Oscar Meme

[unforth]

Why does it only go back to 1980??


The ones I've seen are in bold...for me, that's very few, I've got a terrible education in "classics"...
1980. Ordinary People, Coal Miner's Daughter, The Elephant Man, Raging Bull, Tess
1981. Chariots of Fire, Reds, Atlantic City, On Golden Pond, Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982. Gandhi, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Missing, Tootsie, The Verdict
1983. Terms of Endearment, The Big Chill, The Dresser, The Right Stuff, Tender Mercies
1984. Amadeus, The Killing Fields, A Passage to India, Places in the Heart, A Soldier's Story
1985. Out of Africa, The Color Purple, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Prizzi's Honor, Witness
1986. Platoon, Children of a Lesser God, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Mission, A Room with a View
1987. The Last Emperor, Broadcast News, Fatal Attraction, Hope and Glory, Moonstruck
1988. Rain Man, The Accidental Tourist, Dangerous Liaisons, Mississippi Burning, Working Girl
1989. Driving Miss Daisy, Born on the Fourth of July, Dead Poets Society, Field of Dreams, My Left Foot
1990. Dances with Wolves, Awakenings, Ghost, The Godfather Part III
1991. The Silence of the Lambs, Beauty and the Beast, Bugsy, JFK, The Prince of Tides
1992. Unforgiven, The Crying Game, A Few Good Men, Howards End, Scent of a Woman
1993. Schindler's List, The Fugitive, In the Name of the Father, The Piano, The Remains of the Day
1994. Forrest Gump, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Pulp Fiction, Quiz Show, The Shawshank Redemption.
1995. Braveheart, Apollo 13, Babe, Il Postino (The Postman), Sense and Sensibility
1996. The English Patient, Fargo, Jerry Maguire, Secrets & Lies, Shine
1997. Titanic, As Good as It Gets, The Full Monty, Good Will Hunting, L.A. Confidential
1998. Shakespeare in Love, Elizabeth, Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella), Saving Private Ryan, The Thin Red Line
1999. American Beauty, The Cider House Rules, The Green Mile, The Insider, The Sixth Sense
2000. Gladiator, Chocolat, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Erin Brockovich, Traffic
2001. A Beautiful Mind, Gosford Park, In the Bedroom, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Moulin Rouge
2002. Chicago, Gangs of New York, The Hours, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Pianist
2003. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Lost in Translation, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Mystic River, Seabiscuit
2004. Million Dollar Baby, The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Ray, Sideways
2005. Crash, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Good Night and Good Luck, Munich
2006. The Departed, Babel, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, The Queen
2007. No Country for Old Men, Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, There Will Be Blood
2008. Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader

I'm a little ashamed of some of the ones I've never seen....like ET...

Comments

[milbrcrsan.livejournal.com]

...And Titanic. My God, where were you? :p

[unforth.livejournal.com]

Actually, that's a matter of principal. I refuse to see that movie. It's a hold over from when I was 16 and stupid and therefore hated all things popular, but I stand by it out of twisted sense of respect for the teenager I once was. ;)

[milbrcrsan.livejournal.com]

LOL! I can understand that, a part of me is also like that, but the Titanic is history! Well, probably not huge history, but tis still history. :p

Am surprised you haven't seen it is all. :p

[kendokamel.livejournal.com]

My guess is that it's because 1980 was a decade and a half before the author of the meme was born, and therefore ancient and irrelevant history. (;

[unforth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that seems likely...I've seen some of the ones from the 60s, 50s, 40s, 30s...

[unforth.livejournal.com]

I've seen a stage production of Amadeus, and I loved it, which is why I haven't seen the movie - I want to preserve that memory. That said, I'd kinda like to watch it anyway. ;)

And I know, I know, not seeing ET is pathetic...we will remedy it, I hope...but I hope we can go see Coraline, first! :)