This. This is the one. This is the example I give each time I have a discussion with anybody about how out of touch the Academy is. Thank you for commenting this.
Problem was Jared Leto was the main role in that film but Ellen Burstyn refused to be nominated for supporting actress, if she allowed for that, which was more accurate, she would’ve won - but her performance was so much better than Julia Roberts, even though I think she’s great
I actually agree now that Julia deserved to win. I used to be WHY JULIA?! But I re-evaluated Erin Brokovich after re-watching it three times. I realized the fact I watched it three times means Julia gave this film what it needed. If another actress did Erin it would have been an HBO filler. Her performance empowers me to this day.
I couldn't agree more about Denzel Washington in Malcolm X. That was a tour de force, one of the great biographical performances in the history of cinema. Not only did he portray Malcolm X beautifully, he skillfully made his way through Malcolm X's own dramatic post-prison change of character.
Yes. Denzel absolutely deserved to win for Malcolm X. Unfortunately, Al Pacino had been robbed of Oscars for so long that they decided that was the year to finally make up for it.
Frankly, any of the other four I thought were better. Downey Jr. in Chaplin was fantastic, Eastwood brought back the western with his performance in Unforgiven, Denzel is Denzel ... and perhaps the most underappreciated nominee was Stephen Rea in The Crying Game, which was outstanding. I think I'd still go with Denzel, but the other three certainly could have made a much better argument than Pacino.
Especially since Crash wasn’t just not the best, but arguably the worst nominee that year. Brokeback Mountain should have won by far, by Capote, Goodnight and Good Luck, and Munich were all better films.
@Veronica A. I remember it being the "gay cowboy movie." A close college friend had recently come out to a few us and he really wanted to go see it. We had to drive across town just to find a theater showing it, it was still in limited release. I can't recall my expectations going in but by the end of the film I was deeply moved, especially by Ledger's performance. Everyone mentions the Joker but for me his greatest performance is that of Ennis Del Mar
Can't really argue THAT much against Sam Jackson winning for Pulp Fiction, but just gonna say that Martin Landau is SO GOOD in Ed Wood, itself an insanely underrated film (and Burton's best).
At the time I really had the sense he won for his entire body of work..remember most of those voters grew up on Landau in everything from hitchcocks north by northwest to the tv series mission impossible
You missed Ellen Burstyn, who got robbed for Requiem for a Dream, to Julia Roberts in Erin Brokovitch. In addition, even Gwyneth Paltrow thought Cate Blanchett should have won for Elizabeth over Gwyneth in Shakespeare in Love.
The most robbed actor in Academy Award history, and she should have won for “Fatal Attraction” over the ridiculous Cher performance in that stupid overrated “Moonstruck.”
I gotta disagree with you on one point Lemmon deserved the award in 1973 Pacino’s best actor Oscar was the nomination he lost for The Godfather Part II in 1974 against Art Carney’s absurd win!
Yes. That, to me, is the quintessential Pacino performance. Michael reigning in Hell by himself at the end of "Part II" is my favorite closing shot of any film.
Awesome list. Would like to add 1979's Best Original Song - the mediocre and very forgettable "It Goes Like It Goes" (from "Norma Rae") won the award, but the real winner should have been the beloved and everlasting classic which is The Muppet Movie's "Rainbow Connection".
it's 1980....and that was the year that kramer vs kramer swept the awards a forgettable abc after school special one of the most bizarre years in academy history
Yes, and “Gonna Fly Now” should have knocked out the competition to win Best Original Song. The prize instead went to Barbra Streisand and Paul Williams’ pleasant, but hardly memorable “Evergreen” from the dreadful remake of “A Star is Born.” (Sample dialogue: “If you die, I will kill you!”) And somehow, the forgettable score from “The Omen” triumphed over “Rocky” for best original score. Insipid. EVERYONE knows “Gonna Fly Now” and many pieces from the “Rocky” score (“Down for the Count” is completely captivating) - is there ANYONE who can hum a piece from “The Omen”?
I've always felt Glenn Close was robbed when she didn't get an Oscar for "Fatal Attraction." That performance is still talked about, and as good as Cher's performance was in "Moonstruck," it's wasn't as riveting as Glenn was in her performance. The Academy was overcompensating for snubbing Cher a couple years before for 1985's "Mask" like they've done many times over the years with other performers.
@@graphiquejack I think of DL as Close's best performance (so far). She walks right up to the edge of haminess but never goes over and is still mesmerizing.
I've come to the conclusion that getting nominated for an Oscar multiple times and not winning the award, is probably better than winning an Oscar that some one else was more worthy of winning. People respect Hitchcock, who never won a best director Oscar, over some other director who only got nominated once, but in just the right year, to win an Oscar.
Weinstein payed for all those Oscar's he "won" that year. SIL was a piece of crap. It was cute with enjoyable performances. That's it. Blanchett should have won that Oscar. The comparison to Paltrow is rediculous.
Taxi Driver should have won over Rocky in 1977. I like Rocky; it's a lot of fun to watch, and the other nominees were worthy as well. But Taxi Driver is freaking amazing, a movie for the ages. (And side note: Peter Boyle's performance is a small gem.)
John Wayne got snubbed in 1956 for his role in The Searchers which was a much more dramatic and gripping performance than the role he did win for in True Grit.
What about Whoopi Goldberg for “The Color Purple”, Glenn Close for “Fatal Attraction” or Angela Bassett for “What’s Love Got To Do With It”? All were incredible in their performances
Glenn Close is the most robbed actress in History of Cinema she should have won 3 Oscars by now. For Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons and Hillbilly Elegy, but I do believe Olivia Colman in The Favourite deserved her win over Glenn Close in The Wife
@@tenzen6899 I would add best supporting actress for "The World According to Garp." She was brilliant in that. To think that she may have to settle for a lifetime acheivement award breaks my heart.
Cher's performance in Moonstruck was NOT Oscar worthy. She was good in Mask, but Moonstruck was not worthy of an Oscar. Holly Hunter or Glenn Close were far better.
@@seanlarajames708 no, those were incredibly competitive years and her best performance is actually network i feel, shame for sissy but it was a good year
@@seanlarajames708 She was excellent in all 3 roles though. I loved her performance in Network and is the only actress of that era I could see bringing the right level of intensity and dark humor to the demanding role
@@damienburke4996 agreed. I don’t know if, down the road, anyone will begrudge JLC winning. Right now, there’s some talk about if she deserved it over Angela Bassett. In the future, I think the talk will be if she deserved it over Stephanie Hsu.
She was on screen for maybe 20 minutes total, she barely did anything of note, she wasn't even the best nominee in that movie.. Stephanie Hsu deserved it far far far more
To me, number one is Goodfellas losing to Dances With Wolves and a very very close second is Saving Private Ryan losing to Shakespeare In Love. I honestly find myself flip flopping on those two because they're both such travesties but Goodfellas is the superior film by a hair.
You're right, except for the fact that Saving Private Ryan goes from great to merely passable about 25 minutes in, while Shakespeare in Love is great from start to finish. Other than that, you're right.
Great clip!! One that always confuses me was 2000’s masterpiece Requiem for a Dream. Ellen Burstyn should have won best actress over winner Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich.
Glenn Close was pillaged for "Fatal Attraction." Not that I don't think Cher was great in "Moonstruck," but 36 years later, people still remember and are frightened by Close's portrayal of the mentally-unbalanced Alex Forrest, whereas "Moonstruck" is barely remembered.
Yeah this guy's logic is all over the place. Arguing that and Dances with Wolves is just white savior bs is super short sighted. Not even the point of the film...not sure where this guy gets his opinions from on race
100% agree about Isabelle Hupert. Not only is she one of the greatest living actors (of both genders) her performance in that film was genius. My other choice would be Gweneth Paltrow winning over Cate Blanchett in 1998.
Blanchett & Huppert were indeed robbed. Huppert’s performance in “The Piano Teacher” remains one of my favorite performances by any actor, ever. Just an incredible talent.
So much agree about Pacino in GlenGarry, in my top five movies. And Lemmon's sad desperate portrayal of a has-been sales guy trying to save his daughter and win the sales lottery one last time is heartbreaking and probably the single best cast ensemble in a modern movie; Pacino, Lemmon, Spacey, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Alec Baldwin, Bruce Altman and poor Jonathan Price. If he only had those 3 days to get out of the contract!.
There is no mishap. Samuel L. Jackson is Gold in PF and there is NO movie without him nor a more quotable character. That said, Martin Landau was more an amazing performance on top of a career oscar. He was Bela Legosi.
Yeah, some years it's tough. There are winners who benefit from weaker competition and then nominees who lose out only because the field is stacked that year with instant-classic performances. I felt bed for Mickey Rourke losing out to Sean Penn who already had an Oscar but admittedly I had only seen "The Wrestler" when the awards aired. I watched "Milk" and it's my opinion that Penn deserved the award more for that than he did for "Mystic River."
@@jefdukes641 The one performance where I thought SLJ didn't play himself and should have won the Oscar but wasn't even nominated was Django Unchained. But Waltz got the win for basically a lead role.
