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SuprstitionAintthWay

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7. Spartacus has enough sword-and-sandals about it that if there had been a...

Reply to Jeebo (Reply #6)

Wed Apr 15, 2020, 02:22 PM

Apr 2020

...Best Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Action or Horror Picture category, it could have been squeezed in that as "Action."

Imperfectly, granted; it truly is a drama -- yes, a classic one.

But the Globes does this, plays a bit with its assignments to categories in order to spread the wealth around better in its "Best" films categories. Using even just my suggested divisions the Academy probably could have awarded both The Apartment and Spartacus "Best" picture trophies.

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I just watched "The Shape of Water" for the first time. [View all] Jeebo Apr 2020 OP

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I loved that film. Really captured my imagination. flying_wahini Apr 2020 #2

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We were going to watch it last night and the kids voted it down JDC Apr 2020 #4

"Best Pictures" are rarely the best pictures. SuprstitionAintthWay Apr 2020 #5

"Spartacus" should have won in 1960. Jeebo Apr 2020 #6

Spartacus has enough sword-and-sandals about it that if there had been a... SuprstitionAintthWay Apr 2020 #7