Post by Mighty Jack on Aug 2, 2012 23:24:49 GMT -5
Part 4 –
Danny Peary’s book ends at 1991, so he’ll be off the grid after that. Brad and I part company in several years here. He likes that Star Wars/Indiana Jones stuff more than I do (again, while I don’t hate Indy, I do think it’s over-rated. Regardless - it was a lean year, so I can see how it slipped in as a winner). But Brad, Animal House? As an Oscar winner? Dude, seriously? Everyone has a few of those on their list so he’s allowed. Mine is Videodrome – in part because 1983 sucked and there was not a lot to choose from -- In part because it was a ‘what the hell’ kind of pick. I could have easily gone with the more digestible King of Comedy, which I would have been fine with. But I decided to go with the weird one instead (which I liked more)
I find it interesting when we don’t have one duplicate pick. In 1988 we were all over the map. And I don’t think I nominated one of the other’s 5 picks.
Danny Peary’s book ends at 1991, so he’ll be off the grid after that. Brad and I part company in several years here. He likes that Star Wars/Indiana Jones stuff more than I do (again, while I don’t hate Indy, I do think it’s over-rated. Regardless - it was a lean year, so I can see how it slipped in as a winner). But Brad, Animal House? As an Oscar winner? Dude, seriously? Everyone has a few of those on their list so he’s allowed. Mine is Videodrome – in part because 1983 sucked and there was not a lot to choose from -- In part because it was a ‘what the hell’ kind of pick. I could have easily gone with the more digestible King of Comedy, which I would have been fine with. But I decided to go with the weird one instead (which I liked more)
I find it interesting when we don’t have one duplicate pick. In 1988 we were all over the map. And I don’t think I nominated one of the other’s 5 picks.
Year | Oscar | Jerry's Armchair Oscar | Brad Strauss | Goodfella's Movie Blog | Danny Peary | The Felix's |
1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | Nashville | Nashville | Dog Day Afternoon | The Man Who Would Be King | Jaws |
1976 | Rocky | Taxi Driver | Taxi Driver | Mr. Klein | The Front | Cria cuervos |
1977 | Annie Hall | Star Wars | Star Wars | Annie Hall | Annie Hall | Annie Hall |
1978 | The Deer Hunter | Coming Home | Animal House | Days of Heaven | Coming Home | Days of Heaven |
1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Manhattan | Apocalypse Now! | Apocalypse Now! | Manhattan | Alien |
1980 | Ordinary People | Raging Bull | The Empire Strikes Back | Raging Bull | Raging Bull | Ordinary People |
1981 | Chariots of Fire | Raiders of the Lost Arc | Raiders of the Lost Arc | Raiders of the Lost Arc | Reds | Das Boot |
1982 | Gandhi | E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial | E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial | Fitzcarraldo | E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial | Fitzcarraldo |
1983 | Terms of Endearment! | The Right Stuff | The Right Stuff | The King of Comedy | The Right Stuff | Videodrome |
1984 | Amadeus | This is Spinal Tap | This is Spinal Tap | Once Upon A Time in America | The Killing Fields | This is Spinal Tap |
1985 | Out of Africa | Blood Simple | Shoah | Back to the Future | Brazil | Brazil |
1986 | Platoon | Platoon | Hannah and Her Sisters | Hannah and Her Sisters | Platoon | Mona Lisa |
1987 | The Last Emperor | The Princess Bride | Wings of Desire | Au Revoir les Enfants | Empire of the Sun | Wings of Desire |
1988 | Rain Man | The Last Temptation of Christ | A Fish Called Wanda | Cinema Paradiso | A World Apart | The Accidental Tourist |
1989 | Driving Miss Daisy | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Do the Right Thing | Henry V | Henry V | sex, lies, and videotape |
1990 | Dances With Wolves | Goodfellas | Goodfellas | Goodfellas | Miller’s Crossing | The Nasty Girl |
1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Beauty and the Beast | Silence of the Lambs | JFK | An Angel at My Table | Raise the Red Lantern |