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Originally Posted by Nadal Fan
Movie critics today regard Citizen Kane as the greatest film of all time and it didn't even win beat picture that year it went to How Green Was my Valley . Godfather is considered maybe the 2nd greatest movie ever after Citizen Kane and won 3 Oscars, but Cabaret that same year won 8.
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Solid point about Oscar recognition not being indicative of classic film status. Surely next you'll point to Pulp F-
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Star Wars lost to Ghandi for Best Picture.
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Well... yeah. Star Wars had a poor script and some extremely hammy acting while Gandhi had one of the best acting performances of the decade. So... obviously it did. Well, okay, one bad example isn't fatal to your argum-
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The Dark Knight wasn't even nominated for best picture and it's regarded as one of the greatest movies in the last 20 years.
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What the... what kind of paint-sniffing moron thinks Dark Knight is one of the greatest movies of the last 20 - ...oh. Right.