Movies that should have won best pictures but didn't

 

    Recently we just saw the Oscars and CODA (Child of death adults) won best picture. I never saw the movie, and I would like to one day. But sone movies get screwed over. Other movies that won best picture...should not have won at all.

  YEAR: 2018

MOVIE THAT SHOULD HAVE WON: Dunkirk. A story about soldiers in World War One. During that time the acting of it was amazing. The story was based on truth as well as having it involve soldiers trying to get home alive. If you have studied anything about Dunkirk or WWI, you would know this movie was very tragic and amazing at the same time

MOVIE THAT DID WIN: The Shape of Water. I don't hate this movie, but this is one movie that didn't need to win best picture. A story about a creature that communicates with a deaf woman. It seemed ok, but not a best picture win. The story seemed a little rushed, trying to save a creature from the water by people that want to dissect him and such. 

YEAR: 1996

MOVIE THAT SHOULD HAVE WON: Fargo. All I remember about this movie is Steve Buscemi in the woodchipper. Great acting, amazing story. Funny and dramatic at the same time. Created by the Cohen brothers, this movie is about a place in Fargo where murder and drama happen. Francis McDormand won for best actress, so why couldn't this movie win best picture???

MOVIE THAT DID WIN: The English Patient. Never saw it, never wanted to see it. Too long and too boring! What was the academy thinking? You had better films than this. I like the actors; I just didn't care for the story. It sucked. I enjoyed the Seinfeld episode where they mock this movie with Elaine saying how much she hated it. I'm with her.

YEAR: 1958

MOVIE THAT SHOULD HAVE WON: 12 angry men. Based off a play, this movie was very dramatic. A story about 12 jurors trying to decide the fate of a young boy. Starring Henry Fonda, this movie takes place in one room where only one juror feels the innocence of a young child. This movie was one of my favorites. 

MOVIE THAT DID WIN: Bridge over the river kwai. Nothing negative on this movie. I just feel it wasn't the strong one. The story's ok, based off a novel. The acting was not bad either. The running time of this movie is pretty long, about 161 minutes, but the stories ok. I just would have preferred 12 angry men or another movie.

YEAR: 2015

MOVIE THAT SHOULD HAVE WON: Boyhood. This movie took years to make. When the young child went from an adolecence to a teenager. I never saw the movie, but it looked like a movie that should have won best picture. The acting is pretty good, especially from the young boy who was only six when he started.

MOVIE THAT DID WIN: Birdman. This Movie was ok. I saw it, I like Michael Keaton, but this movie winning best Oscar. It isn't horrible or anything. I find it ok, enjoyable. Got an idea of what the stories about. But Michael Keaton is better as Batman. He's a good actor, but this movie is kind of a weak one.

YEAR: 2012

MOVIE THAT SHOULD HAVE WON: The Help. Based on a true story where African American maids that help out rich people but are still judged by how they appear. Emma Stone is a young woman who decides to get their side of the story. I thought this movie was amazing. Great acting, great story. It should have won.

MOVIE THAT DID WIN: The Artist. It was considered a 'silent' movie, where there is no talking, singing or anything. I don't even remember this movie that well...and it won best picture over The Help or even The Tree of Life. Any other movie that was nominated is better than this train wreck.

YEAR: 2004

MOVIE THAT SHOULD HAVE WON: Ray. If you ever heard of the singer Ray Charels, than this is the movie supposedly based on his life. Jamie Foxx was amazing portraying him in this movie. I feel the story based on Ray Charles life was good enough to win an Oscar. Sad that he passed away before the movie was in theaters.

MOVIE THAT DID WIN:  Million Dollar Baby. A story directed by Clint Eastwood is kind of like a boxing movie where Hillary Swank ends up dead at the end. This movie was ok, but there were better ones that deserved to Oscar more than this. Clint Eastwood is still acting and directing, which is pretty interesting enough.

YEAR: 2002

MOVIE THAT SHOULD HAVE WON: Gangs of New York. Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day Lewis and many great actors in this story about New York in the days of Lincoln where corruption would happen most of the time. This movie was really good and so was the music. The only downside is Cameron Diaz as the leading lady. Everything else was good. This movie should have won that year.

MOVIE THAT DID WIN: Chicago. This movie is just another musical that failed, well in my opinion anyway. I didn't like it. The songs were annoying, the acting was too much and it's just...there are much better movies than this. No offence and all, but Chicago is one movie that should not have won best picture.

YEAR: 1998

MOVIE THAT SHOULD HAVE WON: Saving Private Ryan. A story that takes place during WWII. It is tragic, dramatic and sad. A story about soldiers trying to save one of their own while surviving themselves. Tom Hanks, Matt Damon and many other actors make up this star-studded cast. When my mom saw it but brought her to tears as she thought of her father.

MOVIE THAT DID WIN: Shakespeare in love. I never saw this movie, but I could tell this was one of the weakest ones to win best picture. The acting and story are just not strong enough to win a best Oscar, and yet it did. I'd rather Saving Private Ryan over this movie. The acting might be ok, but I don't think this movie is best picture worthy.

   Everyone is different when they choose their movies. Some of them are better than others. And now, with CODA winning best picture, I wouldn't mind seeing it. Would it be the best, or is it worth as a movie that should not have won? Well, you be the judge. For me, I think it deserved it.