Biggest Oscar mistakes

Oh, I thought she was wonderful in this movie, she has such a presence, and is so believable and credible, for me I forgot either of them were actors watching that movie, I thought they were both wonderful :)
 
I'm always dropping hints to my OH that I would like a book on the Oscars for Christmas/birthday. I would like something that lists all the nominees as well as the winners and some of the background as to what happened each year - omissions, protests, etc.. Can you recommend something? I can then drop some REALLY unsubtle hints!! Thanks.
 
As regarRAB last night, I wasn't surprised, I thing NCFOM is totally over rated, but all the Hollywood luvvies are gagging themselves over it so no surprise it won. I much preferred Atonement personally. The rest of them went to whom I thought they would, no surprises.
Fairly dull affair really, then the line up of films was hardly spectacular!
 
Wikipedia has some interesting articles on this as well as lists of all the runners and riders from every category.

Having seen Vera Drake for the second time the other day, can I just add Imelda Staunton to the list of people who wuz robbed. She was spectacular and although I don't know off the top of my head who beat her, I don't think that they should have!
 
ingnoring the phenomenal acting performance Denzel Washington did in "American Gangster". He has played so many roles that you would it would be hard to believe him in this gangster role but on the contrary his role was so believable! Great job Denzel!!:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:
 
Munich was terrible - a complete mess of a film that made no sense, dragged on for too long and made an emotive piece of history into a fantasy which bore little or no resemblance to the facts, it didn't deserve to be nominated let alone win against any of the other four films in its category.

Michael Clayton and George Clooney's nominations are a mystery to me. It wasn't a bad film but Oscar worthy? I would have put in American Gangster instead (or maybe Sweeny Todd at a push).
 
Ralph Fiennes should have won for Schindler's List.

Cate Blanchette for Elizabeth

Emily Watson for Breaking the Waves - absolutely brilliant performance.

Tim Robbins for Shawshank Redemption

Don't know how The English Patient won anything - it was an overhyped piece of pretentious tat!
 
The best actress/ supporting actress have had some ridiculous decisions in recent years. It seems fairly average Miramax girls do a few worthy movies and then it's handed on a platter to them - Zellwegger, Zeta Jones, Paltrow, - while other stars put in tremendous preformances year in year out, and get constantly over looked.
Julianne Moore, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Naomi Watts to name but a few. So annoying!
 
Daniel Day-Lewis should not have got an oscar for there will be blood - his performance made the film, which was already boring, rubbish. It was overrated and hammed up and just unbelievable

I'm aware I'm probably in a minority for this!
 
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