Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

I liked Twister's effects better than ID4's, too.

Keaton and Reynolds were two of my three favorites of the year, along side McDormand. I didn't care for Streep all that much in Marvin's Room. I did think she would have made a great Evita, unlike Madonna who I thought was merely posing.[/color]

What's Eating Gilbert Grape was not a serious contender for best picture in '93, but in retrospect it was a more deserving pick than the two Lasse Hallstrom films subsequently nominated - The Cider House Rules and Chocolat.



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