Welcome to the Third Oscar History Challenge, a challenge I designed in order to bring some love to one of my favorite things to hate in cinema, the Academy Awards. I've enjoyed doing this the last two years, despite all the well deserved criticism surrounding the Academy. It's still a long standing icon in cinema and I love exploring it and diving into the history of it. So time for Round Three!
As for the rules:
1. Please tag the lists and reviews with either "oscars history challenge 2024" or "ohc24".
2. The films must have been nominated for Oscars. Being shortlisted doesn't count. They can be nominated in any category, including if they won any Honorary Awards, unless the…
Welcome to the Third Oscar History Challenge, a challenge I designed in order to bring some love to one of my favorite things to hate in cinema, the Academy Awards. I've enjoyed doing this the last two years, despite all the well deserved criticism surrounding the Academy. It's still a long standing icon in cinema and I love exploring it and diving into the history of it. So time for Round Three!
As for the rules:
1. Please tag the lists and reviews with either "oscars history challenge 2024" or "ohc24".
2. The films must have been nominated for Oscars. Being shortlisted doesn't count. They can be nominated in any category, including if they won any Honorary Awards, unless the criteria specifically names a category.
3. If the criteria says "features an Oscar nominated person", it means they had to have been nominated for that film.
4. The films can be watched in any order.
5. The films do not have to be first time watches but the more first time watches, the better!
List of all Academy Nominees
And the Challenges!
1. A film nominated at the Third Academy Awards
2. A film nominated at the Ninety-Fifth Academy Awards
3. A 1930's film
4. A 1940's film
5. A 1950's film
6. A 1960's film
7. A 1970's film
8. A 1980's film
9. A 1990's film
10. A 2000's film
11. A 2010's film
12. A 2020's film
13. RNG (Google random number generator, set values from 1 to 95. Then watch a movie from the ceremony corresponding to that number)
14. A film that won every award it was nominated for except Best Picture
15. A film featuring an Oscar nominated performance from Tom Hanks
16. A film featuring an Oscar nominated performance from Cate Blanchett
17. A film which earned Martin Scorsese an Oscar nomination for writing, directing, or producing
18. A film with Oscar nominated cinematography from Roger Deakins
19. A film with Oscar nominated editing by Thelma Schoonmaker
20. A film with Oscar nominated costume or production design from Catherine Martin
21. An Oscar nominated Garland Family film
22. A film nominated for Best Dance Direction
23. A film nominated for Best Assistant Director
24. An Oscar nominated film produced or distributed by A24
25. An Oscar nominated film directed by a black person
26. An Oscar nominated film directed by an Asian
27. An Oscar nominated film about a genocide
28. An Oscar nominated child performance
29. A film that received an award in a Special Category
30. A Pirate movie
31. A Gangster movie
32. A Samurai movie
33. A Sports movie
34. A Mystery movie
35. A Knight movie
36. A Chinese movie
37. A Chilean movie
38. A Dutch movie
39. A Hong Konger movie
40. A Palestinian movie
41. A Polish movie
42. A film currently on the Letterbox 250
43. A film formerly on the Letterbox 250
44. A film off the Official Letterbox 100 Oscar Nominees
45. An Oscar nominated sequel/prequel/spinoff
46. Any feature film that was the highest grossing of its year
47. Any feature film that was the lowest grossing of its year
48. A film nominated under a pseudonym
49. A film that won an NAACP Image Award
50. A film that won an Ariel Award
51. A film that won an Irish Film Award
52. Any film off your watchlist
Participants:
meyi☆//Mark Kaiserman//sebniv//Maximusbeardus//Passion//Jacob//devi123//k swizzle//Mr_Goose_//Larry Guzman//JLoRabbit//Nick Atkins//Heather Culbertson//Adam//Brendan Wahl//débora//Alex Simeon//Julianne Wallace//cassidy🎃🦇🌛jane//moonchild
Progress: 52/52
***Completed
This challenge took from January 5, 2024 to September 16, 2024. The average score I gave for this challenge was a 4.0.
The biggest surprise was Babylon. The last time a film entered my top 10 with a first watch was After Life in 2022. This film surpassed even that and joined my top 3. And it was only the second film of the challenge. Could not have predicted that. Would have saved it for last had I realized how phenomenal it would be. The biggest disappointment was House of Gucci. I can't say I was actually expecting it to be good to be honest, but it does continue to disappoint me how far Ridley Scott has fallen in the last decade or so.
Top Three:
1. Babylon
2. Excalibur
3. Brief Encounter
Bottom Three:
1. Ali Baba Goes to Town
2. Legends of the Fall
3. Village by the River
Other Superlatives:
Best Performances: James Cagney in White Heat/Margot Robbie in Babylon
Worst Performances: Adam Driver in House of Gucci/Karina Lombard in Legends of the Fall
Most Beautiful: Excalibur
Most Thought-Provoking: Adaptation
Made Me Cry: Babylon
Most Fun: Harlem Nights
