The reason why Chicago won the best picture is that it was describing how society was and still is. It's about getting away with murder, the corrupt justice system, and how the media affects it. Society is fascinated with criminals, and also another note is how women were having more power, how abused they were and as revenge, they killed their spouses/partners. The performances, the costumes, the music, the choreography. It's a gorgeous movie.
@@yoshimanmariokart4572 I was praising the artists that worked on that movie, not that producer who should not be named. It's a shame though that a great movie like this is associated with him. In my mind, Richard Gere produced it.
@@JPLEYONKO4 I just saw Chicago at my schook and loved it, the artist were great. I was suggesting an alternate future had Chicago (made by Gere) LOST to Weinstein's movie. Weinstein had NOTHING to do with Chicago
What the hell is everyone's problem with Chicago?? That film completely blew me away when I first saw it! The actors gave well-done performances! The musical numbers where tremendous!! & the editing... oh my god! That film had some of the best editing I've seen in any film!!
Joe Whitehead Chicago deserved best picture, actually all the nominees were worthy of best picture, for me it's a good choice, despite my favourites were The Pianist and Gangs of New York, but Chicago is also a great movie with amazing performances and great film editing, i think Chicago is underrated, even in its own genre
Joe Whitehead Chicago deserved best picture, actually all the nominees were worthy of best picture, for me it's a good choice, despite my favourites were The Pianist and Gangs of New York, but Chicago is also a great movie with amazing performances and great film editing, i think Chicago is underrated, even in its own genre
Chicago is such a spectacular film that slowly began the revival of the big screen musical! Awesome to see the father son act of Michael and Kirk Douglas present the award. I'm going to one day see Chicago on stage where the legacy began 4 decades ago. Happy 20th anniversary to the long running Broadway revival and good luck to Neil Meron & Craig Zaden for NBC's Hairspray Live this December and their big screen production of Pippin!
this is my own opinion. chicago was thought to be virtually un-filmable for decades. then with the ingenious concept of placing the musical numbers in a fantasy world inside roxie's head, this stage piece became a film. unlike all of the musicals that have won best picture especially my fair lady, chicago transformed in a film, a cinematic experience. that's why it was nominated and it's why it deserved to win.
Seeing this video after finding out that Kirk Douglas died today Not many people get to live 103 years, hopefully his soul is resting in peace PS: The dynamic between his son in this video is very charming and funny
Chicago deserved the win. My personal favorite films were The Hours and The Pianist, but I understand why Chicago won. First, it is an amazing black comedy/musical, secondly the performances were fantastic and it is a project that couldn't have been filmed for decades. And it has endless re-watch value. This was one of the toughest years of the 2000s.
It would’ve been a joke because why would it get nominated. It was a good movie but it wasn’t best picture quality compared to the other five films nominated. Maybe I could’ve gotten a nomination if there were more nominations allowed but at the time since only five were allowed it had to be singled out even though it would’ve probably still got a nomination but I don’t think it would’ve and it would’ve been a joke
Thanks! That's the point. The Hours was perfect, pure emotion with perfect dialogues. " I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been", "Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more" are just epic sentences that are stuck in my memory. Even ordinary quotes like "I'm gonna make a pie" or "I'll buy the flowers by myself" are unforguettable because they are full of emotion. The scenes, the music, the performances...it's pure perfection.
whats worse is that he payed the oscar to gave best picture to the trash shakespeare in love, when it should be either saving private Ryan or Life is Beautiful.
I don't get why many people regard Chicago one of the worst Best Picture films. It's not like it was unexpected like when Crash won. Chicago won the Directors Guild of America award and the actors were winning at the golden globes, SAG and BAFTAs. It's a sophistically made film. The cutting back-and-forth from reality to Roxie's musical fantasies is a classic example of editing. The songs are wonderfully integrated into the courtroom drama. Chicago deserved to win as much as the other nominees
This was the time, when winning the best picture is that only the producers are only allowed to be on the stage. Im happy that everyone that are involved in the film are able to be showcased in the Oscar stage.❤
i love "Chicago" so much... and "The Pianist", i like "Gangs of New York".. but am i the only one in the world who wonders whay didn't "Catch me of you can" make it to the list?... one of my 5 favorite movies ever :(
I love how when they start anouncing the nominations Mr. Richards is just sitting there like he dosen't expect to win and when they say Chicago he's like," Oh my god, you're kidding." I love the expression on his face. So priceless. CHICAGO RULES!!! Peace.
this is my favorite movie ever. i think it perfectly combines the story with the musical numbers. it's so great too see a musical won best picture. hope to see that soon again.
