Let me introduce...

I would like to introduce and explain more about this blog. My wife, a friend of our's and myself have decided to  watch all the Oscar Winners for Best Picture chronologically from 1928 to the present. We haven't put a time limit on this, as it has been quite difficult to track down a lot of the earlier films, but we are doing it whenever we can. You may/may not hear from the others' points-of-view as they may/may not be effectively blogging like me (despite their much more vast experience with films than I). But I at least will be posting my opinions, knowledge and views about each film as we go. We don't exactly have a perfect record of the dates we have watched these films, but we started two years ago (with massive breaks in between each one) and will progress until we are up to date (whenever that will be).

Just a few things to note about my blog posts. When I refer to 'first film' or 'second film' it refers to the 'first film in the best picture winners' - not the first film ever. I'm not that much of a movie buff to be able to say that, so I just wanted to make that clear.

Also, one question as we've been going through these is why each of them won best picture. Of course we can't compare the nominees in line for most of them, but we could think about the historical context and the film itself and make our own assumptions or opinions about why it would have won. I will answer my opinion as to why each film won.

We welcome comments, so feel free to follow us on our journey through the history of the Best Pictures. If you wish to do this between you and your friends, feel free, but we will most certainly not be providing the films - we have made such an effort to track most of these down. If you wish to find them, either find them on Ebay, or if you hear of any film store (anywhere in the world) that sells DVDs, VHS, etc of the majority of these films, we'd love to hear about it.

Enjoy the blog, and come and experience the world of the Best Pictures with us.