There's lots of historic ones but the horror genre continuing to be snubbed recently has been a huge blow. Mia Goth deserved at least a nomination this year for Pearl and we all remember the dismay over Toni Collette's Hereditary snub.
Both incredible performances by leading ladies in recent horror movies! I would also add Lupita Nyong’o in Us, but at least she got the recognition for 12 Years a Slave. Toni Collette is a criminally underrated and overlooked actress, and Mia Goth should be getting so much more attention than she is. In any other movie genre, she would be seen as the breakout young talent everyone’s talking about.
@@jothishprabu8 decent? the patronizing playing with racist stereotype tropes was insulting. Oooh the horrible white woman who hates and distrusts Mexicans, changes her mind in a heartbreaking (NO, cringe as hell and insulting) moment of 'clarity' with her very put upon maid. Matt Dillon we find isn't a racist after all' how could he be when he rescues Thandi Newton from a burning car? who cares if hes a sexual molester?? hes not a racist and he looks after his ailing dad, that's the main thing. Ryan Phillipe, the genuine good guy who inexplicably does something awful near the end of the movie, HES the real racist. Oooh, mind blown! don't judge a book by its cover! that's the mind numbingly tone deaf and wrong as f 'message' in this movie. Awful, just awful. The fact the director is a creep in real life does not surprise me.
Saving Private Ryan losing to Shakespeare In Love was unforgivable. I really haven't given a crap about the Oscars since. Shakespeare In Love is a light weight silly fluff of a comedy with virtually no re-watch value that no one remembers. On the other hand Saving Private Ryan is an immortal classic war film that people will still be watching when my bones have crumbled to dust.
My nomination for an Oscar error is Lee Marvin winning as the drunken gunslinger in “Cat Ballou” over Rod Steiger in “The Pawnbroker.” Supposedly no one was more surprised that he lost than Steiger himself. He won the following year for “In the Heat of the Night” which in my opinion was a consolation prize for having lost the previous year.
I still haven't gotten over Al Pacino's greatest, bravest, most heartbreaking performance in Dog Day Afternoon losing to Jack Nicholson basically playing Jack Nicholson in Cuckoo's Nest. And The Verdict was hands down Paul Newman's best role among many. But Goodfellas & its director losing to anyone or anything is unforgivable! And how about Ralph Fiennes' terrifying turn in Schindler's List losing to Tommy Lee Jones' career award for The Fugitive? Aaarrrggghhh!!!
I started to watch The 68th or the 69th Oscars Acadamy Awards. I never realised Ralph was nominated the same year as Tommy Lee Jones. All I could think of was Leonardo was robbed for his role in "Whats eating Gilberg Grape". But of course Ralph should have won that year. That was one of his most memorable and strongest character in so many ways. I will never understand why Tommy was even nominated for The Fugitive?? It wasn´t anything special about his performance. Miles and miles far away from both Leonardo and Ralph.
I so agree with you re Pacino and Dog Day Afternoon - he's sublime, the best performance of his incredible career. Also agree on Fiennes as Amon Göth over TLJ's bland performance in The Fugitive - what an injustice!
Edward Norton (Primal Fear) losing to Cuba Gooding Jr ( Jerry Maguire). Mickey Roorke (The Wrestler) losing to Sean Penn for (Milk). Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind) losing to Denzel Washington (Training Day). Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List) losing to Tommy Lee Jones (The fugitive).
Sometimes two performances are both really good but so different it feels weird and hard to compare them, like Fiennes vs. Jones the roles were so different but I think they were both worthy, about equally worthy.
I do remember A Beautiful Mind very well; Russell Crowe was excellent in it, and probably better deserved the Oscar for that performance over Gladiator.I It's not the best Oscar Big Picture winner, but it's not too shabby. But really, Ron Howard should have won for Apollo 13 (not nominated!!) over Mel Gibson' directing for Braveheart (which I loathed;' yeah I said it), and Howard didn't have to win for A Beautiful Mind. Recently heartbreaking for me was Michael Keaton not winning over Eddie Redmayne. And I dare say it, Everything Everywhere All at Once will be outpaced in cinematic legacy by The Banshees of Inishirin and Tar.
See, I would have to disagree with you on that one. Despite what you may think, Michelle Yeoh was very much deserving of the award. She played essentially very different characters, and expressed a lot of emotion and quite a bit of acting range all at once. (See what I did there?) I did watch Tar and I’ll be honest, all I saw was Cate Blanchett being Cate Blanchett except for about three scenes towards the end of the movie.
This has been brought up on various forums and lists. 1998 best picture winner “Shakespeare In Love” over “Saving Private Ryan” was giant mistake. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t agree that that was strange decision.
I was really expecting to that to be on the list! to me that one of biggest upsets ever!! still annoyed me. next is the social network loss. such a good movie
Forrest Gump over Shawshank is not a travesty. Shawshank wasn't even seen by most people til years afterwards. Forrest Gump was a cultural phenomenon akin to Titanic. Nothing was going to beat it.
Oscar has a looooong history of "You should have won for this so we'll reward you for this." There are consolation prizes all over the place. Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan is the gold standard. A triumph of campaigning over artistry. As for some others: -- John Williams' score for The Empire Strikes Back losing to Fame -- Munich losing to Crash -- George Miller losing Best Director to Alejandro Iñárritu
Ellen was at the top of her form. One of the greatest performances in the history of cinema. Julia was fine, but her win was due mainly to Oscar's unfortunate tendency to award portrayals of real people, no matter how much better the competition was. .
Looking back, I think Julia deserved to win it. I will be honest, I used to be on the Ellen train. I watched Erin again, and I realized, Julia's performance was empowering. It was a feel-good performance that was ahead of its time. If she won for that now, social media would have gone crazy celebrating it
It may have been a feel good performance, but it was not ahead of its time. It was typical of most biopics of the era. Ellen's performance was visceral, heartbraking and one of a kind.
Will we look back at this years Best Actress in the same way? I loved Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere but Cate Blanchett’s performance in Tar was extraordinary.
To be fair, Cate Blanchett is exceptional in everything she does. One of the best actresses of her generation, I’d say. But she’s already won twice. Michelle Yeoh may not have been quite as good, but it was an Oscar honouring her career more than anything. No one really had a chance over Michelle Yeoh this year.
@@seblepageThat’s shouldn’t be count as fair. Like you said (w no disrespect), “Yeoh May not have been quite as good, but it was… honoring her career”. Then it should be a career honoring award, and not a best performance award.
@@Sheren0133 I agree with you completely. I didn't mean to say that the Academy is right in giving awards that cover an entire career rather than a specific performance. It's just the reality of things. The Oscars are a popularity contest, and members vote for what's trendy or for what appears right in the eyes of Hollywood and/or the general public. There's also a lot of lobbying that happens. Oftentimes, if a particular actor, director, writer or whatever appears to be "due" for an Oscar, they will often get it despite the fact that they were not necessarily the best in their field that particular year.
@Carlo Dallapiccola I believe it was in the book, ‘Oscar Dearest,’ that I read the backstory re the ‘Deer Hunter’ camp vs the ‘Coming Home’ camp. There was a real behind-the-scenes soap opera rivalry between the two. If I recall correctly, Jon Voight was even quoted as saying that he was glad he beat out De Niro for the Oscar.
@@QuirkyGirl10 Fascinating. I'll have to read that. Coming Home is an excellent move, and Jon Voigt gives a wonderful performance. But Robert De Niro...in my book, it's his greatest performance ever. Yes, even better than Travis Bickle and Jake La Motta.
"Shakespeare In Love" winning over "Saving Private Ryan" for best picture was an insane mistake... thanks to the strong-arm tactics of Harvey Weinstein.
When I think of the Oscars getting it wrong, one example always comes to my mind. In 1978, "Annie Hall" won "picture of the year" over... "Star Wars"! Need I say more?
I’m honestly surprised you didn’t include the travesty that was Crash winning Best Picture over Brokeback Mountain…. Or Jennifer Lawrence winning Best Actress over Naomi Watts for The Impossible.
Tom Hanks is incredible in "Philidelphia", but Liam Neilson in "Schindler's List" is absolutely mesmerising. Neilson takes you, believably, from a cold-hearted Nazi businessman to a charitable business owner, to a philanthropist in a way that you cry with him when he sobs by his car at the end of the film.
To me, the most egregious one is Sean Penn winning for the exceptionally forgettable Mystic River over Bill Murray's haunting performance in Lost in Translation.
Unless it was an Oscar for overacting ... if that is the case than yes, Penn should have one. But if it is for acting, no way should he have won, I agree. I dare people to go back and watch Penn's performance in Mystic River now. I actually like Penn as an actor, but every time I watch it all I can think of is, "who is this, it isn't Sean Penn!" It's just so over the top and, for lack of a better word, "unnecessary" for the movie.
Sorry but I disagree with your opinion on Faye Dunaway. She acts as the archetype for the emerging girlboss in a world soon to be engulfed by corporate culture. She also represents the cynical side of second wave feminism. It goes to show, these are just opinions and no one way is correct.
