These 10 Great War Films Were Snubbed for Oscars

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @philipmccracken697
    @philipmccracken697 7 годин тому +12

    The last Oscars I watched was in 1999. When Shakespeare in Love beat Saving Private Ryan for Best Picture I resolved to never watch again. And I've stuck to that. Think of the hundreds of hours I've saved, and the number of self-aggrandizing virtue signaling speeches I've missed. I should actually be thankful for that snub.

  • @richarddexter7641
    @richarddexter7641 9 годин тому +4

    The reason for Hanks' loss in Saving Private Ryan is simple--they adamantly refused to give him a 3rd statute in a row.

  • @hombre1965
    @hombre1965 4 години тому +1

    Blackhawk Down may be the best war movie of the century so far.

  • @tomcervo
    @tomcervo 9 годин тому +2

    If I saw "Paths of Glory" on network TV in the 60's, it wasn't banned very well.

  • @brunozeigerts6379
    @brunozeigerts6379 7 годин тому +2

    I saw Paths of Glory on TV. The movie set up the attack... went to commercial ... and the next scene is Kirk Douglas asking his men why they weren't moving forward. Until I saw it much later, I didn't realize there was a battle scene! Maybe there's something about genuine war movies that Oscar doesn't like.
    Did The Big Red One win any?

  • @bwasman8409
    @bwasman8409 11 годин тому +4

    The academy apparently does things by their own rules...follow the money or other dirt!???

  • @dk60ish
    @dk60ish 4 години тому

    Despite a classic opening, & some powerfully directed moments, there were some manipulative plot aspects of "Saving Private Ryan" that have become more obvious as the years have gone by, but didn't escape the academy. So this said, while Spielberg deserved his Directing Oscar IMO it didn't deserve Best Picture, and winner "Shakespeare in Love" even less so!

  • @raybame5816
    @raybame5816 9 годин тому +3

    Totally agree but just as in Politics...ya win sum and ya lose sum. Stuff happens.. It's all got to do with whose in and whose out.. Think Apocalypto by Mel Gibson.

  • @stevec7770
    @stevec7770 5 годин тому +3

    There Kings is a crappy remake of Kelly’s Heroes

    • @jefthing
      @jefthing Годину тому +1

      Agree, it’s an awful film. Clooney is not a leading man, he’s an average jobbing actor.

  • @111oooo
    @111oooo 5 годин тому

    Not war films but for me 3 snubs: Fargo deserved best picture, Macy best actor for Fargo and Incendies deserved best foreign language film for their year. And yes Kramer vs Kramer is not very good IMO

  • @axxellein
    @axxellein 5 годин тому

    TheTRAIN -1964,,,Gritty B/W Actionner set in 1944, in France !!!!

  • @user60521123
    @user60521123 5 годин тому

    You either like and appreciate film or you take the Academy awards seriously. I’ve never understood how people don’t see those awards for what they really are.

  • @peterlovett5841
    @peterlovett5841 6 годин тому +2

    Sorry but "Saving Private Ryan" was nothing but a huge cliche from after the Omaha Beach segment. Spielberg can make good movies when he learns to back off the message but unfortunately that is rare. "Come and See" is a brilliant but horrific. I doubt the judges had the intestinal fortitude to watch it.

    • @hombre1965
      @hombre1965 4 години тому

      Agreed. I found it after the beach landing to be more of a kid’s view of how to make war movie when you have millions of dollars to play with.
      Eastwood’s Iwo Jima movie was better.

    • @peterlovett5841
      @peterlovett5841 3 години тому

      @@hombre1965 Agreed

  • @ericatkinson7006
    @ericatkinson7006 2 години тому

    Jarhead? Give me a break...

  • @MrRugbylane
    @MrRugbylane Годину тому

    The Oscars stopped being relevant a while back .....

  • @shaneboushie4737
    @shaneboushie4737 6 годин тому

    Jarhead was an absolute "POS" movie. One of the worst war movies ever made.