One Sentence Plot Summary: Two men, who love the same woman, serve side by side as airforce pilots in World War I.
Starring: Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen
Best of: The film's visuals are stunning given that special effects didn't really exist yet. I often found myself wondering how the film manages its many battle sequences. It is also refeshingly gruesome at times as any good war flick should be.
Worst of: As much as I appreciated the novelty of my first silent film experience, the medium does have substantial limitations. This is the only silent film to win a Best Picture Oscar.
Notable: For many years, Wings was considered to be "lost" until a surviving print was found in the Cinémathèque Française film archive in Paris and quickly copied from nitrate film to safety film stock. It has still not been released on DVD.
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I like movies. I like the Academy Awards. I like checking things off lists. So, why not try to watch every movie that ever won a Best Picture Academy Award?
Oscar Himself
The Ground Rules
This blog documents my attempt to watch every Best Picture Academy Award winner ever.
I'll post mini-reviews of each movie. I love movies, but care very little about how revolutionary they were for their time or whether or not they signified some sort of cultural or technological shift. So, all of my reviews are simply a reflection of how enjoyable the movie is for a modern viewer.
As a general guideline:
1 Star = Not worth watching for any reason.
2 Stars = Old people were easily entertained.
3 Stars = Perfectly acceptable that it won the award.
4 Stars = Best Picture, indeed. Great movie.
5 Stars = Lord of the Rings.
I'll post mini-reviews of each movie. I love movies, but care very little about how revolutionary they were for their time or whether or not they signified some sort of cultural or technological shift. So, all of my reviews are simply a reflection of how enjoyable the movie is for a modern viewer.
As a general guideline:
1 Star = Not worth watching for any reason.
2 Stars = Old people were easily entertained.
3 Stars = Perfectly acceptable that it won the award.
4 Stars = Best Picture, indeed. Great movie.
5 Stars = Lord of the Rings.
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