1) Which of these 1990 Best Pictures most deserved the award?
Titanic (52)--15%
The English Patient (13)--4%
Braveheart (57)--17%
Forrest Gump (59)--7%
Schindler's List (116)--34%
Unforgiven (9)--3%
The Silence of the Lambs (26)--8%
Dances with Wolves (13)--4%
2) Which of these 1990’s Best Picture Contenders SHOULD Have Won?
GoodFellas (41)--23%
Beauty & the Beast (26)--15%
The Crying Game (10)--6%
Babe (9)--5%
Fargo (24)--14%
L.A. Confidential (44)--25%
None of these, the Academy is always right, you blasphemer! (21)--12%
3) When you look back at movies in 1998, you'll remember...
Saving Private Ryan (192)--25%
Prince of Egypt (52)--7%
Psycho: Gus Van Sant's "re-creation" (24)--3%
The Truman Show (108)--14%
There's Something About Mary (190)--24%
Two movies about rocks about to destroy the earth (66)--8%
Titanic (but it came out in 1997!!) (89)--11%
None of these and/or there were no good movies in 1998 (60)--8%
4) Best Alive American Actor (of these)?
Al Pacino (102)--14%
Robert DeNiro (126)--18%
Jack Nicholson (144)--20%
Tom Hanks (179)--25%
Robert Duvall (22)--3%
Dustin Hoffman (80)--11%
Warren Beatty (1)--0%
Morgan Freeman (64)--9%
5) What WILL win the Best Picture Oscar?
Elizabeth (38)--7%
Life Is Beautiful (40)--8%
Saving Private Ryan (287)--54%
Shakespeare in Love (152)--29%
The Thin Red Line (10)--2%
(NOTE: the "People" were wrong surprisingly, "Shakespeare in Love" won)
6) What SHOULD win the Best Picture Oscar?
Elizabeth (26)--8%
Life Is Beautiful (61)--19%
Saving Private Ryan (97)--30%
Shakespeare in Love (112)--34%
The Thin Red Line (31)--9%
7) Which Oscar winner most deserved the award?
"Shakespeare in Love" Best Picture (122)--20%
Roberto Benigni, Best Actor (152)--25%
Gwyneth Paltrow, Best Actress (73)--12%
Judi Dench, Best Supporting Actress (25)--4%
James Coburn, Best Supporing Actor (18)--3%
Steven Spielberg, Best Director (217)--36%(NOTE: why does everyone LOVE Spielberg SO much? He is a national treasure, true, and might be a god in Hollywood, but jeez. The results of this new poll which also includes Steven should be interesting)
8) You're making a movie. Who's the director?
Francis Ford Coppola (61)--8%
Quentin Tarantino (143)--19%
Steven Spielberg (253)--34%
James Cameron (26)--4%
Martin Scorsese (103)--14%
George Lucas (60)--8%
Tim Burton (60)--8%
John Woo (32)--4%
(NOTE: Big surprise here, he said with much sarcasam. A honest-to-goodness big surprise was the mere 26 votes for James "Titanic" Cameron. Do they (meaning all the "Titanic" megafan-species) not know who directed and wrote Leo's lines? John Woo got more than that bloody hack. Good.)
9) Best Male Comic Talent in Hollywood today? (Adam Sandler intentionally left out)
Robin Williams (157)--39%
Jim Carrey (61)--15%
Mike Myers (90)--23%
Ben Stiller (31)--8%
Eddie Murphy (15)--4%
Bill Murray (21)--5%
Billy Crystal (12)--3%
Jar-Jar Binks (12)--3%
(NOTE: I was very very surprised it wasn't closer between Williams, Carrey, Myers, and Stiller), especially with the critical and commercial success of the latter two this summer)
10) Most Promising Young Actress?
Christina Ricci (127)--19%
Natalie Portman (153)--23%
Milla Jovovich (46)--7%
Claire Danes (106)--16%
Leelee Sobieski (55)--8%
Reese Witherspoon (58)--9%
Sarah Polley (25)--4%
Katie Holmes (100)--15%
11) Both of these actors have shed their "Pretty-Boy" image (to some degree). Who is the better actor?
