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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 119725" data-attributes="member: 151">Thank goodness we have an AMC and TCM to actually give us a chance to see these films.  The odds of my seeing 'Gentleman's Agreement' on regular television or basic cable is pretty fleeting, at best.  Although I'm not sure how to react to AMC's recent 'reimagining' of themselves...I'm not sure if it's good or bad, yet.  Some films from the 60s and 70s are virtually ignored today, and I'm glad to see these reaching the light of day (such as, say, the Friends of Eddie Cole, a film I'd never even heard about, but that riveted me when I actually stumbled across it).But as the good Colonel points out, the Oscars have always been skewed toward a particular type of picture.  The only comedies that ever win are usually ones with a much more serious bent to them, such as say Driving Miss Daisy, Annie Hall or Forrest Gump, that are really straight dramas with some comedic elements to them [the Sting being a rare exception].  The 70s had some pretty groundbreaking films for best picture (such as the Godfather I/II, the French Connection and The Deer Hunter, to name a few).Ultimately, I think RangerWickett has the right tack.  While _I_ consider it the best picture of the year, I don't consider that everyone would agree.  They don't have my emotional investment in the movie, any more than I do in, say, Shakespeare in Love.  Just remember, FotR has mainstream respectability, and just might clue folks in to what we love about the genre so much.  That's something worth crooning over, alone. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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