Do you think they made some mistakes for the most recent 2023 Oscars? I think Jamie Lee Curtis is great but I think some of the choices for Supporting actresses could have won.
I love Jamie Lee Curtis and was glad she won, but yeah it felt like an honorary Oscar to celebrate her prolific career more than honouring an exceptionally good performance. In the same movie alone, Stephanie Hsu was more memorable and impactful.
I would add Gwenyth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love) winning over Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth). Also Shakespeare in Love winning best picture over Saving Private Ryan. Both are huge WTFs wins orchestrated by Harvey Weinstein. 😒
And Halle Barry’s Oscar was a fix too because every other actress they wanted to cast in the NSFW role in Monster’s Ball turned it down and seemingly their first choice, Angela Bassett has been over looked ever since as have multiple other talented black actresses.
@@jjstraka1982 - says a guy! They promised her the Oscar for taking the seedy role that no other actress would accept. Most actors are set for life after winning an Oscar but HB’s career just kind of bumped along and finally fizzled out. Every other actress nominated in her category that year are still on the A-list. You’re entitled to your opinion but it’s clear what your motivation is.
@@hannaj4032 you are the one implying I am only saying this because of a 60-second sex scene. I said nothing of the sort, and the scenes in the hospital and when she finds out who she is living with are far more impactful.
We’re not going to talk about Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan, or Glenn Campbell getting robbed for his heartbreaking original song I’m not gonna miss you?
It’s so unfair to criticise Ben Kingsley for ‘playing brownface’. Yes, he was born in Britain, but he’s undeniably of Indian ethnicity. Is anyone calling Angela Bassett out for playing blackface in Wakanda Forever because she wasn’t born in Africa? Or Charlize Theron for playing whiteface because she WAS born in Africa? It’s just a stupid argument.
Your right on Angela Bassett👩🏾,. She's not Black👩🏿, but uh Maronné, Griffe. Black Women are Viola Davis And Angella Summer's👩🏿👩🏿. The Word Black, Means Racially, Dark Skin Pigmentation.
My friend, you oughta look a bit into South Africa. Caucasians are just there within the country and society. And Afrikaans is the language they create themselves for themselves, not the native tribes.
@@hata3128 slumdogs ( millionaires) from LONDON.. No old nen with wriggles missing teeth from India to play Gandhi.. There was Mickey Rooney as ian irate Japanese tenant in Breakfast at TIFFANY
Yes, you’ve both perfectly illustrated my argument. It’s ridiculous to call Angela Bassett out for ‘blackface’ or Charlize Theron for ‘whiteface’. Ethnicity matters, not country of birth. Ben Kingsley is Indian. He’s not doing ‘brownface’ just because he was born in England.
Tommy Lee Jones gets a lot of flak for winning Best Supporting Actor in the 66th Academy Awards for his role as Samuel Gerard in "The Fugitive". The other nominees were: Ralph Fiennes as Amon Göth in "Schindler's List" John Malkovich as Mitch Leary in "In the Line of Fire" Leonardo DiCaprio as Arnie Grape in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" Pete Postlethwaite as Giuseppe Conlon in "In the Name of the Father" The snubs include Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in "Tombstone", Ben Kingsley as Itzhak Stern in "Schindler's List", Sean Penn as David Kleinfeld in "Carlito's Way", certain actors in "True Romance", etc...
All great performances. Some others were Jeff Daniels in “Gettysburg,” Robert DeNiro in “This Boy’s Life,” Jack Lemmon in “Short Cuts,” Chazz Palminteri in “A Bronx Tale,” Larenz Tate in “Menace 2 Society.”
@@howardtowner9468 Funny thing is that comments under a "Tombstone" video always claim that Val Kilmer deserved the Oscar that year. But when the nominees are listed out, all of a sudden people aren't so sure anymore. Research has been made so easy by the internet yet most users still don't bother.
Kelly was also in Rear Window (an all time great movie) and Dial M for murder (also great) in the same year. So that probably pushed her past Garland should have won in 44 for Meet me in St Louis.
I always thought that Robert Downey Jnr. deserved the Oscar for his performance in "Chaplin". He manages the physical comedy with a serious portrayal of a real life person very well, with doing a terrible impression. Likewise in 1992, I always thought that Miranda Richardson deserved the Best Supporting Actress over Marissa Tomei for her superb performance in "Damage".
1) Saving Private Ryan should've won Best Picture instead of Shakespeare In Love. 2) The Godfather should've also won Best Score. And was snubbed for Best Cinematography. 3) David Fischer should've won Best Director for The Social Network instead of Tom Hooper for The King's Speech. 4) Mickey Rourke should've won Best Actor for The Wrestler instead of Sean Penn for Milk. 5) Cate Blanchett should have won Best Actress For Elizabeth instead of Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare In Love. 6) Liam Neeson should've won Best Actor for Schindler's List rather than Tom Hanks for Philadelphia. 7) Skyfall should've won Best Cinematography rather than Life of Pi. (I like Life of Pi, but I think Skyfall deserved it more). 8) Amy Adams should've won Best Actress for American Hustle instead of Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine. 9) Star Wars should've won Best Director and Best Picture and NOT Annie Hall. Was also snubbed for Best Cinematography. 10) Djimon Hounsou should've won Best Supporting Actor for Blood Diamond instead of Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine.
i know you don't want to go back that far, but Cliff Robertson's CHARLY over Peter O'Toole's Henry ll in LION IN WINTER is probably the biggest goof i know of.
Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence wins really bug me. Just giving it to the popular girls is how it feels. I read an article saying even Emma Stone seem to know she didn't deserve her win.
Sorry but Blanchett is basically playing a carbon copy of Blue Jasmin, right down to her acting in Lydia Tár’s eventual demise. Yeoh was unrecognisable in EEAAO. Tár isn’t even an interesting film. Her demise is completely unrealistic and it would be immeasurably more interesting if she got away with her behaviour, because we all know that’s actually what happens. If you know anything about the industry we all know the “Me too” movement only ousted the ‘long in the tooth’ conductors who should have retired years ago. There’s been no change in hierarchical abuse.
@@peteradaniel Lydia Tár is closer to an amalgamation of both Fletcher and Neiman in Whiplash than Blanchett’s role in Blue Jasmine. The movie is essentially Whiplash through a classical music lens. I never said Tár should’ve won Best Picture, I was referencing the Best Actress award. I love Michelle Yeoh, she’s one of the best martial artists to ever grace the screen, and she shows that off in EEAAO (which I am in fact a fan of even though it gets a bit oversaturated towards the end; I’ll turn on Crouching Tiger if I wanna watch Yeoh really kick ass). But her “acting chops” are by no means anywhere close to Blanchett’s in Tár. There are some immense subtleties that she portrays in that role, and I went in to that movie expecting not to like it. As someone who’s been playing in professional orchestras for the last decade, the level that Blanchett reaches to portray a modern-day “crooked but knowledgeable conductor” is out of this world. The Academy is known for giving out participation awards, and the reality is most likely the fact that Blanchett already has 2 Oscars, Yeoh has none (and in fact was the first Asian woman to ever receive one), and EEAAO was winning everything else that night anyway so it pretty much just rounded out the night. We all know how the Academy likes to play favorites - it’s actually kind of comical since, in the end, it ends up mirroring the actual plot of Tár. And yeah, whatever “message” Tár is trying to convey is also considerably muddled towards the end. That doesn’t change the fact that Blanchett absolutely kills that role. My pick for Best Picture would’ve been Banshees, flawless from beginning to end.
@@joelalbertogarza7048 obviously we’re both professional musicians, therefor we should both understand the idea of making a horse race out of an interpretive art form like acting is absolutely ridiculous. Imo EEAAO getting it’s flowers is completely deserved. It was a film coming from the perspective of an new type of American family and explored it’s subject matter with immense philosophical fortitude, combining both western and eastern cultures in philosophy, to end up with something that was distinctly American. That’s the first time I’d ever seen that successfully portrayed on film. I don’t like your racially charged implications with regards to Michelle Yeoh winning a participation award on behalf of her being Asian. To justify Yeoh’s performance I would just look at the multiple different characters she had to embody in order to bring the role to life. It was a real tour de force in acting technique, similarly with Ke Huy Qwan’s multi award winning performance. Btw both also won golden globes and SAG awards, not to mention the multiple critics choices they also won. So if this is the academy playing favourites how does that explain the multiple awards which were previously bestowed. The only other film deserving of the top award, imo, was Women Talking. Banshees was a god awful, hackneyed diatribe from Martin Mcdonaugh who was just regurgitates the gore porn of Lieutenant of Inishmore to tell a Weak and pointless story of two people who break friendship. It pretends to be philosophical but ends up being pointless and without any substance. This is just my opinion and we’re both entitled to them, especially in interpreting film.
