Who's Oscar was the biggest travesty?

of course Cast Away not getting best picture and Chuck Nolan for best actor are high on the list

and Paul Newman about 6 times and Alfred Hitchcock another 6.

Not that we are bitter or anything, because the more acurate term would be livid.

....plus early that year people were predicting Gillian Anderson for "House of Mirth" and then she wasn't even nominated! Which I guess pissed her off because she's dropped off the face of the Earth.

or Cliff Robertson.

Wayne for True Grit, Hoffman and Voight for Midnight Cowboy. Could it be more obvious that it was a pity award?

Hoffman--his Ratso Rizzo character was very irritating and not "spot on".

Bob Fosse beating Francis Ford Coppola or Joel Grey beating Al Pacino. Both for the first Godfather.

Bob Fosse never won an acting Oscar. Art Carney won against Pacino in '74

All that Jazz was nominated in '79. It didn't win any major awards.

LOL robbed Roy = Rob Roy, sometimes ya get a twofer

I luvz my amorphous Moof-stalker. Can you follow me around with a set of drums to give me a rimshot whenever I crack a funny?

the stalkers union does sorta frown on it.

As far as "give me a rimshot whenever I crack a funny?" sometimes it gets hard to tell who is the second banana and who is on top.

Oh well as long as the act goes on next to closing.

1976: Rocky over Network and Taxi Driver for Best Picture

1990: Kevin Costner ("Dances With Wolves") over Martin Scorcese ("GoodFellas") for Best Director

are correct. Network and Taxi Driver were both infinitely better, but I'd lean toward Network, mainly because of the awesome screenplay.

Costner shouldn't have even been allowed at the ceremony - but the Academy just LOVES actors who direct. But Scorcese, along with Hitchcock, is one of the greatest directors who never won an Oscar.

What's with that tendency to give it to the actor who directed, usually with himself in the lead? Robert Redford, Kevin Costner, Mel Gibson, Warren Beatty and I forget who else. I just can't see it.

I would gladly purchase a lifetime supply of beer for anyone who could either unmake this movie or find all the copies of it existing everywhere and destroy them.

Agree with you. Add to it Kramer versus Kramer over Apocalypse Now and Ordinary People over Raging Bull. I found the "Silence of the Lambs" sweep of the Oscars to be a total sham.

Network was an infinitely better movie than Rocky.

As hot as she is, and as competent as she is, there was nothing deserving of an oscar in "Monster's Ball". It was a degrading role, and a character with little dignity who OF COURSE depends on the white man to save her.

I like her a bit better than Denzel Washington, but they both are a tad bit bland, IMO...

her character was, indeed, pathetic. But that's not her fault, it's the screenwriter's.

She was quite good in that role, whatever you think about the merits about her character.

She was well deserving for that role. The entire resolution of the story rested on her not saying a word. She pulled it off brilliantly. And I don't see it as degrading. Neither did she, apparently; otherwise she wouldn't have done it.

Forrest Gump beats out Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption, and the underrated Quiz Show. Shit, even Four Weddings and a Funeral got robbed by comparison. I haven't watched an Oscarcast since (Probably for the best, because I doubt anything is ever going to top the "Hey, mister, wouldya like to buy a monkey?" montage).

I also hold the opinion that Gregory Peck (To Kill A Mockingbird) shouldn't have beaten Peter O'Toole (Lawrence of Arabia) in 1962, and if nothing else, it's built up my resistance to criticism (and made me a better hand-to-hand fighter).

What a great movie. Definitely more deserving of the Oscar than Forrest Frump, though I did like that movie.

Pulp, Shawshank and Quiz were so much more deserving. Pulp and Shank are still two of my favorite movies of all time. That Tim Robbins wasn't even nominated for Shank is the biggest snub ever, imo. At least he won for Mystic River.

... or Kim Basinger in L.A. Confidential. She was a big zilch in that movie, and Hanks' Southern accent in Forrest Gump was phonier than a three-dollar bill. I grew up in south-central Alabama in the 1950s and 1960s and, believe me, I know what I'm talking about when I say I've NEVER heard anybody who talks like that.

