Time for a Random List: The Five Worst Best Picture Oscar Winners

5. Ordinary People (1980)
Should Have Won: Raging Bull

4. Gandhi (1982)
Should Have Won: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

3. Crash (2005)
Should Have Won: Brokeback Mountain

2. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Should Have Won: High Noon

1. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Should Have Won: Giant

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Time for a Random List: Most Beautifully Shot Films by Decade

One night, when wasted of course, I composed an epic list for my friend of the most beautifully shot films by decade beginning with the 1930s. I really don't know why I did this. He simply mentioned the word "film" in a text and it sent me off on a diatribe that ended only because I was in the midst of consuming my sixth Weyerbacher Verboten of the night. Anyway, I would like to share this list with you right now because a) the list still intrigues me and b) I probably think this line of conversation is way more intellectually stimulating than it actually is.

1930s - Gone with the Wind: There isn't a lot of competition here. Maybe The Wizard of Oz? The temptation is to give it to Judy Garland's film because of the sheer awesomeness of those flying monkey dudes, but GWTW wins for that massive crane shot at the train station alone. The one that ends with the shot of the Confederate flag in tatters. When that flag pops in and the solemn music comes in to accompany it, it is almost enough to make you feel for those slave-owning crackers. Nah, just kidding. I'm glad all those a-holes got iced.