And the award for Best Picture goes to ...

Javier Bardem gives an Oscar worthy performance, rich characters and dialogue, and a cat-and-mouse game that kept me on the edge of my seat throughout. Too bad they ran out of film before they got to shoot the ending.

I hate myself a little bit for not loving this. I think if I hadn't watched Infernal Affairs I could appreciate this film a lot more. Alas, this is a pretty faithful remake, meaning I could compare every scene in the departed to a scene in Infernal Affairs, and IA just flat out wins. I can appreciate the high quality acting, the dialogue, and Vera Farmiga's character was the one big improvement over the original. Unfortunately, I can't recommend the departed to anybody because IA is just a better film, which makes it redundant in my eyes. Plus they added more to the ending, and I hated what they added. Wheeeee!

Assemble a cast of tremendous actors, directed by one of the most celebrated actors/directors in cinema history, and let them tell a compelling story. Nothing more I can say, perfect in pretty much every way.

Well, the final book was the worst one, and so follows the movie. The big battle was the epitomy of an anticlimax. Or was that the epilogue that went on for 40 minutes? I know the source material for the final book didn't exactly give them much to work with, but I can hardly give it a pass due to that.

This is so completely overrated in every way.

I admit I loved this when I saw it, but I somehow have absolutely no desire to ever see it again.

Amazing scenery, tremendous performances (esp Patrick McGoohan), a powerful score, and a fantastic story. In short, an incredible epic film.

Unforgiven was only the second Western I'd ever seen. So you can understand how surprised I was when I found out that all westerns don't rule quite this much.

This is spellbinding whenever Hopkins is on screen. Unfortunately, that's only about half the movie.

This is film at its absolute best. Dustin Hoffman finally wins the Oscar not for playing a truly unique roll, for which he is famously known. Instead, he plays a single father, with this role suddenly thrust on him at the film's onset; but plays it to such perfection that I barely registered that I was watching one of the greatest actors in film history. Interesting to note that most of the key scene (ice cream, courtroom testimony, etc) were either ad-libbed or reworked. Won the Academy Award for Best Picture for 1979 and deservedly so; you are cheating yourself of a truly moving and unforgettable film experience if you haven't watched Kramer vs. Kramer.

The all-time Razzie champ delivers the performance of his career. The penultimate underdog movie. I'm trying to figure out how anyone could not enjoy this movie. It has fights! It has romance! Even if you hate Stallone, you'll love Rocky.

Full of twists which keep you (mostly) guessing up until the end. Very fun to watch. Robert Redford is incredible here.

If only we could solve all our problems through creative dance. An adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, so you know what's coming throughout the movie. Still hits you like a ton of bricks. The best musical I've ever seen. I watched it three times in a row (no, really).