Best of the best?

Looks like around 10 years ago is when I lost interest in seeing ALL THE MOVIES. I haven't seen any of the ones except Birdman in that span. I voted Return of the King, in any case.

Return of the King was the last time the Oscar for Best Movie actually went to my favorite film of that year. Actually, they almost never sync up.

Technically a weak list compared to the classics of years ago as I feared. All are enjoyable to watch but Best Picture? eh.
None actually stand out for me but of the list I guess LOTR's is the most enjoyable.

When's the last time anyone watched Crash and is it a must own Best Picture film? I do own it of course.

They don't make big pictures anymore.

That is a weak list.

I took Departed over Argo, but neither would be on my top ten for this century.

I'd go King's Speech. I like Chicago and Birdman as well.

The rest are Aquaman to me.

That can't be because No Country for Old Men and Return of the King are on there. See? Look.

Never saw them.

Return of the King? That can't be, because it is part of the LOTR trilogy. And of course you've seen that.

I'll go with No Country For Old Men.

It is just one long movie, but I decided to stop watching after the first six hours of that one movie, and passed on the remaining four hours of that one movie.

THAT WAS THE BEST ONE THAT MADE ME RETROACTIVELY LIKE THE WHOLE THING.

Cool, so you acknowledge that the first two didn't seem like winners upon first viewing, and you can thus empathize with someone who, after seeing them both, wasn't in any hurry to see the third.

The Lord of the Rings, No Country for Old Men and maybe The Departed are actually great movies and classics.

The rest? Not so much.

I do. I was a bit disappointed in the first, a bit weary after the second (Frodo and Sam did not advance much in their plot). Stayed with it just to finish out, and Return of the King became one of my all time faves.

After that, I rewatched on home video (extended editions, I guess), and I'm better able to enjoy it as one big thing (seriously).

They pulled some of the good material from the second book into the third movie.

I like that one scene in The Departed where the one guy uses his cell phone.

I should re watch these one day in order and see what holds up. I'm guessing Gladiator (really liked that one), LOTR, The Departed, No Country For Old Men would hold up. The last few on the list, yikes! Liked Birdman but it's not an eternal classic.

No Country For Old Men and The Return of the King come closest to what I would consider to be Best Pictures from that list. The Pianist, Pan's Labyrinth, There Will Be Blood, I Killed My Mother, Tom at the Farm, 127 Hours, Children of Men, Finding Nemo, The Devil's Backbone, The Dark Knight, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and The Royal Tenebaums are all better than the rest of that list.

I see what you did there. Tried to sneak that one by us.

I don't know - I thought The Departed was pretty fucking good...one of the best films I've ever seen. And the Return of the King (and its predecessors) changed movies forevah. So there's that. I haven't seen some of those other movies (not even Slumdog) but the ones I have seen are pretty good movies and deserve their Oscars. Apart from Million Dollar Baby, which was awful, I respectfully submit.

We need Teddy to come in here to tell it like it is.

Don't waste your time with Slumdog.