I thought "Chariots of Fire" was pretty good. No terrific performances that had me on the edge of my seat. Not really my type of story either. It was nice to watch as a sort of feel good movie, but I think it's more well known for its opening scene and the epic Vangelis theme. Ian Holm is pretty good too. The filmmaking is all good, you can tell by this point in the 1980s that most of the filmmaking techniques that we still use today were pretty standardized.
Not a whole lot for me to say about this one. I feel like "Raiders of the Lost Ark" definitely should have won Best Picture in 1981, that one's got a much larger impact on pop culture. I can see where they were trying to go with the whole "two men battling with pride and ambition" but it just didn't have any really tense dramatic weight to me. It's probably not helped by the fact that it's set in the 1920s and a more higher class British group of characters. Just wasn't really my cup of tea.
Not a whole lot for me to say about this one. I feel like "Raiders of the Lost Ark" definitely should have won Best Picture in 1981, that one's got a much larger impact on pop culture. I can see where they were trying to go with the whole "two men battling with pride and ambition" but it just didn't have any really tense dramatic weight to me. It's probably not helped by the fact that it's set in the 1920s and a more higher class British group of characters. Just wasn't really my cup of tea.