I disagree about which actor should’ve substituted Kevin Costner for Dances with Wolves. Instead of James Caan, my vote would have gone to the GREAT Ray Liotta (RIP) without whom Goodfellas would not have worked at all.
He and Kathy Bates are the ones who made that movie work so much outside of William Goldman’s terrific adaptation of the book along with Rob Reiner’s direction
I’m guessing it’s because Annie Wilkes is a much more showy role so Kathy Bates got all the praise. But I agree that James Caan should’ve been recognized as well.
My personal theory on why she got nominated and he didn't? His performance was exactly what people expected...it was great, yes, and the movie would have fallen short without it, but that can be said of almost everything he did. Kathy Bates, on the other hand, was a dark-horse casting choice that NOBODY was expecting, and that surprise element was what got her nominated. The Academy Awards are as much a popularity contest as they are a recognition of actual merit, which is part of why there are so many notable Oscar snubs and nominations that, in retrospect, don't hold up by comparison to their contemporary, non-nominated competition.
Usually I agree you with you my dear, but Stanley Tuccy is fantastic in The Lovely Bones. There’s a reason he was nominated even though the movie itself is a mess.
I agree. I've always liked Stanley as a person...he appears to be a sweetheart in real life. So I was surprised by how much I detested him in TLB. That's one of the reasons I knew it was a great performance.
You know that he hates when people give good performances in bad movies and doesn't acknowledge that they can be worthy of recognition despite de movie they're in.
You’re 100% right about Stanley Tucci hating his Oscar nomination in The Lovely Bones. In his autobiography Taste: My Life Through Food he writes about how disgusting that role made him feel and he just wanted to forget about it. And on top of that, he loved playing Paul Child so that reaction of him cringing at the ceremony is genuine.
@@324cmac Enacting such a violent scene against a child - that really has got to haunt an actor. I wonder how Sairose Ronan has dealt with the memory of that situation. I don’t think I could handle it. Maybe stunt doubles were mostly used.
@@jm1657this is an excellent conversation, and Tucci is always such a wonderful person in his movies, and genuine, and I don’t doubt he completely regrets doing that role. It’s one he’s never repeated.
If you read his autobiography he talks about how dirty the film and character made him feel. He just wanted to forget about it and the Academy was like NOPE.
Fred Astaire's nomination was 100% because Shelley Winters got one for The Poseidon Adventure and Helen Hayes got one for Airport. The Academy rummaged through almost every disaster movie during their 70s heydey for ways to nominate older actors.
I think there was an element of "We Forgot You" - there are a few career achievement noms for Supporting categories. Jack Palance, Chill Wills and so on.
A good Point. But could WE all agree that Astaire didnt deserved his nom? I mean that would mean that He didnt get any Oscar nom, but for that? Nah. Imagine He was so Close to win over DeNiro in The Godfather Part 2 that year. He should definitly be replaced with john huston and Bridges should be in lead and John cazale also should be in for Godfather, Part 2. Or what are your thoughts?
Maggie Gyllenhal isn’t particularly memorable in Crazy heart, but I feel like saying it’s one of the worst nominations is a huge stretch. It’s a good performance in an alright film. It’s also not like it mattered if she got nominated or not since nobody was ever beating Monique that year.
Video suggestion: worst performances by Oscar-winning actors. Some of my choices would be Al Pacino in Jack and Jill, Robert De Niro in Rocky and Bullwinkle, Nicolas Cage in The Wicker Man, Tom Hanks in Pinocchio, George Clooney in Batman and Robin, and Michael Caine in Jaws: The Revenge.
The thing is, by the time he did My Girl, he'd already proven that he could do more than zany comic roles. Driving Miss Daisy was likely nominated because of the surprise factor--"We didn't know he could do that! Wow!!!"--but having broken that barrier down earlier, My Girl didn't surprise Academy members. A lot of great roles have been overlooked for similar reasons, throughout Oscar history...
@@adambesley4455 I wonder why he hasn’t done more dramatic roles. He certainly has shown he has the ability. Despite that, maybe it’s the case that he just doesn’t get offered Dramas. A curse of being an iconic SNL cast member, I guess.
Kim Basinger in L. A. Confidential is a question mark to me. A great film to be sure but her performance as call girl Lynn Bracken didn’t exactly, shall I say, blow my skirt up. Julianne Moore should have won that year for Boogie Nights.
@@lexkanyima2195 what she did in L. A. Confidential was not especially impressive nor was it beyond her ability. A better choice would have been Sigourney Weaver in The Ice Storm.
