From the nominees, the worst picture:
2000
Nominations: Chocolat, Crouching Tiger, Erin Brockovich, Hidden Dragon, Gladiator*, Traffic
Worst: Chocolat
2001
Nominations: A Beautiful Mind*, In the Bedroom, Gosford Park, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings, Moulin Rouge!
Worst: TLotR:TFotR
2002
Nominations: Chicago*, Gangs of New York, The Hours, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Pianist
Worst: TLotR:TTT
2003
Nominations: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*, Lost in Translation, Master and Commander, Mystic River, Seabiscuit
Worst: TLotR:TRotK
2004
Nominations: The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Million Dollar Baby*, Ray, Sideways
Worst: Ray
2005
Nominations: Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash*, Good Night and Good Luck, Munich
Worst: Crash
2006
Nominations: Babel, The Departed*, Letters to Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, The Queen
Worst: Babel
2007
Nominations: Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men*, There Will Be Blood,
Worst: Atonement
Winners with *
Notes:
2000: admittedly Crouching Tiger has aged the poorest.
2002: argument could be made for Chicago, but Two Towers was the worst of the trilogy and it would be unfair to tag the other two and not this one. Gangs of New York was robbed.
2003: I haven’t seen Seabiscuit, but my wife tells me that it was sappy, though well made. Lost in Translation was robbed.
2007: There Will Be Blood was robbed.
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June 16, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Melton
2000: correct
2001: dead wrong – Gosford Park or even ABM
2002: Chicago by a MILE
2003: Master and Commander
2004: Gotta go with Sideways, even though I enjoyed it (this was the toughest year, by far)
2005: Brokeback by another mile
2006: Letters to Iwo Jima
2007: You might actually be right about this, since this is the 2nd toughest year. I’m surprised you didn’t say Juno.
The worst out of the worst is definitely Chocolat which is one of my most hated movies of all time. I can at least agree with your picks of what movies got robbed. Good call.
June 19, 2008 at 3:35 am
Remy
2000: I know, I’m like that
2001: I liked Gosford Park, but I think I was making out with Bethany for most of it…
2002: Let’s agree: Photo finish
2003: I’ll never watch Master and Commander nor LotR: tRotK ever again, so in that sense I’ll say “tie”.
2004: Sideways is still one of the funniest movies you’ve ever seen, it’s Ray, dude, I promise.
2005: Was it that bad or was it b/c the parodies were so good? Crash wishes it were Magnolia.
2006: I didn’t like Letters that much either, but Babel was a bloody mess.
2007: at least Juno, however insipid, style had some style.