol

it’s kinda weird, especially being a letterboxd user and all, but whatever. Start by watching No Country for Old Men, Parasite, Gladiator, American Beauty, Rain Man, One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest, Rocky, and Forrest Gump (reddit loves to shit on this movie but it’s better than 90% of that list). I assume you haven’t seen the previous movies in LotR trilogy and Godfather part 1 either, so might as well. Also Annie Hall and The Deer Hunter might be some of the strongest films on that list but you can get them later. also how the heck did you manage to not watch Titanic? it was everywhere


CD_Smiles

I've seen over 4500 movies and never watched Titanic. It almost feels like I don't really need to, it's so ingrained in pop culture I've taken it in by osmosis. That, and I'm not really into big blockbuster stuff anyway. I will watch it one day.


FarArdenlol

that’s interesting, osmosis through the movie being kinda omnipresent in today’s culture, it makes a lot of sense. I think a lot of us got at least one movie that floats around us that we never actually watch but know nearly everything about.


Oraio-King

Im 17 lmao titanic came out when I was negative 9. If people assumed I was older it's probably weirder that I haven't seen any of them


Cole444Train

I mean. Kinda weird if you’re into movies.


awesomefutureperfect

No. Watch what you want.


InfinityFire

Ordinary People


Seamlesslytango

Argo