@@peteradaniel Most Oscar winning films are also the same films that win directly before that at the Golden Globes, SAG, BAFTA, etc etc. It’s entirely a self-celebrating Hollywood parade of itself. A lot of ppl predict Oscar winners (and are usually right) based on who/what’s been winning in the award circuit previous to it. Should also be obvious since they’re all essentially the same movies that make it through this rotation. Pretty sure there are hundreds of movies that, in 5-10 years, people will agree were miles better than a majority of the stuff that ended up on this award circuit. The Academy (or any of the other Hollywood award festivals) playing favorites = the Academy making picks that are “flashy” or garner more attention = the Academy picking someone because they’re the first to do something (Yeoh being the first Asian woman to win an Oscar, Brendan Fraser getting his first Oscar, Jamie Lee Curtis getting her first, etc etc). It’s not because “she’s Asian,” it’s because “she’s first.” People love stories about “firsts.” Those stories are more click-bait worthy than “Cate Blanchett wins her third Oscar.” Everyone knows the Oscars or any of these Hollywood awards are by no means representative of what the actual best films and actors are. That’s kind of the point of this video, that the Oscars get it royally wrong a ton of the time. Hollywood is a business that’s sole purpose is to make money through entertainment, and these award circuits are products of that. They’re bred with the purpose of getting people talking and getting people interested. It’s not a spelling bee.
You missed JLaw over Emmanuelle Riva LOL! I was so pissed JLaw won. I do agree that Isabelle should have won her year, and sorry but The King's Speech deserved it ;)
I also agree about Training day but Denzel should have won for Malcom X and honestly this one should’ve been either Will Smith for Ali, or Sean Penn for I am Sam.
This TH-camr's race logic is questionable. He also mentioned Dances With Wolves is just white savior nonsense. Not even the point of the film. Goodfellas is still prob better but come on that is race bait reaching
I agree 100% about Paul Newman in The Verdict, but totally disagree about Martin Landau. His performance was a classic and while Jackson was good, he was pretty much playing versions of other characters he had played before.
For me, one of the biggest snubs is Alan Arkin winning over Eddie Murphy. I've heard that the Norbit movie may have ruined his chances. If that's true, then that's really a shame because he was brilliant in Dreamgirls.
@@SallySmithORourke1810 That’s true, but I think Eddie lost bcz of the Norbit mess. They do give out Special and Honorary Oscars for overall excellence and contributions to the movie industry, even to those who won competitive Oscars. Steve Martin and James Earl Jones are among the many who have won these Special and Honorary Oscars. Murphy might get one, too, someday.
Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream losing to Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich is the first example that comes to my mind with this criteria…
That one hurt. One of the most amazing performances ever lost to Pretty Woman 2.0
This. This is the one. This is the example I give each time I have a discussion with anybody about how out of touch the Academy is. Thank you for commenting this.
Problem was Jared Leto was the main role in that film but Ellen Burstyn refused to be nominated for supporting actress, if she allowed for that, which was more accurate, she would’ve won - but her performance was so much better than Julia Roberts, even though I think she’s great
I actually agree now that Julia deserved to win. I used to be WHY JULIA?! But I re-evaluated Erin Brokovich after re-watching it three times. I realized the fact I watched it three times means Julia gave this film what it needed. If another actress did Erin it would have been an HBO filler. Her performance empowers me to this day.
@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 have you ever seen EB? what part of that is PW 2.0?
I couldn't agree more about Denzel Washington in Malcolm X. That was a tour de force, one of the great biographical performances in the history of cinema. Not only did he portray Malcolm X beautifully, he skillfully made his way through Malcolm X's own dramatic post-prison change of character.
Yes. Denzel absolutely deserved to win for Malcolm X. Unfortunately, Al Pacino had been robbed of Oscars for so long that they decided that was the year to finally make up for it.
Agree. Al’s was a body of work award.
Frankly, any of the other four I thought were better. Downey Jr. in Chaplin was fantastic, Eastwood brought back the western with his performance in Unforgiven, Denzel is Denzel ... and perhaps the most underappreciated nominee was Stephen Rea in The Crying Game, which was outstanding. I think I'd still go with Denzel, but the other three certainly could have made a much better argument than Pacino.
*10 times? In Oscar history? This vídeo is SO naive!*
@@jaylouis8227 and nobody remembers training day
"Crash" over "Brokeback Mountain" should've been an extinction-level event for the Academy Awards.
Especially since Crash wasn’t just not the best, but arguably the worst nominee that year. Brokeback Mountain should have won by far, by Capote, Goodnight and Good Luck, and Munich were all better films.
@Veronica A. I remember it being the "gay cowboy movie." A close college friend had recently come out to a few us and he really wanted to go see it. We had to drive across town just to find a theater showing it, it was still in limited release. I can't recall my expectations going in but by the end of the film I was deeply moved, especially by Ledger's performance. Everyone mentions the Joker but for me his greatest performance is that of Ennis Del Mar
Still will side with Ebert on this that Crash is a far superior movie to BBM.
Brokeback is overrated as fuck 😂😂
'Brokeback Mountain" was just more politically correct. If you're looking for the better film, "Crash" is it. Period. End of discussion.
Can't really argue THAT much against Sam Jackson winning for Pulp Fiction, but just gonna say that Martin Landau is SO GOOD in Ed Wood, itself an insanely underrated film (and Burton's best).
At the time I really had the sense he won for his entire body of work..remember most of those voters grew up on Landau in everything from hitchcocks north by northwest to the tv series mission impossible
He was really great a few years earlier in Crimes and Misdemeanours but he lost out there.
I concur
Great list. Saving Private Ryan losing out to Shakespeare in Love has always ground my gears.
That's why Harvey Weinstein is in Prison!
Agree 💯
Even Ryan shouldn't have won.
The Truman Show was easily the best American movie, that year.
I agree 100% That was the first thing coming to my mind when I saw the title.
Agreed, I was like WTF when I watched that show live.
You missed Ellen Burstyn, who got robbed for Requiem for a Dream, to Julia Roberts in Erin Brokovitch. In addition, even Gwyneth Paltrow thought Cate Blanchett should have won for Elizabeth over Gwyneth in Shakespeare in Love.
Glenn Close losing every time she was nominated still haunts me every year.
The most robbed actor in Academy Award history, and she should have won for “Fatal Attraction” over the ridiculous Cher performance in that stupid overrated “Moonstruck.”
Yep. Every time she was Close... but no cigar.
It is insane that she still hasn't one a single oscar. Neither has Annette Bening or Amy Adams.
I gotta disagree with you on one point
Lemmon deserved the award in 1973
Pacino’s best actor Oscar was the nomination he lost for The Godfather Part II in 1974 against Art Carney’s absurd win!
Yes. That, to me, is the quintessential Pacino performance. Michael reigning in Hell by himself at the end of "Part II" is my favorite closing shot of any film.
Pacino was excellent yes deserved to win but Carney was really good, at least a bit also deserving.
Awesome list. Would like to add 1979's Best Original Song - the mediocre and very forgettable "It Goes Like It Goes" (from "Norma Rae") won the award, but the real winner should have been the beloved and everlasting classic which is The Muppet Movie's "Rainbow Connection".
Nice one
it's 1980....and that was the year that kramer vs kramer swept the awards
a forgettable abc after school special
one of the most bizarre years in academy history
Absolutely!!! My favorite version is Willie Nelson's.
This comment inspired me to check and see if "Suicide is Painless" was nominated for Best Original song. Unsurprisingly it was not...
Yes, and “Gonna Fly Now” should have knocked out the competition to win Best Original Song. The prize instead went to Barbra Streisand and Paul Williams’ pleasant, but hardly memorable “Evergreen” from the dreadful remake of “A Star is Born.” (Sample dialogue: “If you die, I will kill you!”) And somehow, the forgettable score from “The Omen” triumphed over “Rocky” for best original score. Insipid. EVERYONE knows “Gonna Fly Now” and many pieces from the “Rocky” score (“Down for the Count” is completely captivating) - is there ANYONE who can hum a piece from “The Omen”?
Tommy Lee Jones over Ralph Fiennes 1994 Best Supporting Actor. Fiennes is the definition of evil in his portrayal of the real-life Amon Goeth.
Not too difficult to figure out why Fiennes wasn't picked.
Oh, and Eddie Redmayne in the Therory of Everything over Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game? That was a travesty.
Both were very good in their movies, difficult choice
I've always felt Glenn Close was robbed when she didn't get an Oscar for "Fatal Attraction." That performance is still talked about, and as good as Cher's performance was in "Moonstruck," it's wasn't as riveting as Glenn was in her performance. The Academy was overcompensating for snubbing Cher a couple years before for 1985's "Mask" like they've done many times over the years with other performers.
Years later Cher was robbed for Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, so it all evens out
@@AserHapi Uhhh,..I'll leave that one alone.
Close also should have won for Dangerous Liaisons. Holy shit she was brilliant in that
@@graphiquejack I think of DL as Close's best performance (so far). She walks right up to the edge of haminess but never goes over and is still mesmerizing.
Cher over Glenn Close for "Fatal Attraction" killed me.
I've come to the conclusion that getting nominated for an Oscar multiple times and not winning the award, is probably better than winning an Oscar that some one else was more worthy of winning. People respect Hitchcock, who never won a best director Oscar, over some other director who only got nominated once, but in just the right year, to win an Oscar.