Brad Pitt (349)--45%
Tom Cruise (285)--37%
Neither, if they make horrible movies like "Meet Joe Black" and "Mission Impossible"--(139)
12) Very beautiful, very talented, and very-hyped. But who's the better actress?
Gwyneth Paltrow (334)--51%
Cameron Diaz (134)--21%
Neither. (182)--28%
13) All of these movies want a Best Picture nomination. Which deserves it the most?
The Insider (80)--13%
The Green Mile (152)--24%
American Beauty (212)--33%
Man on the Moon (76)--12%
Being John Malkovich (58)--9%
All equal at this point. (11)--2%
None of these, what have you been watching? (44)--7%
14) The Academy really forgot to nominate....
Jim Carrey for The Truman Show (257)--30%
Jim Carrey for Man on the Moon (294)--35%
C'mon, who is he kidding? (300)--35%
15) Which Oscar winner deserved it the most?
American Beauty, Best Picture (94)--21%
Kevin Spacey, Best Actor (97)--22%
Hillary Swank, Best Actress (62)--14%
Angelina Jolie, Best Supporting Actress (34)--7%
Michael Caine, Best Supporting Actor (36)--8%
"The Matrix" (and their 4 Oscars) (114)--26%
16) You're off on a thrilling summer adventure (to save the world). Who do you take with you?
Neo & Trinity (191)--45%
Qui-Gon Jinn & Obi-Wan Kenobi (135)--32%
Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise, Mission Impossible) (79)--18%
My lawyer and a letter of resignation. (12)--2%
17) Which of these 1990's Best Picture Contenders SHOULD Have Won?
GoodFellas (1991) (231)--22%
Beauty & The Beast (1992) (89)--8%
The Crying Game (1993) (31)--2%
Pulp Fiction (1995) (190)-- 18%
Babe (1996) (43)--4%
Fargo (1997) (87)-- 8%
LA Confidential (1998) (122)--11%
Saving Private Ryan (1999) (220)--21%
None of these, the Academy is always right! (28)-- 2%
18) Best Comic Book (fanboy) movie?
X-Men (82) -- 31%
Spawn (13) -- 5%
The Crow (27) -- 10%
Dick Tracy (10) -- 3%
Unbreakable (53) -- 20%
Batman (1990) (43) -- 16%
Superman / Superman II (18) -- 6%
Batman & Robin (what are you smoking?) (11) -- 4%
Batman (1966, the one with Adam West) (1) -- 0%
19) Spielberg's Greatest Movie? (besides Schindlers List)
E.T. (51) -- 14%
Jaws (101) -- 27%
The Color Purple (30) -- 8%
Empire of the Sun (12) -- 3%
Saving Private Ryan (90) -- 24%
Raiders of the Lost Ark (63) -- 17%
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (14) -- 3%
20) Best Movie Soundtrack (of these)?
Magnolia (28) -- 13%
Rushmore (14) -- 6%
Pulp Fiction (42) -- 20%
Almost Famous (50) -- 24%
Reservoir Dogs (20) -- 9%
Yellow Submarine (15) -- 7%
A Hard Day's Night (15) -- 7%
When Harry Met Sally (20) -- 9%
21) What movie's fantasy world would you like to live in?
Shrek (39) -- 6%
Labyrinth (43) -- 7%
Moulin Rouge (160) -- 26%
Yellow Submarine (13) -- 2%
The Princess Bride (126) -- 20%
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (13) -- 2%
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (53) -- 8%
Nightmare Before Christmas (33) -- 5%
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (106) -- 17%
Other (22) -- 3%
22) Your favorite movie of these: all represented with three or more monologues on my page...
Magnolia (41) -- 7%
Fight Club (135) -- 24%
Taxi Driver (18) -- 3%
GoodFellas (46) -- 8%
High Fidelity (41) -- 7%
Almost Famous (68) -- 12%
American Beauty (138) -- 24%
Good Will Hunting (72) -- 12%
23) Favorite Tom Cruise movie?
Top Gun (181) -- 22%
Magnolia (77) -- 10%
Jerry Maguire (141) -- 17%
Risky Business (47) -- 6%
A Few Good Men (87) -- 11%
Mission Impossible (108) -- 13%
Born on the Fourth of July (15) -- 2%
I hate Tom Cruise with a white-hot-fire passion (150) -- 19%