Chicago was totally awesome! I'm addicted to Broadway musicals and they did VERY well to make Chicago in a film! I saw it and was just blown away! It SO deserved the Oscar!!! XD Also, RIP Kirk Douglas, acting legend and beloved father to Michael Douglas.
This was one of the greatest movies alive! I saw it at this discount store. The cover said 8 Academy Awards and I remembered the poster from my teacher's classroom. So I thought I'd get it....best decision of my life. This movie changed my life!
I know what you mean. It took me until 2012 to sit through the movie. The first live action movie musical I enjoyed was Mary Poppins. But I didn’t get big into song and dance until Wicked came along. Beforehand, I saw shortened stage performances of Guys and Dolls, Annie and the King & I as field trips. Then was High School Musical. In other words, I completely agree with you.
Well, I think you're looking at the movies in terms of message, meaning and story and while the movies you mentioned seem to mean more as cultural pieces the award for Best Picture goes to the movie that had the highest achievement in film making which then ties in sound and cinematography and score and acting and all the technical aspects of the film. Chicago was the best at combining these things but also had a filming concept that successfully translated an "un-filmable" musical into a hit
Personally, I thought Chicago was brilliant. I can watch it over and over again. Whether or not it deserved this win is debatable... although Catherine Zeta-Jones was the perfect winner for Best Supporting Actress, she was ridiculously phenomenal.
In my opinion, this is one the best recent years in film according to the nominations and I think Chicago totally deserved that award. Of course, it isn't moving at all while The Pianist is, but still it is an entertaining movie with great performances and amazing music and it is just fun to watch. Yeah, The Pianist is an important movie and a very moving one, but I still prefer Chicago and also The Hours. And the performances of that year - Kidman, Zellweger, Moore (with TWO wonderful performances), Day-Lewis, Nicholson, Brody, Cooper, Harris, Zeta-Jones, Streep, Bates,... Really amazing.
Honestly Chicago is a really good film with a lot of charm and heart. Usually I like it when the academy picks something subversive that's not so dire and tragic. However on this particular year there wasn't really much doubt that other movies were more deserving. The Two Towers would've been my choice followed closely by The Pianist. Both are far superior to Chicago in my honest opinion, but you know what can you do? :/
Chicago was a Broadway musical open in 1975 nominated for the Tonys and revival that won the Tony Award for a best musical in 1996 and now a major motion picture movie musical
1. Chicago🏆 2. Gangs of New York 3. The Hours 4. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 5. The Pianist 6. The Ring 7. 28 Days Later 8. Red Dragon 9. The Stuart Little 2 10. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 11. Austin Powers: The Goldmember 12. 8 Mile 13. Men In Black 2 14. Resident Evil 15. Enough 16. Scooby-Doo 17. Spider-Man 18. Queen of the Damned 19. The Bourne Indentity 20. Star Wars - Episode ll: Attack of the Clones
I haven't seen The Hours and Gangs of New York, but I've seen The Two Towers, The Pianist and Chicago, and I think that all three were equally deserving of the Oscar, so I wasn't upset that Chicago won.
Wasn’t it kind of a tell to have the husband of a best supporting actress nominee (and eventual winner) be the PRESENTER for this category?? I guess they knew it would be Chicago by the end of the night
I've seen all the nominees, all were excellent, 5 stars indeed, however, if i were to pick the best among them all, it's THE HOURS. One of greatest films ever made.
This, in my opinion, is really one of the only times I have ever agreed with the academy`s choice. Chicago is a brilliant movie, and one of my all-time faves, so it definitely more than deserved the award! Who knew that a musical could get such a high accolade?
Chicago deserved the win because that is how the Academy voted! I love Chicago, and it is my personal winner among the nominees. Putting a musical usually has a simple set and making it a great motion picture is amazing!
