# Oscar Best Picture elimination thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 9, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924 "2010-03-09T23:29:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/1 "2010-03-09T23:29:28Z")
Simple rules. Vote for the movie you think should be eliminated. Remove and repeat until only one remains. Wings The Broadway Melody All Quiet on the Western Front Cimarron Grand Hotel Cavalcade It Happened One Night Mutiny on the Bounty The Great Ziegfeld The Life of Emile Zola You Can’t Take It With You Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind Rebecca How Green Was My Valley Mrs. Miniver Casablanca Going My Way The Lost Weekend The Best Years of Our Lives Gentleman’s Agreement Hamlet All the King’s Men All about Eve An American in Paris The Greatest Show on Earth From Here to Eternity On the Waterfront Marty Around the World in 80 Days The Bridge on the River Kwai Gigi Ben-Hur The Apartment West Side Story Lawrence of Arabia Tom Jones My Fair Lady The Sound of Music A Man for All Seasons In the Heat of the Night Oliver! Midnight Cowboy Patton The French Connection The Godfather The Sting The Godfather Part II One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Rocky Annie Hall The Deer Hunter Kramer vs. Kramer Ordinary People Chariots of Fire Gandhi Terms of Endearment Amadeus Out of Africa Platoon The Last Emperor Rain Man Driving Miss Daisy Dances With Wolves The Silence of the Lambs Unforgiven Schindler’s List Forrest Gump Braveheart The English Patient Titanic Shakespeare in Love American Beauty Gladiator A Beautiful Mind Chicago The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King Million Dollar Baby Crash The Departed No Country for Old Men Slumdog Millionaire The Hurt Locker (Mods, feel free to move this if you feel it belongs in the Game Room but I anticipate a discussion on the merits of the various movies so I though it fit better here.) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/2 "2010-03-09T23:31:06Z")
My vote for first one dropped: _The Greatest Show on Earth_. A corny melodrama. The plotlines were silly and the “special effects” are dated. ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/3 "2010-03-09T23:36:17Z")
Changed my mind - voting for Crash, which is far and away the worst movie on the list that I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/4 "2010-03-09T23:44:41Z")
Out of Africa What a dull film. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/5 "2010-03-09T23:47:45Z")
Gentleman’s Agreement – Past its use-by date ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/6 "2010-03-09T23:50:30Z")
I will change my vote if there is a big-enough push behind Crash, but for now, I thought A Beautiful Mind = A Terrible Movie. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/7 "2010-03-09T23:51:23Z")
Bye bye, Titanic. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/8 "2010-03-10T00:01:45Z")
I wanted to oust _Titanic_, but I’ll oust _Sound of Music_ instead. The fact that I thoroughly enjoy it does not cloud my judgement when it comes to the film. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/9 "2010-03-10T00:10:06Z")
_Chariots of Fire_ was unengaging and unmemorable. Give the Oscar to Vangelis. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/10 "2010-03-10T00:14:14Z")
Gladiator ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/11 "2010-03-10T00:20:20Z")
No argument from me with any of these so far. Though there’s another one I really hope gets eliminated soon. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/12 "2010-03-10T00:26:01Z")
I vote for Crash. Overrated un-subtle crap. ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/13 "2010-03-10T00:26:29Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > No argument from me with any of these so far. Though there’s another one I really hope gets eliminated soon. Me too. But I’m sure mine is one someone’s hot button list. I just wonder how we get rid of the old ones that hardly anyone’s seen. ETA: **Freudian Slit** : Crash is already off the list. Pick something else, quick! ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/14 "2010-03-10T00:30:46Z")
> [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#): > > Me too. But I’m sure mine is one someone’s hot button list. I just wonder how we get rid of the old ones that hardly anyone’s seen. Oh, I have no doubt mine is on somebody’s hot button list. We may be thinking of the same film. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/15 "2010-03-10T00:32:37Z")
Kramer vs. Kramer ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/16 "2010-03-10T00:36:18Z")
The Life of Emile Zola – awful biopic, even by biopic standards. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/17 "2010-03-10T00:38:48Z")
Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/18 "2010-03-10T00:40:29Z")
Not my thread, but I feel some explanation should be required for the vote. I’m more curious WHY you want it eliminated than what you are eliminating. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/19 "2010-03-10T00:41:59Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Gladiator I’d blocked the fact that this won. ::shudder:: Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![maplekiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@maplekiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maplekiwi)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924/20 "2010-03-10T00:42:00Z")
Since someones already said Titanic - Forrest Gump. Never got its so called appeal. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oscar-best-picture-elimination-thread/531924.md?page=2)