CO said:

DominicCobb said:

Return of the King. And there are 11 guys named Oscar who can back me up on this one

Return of the King won the Best Oscar more for the accomplishment of the whole trilogy rather then this specific movie as many voters pointed out. I remember reading in 2001, they would nominate each Lord of the Rings movie for Best Picture, but would only give them one Best Picture Oscar after the 3rd movie.

As for the Academy, their track record on Best Picture movies is laughable for many years. Forrest Gump over Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption or even Quiz Show? Dancing with Wolves over Goodfellas? Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan? Ordinary People over Raging Bull? Chariots of Fire over Raiders of the Lost Ark? Driving Miss Daisy over Glory, Field of Dreams, or Born on the 4th of July? I could go on and on......

or Annie Hall over ANH? The crackpipe was well used by the academy that night! ;D

ROTJ the best SW film?! Nah.

1) Dont kill boba fett

2) make final assault on Imperial city instead of DSII

3) no ewoks and their looney-toons style of fighting.

4) no Luke/leia as siblings

For starters, if these things happen I'd have to say that ROTJ competes with ANH and ESB.