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Inspired by the discussion about Everything Everywhere All at Once, and at the risk of incurring pogofish's wrath due to a couple of vaguely similar pre-existing old threads, I thought it'd be worth to ask peeps what multi-Oscar winning critic wankfest films they have found the most underwhelming. Not necessarily bad (though that also counts), but anything that after receiving universal critical acclaim and/or cleaning up the awards season left you thinking what is wrong with everyone else after you'd watched it.
To refresh the memory here are a couple of lists showing the most Oscar-grabbing films, and a list of Best Academy Award Movie winning films.
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I'll get the ball rolling with The Artist and La La Land. Not terrible per se, but I have no interest to ever watch either again in my life, and I struggle to believe all other films in competition those year were so poor those two films amassed such amount of accolades. Not that they would ever want to do it, but I'd rather they would leave some categories 'unawarded' on any given year when none of the entries are deemed of the sufficient outstanding quality.
Honorary mention to the LOTR's The Return of the King. Not a bad film for me at all, but blatantly the 11 Oscars it received were a blatant and cynical Hollywood adjustment for the lack of gongs awarded to the first two films, after it'd become apparent this had become one of the most successful and popular film franchises in history. That's not how awards are meant to work ffs. Fellowship of the Ring was a better film anyway.
To refresh the memory here are a couple of lists showing the most Oscar-grabbing films, and a list of Best Academy Award Movie winning films.
15 movies that won the most Oscars, from ‘Titanic’ to ‘Gone with the Wind’
When the Oscars like you, they really, really like you. Tour our photo gallery below to see the 15 movies that won the most competitive Oscars throughout history. At 11 victories apiece, the curren…
www.goldderby.com
A complete list of every 'Best Picture' Oscar winner ever
The 2024 Academy Awards air on March 10.
www.today.com
I'll get the ball rolling with The Artist and La La Land. Not terrible per se, but I have no interest to ever watch either again in my life, and I struggle to believe all other films in competition those year were so poor those two films amassed such amount of accolades. Not that they would ever want to do it, but I'd rather they would leave some categories 'unawarded' on any given year when none of the entries are deemed of the sufficient outstanding quality.
Honorary mention to the LOTR's The Return of the King. Not a bad film for me at all, but blatantly the 11 Oscars it received were a blatant and cynical Hollywood adjustment for the lack of gongs awarded to the first two films, after it'd become apparent this had become one of the most successful and popular film franchises in history. That's not how awards are meant to work ffs. Fellowship of the Ring was a better film anyway.