I remember watching this and Chicago winning all these Oscars. Then Dustin Hoffman introduced The Pianist, then showed a clip. Hoffmans words about the film were so intense, so striking, that when the cameras cut to people in the crowd, you could see in their eyes the regret for not voting The Pianist Best Picture. Chicago was entertaining, but The Pianist is a film people still talk about, that has still stuck with audiences, for almost a decade now. THAT'S best picture quality.
Chicago has absolutely left its mark in cinema history and people also still recognize its legacy. It is thematically both powerful and relevant. Just because it delivers its message through irony and satire doesn’t mean it’s just a fun “entertaining” film. Both The Pianist and Chicago are brilliant.
Best Picture should have been: Chicago The Pianist Lord of the Rings The Two Towers Gangs of New York The Hours Adaptation (WINNER) Spirited Away Catch Me If You Can Minority Report Punch Drunk Love
Chicago was indeed a good film but "The Two Towers" and "The Pianist" are far superior to it. For these two movies, if I had to choose I would choose "The Pianist" as best picture. When I first saw "The Pianist" I was younger and the movie scared me, but now that I'm older that's what made this movie amazing, The acting, directing, everything about this movie was far superior than any other movie that year. No doubt about it, "The Pianist" should've won.
Maybe Chicago wasn't the best movie that year - but it was certainly the most unique film - the other contenders were a big epic fantasy, a holocaust piece, and a historical crime drama. Chicago, on the other hand, was a very biting satire of show business, the justice system, the media, and public morality. You don't see many movies like that. It's kinda Brechtian. So it might not've deserved the win, but I think it gets a lot of undue scorn.
Before I watched Chicago 4 days ago, I thought it is just some kind of crap, but I decided to give it a shot. After I watched it, it became my favorite movie! I have watched it 3 times (everynight before I sleep). I just love it! My mind have been singing those songs since I watched it! Knowing it got the Best Picture in 2002, tonight, I have to watch it again!
That's got to be one of the best presentations for Best Picture I've ever seen by Kirk and Michael Douglas. Too bad the winner was the least impressive film in the category...
Chicago was that rare musical that outbested the stage version. Totally earned it.
Maybe In the Heights will have that pleasure soon
The reason why Chicago won the best picture is that it was describing how society was and still is. It's about getting away with murder, the corrupt justice system, and how the media affects it. Society is fascinated with criminals, and also another note is how women were having more power, how abused they were and as revenge, they killed their spouses/partners. The performances, the costumes, the music, the choreography. It's a gorgeous movie.
Just imagine how people would have reacted to this comment if Harvey Weinstein won (though he was not a murderer, but still bad)
@@yoshimanmariokart4572 I was praising the artists that worked on that movie, not that producer who should not be named. It's a shame though that a great movie like this is associated with him. In my mind, Richard Gere produced it.
@@JPLEYONKO4 I just saw Chicago at my schook and loved it, the artist were great.
I was suggesting an alternate future had Chicago (made by Gere) LOST to Weinstein's movie. Weinstein had NOTHING to do with Chicago
Or they just, you know, voted for the movie coz they enjoyed it.
15 years later and you can still watch Chicago over and over
Yes, and still am in 2022.
@@catherinerintamaki8617 taste
I’ve seen it twice though
The "we both reached for the gun" scene is freaking brilliant :D
Pretty much the scene that clinched the Oscar for me
The music sequences are some of the most imaginative shot on film
I’m sitting here watching it and you are so right!!
I love the audience reaction when Mr. Kirk Douglas tears the paper! He was truly amazing, may he rest in peace.
I kinda like the way they both say "Chicago!", seems very cheerful. :)
What the hell is everyone's problem with Chicago?? That film completely blew me away when I first saw it! The actors gave well-done performances! The musical numbers where tremendous!! & the editing... oh my god! That film had some of the best editing I've seen in any film!!
Chicago isn't one of my favorites but I agree with you.
Manuel Orozco Thanks! I wouldn't say it's my favorite either, but it's definitely best picture worthy!
Joe Whitehead I only saw it one time four years ago to celebrate Chicago's 10th anniversary.