I guess Art Carney over Pacino was too obvious to mention
Yeah wtf
Was that the cat movie where he travels with a cat? Yeah this whole lifetime achievement award is so lame
He even mentions most of Pacino's but somehow missed that.
And not just Pacino but also Nicholson for Chinatown. Gene Hackman wasn't even nominated for The Conversation that year. Sheesh!
Just like Crash over Brokeback Mountain or Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan.
gwyneth paltrow winning against cate blanchett and fernanda montenegro in 1999 was really shocking too
Always remember what George C Scott said about the Oscars.
Weinstein payed for all those Oscar's he "won" that year. SIL was a piece of crap. It was cute with enjoyable performances. That's it. Blanchett should have won that Oscar. The comparison to Paltrow is rediculous.
absolutely, cate blanchett was brilliant, while gweneth Paltrow was mediocre
Taxi Driver should have won over Rocky in 1977. I like Rocky; it's a lot of fun to watch, and the other nominees were worthy as well. But Taxi Driver is freaking amazing, a movie for the ages. (And side note: Peter Boyle's performance is a small gem.)
1977... so many great movies for grown-ups...
John Wayne got snubbed in 1956 for his role in The Searchers which was a much more dramatic and gripping performance than the role he did win for in True Grit.
He also tried to punch Sacheen Littlefeather in the face at the 1973 Oscar’s so I’m alright with the Oscar’s not going his way
That year had like 25 pictures that were superior to AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
What about Whoopi Goldberg for “The Color Purple”, Glenn Close for “Fatal Attraction” or Angela Bassett for “What’s Love Got To Do With It”? All were incredible in their performances
Glenn Close is the most robbed actress in History of Cinema she should have won 3 Oscars by now.
For Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons and Hillbilly Elegy, but I do believe Olivia Colman in The Favourite deserved her win over Glenn Close in The Wife
@@tenzen6899 I would add best supporting actress for "The World According to Garp." She was brilliant in that. To think that she may have to settle for a lifetime acheivement award breaks my heart.
The fact that The Color Purple didn't walk away with all prizes was a crime
Cher's performance in Moonstruck was NOT Oscar worthy. She was good in Mask, but Moonstruck was not worthy of an Oscar. Holly Hunter or Glenn Close were far better.
Definitely agree about Angela Basset. Saw “Love…recently and she is flawless.
faye dunaway deserved her oscar for network.
i agree with this....she is brilliant
Agreed, her performance was epic along with Finch made that movie.
She shouldve won for Chinatown or Bonnie and Clyde. It was a pity Oscar.
@@seanlarajames708 no, those were incredibly competitive years and her best performance is actually network i feel, shame for sissy but it was a good year
@@seanlarajames708 She was excellent in all 3 roles though. I loved her performance in Network and is the only actress of that era I could see bringing the right level of intensity and dark humor to the demanding role
I wonder how many video essays Jamie Lee Curtis is going to inspire for her best supporting actress win.
why?
yaa... no
JLC delivered an Oscar worthy performance…but it wasn’t as good as Stephanie Hsu’s
@@damienburke4996 agreed. I don’t know if, down the road, anyone will begrudge JLC winning. Right now, there’s some talk about if she deserved it over Angela Bassett. In the future, I think the talk will be if she deserved it over Stephanie Hsu.
She was on screen for maybe 20 minutes total, she barely did anything of note, she wasn't even the best nominee in that movie.. Stephanie Hsu deserved it far far far more
To me, number one is Goodfellas losing to Dances With Wolves and a very very close second is Saving Private Ryan losing to Shakespeare In Love. I honestly find myself flip flopping on those two because they're both such travesties but Goodfellas is the superior film by a hair.
100% agree!
number one will always be the big wins by kramer vs kramer in 1980.....nothing tops that
DWW is my favorite film of all time.
@@thewkovacs316 What do you mean? Like that Apocalypse Now should've won instead?
You're right, except for the fact that Saving Private Ryan goes from great to merely passable about 25 minutes in, while Shakespeare in Love is great from start to finish. Other than that, you're right.
Cate Blanchett should have won for Elizabeth, over Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love
To make matters worse Emma Stone also won Best Picture that year😊
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Emma Stone won Best Picture? I’ve never heard of that movie.
Grace Kelly winning instead of Judy Garland is one of MANY reasons I hate the Academy Awards.
Interesting that Grace Kelly uglified is better looking than Judy Garland prettified.
The Social Network is consistently on top of every best movies of the 21st century list. It's a shame it didn't win the Oscar.
Only seen it once and I found it riveting and I am not even on any social network platforms.
Most people hate Facebook, even if they can't do without it, that's why it lost.
Ce film était très bien, peut être le meilleur de David Fincher.
Cate Blanchett vs Gwyneth Paltrow, need I say more
Agreed, Cate should have won!!
Fernanda Montenegro over both of them on that particular race
Yes! Cate can act and Gwyneth sort of does.
Goodfellas deserves an Oscar right now
Great clip!! One that always confuses me was 2000’s masterpiece Requiem for a Dream. Ellen Burstyn should have won best actress over winner Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich.
THIS! One of the biggest mistakes.
Im glad Julia Roberts won. She wont win for anything else. But, Burstyn was amazing.
Glenn Close was pillaged for "Fatal Attraction." Not that I don't think Cher was great in "Moonstruck," but 36 years later, people still remember and are frightened by Close's portrayal of the mentally-unbalanced Alex Forrest, whereas "Moonstruck" is barely remembered.
Not sure I understand how Ben Kingsley is doing brown face when his father is Indian.
Yeah this guy's logic is all over the place. Arguing that and Dances with Wolves is just white savior bs is super short sighted. Not even the point of the film...not sure where this guy gets his opinions from on race
I think he mentioned it just to be aware that the portrayal could potentially spark that discourse, not necessarily to say it is definitely brownface
@@anthonys.8569 the producer of this video is just going on his own feelings and prejudices like everyone else.
100% agree about Isabelle Hupert. Not only is she one of the greatest living actors (of both genders) her performance in that film was genius. My other choice would be Gweneth Paltrow winning over Cate Blanchett in 1998.
Agreed, still have not got over that one!
Cate Blanchett was robbed. I also agree with you about Isabelle Huppert. I first saw her in “The Lacemaker” she is so haunting in that film.
@@petertrezise4545 Robbed again this year.
And this year Cate Blanchett was robbed again! No disrespect to Michelle Yeoh but she should have won for Tar.
Blanchett & Huppert were indeed robbed. Huppert’s performance in “The Piano Teacher” remains one of my favorite performances by any actor, ever. Just an incredible talent.
Kudos for the inclusion of Sissy. Her performance is legendary and still haunts even younger audiences today with the dawn of TH-cam movie reactions.
Crash winning over Brokeback Mountain is a major omission.
Crash was so predictable and in-your-face. I found it formulaic and superficial.
Jack Nicholson announcing Crash as the winner then going “wow” says everything about that win.
Crash is an amazing movie. Way better than Brokeback Mountain.
I think Munich was a lot better than either.
So much agree about Pacino in GlenGarry, in my top five movies. And Lemmon's sad desperate portrayal of a has-been sales guy trying to save his daughter and win the sales lottery one last time is heartbreaking and probably the single best cast ensemble in a modern movie; Pacino, Lemmon, Spacey, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Alec Baldwin, Bruce Altman and poor Jonathan Price. If he only had those 3 days to get out of the contract!.
Not sure I agree with Judy Garland over Grace Kelly. Grace seems to be acting as opposed to Judy's over-acting.
Austin Butler for Elvis! Elvis Best Picture.
There is no mishap. Samuel L. Jackson is Gold in PF and there is NO movie without him nor a more quotable character. That said, Martin Landau was more an amazing performance on top of a career oscar. He was Bela Legosi.
Samuel L. Jackson plays Samuel L. Jackson in every movie he's in.
Yeah, some years it's tough. There are winners who benefit from weaker competition and then nominees who lose out only because the field is stacked that year with instant-classic performances. I felt bed for Mickey Rourke losing out to Sean Penn who already had an Oscar but admittedly I had only seen "The Wrestler" when the awards aired. I watched "Milk" and it's my opinion that Penn deserved the award more for that than he did for "Mystic River."
@@jefdukes641 The one performance where I thought SLJ didn't play himself and should have won the Oscar but wasn't even nominated was Django Unchained. But Waltz got the win for basically a lead role.
@@MrHootiedean I stand corrected - you're right. I also apologize to Mr. Jackson - as he indeed got 'lost' in this role! But just this one time! LOL
Lugosi . And yes , Landau deserved it.
There's lots of historic ones but the horror genre continuing to be snubbed recently has been a huge blow. Mia Goth deserved at least a nomination this year for Pearl and we all remember the dismay over Toni Collette's Hereditary snub.
