Oscar do-overs: Giant, aka My Giant not your Giant which is not the Billy Crystal movie

In the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly there was an article entitled something like "Top 10 Over-rated Best Picture Winners"  Besides the ongoing conversation on how many times Martin Scorcesse got robbed (losing to Ordinary People in 1980 and Goodfellas losing to Dances With Wolves in 1990) it brought up how some best picture winners stand up over time and who might have been more deserving.



I agree that in 1959 Giant got robbed losing to a big budget adaptation of Around The World in 80 Days and i am saying that even though I haven't seen the latter.  Is that fair? No its not.  I base it solely on the fact that Giant is one of my favorite all time films and everything I've read on the later is that it was less than stellar.  Side note on part of my love for Giant: When I first saw the film through Netflix many years ago and I was working my way through the first AFI list of Top 100 movies.  I sat on the floor of my small Studio City Apartment not completely believing how much I was enjoying Giant.  In those days I never glanced at the Info sleeve to find out running time or even subject matter and usually ended up enjoying it more.  Anyways, after a very dramtic scene in the film the screen all of a sudden went black and I actually yelled "NO!!!!!"  Then I sat in stunned darkness for a bit and then I realized no closing credits had come up.  Even more curious I opened the DVD player to fight with great joy that it was a two sided DVD.  Though ending the film at movie at the break would have been very bold and exciting, I am sure glad it didn't.  And if you are wondering, the answer is No I did not fuller learn from the oversight.  I don't even recall how much of Dr Zhivago I watched on Side B before realizing my mistake and flipping the disc over.  Let's just say it made for a very long evening.