ROTK name Ultimate Best Picture in Poll

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ROTK name Ultimate Best Picture in Poll

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RETURN OF THE KING was named the Ultimate Best Film of all time in a poll conducted by Yahoo. Over 700,000 people voted in a bracketed tournament style competition. In the finals, ROTK defeated THE GODFATHER.

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I have mixed feelings about this, I like the Godfather series. But I really like RoTK more so I guess it's a good thing.
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Wow! :)

Well, when it comes to mainstream cinema, yes RotK totally deserves to win.

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But actually I think one of the best films ever made is The Shawshank Redemption ...

But I'm glad RotK beat Forrest Gump. :D
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Pearly,

I agree about Shawshank.

But I love Forrest too, do believe both The Godfather and RoTK should beat it out.
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A long and interesting article about the making of The Godfather in the recent Vanity Fair magazine.

It made my hair stand on end to read that "the suits" wanted Danny Thomas to play Don Corleone, among other things.

I wouldn't put ROTK at the top of the list, but I would put the trilogy there, regarding it as one movie: LOTR. Like the books.
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Exactly - the Trilogy as a whole was one amazing cinematical achievement, focus shouldn't just be on RotK.
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I also agree. All three movies should be taken together as a whole.

But I'm not complaining that RotK got voted #1! :) I think it's really cool, actually.
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I figured you wouldn't be able to resist saying something, soli.

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solicitr wrote:Blech.
Well, it's a damn sight better than Titanic!
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But why did they have to sink that boat with all those nice people on it?

I would have changed that part.
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Next poll, Twilight will be on top. =:)
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*whimpers in terror*
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Pearly Di wrote:
solicitr wrote:Blech.
Well, it's a damn sight better than Titanic!
While I thought Titanic was only the third-best of the five Best Picture nominees for 1997, I do prefer it to RotK, slightly.

But I'd guess that most of the respondents in the recent poll hadn't seen most of the films they were voting against. I've only seen 43 of the 81 Best Picture winners. (And I like about half of them as much or more than Jackson's film. In addition, all this assumes that the Oscar means anything. Of my all-time top ten, not one was even nominated for Best Picture.)
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Given the number of movies made in the US, never mind the rest of the world, the chances of the "real" best movie being nominated, never mind winning, are pretty slim.

I mean, for the luvva pete, "Braveheart" won Best Picture one year. It was about then that I more or less gave up watching the whole silly performance.
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Whereas I actually enjoy the silliness, sometimes anyway, as long as a film I really don't like doesn't beat one I really do. (What was up with Chicago? Bleargh!)
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N.E.B., I'm sure you've posted this somewhere at TORN, but I'd love to see your top ten list. I'd be willing to wager that a good number of them I haven't even heard of, but I'm pretty sure they would be worth checking out.
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N.E. Brigand wrote:
Pearly Di wrote:
solicitr wrote:Blech.
Well, it's a damn sight better than Titanic!
While I thought Titanic was only the third-best of the five Best Picture nominees for 1997, I do prefer it to RotK, slightly.
I suppose the cringe-worthy Jack/Rose romance is slightly preferable to Denethor's tomato-crunching. ;)
Primula Baggins wrote:Whereas I actually enjoy the silliness, sometimes anyway, as long as a film I really don't like doesn't beat one I really do. (What was up with Chicago? Bleargh!)
And how could Chicago beat The Pianist???? :shock: :x

Oooh, Hitchcock's Rebecca won Best Picture in 1940. I love that film. :) It's also a very good example of how to adapt a book well! :D :banana:
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