Both incredible performances by leading ladies in recent horror movies! I would also add Lupita Nyong’o in Us, but at least she got the recognition for 12 Years a Slave. Toni Collette is a criminally underrated and overlooked actress, and Mia Goth should be getting so much more attention than she is. In any other movie genre, she would be seen as the breakout young talent everyone’s talking about.
Terrific list. My automatic thought goes to Crash over Brokeback Mountain. I recall being floored. Like being punched in the gut.
Crash, outside of Michael Peña, is bad, and is the most ridiculous Oscar bait movie I’ve seen.
Brokeback mountain is better
I don't understand the hate around that movie. It's pretty decent imo.
@@jothishprabu8 Its the probable reasoning of why the bad movie won.
@@jothishprabu8 decent? the patronizing playing with racist stereotype tropes was insulting. Oooh the horrible white woman who hates and distrusts Mexicans, changes her mind in a heartbreaking (NO, cringe as hell and insulting) moment of 'clarity' with her very put upon maid. Matt Dillon we find isn't a racist after all' how could he be when he rescues Thandi Newton from a burning car? who cares if hes a sexual molester?? hes not a racist and he looks after his ailing dad, that's the main thing. Ryan Phillipe, the genuine good guy who inexplicably does something awful near the end of the movie, HES the real racist. Oooh, mind blown! don't judge a book by its cover! that's the mind numbingly tone deaf and wrong as f 'message' in this movie. Awful, just awful. The fact the director is a creep in real life does not surprise me.
Saving Private Ryan losing to Shakespeare In Love was unforgivable. I really haven't given a crap about the Oscars since. Shakespeare In Love is a light weight silly fluff of a comedy with virtually no re-watch value that no one remembers. On the other hand Saving Private Ryan is an immortal classic war film that people will still be watching when my bones have crumbled to dust.
My nomination for an Oscar error is Lee Marvin winning as the drunken gunslinger in “Cat Ballou” over Rod Steiger in “The Pawnbroker.” Supposedly no one was more surprised that he lost than Steiger himself. He won the following year for “In the Heat of the Night” which in my opinion was a consolation prize for having lost the previous year.
I still haven't gotten over Al Pacino's greatest, bravest, most heartbreaking performance in Dog Day Afternoon losing to Jack Nicholson basically playing Jack Nicholson in Cuckoo's Nest. And The Verdict was hands down Paul Newman's best role among many. But Goodfellas & its director losing to anyone or anything is unforgivable! And how about Ralph Fiennes' terrifying turn in Schindler's List losing to Tommy Lee Jones' career award for The Fugitive? Aaarrrggghhh!!!
I started to watch The 68th or the 69th Oscars Acadamy Awards. I never realised Ralph was nominated the same year as Tommy Lee Jones. All I could think of was Leonardo was robbed for his role in "Whats eating Gilberg Grape". But of course Ralph should have won that year. That was one of his most memorable and strongest character in so many ways.
I will never understand why Tommy was even nominated for The Fugitive?? It wasn´t anything special about his performance. Miles and miles far away from both Leonardo and Ralph.
Jack Nicholson has three roles: crazy fun Jack, crazy mean Jack and crazy old Jack. Not a great actor.
@@thereserystedt3883 body of work type award
I so agree with you re Pacino and Dog Day Afternoon - he's sublime, the best performance of his incredible career. Also agree on Fiennes as Amon Göth over TLJ's bland performance in The Fugitive - what an injustice!
Agree 💯 about Tommy Lee Jones and Ralph fiennes. Fiennes should've got the Oscar not that god awful Tommy Lee Jones!👍
Edward Norton (Primal Fear) losing to Cuba Gooding Jr ( Jerry Maguire). Mickey Roorke (The Wrestler) losing to Sean Penn for (Milk). Russell Crowe (A Beautiful Mind) losing to Denzel Washington (Training Day). Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List) losing to Tommy Lee Jones (The fugitive).
Sometimes two performances are both really good but so different it feels weird and hard to compare them, like Fiennes vs. Jones the roles were so different but I think they were both worthy, about equally worthy.
I do remember A Beautiful Mind very well; Russell Crowe was excellent in it, and probably better deserved the Oscar for that performance over Gladiator.I It's not the best Oscar Big Picture winner, but it's not too shabby. But really, Ron Howard should have won for Apollo 13 (not nominated!!) over Mel Gibson' directing for Braveheart (which I loathed;' yeah I said it), and Howard didn't have to win for A Beautiful Mind. Recently heartbreaking for me was Michael Keaton not winning over Eddie Redmayne. And I dare say it, Everything Everywhere All at Once will be outpaced in cinematic legacy by The Banshees of Inishirin and Tar.
yes.
Cate Blanchett not winning an Oscar for TAR is up there with Glenn Close not winning for Dangerous Liaisons.
Wrong. Tár is definitely overrated
@@peteradaniel The Academy sadly chose Narrative>Merit
See, I would have to disagree with you on that one. Despite what you may think, Michelle Yeoh was very much deserving of the award. She played essentially very different characters, and expressed a lot of emotion and quite a bit of acting range all at once. (See what I did there?) I did watch Tar and I’ll be honest, all I saw was Cate Blanchett being Cate Blanchett except for about three scenes towards the end of the movie.
@@davidbrady1825 you think michelle yeoh wasn't great in EEAAO
Blanchett played the same role but better in an episode of Documentary Now! And she was funnier there, too.
This has been brought up on various forums and lists. 1998 best picture winner “Shakespeare In Love” over “Saving Private Ryan” was giant mistake. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t agree that that was strange decision.
I think Life is Beautiful was a lot better than either.
It’s been talked to death but brokeback mountain really should’ve won over crash
I was really expecting to that to be on the list! to me that one of biggest upsets ever!! still annoyed me. next is the social network loss. such a good movie
Gotta be the biggest snub ever in my book. I can't remember the cast time I heard anyone mention the movie Crash.
I liked Brokeback Mountain, but my favorite that year was Good Night and Good Luck. Both should have easily won over Crash.
I think Munich was better than either.
Love Adam dearly but give him a good mic (also on The Big Picture:)
Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan, Crash over any other movie, Forrest Gump over Shawshank Redemption, etc.
Forrest Gump over Shawshank is not a travesty. Shawshank wasn't even seen by most people til years afterwards. Forrest Gump was a cultural phenomenon akin to Titanic. Nothing was going to beat it.
The most robbed artist was Ennio Morricone with "The Mission" score.
How the heck did he not win?
@@melanie62954 Yeah, how the heck.
Oscar has a looooong history of "You should have won for this so we'll reward you for this." There are consolation prizes all over the place.
Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan is the gold standard. A triumph of campaigning over artistry. As for some others:
-- John Williams' score for The Empire Strikes Back losing to Fame
-- Munich losing to Crash
-- George Miller losing Best Director to Alejandro Iñárritu
Anything losing to Crash. I honestly think there were dozens of more deserving movies that year.
The Revenant for Leo
Glorified pity award
The Departed for Scorcese
@@cinemagoose He should have won for prior work, but the Department is still damn good
The upset I always go back to is Ellen Burstyn losing to Julia Roberts in 2001.
Julia was great that year, but Ellen deserved it.
Ellen was at the top of her form. One of the greatest performances in the history of cinema. Julia was fine, but her win was due mainly to Oscar's unfortunate tendency to award portrayals of real people, no matter how much better the competition was.
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Looking back, I think Julia deserved to win it. I will be honest, I used to be on the Ellen train. I watched Erin again, and I realized, Julia's performance was empowering. It was a feel-good performance that was ahead of its time. If she won for that now, social media would have gone crazy celebrating it
It may have been a feel good performance, but it was not ahead of its time. It was typical of most biopics of the era. Ellen's performance was visceral, heartbraking and one of a kind.
@@patighe I understand. The Academy has never been one to award who is the best. They award who is the best for the time
Will we look back at this years Best Actress in the same way? I loved Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere but Cate Blanchett’s performance in Tar was extraordinary.
To be fair, Cate Blanchett is exceptional in everything she does. One of the best actresses of her generation, I’d say. But she’s already won twice. Michelle Yeoh may not have been quite as good, but it was an Oscar honouring her career more than anything. No one really had a chance over Michelle Yeoh this year.
@@seblepageThat’s shouldn’t be count as fair. Like you said (w no disrespect), “Yeoh May not have been quite as good, but it was… honoring her career”. Then it should be a career honoring award, and not a best performance award.
@@Sheren0133 I agree with you completely. I didn't mean to say that the Academy is right in giving awards that cover an entire career rather than a specific performance. It's just the reality of things. The Oscars are a popularity contest, and members vote for what's trendy or for what appears right in the eyes of Hollywood and/or the general public. There's also a lot of lobbying that happens. Oftentimes, if a particular actor, director, writer or whatever appears to be "due" for an Oscar, they will often get it despite the fact that they were not necessarily the best in their field that particular year.
You are right, but this type of thing happens over and over. I think thats why jamie leigh curtis won as well. @Sheren0133
Titanic winning best picture over LA Confidential and even Boogie Nights is preposterous.
I think we can all unanimously agree that nobody cares about Shakespeare in Love
Judi Dench got her Oscar for 10 minutes of screen time.