Joe Whitehead Chicago deserved best picture, actually all the nominees were worthy of best picture, for me it's a good choice, despite my favourites were The Pianist and Gangs of New York, but Chicago is also a great movie with amazing performances and great film editing, i think Chicago is underrated, even in its own genre
Joe Whitehead Chicago deserved best picture, actually all the nominees were worthy of best picture, for me it's a good choice, despite my favourites were The Pianist and Gangs of New York, but Chicago is also a great movie with amazing performances and great film editing, i think Chicago is underrated, even in its own genre
Chicago is such a spectacular film that slowly began the revival of the big screen musical! Awesome to see the father son act of Michael and Kirk Douglas present the award. I'm going to one day see Chicago on stage where the legacy began 4 decades ago. Happy 20th anniversary to the long running Broadway revival and good luck to Neil Meron & Craig Zaden for NBC's Hairspray Live this December and their big screen production of Pippin!
this is my own opinion. chicago was thought to be virtually un-filmable for decades. then with the ingenious concept of placing the musical numbers in a fantasy world inside roxie's head, this stage piece became a film. unlike all of the musicals that have won best picture especially my fair lady, chicago transformed in a film, a cinematic experience. that's why it was nominated and it's why it deserved to win.
"You're supposed to say, 'And the Oscar goes too...' "
"And the WINNER IS..."
Seeing this video after finding out that Kirk Douglas died today
Not many people get to live 103 years, hopefully his soul is resting in peace
PS: The dynamic between his son in this video is very charming and funny
Legend, and he left/gave ALL his money to charities he loved. Around 60 million USA dollars. What a man !!!
Chicago deserved the win. My personal favorite films were The Hours and The Pianist, but I understand why Chicago won. First, it is an amazing black comedy/musical, secondly the performances were fantastic and it is a project that couldn't have been filmed for decades. And it has endless re-watch value. This was one of the toughest years of the 2000s.
But I would love to watch The Hours as winner. It was phenomenal.
Kirk and Michael Douglas are great together and extremely hilarious.
I have predicted that Chicago would win since the nominations were announced, and I am still glad it happened. R.I.P. Martin Richards and Craig Zadan
I was a bit of Crag’s work before and after Chicago. Which is why it took me 10 years to sit down and watch the movie
The last of the Hollywood tough guys and a great humanitarian. Rest Well, Kirk.
R.I.P. Kirk Douglas 😢
2:07 - 2:11 - 2:20 thanks 😄
Catch me if you Can wasn't considered for best picture damn
It would’ve been a joke because why would it get nominated. It was a good movie but it wasn’t best picture quality compared to the other five films nominated. Maybe I could’ve gotten a nomination if there were more nominations allowed but at the time since only five were allowed it had to be singled out even though it would’ve probably still got a nomination but I don’t think it would’ve and it would’ve been a joke
Catch Me if You Can is better than The Hours.
@@ahlethescout8404 lol, u must be out of ur mind
Its not a particularly memorable film.
Happy 100th birthday Kirk Douglas!! =D
Thanks! That's the point. The Hours was perfect, pure emotion with perfect dialogues. " I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been", "Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more" are just epic sentences that are stuck in my memory. Even ordinary quotes like "I'm gonna make a pie" or "I'll buy the flowers by myself" are unforguettable because they are full of emotion. The scenes, the music, the performances...it's pure perfection.
i love kirk douglas, he's so charismatic even with the speech impediment from this stroke...i love when he deliberately says 'and the winner is'
seeing harvey weinstein there makes me sick
Armando Batres he lost that year
go watch 1999
At least he's not gonna be buying oscars anymore
whats worse is that he payed the oscar to gave best picture to the trash shakespeare in love, when it should be either saving private Ryan or Life is Beautiful.
@@zackzallie8735 my point exactly
I don't get why many people regard Chicago one of the worst Best Picture films. It's not like it was unexpected like when Crash won. Chicago won the Directors Guild of America award and the actors were winning at the golden globes, SAG and BAFTAs. It's a sophistically made film. The cutting back-and-forth from reality to Roxie's musical fantasies is a classic example of editing. The songs are wonderfully integrated into the courtroom drama. Chicago deserved to win as much as the other nominees
This was the time, when winning the best picture is that only the producers are only allowed to be on the stage. Im happy that everyone that are involved in the film are able to be showcased in the Oscar stage.❤
R.I.P. Kirk Douglas 🙏🏾✝️
It never hit me until now that Michael Douglas is announcing his wife’s movie
That's probably why dear old Dad tore up the card and they each took a half of it.
