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In the words of W.B. Yeats You have disgraced yourselves again Mark Send a noteboard - 23/02/2012 04:04:56 PM
Don't get me wrong I like ROTK, but let's be honest, it is the weakest of the LotR films and only won best picture because the academy felt the need to honour the LotR films and failed to give the oscar to FotR, which was the LotR film which deserved it.

Return of the King doesn't even come close to the brilliance of Casablanca. In terms of story, dialogue, acting Casablanca is better. Return of the King doesn't even make sense as a standalone film and since we are not comparing all of the Lord of the Rings films against Casablanca, we must judge Return of the King as a standalone film. In which case it is over long (particularly the endings) is a mess structurally and has poor character development.
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Return of the King beat Casablanca? nossy - 23/02/2012 10:49:32 AM 1564 Views
Anyone claiming to have more fun with Casablanca than with ROTK is just crazy ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:03:14 AM 971 Views
Calm down, buddy. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:10:35 AM 884 Views
*barks* Never! ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:32:59 AM 972 Views
*bites* nossy - 23/02/2012 09:18:37 PM 931 Views
I think it's fair to vote if you love one entry enough to wish for it to win *shrugs* ironclad - 23/02/2012 10:08:33 PM 843 Views
Technically, that's just cheering for the home team. nossy - 23/02/2012 11:09:44 PM 845 Views
You seem to confuse this with a presidential election ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:30:05 PM 731 Views
That might be true too. nossy - 24/02/2012 12:11:51 AM 847 Views
I'd say it's a pretty fair spread of years. Chas - 24/02/2012 11:15:30 PM 1148 Views
Have you seen Casablanca? Camilla - 24/02/2012 12:55:30 PM 781 Views
No ironclad - 24/02/2012 02:21:16 PM 882 Views
Well, I have seen both Camilla - 24/02/2012 02:30:34 PM 935 Views
He doesn't know yet. nossy - 24/02/2012 05:22:11 PM 826 Views
Clearly. Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:32:40 PM 937 Views
Movies about romance and love that make female audiences cry = chick flick *NM* ironclad - 24/02/2012 05:35:30 PM 440 Views
In that case Camilla - 24/02/2012 05:52:37 PM 1025 Views
Lol. nossy - 24/02/2012 06:17:08 PM 804 Views
LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:05:59 PM 938 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:10:58 PM 882 Views
Re: LOL ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:23:47 PM 841 Views
Re: LOL Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:41:44 PM 1220 Views
Well there goes having a fun movie discussion without someone taking it personally ironclad - 24/02/2012 10:19:40 PM 812 Views
Right. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 10:21:02 PM 512 Views
Actually I'd say Casablanca is one of the most masculine films in existence Mark - 24/02/2012 07:37:02 PM 851 Views
Agreed. *NM* Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:08:31 PM 525 Views
I know Bogart is all macho lifting her chin like that and all... ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:11:15 PM 894 Views
You really should stop commenting on it until you have seen it Camilla - 24/02/2012 09:38:49 PM 866 Views
Neither have I. j-whitt987 - 24/02/2012 05:55:37 PM 830 Views
Old movies have a way of shocking you with how modern they are. Legolas - 26/02/2012 12:31:16 PM 919 Views
"Best" to me means "Most Enjoyable." Kaldric - 23/02/2012 02:09:48 PM 983 Views
Precisely! ironclad - 23/02/2012 02:30:38 PM 901 Views
I don't disagree with this. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:24:03 PM 804 Views
In the words of W.B. Yeats You have disgraced yourselves again Mark - 23/02/2012 04:04:56 PM 904 Views
See, that's why such polls are both fun and unnecessary ironclad - 23/02/2012 04:13:25 PM 935 Views
Pfft, you forgot one crucial point Mark - 23/02/2012 05:51:49 PM 959 Views
A Deathwatch Guard - 23/02/2012 05:04:52 PM 792 Views
Apart from my not having seen Casablanca, I couldn't agree more. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:23:51 PM 819 Views
You found it was the weakest ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:17:28 PM 784 Views
Perhaps I phrased that a bit badly, true. Sorry about that. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:39:12 PM 881 Views
In fairness Mark - 23/02/2012 11:13:41 PM 943 Views
ROTK isn't really too great of a movie. mogi67 - 26/02/2012 03:07:58 PM 814 Views
All sensible points. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:26:27 PM 740 Views
At least On the Waterfront beat Titanic... *NM* Stephen - 23/02/2012 06:14:19 PM 405 Views
What's much worse, it beat Gone with the Wind. Sacrilege. Legolas - 23/02/2012 06:25:47 PM 777 Views
Um... that is not my favorite movie. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:57 PM 864 Views
Not mine, either, but I do love it. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:41:28 PM 768 Views
Aww crap ironclad - 23/02/2012 07:58:31 PM 917 Views
You might have to hate it on principle. nossy - 23/02/2012 09:09:33 PM 707 Views
Casablanca is my all time favorite movie. This enrages me Urza - 23/02/2012 08:55:30 PM 836 Views
Heh nossy - 23/02/2012 09:13:09 PM 714 Views
I'm kind of torn on whether I want to see Lawrence of Arabia. Legolas - 23/02/2012 09:43:16 PM 871 Views
Hmm, no Hitchcock? dadof5 - 23/02/2012 10:04:25 PM 780 Views
It's only using films which won the best picture oscar Mark - 23/02/2012 10:58:41 PM 845 Views
Ohh, that explains a LOT ironclad - 23/02/2012 11:24:59 PM 754 Views
That does explain a lot dadof5 - 24/02/2012 03:21:08 PM 820 Views
Godfather won, you can all rest easy now ironclad - 24/02/2012 09:30:02 PM 802 Views
Phew? nossy - 25/02/2012 12:14:06 AM 861 Views
THAT CHICK FLICK??!!!?! Stephen - 25/02/2012 12:24:28 AM 769 Views
It feels like "let's be mean to Jens" day. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:49:03 AM 716 Views
Hey, at least we had around 50 decent replies and a nice discussion until things got unpleasant ironclad - 25/02/2012 01:24:48 AM 741 Views
Sorry, I meant my comment to be tongue in cheek Stephen - 25/02/2012 02:19:34 AM 731 Views
Yeah. nossy - 25/02/2012 12:00:19 PM 865 Views
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