well i havent seen this one yet, but i do seem to disagree with the Academy a lot; there's only a handful of best picture winners that actually deserved it. if i ever do see tom jones, i hope it'll be better than these best picture winners that i didnt like at all: west side story, amadeus, forrest gump, english patient, titanic, shakespeare in love, and gladiator.
some of the few that actually deserved best picture: casablanca, lawrence of arabia, ben-hur (i know people will disagree with me here, but damnit that was a great artistic achievement for that time), the godfather 1&2, schindler's list. there are others that could make that list but these were some of my favorites, plus there's a bunch i still havent seen.
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BlondeVixen
15 years ago
I don't like this movie either. And, I didn't like the way animals were treated in it, especially the deer hunt scenes.
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cwente2
15 years ago
But . . . that's the way animals were treated in Fielding's time. A difference, I think, the film was trying to make clear. As you can also deduce from viewing this film, people weren't treated very well either. Gives a sense of time and place making the characters' attitudes and motivations easier to understand. No?
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BlondeVixen
15 years ago
Not for me. The only movitation most of the people in this movie had was lust & drunkeness 99% of the movie. Showing harsh treatment of animals doesn't make the movie any better, even if it's to depict the callous attitude of the times, & only made me dislike the characters more.....not caring about any of them. The attempts at humour, I didn't find funny. If they had to make the movie mostly on the subject of the lack of sexual mores of the characters, it could've used a loveable imp like a Benny Hill in this. At least his comic lusting in his shows made you still like him.
It probably didn't help that I'm not a big fan of 17th-18th century based films anyway, with a few exceptions of the classics.....the best films of that time made in the 1930's.
Around the time Tom Jones came out, I think Anglophilia & things British were in, which must've helped this movie have so many awards or nominated for them. Gone with the Wind it ain't, LOL.
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rjg92
15 years ago
Watched Tom Jones last night on TCM. I have no idea how it won a Best Picture award. It was not even a very good movie. Main character was almost impossible to like. His loves interest's final reaction to him makes little sense. The Academy is a political group so I give no credence to it's decisions.
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cwente2
15 years ago
I don't care much for the Academy Awards either but -- this film is beautifully made and absolutely delightful!
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