The Decade in Review: The Best and Worst Oscar Winners (Per Category)

Now that we know who came out victorious at the 82nd annual Academy Awards, I thought it was a perfect time to make the list of the best and worst Oscar winners of the decade per category. It wasn’t hard coming up with them since the Academy tends to reward lesss-than-worhty features all time, which makes it easier for the good ones to stick out.

In each category I’ve listed what I think are the best and the worst choices the Academy made, and a reason why they are on the list. I skipped the Documentary and the short categories and I have not seen enough to make a judgement.

Without further ado, here are my pick for the best and worst Oscar winners of the decade.

The Decade in Review: Top 10 Scores

A music score can sometimes make or break a movie. It can make it by supporting the story of the film and making us feel what the character are feeling. It can break it by being overpowering and distracting the audience from the screen or for feeling out of place.

There are times when the music not only aids the movie, but also stands on it’s own as something you can listen to often and bring back what you felt during the movie. That is what all the scores in this list have in common. These are the scores that not only sound fantastic, but also made me feel something and made me remember them long after the movie was over

Here are my top 10 scores of the decade:

(click on the links to listen to my favorite track from each score)

The Decade in Review: Top 50 Films, Part Four (11-20)

Today I continue the countdown towards revealing what my favorite movie of the decade is with the number 11-20 on the list. Before going into that I will take some time to talk about my choices for the three worst movies of the decade.

My number three is The Dukes of Hazzard. The original show was not very good to begin with, but it was entertaining and a good way to kill some time. The movie rather than being a straight remake in tone, is a sex movie that is even more pointless than the show. Every single performance in the movie is horrible, especially Jessica Simpson. I like her, but she rightfully belong in the bubblegum pop music genre.

Number two goes to the Walking Tall remake. This movie came out back when Dwayne Johnson was still being called “The Rock” and even then I saw potential in him because he was great in The Rundown, one of the greatest action movies of the decade. However, his work here made me question his abilities (just like every movie he is making these days). Cliché after cliché, Johnny Knoxville, and many over-the-top performances, simply did not allow me to enjoy it, but rather made me cringe every minute.

But the one movie that made cringe throughout the entire movie was Spike Lee’s Miracle at St. Anna. After his feud with Clint Eastwood, I was seriously hoping that his World War II movie would deliver, but it was a humongous disappointment. First off, the movie is extremely offensive. We get every kind of stereotype for just about every nation that was involved in the war. Lee just showed that he is a bit of a racist too. The script aside from being offensive, as I said, has horrible dialogue and too many characters, and that does not allow for proper character development. This is also shown in the bad performances from every one in the cast. It is also a very ugly-looking movie. The cinematography is horrible and it does not allow the good-looking sets shine. The fights are horribly choreographed, and the score…don’t even get me started on the score. Plus, it is over three hours long, or at least it feels like it.

Anyways, go ahead and read part four of the countdown to get the bad taste out of your mouth.