I love it when Kirk says "to be 75 again".
The intro is one of my favourites.
i love "Chicago" so much... and "The Pianist", i like "Gangs of New York".. but am i the only one in the world who wonders whay didn't "Catch me of you can" make it to the list?... one of my 5 favorite movies ever :(
I love how when they start anouncing the nominations Mr. Richards is just sitting there like he dosen't expect to win and when they say Chicago he's like," Oh my god, you're kidding." I love the expression on his face. So priceless.
CHICAGO RULES!!!
Peace.
My nominees:
- About Schmidt
- Adaptation.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- The Pianist
- Spirited Away
Winner: Spirited Away
this is my favorite movie ever. i think it perfectly combines the story with the musical numbers. it's so great too see a musical won best picture. hope to see that soon again.
R.I.P Kirk Douglas one of the greatest of all time
Chicago was totally awesome! I'm addicted to Broadway musicals and they did VERY well to make Chicago in a film! I saw it and was just blown away! It SO deserved the Oscar!!! XD
Also, RIP Kirk Douglas, acting legend and beloved father to Michael Douglas.
This was one of the greatest movies alive! I saw it at this discount store. The cover said 8 Academy Awards and I remembered the poster from my teacher's classroom. So I thought I'd get it....best decision of my life. This movie changed my life!
It wasn't the best picture that year but I still can't help but be happy it won, it's that part of me that always love musicals!!
Agreed. I love when Harvey says "go" to Rob Marshall, for him to get up there.
I know what you mean. It took me until 2012 to sit through the movie. The first live action movie musical I enjoyed was Mary Poppins. But I didn’t get big into song and dance until Wicked came along. Beforehand, I saw shortened stage performances of Guys and Dolls, Annie and the King & I as field trips. Then was High School Musical. In other words, I completely agree with you.
Well, I think you're looking at the movies in terms of message, meaning and story and while the movies you mentioned seem to mean more as cultural pieces the award for Best Picture goes to the movie that had the highest achievement in film making which then ties in sound and cinematography and score and acting and all the technical aspects of the film. Chicago was the best at combining these things but also had a filming concept that successfully translated an "un-filmable" musical into a hit
Personally, I thought Chicago was brilliant. I can watch it over and over again. Whether or not it deserved this win is debatable... although Catherine Zeta-Jones was the perfect winner for Best Supporting Actress, she was ridiculously phenomenal.
why?
In my opinion, this is one the best recent years in film according to the nominations and I think Chicago totally deserved that award. Of course, it isn't moving at all while The Pianist is, but still it is an entertaining movie with great performances and amazing music and it is just fun to watch. Yeah, The Pianist is an important movie and a very moving one, but I still prefer Chicago and also The Hours.
And the performances of that year - Kidman, Zellweger, Moore (with TWO wonderful performances), Day-Lewis, Nicholson, Brody, Cooper, Harris, Zeta-Jones, Streep, Bates,... Really amazing.
"Bob Fosse! And Queen Latifah!" Best moment 🤣
Honestly Chicago is a really good film with a lot of charm and heart. Usually I like it when the academy picks something subversive that's not so dire and tragic. However on this particular year there wasn't really much doubt that other movies were more deserving. The Two Towers would've been my choice followed closely by The Pianist. Both are far superior to Chicago in my honest opinion, but you know what can you do? :/
Wow, Kirk Douglas would end up living for 17 more years.
Chicago was the Last musical Film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture.
Lallalaland
@@anantambisht4895 La La Land didn't win Best Picture. Emma Stone La La Land did.
@@NP-vn8so lalaland for me is the winner
This is one of my favorite set of best picture. All of them are great.
YES! "Chicago" won Best Picture! Thank god!
Oh, There goes John C. Reilly of Step Brothers and Wreck-It Ralph... He was in this movie, Chicago!!!
He played Amos Hart... Mr. Cellophane.
cance7984 Not
My Top 5 Favorite Best Picture Nominees of 2002:
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2. The Pianist
3. The Hours
4. Chicago
5. Gangs of New York
Why is Gangs of New York last? It’s a lot better then Chicago.
