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Your best of the worst Oscar slights/oversights
Posted on 2/25/14 at 11:00 am
Posted on 2/25/14 at 11:00 am
What are some of the most glaring examples of either films or actors that either did not get nominated or did and were not awarded.
My top of the list is the year they overlooked Russell Crowe in Beautiful Mind. They gave it to Washington for Training Day. Don't get me wrong, I am huge Denzel fan but they gave it to him as payback for the previous oversights and I do not think they wanted to award Crowe a second Oscar. His role as Prof Nash was incredible.
My top of the list is the year they overlooked Russell Crowe in Beautiful Mind. They gave it to Washington for Training Day. Don't get me wrong, I am huge Denzel fan but they gave it to him as payback for the previous oversights and I do not think they wanted to award Crowe a second Oscar. His role as Prof Nash was incredible.
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Posted on 2/25/14 at 11:01 am to rebeloke
TKAM is better than LoA in every conceivable way.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 11:09 am to TN Bhoy
Are you a student of film? We are talking the 1962 Oscars here... 
Posted on 2/25/14 at 11:35 am to rebeloke
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My top of the list is the year they overlooked Russell Crowe in Beautiful Mind. They gave it to Washington for Training Day. Don't get me wrong, I am huge Denzel fan but they gave it to him as payback for the previous oversights and I do not think they wanted to award Crowe a second Oscar. His role as Prof Nash was incredible.
Except Crowe got his for Gladiator because of the Insider oversight. His performance in Gladiator was...not worthy. Not even close.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 11:36 am to rebeloke
The Dark Knight not being nominated for Best Picture
This post was edited on 2/25/14 at 11:37 am
Posted on 2/25/14 at 11:37 am to Akit1
Sandra Bullock winning an Oscar for The Blind Side
Posted on 2/25/14 at 12:03 pm to rebeloke
Shakespeare in Love winning over Saving Private Ryan for Best Picture will rustle my jimmies until the end of time
Posted on 2/25/14 at 12:05 pm to REG861
The Color Purple going 0-11.
It was also a crime that Danny Glover and Steven Spielberg were not even nominated.
It was also a crime that Danny Glover and Steven Spielberg were not even nominated.
This post was edited on 2/25/14 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 2/25/14 at 12:05 pm to rebeloke
Can't have an Oscar worst thread without sticking in Crash as the most PC contrived pile of crap in Oscar history.
/hijack
/hijack
Posted on 2/25/14 at 12:07 pm to REG861
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Sandra Bullock winning an Oscar for The Blind Side
This
Posted on 2/25/14 at 12:13 pm to Tyrion Lannister
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Shakespeare in Love winning over Saving Private Ryan for Best Picture will rustle my jimmies until the end of time
This one has become so overrated now that it's underrated.
I watched SiL recently to see, and it holds up much better than SPR. Honestly. It's a great film about the creative process. It brings a unique perspective, it's a ton of fun, while being a farce, a meta-commentary, and a fine pseudo-historical piece.
Outside of the first 15 minutes, SPR does absolutely nothing new. But a movie is more than an opening.
I think some just can't separate film quality from content. Of course to some people war, and specifically that day, will trump anything else, no matter the quality. But SiL is just a better film overall, made a lot more sense to the Academy, and I think it will be something like The Third Man, which doesn't get respect until 30-40 years later.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 12:16 pm to Freauxzen
I respect that. 
Posted on 2/25/14 at 12:17 pm to TigerMyth36
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Can't have an Oscar worst thread without sticking in Crash as the most PC contrived pile of crap in Oscar history. /hijack
For all the bitching and moaning about "liberal, PC, left-wing, communist" agendas in a lot of movies, I have been waiting for years for a "conservative, moral, family values, Jesus loving, 'Murica" based movie to
A.) be made
and
B.) make major box office
and/or
C.) be critically acclaimed
Don't give me any of that Hollywood conspiracy or no money garbage. The Koch Brothers spend billions on conservative issues and the movie could be made in red Louisiana with the many conservative actors we all know about.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 12:25 pm to LuckySo-n-So
quote:
For all the bitching and moaning about "liberal, PC, left-wing, communist" agendas in a lot of movies, I have been waiting for years for a "conservative, moral, family values, Jesus loving, 'Murica" based movie to
A.) be made
and
B.) make major box office
and/or
C.) be critically acclaimed
Don't give me any of that Hollywood conspiracy or no money garbage. The Koch Brothers spend billions on conservative issues and the movie could be made in red Louisiana with the many conservative actors we all know about.
Well, at the base, It's called Forrest Gump. You're welcome.
But,
quote:
"conservative, moral, family values, Jesus loving, 'Murica" based movie to
Is completely reductive and inaccurate of conservative values.
And Crash sucked. it sucked as a film. It sucked as an experience. It sucked as a script.
And that had little to do with it's internal politics. But yeah, those sucked too.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 12:26 pm to LuckySo-n-So
Quit waiting and accept Juno, a pro-life, pro-family film.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 12:26 pm to LuckySo-n-So
quote:
A.) be made
and
B.) make major box office
and/or
C.) be critically acclaimed
6th highest grossing movie in history with inflation considered. It's $65.5 million in 1956 is equal to just over $1 billion in today's dollars.
The Ten Commandments holds a 91% Fresh on RottenTomatoes.com
This post was edited on 2/25/14 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 2/25/14 at 12:28 pm to rebeloke
Crowe had just won Best Actor the year before and was also in some trouble over fighting or something.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 12:29 pm to Tyrion Lannister
quote:
Shakespeare in Love winning over Saving Private Ryan for Best Picture will rustle my jimmies until the end of time
"It was the easier movie to watch."
Well no shite.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 12:33 pm to Freauxzen
quote:
And Crash sucked. it sucked as a film. It sucked as an experience. It sucked as a script. And that had little to do with it's internal politics.
I don't necessarily disagree. I found it to be a very manipulative film.
But 99% of the film's critics on this forum denigrate the film because of the politics, not because it was not a great film.
Posted on 2/25/14 at 12:35 pm to rebeloke
quote:don't listen to him. He justs hates Tom hanks.
Message Posted by rebeloke I respect that.
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