Give It My Best

Unforgiven Date Watched:  09/24/24 Format:  Watched on TV via DVD Directing  (⭐⭐⭐): Writing  (⭐⭐): Acting  (⭐⭐⭐): Wildcard  (⭐⭐): Blah western.  Could have been darker and more suspenseful. Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda : A lot could have won over this.  Too many to name were better this year. Ranking: 1) Forrest Gump (Movie #5) 20⭐ 2) Platoon (Movie #17) 17⭐ 3) Gladiator (Movie #11) 17⭐ 4) Gone with the Wind (Movie #1) 17⭐ 5) Spotlight (Movie #24) 16⭐ 6) On the Waterfront (Movie #3) 16⭐ 7) Everything Everywhere All at Once (Movie #21) 16⭐ 8) Rocky (Movie #14) 15⭐ 9) The Sting (Movie #22) 14⭐ 10) Dances with Wolves (Movie #29) 14⭐ 11) Annie Hall (Movie #20) 14⭐ 12) The French Connection (Movie #15) 14⭐ 13) West Side Story (Movie #18) 14⭐ 14) Moonlight (Movie #9) 14⭐ 15) Argo (Movie #23) 13⭐ 16) Rebecca (Movie #27) 13⭐ 17) Amadeus (Movie #4) 13⭐ 18) Shakespeare in Love (Movie #2) 13⭐ 19) It Happened One Night (Movie #19) 12⭐ 20) Rain Man (Movie #7) 12⭐ 21) The Bridge on the River Kwai (Movie

Dances with Wolves Date Watched:  09/22/24 Format:  Streaming on TV via Tubi Directing  (⭐⭐⭐⭐): Writing  (⭐⭐): Acting  (⭐⭐⭐⭐): Wildcard  (⭐⭐⭐⭐): Epic.  This is what epic is supposed to be. Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda : Of course everyone will say Goodfellas.  Thankfully it wasn't The Godfather III.  I will always be a big fan of Misery, Awakenings, and Ghost. Ranking: 1) Forrest Gump (Movie #5) 20⭐ 2) Platoon (Movie #17) 17⭐ 3) Gladiator (Movie #11) 17⭐ 4) Gone with the Wind (Movie #1) 17⭐ 5) Spotlight (Movie #24) 16⭐ 6) On the Waterfront (Movie #3) 16⭐ 7) Everything Everywhere All at Once (Movie #21) 16⭐ 8) Rocky (Movie #14) 15⭐ 9) The Sting (Movie #22) 14⭐ 10) Dances with Wolves (Movie #29) 14⭐ 11) Annie Hall (Movie #20) 14⭐ 12) The French Connection (Movie #15) 14⭐ 13) West Side Story (Movie #18) 14⭐ 14) Moonlight (Movie #9) 14⭐ 15) Argo (Movie #23) 13⭐ 16) Rebecca (Movie #27) 13⭐ 17) Amadeus (Movie #4) 13⭐ 18) Shakespeare in Love (Movie #2) 13⭐ 19) It Happened One Night (Movie #19)

Mutiny on the Bounty Date Watched:  09/14/24 Format:  Watched on TV via DVD Directing  (⭐⭐): Writing  (⭐⭐): Acting  (⭐⭐): Wildcard  (⭐⭐⭐): I have said the sign of a good movie based on true events is one that makes you look into the details after the film has ended.  I will give credit that Mutiny on the Bounty did that for me.  Unfortunately, the Wikipedia articles were more entertaining. Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda : What a blah year and this movie winning was proof. Ranking: 1) Forrest Gump (Movie #5) 20⭐ 2) Platoon (Movie #17) 17⭐ 3) Gladiator (Movie #11) 17⭐ 4) Gone with the Wind (Movie #1) 17⭐ 5) Spotlight (Movie #24) 16⭐ 6) On the Waterfront (Movie #3) 16⭐ 7) Everything Everywhere All at Once (Movie #21) 16⭐ 8) Rocky (Movie #14) 15⭐ 9) The Sting (Movie #22) 14⭐ 10) Annie Hall (Movie #20) 14⭐ 11) The French Connection (Movie #15) 14⭐ 12) West Side Story (Movie #18) 14⭐ 13) Moonlight (Movie #9) 14⭐ 14) Argo (Movie #23) 13⭐ 15) Rebecca (Movie #27) 13⭐ 16) Amadeus (Movie #4) 13⭐ 17) Sha

Rebecca Date Watched:  09/11/24 Format:  Watched on TV via DVD Directing  (⭐⭐⭐⭐): Writing  (⭐⭐⭐): Acting  (⭐): Wildcard  (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐): Hitchcock.  He deserved more from the Academy over the years. Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda : Not too familiar with many from this year.  The Grapes of Wrath and The Philadelphia Story seemed they could have been contenders.   Ranking: 1) Forrest Gump (Movie #5) 20⭐ 2) Platoon (Movie #17) 17⭐ 3) Gladiator (Movie #11) 17⭐ 4) Gone with the Wind (Movie #1) 17⭐ 5) Spotlight (Movie #24) 16⭐ 6) On the Waterfront (Movie #3) 16⭐ 7) Everything Everywhere All at Once (Movie #21) 16⭐ 8) Rocky (Movie #14) 15⭐ 9) The Sting (Movie #22) 14⭐ 10) Annie Hall (Movie #20) 14⭐ 11) The French Connection (Movie #15) 14⭐ 12) West Side Story (Movie #18) 14⭐ 13) Moonlight (Movie #9) 14⭐ 14) Argo (Movie #23) 13⭐ 15) Rebecca (Movie #27) 13⭐ 16) Amadeus (Movie #4) 13⭐ 17) Shakespeare in Love (Movie #2) 13⭐ 18) It Happened One Night (Movie #19) 12⭐ 19) Rain Man (Movie #7) 12⭐ 20) The Bridge on