Palme d'Or Winners

This is easily the best Vietnam war movie ever made and it's not even mainly focused on the war. It's more of a journey into the darkness of the human psyche and the soul, done very well I might add. Back in the time when Coppola made really compelling and important movies, this shines as one of his most important works. The whole cast is amazing, and you gotta love the appearance of an out-of-his-mind Dennis Hopper. Then again, does he really play any other type of character? Despite all the troubles of the production of the movie (nearly going bankrupt and an overly-fat Brando, to name a few), Coppola achieved his grand vision, despite how convoluted the Redux seems to be at times.

Joel and Ethan Coen are the masters of ambiguous and "non-pleasing endings to the mass audience". I could tell you some stories.

Gets an "A" for Suicide is Painless, alone. An additional "A+" is added for the acoustic version sung by the black man. Classic.

Doesn't exactly break new ground, but half way through the film, you actually truly start to care about the main character. His struggle and journey to find safety is easily one of the most powerful tales about war, since Schindler's List. I can't exactly get behind Adrien Brody winning over D-Day though at the Oscars, but they both deserved it so no harm done. Oh yeah and calling things overrated doesn't make you cool. Just pretentious.