Indeed. Well said. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@michaeladkins6 Consolation prize for Oscar's big mistake the year before.
Bette Midler for the Rose over Sally Field in Norma Ray. “I was robbed” as Better says!
Carney over Pacino 1975. How is that not number 1 on any list like this?
Seriously! The guy literally names every 70’s Pacino movie except The Godfather Part II lol. Easily one of the top three biggest acting robberies.
@@benfranklin1533 bizarre! I'm beginning to think very little research was done for this piece.
Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in The Godfather part 2 is the greatest performance in American cinema, absolutely robbed.
Robert De Niro, The Deer Hunter. A performance for the ages. Jon Voigt won, for Coming Home, that year.
@Carlo Dallapiccola I believe it was in the book, ‘Oscar Dearest,’ that I read the backstory re the ‘Deer Hunter’ camp vs the ‘Coming Home’ camp. There was a real behind-the-scenes soap opera rivalry between the two. If I recall correctly, Jon Voight was even quoted as saying that he was glad he beat out De Niro for the Oscar.
@@QuirkyGirl10 Fascinating. I'll have to read that. Coming Home is an excellent move, and Jon Voigt gives a wonderful performance. But Robert De Niro...in my book, it's his greatest performance ever. Yes, even better than Travis Bickle and Jake La Motta.
"Shakespeare In Love" winning over "Saving Private Ryan" for best picture was an insane mistake... thanks to the strong-arm tactics of Harvey Weinstein.
When I think of the Oscars getting it wrong, one example always comes to my mind. In 1978, "Annie Hall" won "picture of the year" over... "Star Wars"! Need I say more?
They were both great, they both deserved to win. They were both so great that's almost an argument against such different films competing.
I’m honestly surprised you didn’t include the travesty that was Crash winning Best Picture over Brokeback Mountain….
Or Jennifer Lawrence winning Best Actress over Naomi Watts for The Impossible.
I really hope Naomi Watts wins some day. She should've been nominated for Mulholland Drive too, she was amazing in that and wasn't even nominated.
Tom Hanks is incredible in "Philidelphia", but Liam Neilson in "Schindler's List" is absolutely mesmerising. Neilson takes you, believably, from a cold-hearted Nazi businessman to a charitable business owner, to a philanthropist in a way that you cry with him when he sobs by his car at the end of the film.
To me, the most egregious one is Sean Penn winning for the exceptionally forgettable Mystic River over Bill Murray's haunting performance in Lost in Translation.
Unless it was an Oscar for overacting ... if that is the case than yes, Penn should have one. But if it is for acting, no way should he have won, I agree. I dare people to go back and watch Penn's performance in Mystic River now. I actually like Penn as an actor, but every time I watch it all I can think of is, "who is this, it isn't Sean Penn!" It's just so over the top and, for lack of a better word, "unnecessary" for the movie.
@@matthewkirkhart2401 I couldn't agree more!!! Every word, perfect!
I disagree
I could not agree more. Murray was superlative in that film while Penn for me was underwhelming and took histrionics to overacted extreme.
Sorry but I disagree with your opinion on Faye Dunaway. She acts as the archetype for the emerging girlboss in a world soon to be engulfed by corporate culture. She also represents the cynical side of second wave feminism. It goes to show, these are just opinions and no one way is correct.
You forgot Shakespeare in love over Saving private Ryan in '99
Jackson should have won for Pulp, but he is clearly a supporting actor compared to Travolta on screen time alone.
Do you think they made some mistakes for the most recent 2023 Oscars? I think Jamie Lee Curtis is great but I think some of the choices for Supporting actresses could have won.
I love Jamie Lee Curtis and was glad she won, but yeah it felt like an honorary Oscar to celebrate her prolific career more than honouring an exceptionally good performance. In the same movie alone, Stephanie Hsu was more memorable and impactful.
I would add Gwenyth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love) winning over Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth). Also Shakespeare in Love winning best picture over Saving Private Ryan. Both are huge WTFs wins orchestrated by Harvey Weinstein. 😒
IT sucks.
And Halle Barry’s Oscar was a fix too because every other actress they wanted to cast in the NSFW role in Monster’s Ball turned it down and seemingly their first choice, Angela Bassett has been over looked ever since as have multiple other talented black actresses.
@@hannaj4032 saying Halle Berry didn't give an amazing performance in Monster's Ball is just asinine.
@@jjstraka1982 - says a guy! They promised her the Oscar for taking the seedy role that no other actress would accept. Most actors are set for life after winning an Oscar but HB’s career just kind of bumped along and finally fizzled out. Every other actress nominated in her category that year are still on the A-list. You’re entitled to your opinion but it’s clear what your motivation is.
@@hannaj4032 you are the one implying I am only saying this because of a 60-second sex scene. I said nothing of the sort, and the scenes in the hospital and when she finds out who she is living with are far more impactful.
Crash over Brokeback Mountain still upsets me.
Mickey Rourke for Best Actor in The Wrestler.
We’re not going to talk about Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan, or Glenn Campbell getting robbed for his heartbreaking original song I’m not gonna miss you?
It’s so unfair to criticise Ben Kingsley for ‘playing brownface’. Yes, he was born in Britain, but he’s undeniably of Indian ethnicity. Is anyone calling Angela Bassett out for playing blackface in Wakanda Forever because she wasn’t born in Africa? Or Charlize Theron for playing whiteface because she WAS born in Africa? It’s just a stupid argument.
Your right on Angela Bassett👩🏾,. She's not Black👩🏿, but uh Maronné, Griffe. Black Women are Viola Davis And Angella Summer's👩🏿👩🏿. The Word Black, Means Racially, Dark Skin Pigmentation.
So yes Angela Bassett👩🏾 is doing Blackface. By cosplaying as a Black Woman👩🏿.
My friend, you oughta look a bit into South Africa. Caucasians are just there within the country and society. And Afrikaans is the language they create themselves for themselves, not the native tribes.
@@hata3128 slumdogs ( millionaires) from LONDON.. No old nen with wriggles missing teeth from India to play Gandhi..
There was Mickey Rooney as ian irate Japanese tenant in Breakfast at TIFFANY
Yes, you’ve both perfectly illustrated my argument. It’s ridiculous to call Angela Bassett out for ‘blackface’ or Charlize Theron for ‘whiteface’. Ethnicity matters, not country of birth. Ben Kingsley is Indian. He’s not doing ‘brownface’ just because he was born in England.
Tommy Lee Jones gets a lot of flak for winning Best Supporting Actor in the 66th Academy Awards for his role as Samuel Gerard in "The Fugitive". The other nominees were:
Ralph Fiennes as Amon Göth in "Schindler's List"
John Malkovich as Mitch Leary in "In the Line of Fire"
Leonardo DiCaprio as Arnie Grape in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"
Pete Postlethwaite as Giuseppe Conlon in "In the Name of the Father"
The snubs include Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday in "Tombstone", Ben Kingsley as Itzhak Stern in "Schindler's List", Sean Penn as David Kleinfeld in "Carlito's Way", certain actors in "True Romance", etc...
All great performances. Some others were Jeff Daniels in “Gettysburg,” Robert DeNiro in “This Boy’s Life,” Jack Lemmon in “Short Cuts,” Chazz Palminteri in “A Bronx Tale,” Larenz Tate in “Menace 2 Society.”
That's a heck of a good list. Fiennes should have won that every time. I think it was his character that lost it for him there
@@howardtowner9468 Funny thing is that comments under a "Tombstone" video always claim that Val Kilmer deserved the Oscar that year. But when the nominees are listed out, all of a sudden people aren't so sure anymore. Research has been made so easy by the internet yet most users still don't bother.
Goodfellas not winning is an all-timer!
Al Pacino should have Best Actor for Serpico (1973).
Goodfellas might be the worst loss. And that someone is quoting this movie right now, that would be me.
Agreed, I did like Dances, but I have rewatched Goodfellas numerous times and I don’t get sick of it, and have watched videos about it as well
That's where I got off the Oscar train for good- never watched the ceremony again.
Grace Kelly winning the Oscar for Country Girl over Judy Garland's performance in A Star is Born was a big upset.
Kelly was also in Rear Window (an all time great movie) and Dial M for murder (also great) in the same year. So that probably pushed her past Garland should have won in 44 for Meet me in St Louis.
Gywneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love) over Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth) was an earthquake of nonsense. Unbelievably bad Oscar decision.
I always thought that Robert Downey Jnr. deserved the Oscar for his performance in "Chaplin". He manages the physical comedy with a serious portrayal of a real life person very well, with doing a terrible impression.
Likewise in 1992, I always thought that Miranda Richardson deserved the Best Supporting Actress over Marissa Tomei for her superb performance in "Damage".
Emma Stone winning over Isabelle Huppert was revolting… Emma always plays the same character, she only showed a bit more range in Birdman
1) Saving Private Ryan should've won Best Picture instead of Shakespeare In Love.
2) The Godfather should've also won Best Score. And was snubbed for Best Cinematography.
