Including and especially Best Picture, which has led tomany a controversy over its winnersover the decades.
Upsets happen, and a movie can go wrong for so many reasons.
For the purposes of this list, however, let’s focus on boring.
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That would fit the description of several entries below.
NotThe King’s Speech; this one is about a future king practicing his public speaking skills.
Maybe not the biggest stakes in the world.
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Furthermore, it’s not often that we see films exploring the struggle of overcoming a stammer.
It was also surprisingly successful at the box office.
Again, this is an often funny and sincere depiction of people who are underrepresented in film.
The story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.
Justdon’t expect it to stray from its crowd-pleasing genre conventions.
However, it makes it harder to take certain parts seriously.
Their praise is deserved, and the film certainly deserves all the credit in the world for its realism.
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Again, not a bad moviejust not that interesting or innovative for a Best Picture winner.
Not a lot of nuance here, and audiences have voiced their frustration at the movie’s white-savior trope.
A happy ending is guaranteed.
Strange choices this year, indeed.
Why does a movie that’s so fairy-tale-esque and nostalgic in tone also include gory images and masturbation scenes?
It may be weird and feature good performances, but that doesn’t make it interesting.
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It’s a bold and intriguing structure, but writer-directorPaul Haggisdoesn’t know how to handle it.
A product of the aughts, no doubt.
The audience hardly ever gets the chance to feel immersed in the story.
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
Overall,the musical is miles more charming than its screen adaptation.
Hollywood goes nuts over movies that pay homage to the movies, especially old ones.
Instead, thisperfect example of Oscar bait essentially checks off all the predictable genre conventionsand calls it a day.
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