Ron

P.S. -- I think the word "travesty" is far too harsh to be appropriate in this context. We all love movies, they are a major 20th century and 21st century American and world art form, but they're still just movies, for heaven's sake. Also, please learn the difference between the contraction "who's" and the possessive pronoun "whose." You needed the possessive pronoun here.

over Kate Hudson in "Almost Famous"? just plain wrong,although Kate hasn't picked anything that has a decent script since then.i also thought Lauren Bacall's was a sympathy win for that crappy (aren't they all?) Streisand flick which i forget the name of.

fucking brilliant!!!!!!!!!!! One of the few times they got it right!

Lauren Bacall was the heavy favorite in 1996 for "The Mirror Has Two Faces" (the Streisand flick) but was upset by Juliette Binoche (talk about dropping off the radar) for "The English Patient"

I also thought the "English Patient"'s win was a joke, but not as much a travesty as it was a comparatively weak year for movies (I would have given it to Fargo or Trainspotting)

and the movie itself was waaaaay overrated, too. The only good thing from that movie was Billy Craddup.

THAT rold did not deserve an Oscar.

For "Best Song"

Blah...

He's useless.

"Someone tell me why Cher has an Oscar - CHER HAS AN OSCAR!!! PUT A KNIFE THROUGH MY TEMPLE RIGHT NOW!!!"

-Mario Cantone

So there!

Cher was great in "Moonstruck".

And she's got it!

Seriously--some people have an inante ability to act--I think she's one of them. Others have to study the craft, and as good as they get, they can't compare with some people who can inhabit a role naturally.

Julia Robert's can't touch the performance by Ellen Burstyn in "Requiem for a Dream".

And Meryl Streep in Adaptation was 1000% better than Catherine Zeta-Jones in that horrible schlock Chicago. But Streep didn't have a husband who shelled out over a million dollars to help get his wife an Oscar

That was a nothing performance. Hardly Oscar material.

A sheer travesty, IMO. Nowadays, the Oscars are given to which studio can mount the biggest marketing campaign for their nominees. It's pathetic. So many good performances are passed over each year because Harvey Weinstein can spend big bucks to promote a Miramax film.

That was another low point in Oscar history. Sir Ian McKellan was passed over for his BRILLIANT performance in "Gods and Monsters" by some hyperknetic idiot who couldn't act his way out of a paper bag.

Nicole Kidman winning.

...because him and his brother Bob are going to make sure that "Fahrenheit 9/11" gets in the theaters this year despite Disney's protests!

If John Ashcroft succeeds in setting up concentration camps in America, my vote is that anybody involved in the making of that film be sent there first. Best Picture for 1981? Bear in mind that "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Das Boot," and "On Golden Pond" all came out that year. Hell, Bill Murray made "Stripes" in 1981 and I'd watch that one again without somebody pointing a gun to my head.

It should've been Orson Welles for "Citizen Kane." But of course "York" was about an ideal America while "Kane" was about the real America so it had no chance.

The charter woman member of Overactors Anonymous doesn't deserve to be in movies, let alone winning the highest award given. She makes me nauseous.
The Professor

I liked the movie, I liked her in the movie (Shakespeare in Love). I just think Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth" was far more deserving.

I was told (by several actor types because I haven't seen the movie) to just WATCH her mouth, a GOOD actor will keep their mouth open(even slightly) in every scene "ready" to react to their partner, etc.

She, I'm told, keeps her mouth shut the entire movie. :( Apparently not "interacting" with the other actors...

She cannot act if her life depended on it--the lowest thacademy has ever gone.

Roberto Begnini is up there, as is Helen Hunt--they're 2 and 3, but I can't decide who is 2 and who is 3--let's call it a draw.

I can always count on you, in any thread that touches on movies, to trash Nicole Kidman.

Your hatred of her is so visceral, it's like she dumped you for some other guy or something. You're beyond critic and into the realm of insanely jealous spurned ex-lover.

Myself, I like her quite a bit as an actress, but that just my opinion, and I've no interest in debating her talent with you.

:hi:

:hippie: peace

Did you see "Cactus Flower?" She was excellent.

My vote goes to Cher. Not because Cher was bad in "Moonstruck," but because (1) it was clearly a consolation prize (she should've had it for "Silkwood") and (2) Glenn Close deserved it far more that year -- "Fatal Attraction."

I saw an ET bio of her on the plane comeing back from Vegas and she said that she didn't think the role was worthy of even being considered for an Oscar that is why she didn't go.

That is what she said.