3) David Fischer should've won Best Director for The Social Network instead of Tom Hooper for The King's Speech.
4) Mickey Rourke should've won Best Actor for The Wrestler instead of Sean Penn for Milk.
5) Cate Blanchett should have won Best Actress For Elizabeth instead of Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare In Love.
6) Liam Neeson should've won Best Actor for Schindler's List rather than Tom Hanks for Philadelphia.
7) Skyfall should've won Best Cinematography rather than Life of Pi. (I like Life of Pi, but I think Skyfall deserved it more).
8) Amy Adams should've won Best Actress for American Hustle instead of Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine.
9) Star Wars should've won Best Director and Best Picture and NOT Annie Hall. Was also snubbed for Best Cinematography.
10) Djimon Hounsou should've won Best Supporting Actor for Blood Diamond instead of Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine.
Anne Hathaway winning Best Supporting Actress over Sally Fields…
ugh yes ive been saying A Beautiful Mind over Mulholland Drive was the worst forever.. x(
Cher in Moonstruck over Glenn Close for Fatal Attraction. Although I love both movies, Glenn Close was robbed.
i know you don't want to go back that far, but Cliff Robertson's CHARLY over Peter O'Toole's Henry ll in LION IN WINTER is probably the biggest goof i know of.
YES! This!
Im sorry but Martin Landau 100% deserved it more than Samuel L Jackson who pl;ayed well but wasnt as close in acting as Landau didin Ed Wood
Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence wins really bug me. Just giving it to the popular girls is how it feels. I read an article saying even Emma Stone seem to know she didn't deserve her win.
The Oscars are a false and commercial festival. We should stop placing value on it.
I agree with you wholeheartedly on Newman vs Kinsley, Stone vs. Huppert and all the other instances you have cited in the video
Shakespeare In Love over Saving Private Ryan was let's be honest... just stupid.
Yes, it was rediculous by Weinstain job.
That was the worst. Best Actress and Best Picture.
I disagree about A Beautiful Mind. I think that’s a beautiful film. I still think about scenes from that film.
Yeoh over Blanchett is gonna be on this list within the next couple of years.
nope....not really
Sorry but Blanchett is basically playing a carbon copy of Blue Jasmin, right down to her acting in Lydia Tár’s eventual demise. Yeoh was unrecognisable in EEAAO. Tár isn’t even an interesting film. Her demise is completely unrealistic and it would be immeasurably more interesting if she got away with her behaviour, because we all know that’s actually what happens. If you know anything about the industry we all know the “Me too” movement only ousted the ‘long in the tooth’ conductors who should have retired years ago. There’s been no change in hierarchical abuse.
@@peteradaniel Lydia Tár is closer to an amalgamation of both Fletcher and Neiman in Whiplash than Blanchett’s role in Blue Jasmine. The movie is essentially Whiplash through a classical music lens.
I never said Tár should’ve won Best Picture, I was referencing the Best Actress award. I love Michelle Yeoh, she’s one of the best martial artists to ever grace the screen, and she shows that off in EEAAO (which I am in fact a fan of even though it gets a bit oversaturated towards the end; I’ll turn on Crouching Tiger if I wanna watch Yeoh really kick ass). But her “acting chops” are by no means anywhere close to Blanchett’s in Tár. There are some immense subtleties that she portrays in that role, and I went in to that movie expecting not to like it. As someone who’s been playing in professional orchestras for the last decade, the level that Blanchett reaches to portray a modern-day “crooked but knowledgeable conductor” is out of this world.
The Academy is known for giving out participation awards, and the reality is most likely the fact that Blanchett already has 2 Oscars, Yeoh has none (and in fact was the first Asian woman to ever receive one), and EEAAO was winning everything else that night anyway so it pretty much just rounded out the night. We all know how the Academy likes to play favorites - it’s actually kind of comical since, in the end, it ends up mirroring the actual plot of Tár. And yeah, whatever “message” Tár is trying to convey is also considerably muddled towards the end. That doesn’t change the fact that Blanchett absolutely kills that role. My pick for Best Picture would’ve been Banshees, flawless from beginning to end.
@@joelalbertogarza7048 obviously we’re both professional musicians, therefor we should both understand the idea of making a horse race out of an interpretive art form like acting is absolutely ridiculous. Imo EEAAO getting it’s flowers is completely deserved. It was a film coming from the perspective of an new type of American family and explored it’s subject matter with immense philosophical fortitude, combining both western and eastern cultures in philosophy, to end up with something that was distinctly American. That’s the first time I’d ever seen that successfully portrayed on film.
I don’t like your racially charged implications with regards to Michelle Yeoh winning a participation award on behalf of her being Asian. To justify Yeoh’s performance I would just look at the multiple different characters she had to embody in order to bring the role to life. It was a real tour de force in acting technique, similarly with Ke Huy Qwan’s multi award winning performance. Btw both also won golden globes and SAG awards, not to mention the multiple critics choices they also won. So if this is the academy playing favourites how does that explain the multiple awards which were previously bestowed. The only other film deserving of the top award, imo, was Women Talking. Banshees was a god awful, hackneyed diatribe from Martin Mcdonaugh who was just regurgitates the gore porn of Lieutenant of Inishmore to tell a Weak and pointless story of two people who break friendship. It pretends to be philosophical but ends up being pointless and without any substance. This is just my opinion and we’re both entitled to them, especially in interpreting film.
@@peteradaniel Most Oscar winning films are also the same films that win directly before that at the Golden Globes, SAG, BAFTA, etc etc. It’s entirely a self-celebrating Hollywood parade of itself. A lot of ppl predict Oscar winners (and are usually right) based on who/what’s been winning in the award circuit previous to it. Should also be obvious since they’re all essentially the same movies that make it through this rotation. Pretty sure there are hundreds of movies that, in 5-10 years, people will agree were miles better than a majority of the stuff that ended up on this award circuit.
The Academy (or any of the other Hollywood award festivals) playing favorites = the Academy making picks that are “flashy” or garner more attention = the Academy picking someone because they’re the first to do something (Yeoh being the first Asian woman to win an Oscar, Brendan Fraser getting his first Oscar, Jamie Lee Curtis getting her first, etc etc). It’s not because “she’s Asian,” it’s because “she’s first.” People love stories about “firsts.” Those stories are more click-bait worthy than “Cate Blanchett wins her third Oscar.”
Everyone knows the Oscars or any of these Hollywood awards are by no means representative of what the actual best films and actors are. That’s kind of the point of this video, that the Oscars get it royally wrong a ton of the time. Hollywood is a business that’s sole purpose is to make money through entertainment, and these award circuits are products of that. They’re bred with the purpose of getting people talking and getting people interested. It’s not a spelling bee.
Dances With Wolves over Ernest Scared Stupid
Jules Winifeld?? Are you WhatCulture in disguise?
What an odd mistake. His name is spoken out loud several times in the film.
You missed JLaw over Emmanuelle Riva LOL! I was so pissed JLaw won. I do agree that Isabelle should have won her year, and sorry but The King's Speech deserved it ;)
I 100% agree with you about "Training Day". That was an over the top one note performance that did not deserve the win.
Agreed. Denzel Washington winning over Tom Wilkinson upset me.
I also agree about Training day but Denzel should have won for Malcom X and honestly this one should’ve been either Will Smith for Ali, or Sean Penn for I am Sam.
A little over the top but very far from one-note.
David Lynch is so above the Oscar’s that he wouldn’t piss on one of their statues if his life depended on it!
Ben Kingsley might have been born in England but he had Indian ethnicity
It was stated that Kingsley's father was Indian but the question was whether the browning of his skin was appropriate.
@@TheSonicTruth that “brownface” comment is a reach imo
@@ElBrillante4 That’s not my reach. It’s what was stated in the video. Did you watch it?
@@TheSonicTruth yes. That’s exactly what I was referencing
This TH-camr's race logic is questionable. He also mentioned Dances With Wolves is just white savior nonsense. Not even the point of the film. Goodfellas is still prob better but come on that is race bait reaching
I agree 100% about Paul Newman in The Verdict, but totally disagree about Martin Landau. His performance was a classic and while Jackson was good, he was pretty much playing versions of other characters he had played before.
For me, one of the biggest snubs is Alan Arkin winning over Eddie Murphy. I've heard that the Norbit movie may have ruined his chances. If that's true, then that's really a shame because he was brilliant in Dreamgirls.
He'll yeah. Even a bigger snub. He didn't even get nominated for Mr. Church in the year Casey Affleck won for a mediocre performance 😕
Yeah, that is why he lost. Norbit. Insane.
Alan Arkin was finally recognized for a huge body of work, which they do a lot.
@Sally Smith O'Rourke Yes, they do, and it always seems to happen during a year a more deserving actor or actress should win the trophy.
@@SallySmithORourke1810 That’s true, but I think Eddie lost bcz of the Norbit mess. They do give out Special and Honorary Oscars for overall excellence and contributions to the movie industry, even to those who won competitive Oscars. Steve Martin and James Earl Jones are among the many who have won these Special and Honorary Oscars. Murphy might get one, too, someday.