@@ronaldmcdonald2817 I like it a lot more than the other nominees (haven't seen The Hours, but I can't stand Nicole Kidman & Meryl Streep).
That year I was in Florida and every person that came to visit, I took them to see Chicago! I think 5 times! I still love it so much!
Chicago was a Broadway musical open in 1975 nominated for the Tonys and revival that won the Tony Award for a best musical in 1996 and now a major motion picture movie musical
R.I..P Kirk Douglas 1916 2020
Father and son presenting and daugther-in-law winning (at least indirectly)
"Chicago" is one of the best movie musicals ever made! I'm glad it won Best Picture!
I’ve had my fair share of seeing musicals on the screen that are as wonderful as or better than Chicago.
This, along with English Patient, Shakespeare in Love, and No Country For Old Men are now Paramount films.
What a ceremony, i remember be so happy for Chicago and Adrien Brody. Beautiful times!!!
1. Chicago🏆
2. Gangs of New York
3. The Hours
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
5. The Pianist
6. The Ring
7. 28 Days Later
8. Red Dragon
9. The Stuart Little 2
10. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
11. Austin Powers: The Goldmember
12. 8 Mile
13. Men In Black 2
14. Resident Evil
15. Enough
16. Scooby-Doo
17. Spider-Man
18. Queen of the Damned
19. The Bourne Indentity
20. Star Wars - Episode ll: Attack of the Clones
They had it coming. And all that jazz.
Imagine if The Pianist had won. The sheer commotion that would cause. And also being karma for Shakespeare in Love winning over Saving Private Ryan.
It's high time musicals were recognized. Chicago was AMAZING and deserved it in every aspect. WOOHOO!!!!
Congratulations, "Chicago"! You fully deserved to win the Oscar® for Best Picture! Cheers! :-D
16 years later and Kirk's still with us!
He passed away now
Chicago is a great movie. Watched it for the first time yesterday!
What a great year of movies
I haven't seen The Hours and Gangs of New York, but I've seen The Two Towers, The Pianist and Chicago, and I think that all three were equally deserving of the Oscar, so I wasn't upset that Chicago won.
Chicago deserved that Oscar! Its my favourite film of all time!
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2. The Pianist
3. The Hours
4. Chicago
5. Gangs of New York
Why is Gangs of New York last?
Spirited Away never had a chance because the Academy created a whole category for animated movies so that they would never win
I don't think spirited away deserved to be nominated for best film hell I didn't even think it was the best animated movie ( lower the gun please ).
***** you put a sock in it.
+Doshe Do At least it won Best Animated Feature and I like that one too
No. Actually "Beauty and the Beast", "Toy Story 3", and "Up" are the only three animated pictures that were nominated for best picture.
Wasn’t it kind of a tell to have the husband of a best supporting actress nominee (and eventual winner) be the PRESENTER for this category?? I guess they knew it would be Chicago by the end of the night
I wanted Catherine Zeta Jones to be Janet Van Dyne but I was cool with who ended up in the role
"The hours " made me cry and depressed.
Just loooook how the audience reacted. Chicago was truly a HIT big HIT
I've seen all the nominees, all were excellent, 5 stars indeed, however, if i were to pick the best among them all, it's THE HOURS. One of greatest films ever made.
This, in my opinion, is really one of the only times I have ever agreed with the academy`s choice.
Chicago is a brilliant movie, and one of my all-time faves, so it definitely more than deserved the award!
Who knew that a musical could get such a high accolade?
Whatever you feel about Polanski, The Pianist was by far the best film that year
Chicago deserved the win because that is how the Academy voted! I love Chicago, and it is my personal winner among the nominees. Putting a musical usually has a simple set and making it a great motion picture is amazing!
That "almost" Queen Latifah lapse was some slick shit he tried to pull.
I remember watching this and Chicago winning all these Oscars. Then Dustin Hoffman introduced The Pianist, then showed a clip.
Hoffmans words about the film were so intense, so striking, that when the cameras cut to people in the crowd, you could see in their eyes the regret for not voting The Pianist Best Picture.
Chicago was entertaining, but The Pianist is a film people still talk about, that has still stuck with audiences, for almost a decade now. THAT'S best picture quality.
