And the Oscar Should Have Gone to...

[Coffeecakes]

I agree poorfrances. He really carried that movie all by himself.

[heyalice]

I watched ELIZABETH on the History Channel last night. Tell me again why Gwynnie has Cate's Oscar?

[kafka]

heyalice said:

I watched ELIZABETH on the History Channel last night. Tell me again why Gwynnie has Cate's Oscar?

Because she was tossing Harvey Weinstein's cookies?

Really, other than that, I have nothing. But at least 93% of the mentally functioning public recognises that Cate was robbed. Because she was. She really and truly was.

My submission in this category isn't about an actual Oscar award per se but about a nomination, at the very least: Philip Seymour Hoffman, in probably my absolute favorite role of his EVER: Rusty Zimmerman in Flawless.

PSH played a transvestite trying for a transgender operation. He/She lives in the same building as a totally homophobic, nastily narrow-minded cop, played by De Niro. After interrupting a crime, the latter has a heart attack, has to give up his job (which is all he really lives for) and his life falls apart. PSH's "Rusty" helps him and his paralysed body recover. "Rusty" also helps him learn how to live and love, and helps him get over his bigotted phobias, especially towards gays.

The film has tinges of The Odd Couple due to the conflict and extreme contrast between the two, but it's really not like that at all. And it's not so much a black comedy as a drama.

Probably my favorite PSH role ever, and the last good De Niro performance IMO, "Flawless" was totally robbed of recognition and, at the very least, an Oscar nomination for PSH.

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elizabeth said:

Eric Bana should have gotten an Oscar for Troy. He stole that movie and he also gave a good performance too.

The movie ended for me when Bana gets killed by Brad Pitt.

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nedsdag said:

elizabeth said:

Eric Bana should have gotten an Oscar for Troy. He stole that movie and he also gave a good performance too.

The movie ended for me when Bana gets killed by Brad Pitt.

Same here. As soon as that happens I change the channel.

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Yep, the Bana almost saved that film. Almost, because even Eric couldn't do too much against the Pitt's mighty overacting and determination to ruin that film with his performance. But Troy was generally a mess and it was clear to me that nobody would get out a nom for anything.

Eric really should have been nominated for Munich. He was (again!) the best thing in this film and saved it in many ways with his very emotional portrayal. It really is a pity that this man is so often let down by the movies he's in while he constantly gives great performances. *sigh* Oh, Eric.

Anyway, Cate should have gotten an Oscar for Elizabeth and NOT for The Aviator.
Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes should both have Oscars for Schindler's List. WHAT was going on in that year?
Ok, I looked it up: have a look at the 1994 (for 1993) winners and nominees:

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Winner:
Philadelphia (1993) - Tom Hanks

Other Nominees:
In the Name of the Father (1993) - Daniel Day-Lewis
Remains of the Day, The (1993) - Anthony Hopkins
Schindler's List (1993) - Liam Neeson
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) - Laurence Fishburne

Damn. Really tough one now that I see this. Liam deserved this but...so did Laurence. And not Tom Hanks, sorry.

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Winner:
Piano, The (1993) - Holly Hunter

Other Nominees:
Remains of the Day, The (1993) - Emma Thompson (I)
Shadowlands (1993) - Debra Winger
Six Degrees of Separation (1993) - Stockard Channing
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) - Angela Bassett

And the Oscar should have gone to Angela Bassett.

In Supporting Anna Paquin beat Holly Hunter, Emma Thompson (!), Rosie Perez (!!) and...Winona.

I was happy for Tommy Lee Jones winning that year but still...Ralph! Or, ahem, Leonardo who in that year was nominated for his brilliant performance in What's Eating Gilpert Grape.

[Atreides]

There's always hope for Cate next year when she'll (hopefully) get nominated for The Golden Age, the sequel to Elizabeth.

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I agree with all of you about the movie Troy. Eric Bana was the best thing in that movie and Brad Pitt ruined it me.

As for people that should have been nominated well I know this may offend people but I just watched a foreign film called Downfall. Bruno Ganz gives the most realistic performance of Hitler I have ever seen. You think that you are watching Hitler and this is how he would have been. The fact that it is in German just adds to his role.

As for Cate, Gwyneth Paltrow didn't deserve that Oscar but her parents were well known in Hollywood, she had Weinstein on her side, a boyfriend that had won a writing Oscar the year before and had a high profile romance with Brad Pitt .Cate was a newbie on the scene. She was robbed, she was Elizabeth, she was amazing. I wonder if Joseph Fiennes felt the same way, he was ironically in both movies.

[Binky]

I just watched Catch Me If You Can again and decided that Leo DiCaprio was really gipped out of a nomination for that role. And Tom Hanks was also quite good. That I can excuse because it was a pretty tough year in Supporting Actor (Chris Cooper quite deservedly won). I wish that Leo would have replaced Nicholson on the ballot in 2002. He should have been there.

[kafka]

Jessica Lange should have won the Best Actress Oscar in 1983 for Frances. Shirley MacLaine won for Terms of Endearment instead, and the Academy gave a make-up Oscar to Lange for best supporting actress in Tootsie. While MacLaine was good -- maybe even great, in Terms of Endearment --- it doesn't come close to Jessica Lange's mindblowing performance as Frances Fisher.