I thought it was a good performance. OTOH, I haven't seen the other performances that were nominated that year.

she didn't even get nominated.

I know how you feel about her, Ronny. Figured this would bring you out. So to speak.

I still get annoyed just thinking about it.

and Alfred Hitchcock never winning.

Burton was just as good as Elizabeth Taylor, who did win Best Actress Oscar, in "Woolf"

Another actor who should have won an Oscar is Peter O'Toole (besides his honorary Oscar). "Lawrence of Arabia" "The Lion in Winter" "My Favorite Year". All were Oscar worthy performances.

she was far better than Grace Kelly that year.

She was very difficult during the filming, and had been for some years, and her not winning was the industry's way of saying that they were fed up with her antics.

Just goes to show you that the Oscars are awarded simply by talent or performance, and sometimes neither coems into play.

Grace Kelly couldn't act period. JMHO. :evilgrin:

"A Touch Of Class"

Barbra Streisand should have won for "The Way We Were".

Sesame Street's Oscar is the biggest trashity....errrr.....travesty.

:smoke:

She was OK in "As Good As it Gets," but Judi Dench should have won that year.

Awful, but Nicole Kidman was the worst!

It was like a consolation prize for being dumped by Tom Cruise. Eh, she's alright though.

leading up to the Oscars she went on about how she's "trying to move on."

Hate her, hated the movie.

Most all its Oscars were travesties. I know it's not a person, but I'm covering all the people who DID NOT deserve an oscar for that flotsam. And I love the heck out of Kate Winslet and want her to marry me, but come on... 11 Oscars for dreck? The technical Oscars: well deserved. Directing, acting, etc.? Absolutely not.

"I'm King of the World!" <-- yeah, you used to be good, too, you old fart.

Yes, I know she's on board, but that can't change the fact that she's UNfunny, UNtalented, and IRrelevant.

She won for a mediocre performance is a barely mediocre film. I've said it before, I'll say it again... the only way to explain Whoopi's career is "a nation decides not to hurt sombody's feelings."

Go away, Whoopi. You are tiresome.

I guess I'm not part of THAT nation.

IMO, she's clever, witty, and wears a role like many a stand-up comic.

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FULL imaginations come-to-life, like robin williams, billy crystal, jim carrey, and more

Ecccccchhhhhh

But "Rocky" was more popular at the box office. Oh, well.

uggh -- money grubbing goldigging con woman -- ick

and every other Oscar his crappy movie spawned.

His Oscar was a travesty, a tragedy and a treasure all at once!

Long live Oscar! :toast:

Oops -- edit. My apologies to JCCyC, he said it first. :-)

for "A Beautiful Mind". Then again Denzel should have won it for "Malcom X".

Any Oscar given to that movie is a travesty, imo. As for Crowe, he should have won for "The Insider".

Honorable Mention:

Denzel for winning for "Training Day" and for NOT winning for "Macolm X".

NOT "Gladiator"

at 8 years old she was good in the film, but not Oscar good.

HAIR EXTENSIONS AND BLUE PAINT DON'T CUT IT.

I'm not crazy about the homophobia and the ahistorical nonsense, too, such as bonking the princess.

By the way, it makes me completely furious that Eminem, James Cameron, and Red Buttons (RED BUTTONS!!!!!!!) have won Academy Awards but Miranda Richardson, Ian Holm, James Ivory, James Mason, Peter Lorre, John Garfield, Ian McKellen, and many others (choose your own) have never won.

Simple stuff too, like the Scots wearing kilts, when they did not wear the kilt until the 17th century. And I love how they sack the English city of York, when they actually sacked the city of Carlisle. And ARRRGGGHH,the battle of Stirling!! The reason why it is called the Battle of Stirling is because it was fought on Stirling Bridge, in the mud. The English had to file down into small ranks so they could cross the bridge, while William Wallace came in with full plate armour, NOT KILTS, and butchered them with the rest of the Scots. Although Mel Shithead originally planned to film the battle of Stirling Bridge at the actual site, and he had scrapped it because the bridge kept getting in the way.

The 1977 Best Actor nominees were:
John Travolta for Saturday Night Fever
Marcello Mastroianni for A Special Day
Richard Burton for Equus
Richard Dreyfuss for The Goodbye Girl
Woody Allen for Annie Hall

Dreyfuss improved over the years, but no Oscar for Richard Burton???

I know. Incoming.