Biggest Oscar mistakes

There will never be a worse decision than not giving best film to There Will Be Blood. Ever. I've now seen all of 'em up against it...and it was a no-brainer.
 
Add me to the list of Crash haters. i thought I would check it out after all the hype it had been effortlessly receiving and I hated every minute of the poorly acted, tv movie scripted, unoriginal, pretentious and morally dreadful mess that it is. it was a 'race' movie that could be only made by a middle class white guy.

I still havent seen Brokeback Mountain but it has got to be more deserving of a Oscar than this.
 
Also, Meg Tilly would have deserved an Oscar for Agnes of God. What happened to her anyway? She is not doing any acting these days...

And as much as it was nice that Katharine Hepburn won the AA in 1981 for "On Golden Pond", I didn't find her perforamnce *that* amazing. Haven't seen the other 4 movies, though.

Henry Fonda deserved it, though, to say the least...
 
Also agreed that Leo could have won in Gilbert Grape.

Darlene cates wasn't even nominated. was she? I know she wasn't an actress or anything, but she was outstanding in that movie. IMO, of course...
 
I have to agree with you on this. I really dislike Pulp Fiction, but the number of people who have looked at me aghast when I tell them is unbelievable.
 
Anyone think there were any mistakes last night?

Personally I think they were pretty much spot on, felt a bit sorry for Julie Christie but I prefer Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose. Gald Atonement didn't do very well since I didn't like it anyway.
 
i'd got for Steve McQueen not getting an Oscar for Papillon. He was awarded the Golden Globe but refused to turn up at the ceremony so has a punishment they took away the oscar they were going to give him that year
 
Peter O'Toole not winning an oscar.

Also, echoing the support for Munich, and disbelief that Crash won such acclaim.

One for this year: surprised Paul Dano wasn't nominated for There Will Be Blood, nor Gordon Pinsent for Away From Her. Yes, Javier Bardem will, rightfully, win, but Dano and Pinsent should have made the cut IMO, but were overlooked in favour of their big-name co-stars.
 
All the ones I can think of have already been mentioned, I can remember being particularly incredulous that Bill Murray missed out for Lost in Translation.

Also, it's strange how it works sometimes - when you think about how many great movies Martin Scorsese has made and then he finally won best director for The Departed, which while still a good movie, is nowhere near Raging Bull or Goodfellas, and I wouldn't say it's even quite as good as Casino or Mean Streets.
 
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