Chicago has absolutely left its mark in cinema history and people also still recognize its legacy. It is thematically both powerful and relevant. Just because it delivers its message through irony and satire doesn’t mean it’s just a fun “entertaining” film. Both The Pianist and Chicago are brilliant.
Boy that was a tight race! Every nominee could have come out as a winner and it won’t come as a shock
I thought the same thing seeing the other nominees!
When Kirk said to Michael, talk distinctly I must admit I chuckled.
R. I. P. Kirk Douglas
Best Picture should have been:
Chicago
The Pianist
Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
Gangs of New York
The Hours
Adaptation (WINNER)
Spirited Away
Catch Me If You Can
Minority Report
Punch Drunk Love
RIP Kirk Douglas :(
I love Chicago's movie, I think desing production and choreograpys are beautiful, It deserved the prize
Chicago the best film EVER!!!
The Pianist should have owned this award...
Very well said.
Basically, you took the words right out of my mouth, Eyesiq.
It should have been Two towers.. it is the best thing that happened to cinema in our generation
This wasnt a shock win. Chicago was winning everywhere that year. The Golden Globes, Baftas, and Directors Guild of America.
Chicago was indeed a good film but "The Two Towers" and "The Pianist" are far superior to it.
For these two movies, if I had to choose I would choose "The Pianist" as best picture.
When I first saw "The Pianist" I was younger and the movie scared me, but now that I'm older that's what made this movie amazing, The acting, directing, everything about this movie was far superior than any other movie that year. No doubt about it, "The Pianist" should've won.
The Hours absolutely should have won!!! Runner-up should be The Pianist or Lord of the Rings Two Towers or Gangs of New York.
The hours did not deserve the win. It’s very mediocre
Maybe Chicago wasn't the best movie that year - but it was certainly the most unique film - the other contenders were a big epic fantasy, a holocaust piece, and a historical crime drama.
Chicago, on the other hand, was a very biting satire of show business, the justice system, the media, and public morality. You don't see many movies like that. It's kinda Brechtian.
So it might not've deserved the win, but I think it gets a lot of undue scorn.
1. Chicago
2. The Hours
3. The Pianist
4. Gangs of New York
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Why are best three ranked last?
@@ronaldmcdonald2817 Agree to disagree lol
This was my ranking 9 years ago and I still stand by it.
Andrew Cunningham I’m asking why there last tell me.
Andrew Cunningham Why are they Last I’m just interested.
Same ranking tbh
The Pianist, Gangs of New York, Two Towers > Chicago
pianist all the way!
Spirited Away should've been nominated and won.
Sorry but Chinese cartoons don't even get nominated for Best Picture, pls stop crying
Kek Master Lol Spirited Away is from Japan.
gain al no its from indonesia. get your facts straight boi
You know what? It's actually from Estonia. We were both wrong. Lol.
gain al Dipshit. it's from mongolia
Before I watched Chicago 4 days ago, I thought it is just some kind of crap, but I decided to give it a shot. After I watched it, it became my favorite movie! I have watched it 3 times (everynight before I sleep). I just love it! My mind have been singing those songs since I watched it! Knowing it got the Best Picture in 2002, tonight, I have to watch it again!
I wasn't very pleased about Chicago winning then, but its victory has grown on me. I will be a LOTR fan forever, but Chicago is a great BP winner.
That Oscar was by far for The Two Towers!
Road to Perdition was not even nominated? That movie should have won!!!!!!!!!
KALIMAindia Well it was a comic book movie.... And we all know how the Academy feels about those...
SuperRider108 Graphic Novel but I get your point!
The overrated Sam Mendes didn't deserve to be nominated.
@@filmbuff2777 Dude uncool
probably one of my favorite wins EVER!!! minus harvey
2:08
Michael Douglas: You're supposed to say, "And the Oscar goes to..."
Kirk Douglas: And the Winner IS...
LOL great! :D
Just watched Chicago
John C.Reilly starred in 3 out of 5 nominated pictures in that year.
That's got to be one of the best presentations for Best Picture I've ever seen by Kirk and Michael Douglas. Too bad the winner was the least impressive film in the category...
I lol'd when he told michael to speak distinctly