A video about film scores that the Academy didn't nominate would be a great idea for a video. *Some favorite scores not nominated at the Oscars:* _The Day the Earth Stood Still_ (1951) - Bernard Herrmann _The Searchers_ (1956) - Max Steiner _12 Angry Men_ (1957) - Kenyon Hopkins _Vertigo_ (1958) - Bernard Herrmann _North by Northwest_ (1959) - Bernard Herrmann _Anatomy of a Murder_ (1959) - Duke Ellington _The Apartment_ (1960) - Adolph Deutsch _Psycho_ (1960) - Bernard Herrmann _The Great Escape_ (1963) - Elmer Bernstein _A Fistful of Dollars_ (1964) - Ennio Morricone _For a Few Dollars More_ (1965) - Ennio Morricone _The Good, the Bad and the Ugly_ (1966) - Ennio Morricone _The Battle of Algiers_ (1966) - Ennio Morricone _The Odd Couple_ (1968) - Neal Hefti _Charly_ (1968) - Ravi Shankar _Bullitt_ (1968) - Lalo Schifrin _Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song_ (1971) - Melvin Van Peebles / Earth, Wind & Fire _Klute_ (1971) - Michael Small _The French Connection_ (1971) - Don Ellis _Dirty Harry_ (1971) - Lalo Schifrin _Super Fly_ (1972) - Curtis Mayfield _The Taking of Pelham One Two Three_ (1974) - David Shire _Death Wish_ (1974) - Herbie Hancock _Rocky_ (1976) - Bill Conti _All the President's Men_ (1976) - David Shire _Sorcerer_ (1977) - Tangerine Dream _Oh, God!_ (1977) - Jack Elliott _Halloween_ (1978) - John Carpenter _Alien_ (1979) - Jerry Goldsmith _Apocalypse Now_ (1979) - Carmine Coppola & Francis Ford Coppola _Rocky II_ (1979) - Bill Conti _The Black Stallion_ (1979) - Carmine Coppola _Blade Runner_ (1982) - Vangelis _The Thing_ (1982) - Ennio Morricone _First Blood_ (1982) - Jerry Goldsmith _Beverly Hills Cop_ (1984) - Harold Faltermeyer _Ghostbusters_ (1984) - Elmer Bernstein _The Terminator_ (1984) - Brad Fiedel _Back to the Future_ (1985) - Alan Silvestri _Predator_ (1987) - Alan Silvestri _Beetlejuice_ (1988) - Danny Elfman _Glory_ (1989) - James Horner _Dead Poets Society_ (1989) - Maurice Jarre _Do the Right Thing_ (1989) - Bill Lee _Batman_ (1989) - Danny Elfman _The Silence of the Lambs_ (1991) - Howard Shore _Boyz n the Hood_ (1991) - Stanley Clarke _Terminator 2: Judgment Day_ (1991) - Brad Fiedel _Unforgiven_ (1992) - Lennie Niehaus _Jurassic Park_ (1993) - John Williams, although I don't care for the main theme _Ed Wood_ (1994) - Howard Shore _Se7en_ (1995) - Howard Shore _Fargo_ (1996) - Carter Burwell _The Truman Show_ (1998) - Burkhard Dallwitz & Philip Glass _The Sixth Sense_ (1999) - James Newton Howard _The Green Mile_ (1999) - Thomas Newman _Requiem for a Dream_ (2000) - Clint Mansell _Minority Report_ (2002) - John Williams _The Incredibles_ (2004) - Michael Giacchino _Million Dollar Baby_ (2004) - Clint Eastwood _Crash_ (2004) - Mark Isham _Batman Begins_ (2005) - Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard _There Will Be Blood_ (2007) - Jonny Greenwood _Gran Torino_ (2008) - Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens, Clint Eastwood & Jamie Cullum HOW DID THE SONG NOT GET NOMINATED?? _The Dark Knight_ (2008) - Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard _Black Swan_ (2010) - Clint Mansell _True Grit_ (2010) - Carter Burwell _Under the Skin_ (2013) - Mica Levi _Birdman_ (2014) - Antonio Sánchez _Spotlight_ (2015) - Howard Shore _Mad Max: Fury Road_ (2015) - Junkie XL _Hacksaw Ridge_ (2016) - Rupert Gregson-Williams _Arrival_ (2016) - Jóhann Jóhannsson _First Man_ (2018) - Justin Hurwitz _Ford v Ferrari_ (2019) - Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders *Films I've seen whose scores are acclaimed but I don't remember much:* _Laura_ (1944) - David Raksin _Once Upon a Time in the West_ (1968) - Ennio Morricone _Once Upon a Time in America_ (1984) - Ennio Morricone _The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers_ (2002) - Howard Shore _The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_ (2011) - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross _Inside Out_ (2015) - Michael Giacchino *Acclaimed scores of films I haven't seen:* _Conan the Barbarian_ (1982) - Basil Poledouris _Tron: Legacy_ (2010) - Daft Punk
@@thecinematicmind Baffling? Well, it's not like the score was up for a ton of awards and shockingly missed the Oscar. Plus, scores for Burton films rarely got nominated. I couldn't even remember the _Edward Scissorhands_ score, I had to look it up. After listening to it for a bit, I wouldn't have voted to nominate it. If _Batman_ got overlooked, _Scissorhands_ wasn't getting in.
Well, I didn’t expect the Tucci outcome. But, I won’t dismiss it! His performance in Julie and Julia is quite good! Romantic leads in comedies often get overlooked and, though I don’t think I’d take that route this time, I’m glad you too value their work!
@@bertmustin I liked As Good As It Gets, it's probably not a very great movie, but it's an absolutely terrific performance for Nicholson. I also liked Kinnear subdued portrayal of his character, he made him very likable.
"That woman" as mentioned twice as Fred Astaire's partner in "The Towering Inferno" deserved to be called by her name...the five-time nominee Oscar winner Jennifer Jones. She received a Golden Globe nomination for this role as Best Supporting Actress.
Thank you! I came here to say this :) Jennifer Jones should have been mentioned as part of the ensemble. Song of Bernadette and Portrait of Jennie are two of my favorite films.
I'm tempted to cut him some slack. here. I didn't even recognize her, and I've seen Jones's movies for at least 50 years now -- I saw the clips and thought, "Who is that woman? I'm sure I've seen her before."
He’s so slimy and hateable in that performance. It’s surprising they didn’t give him a nomination for that as his character is the catalyst for one of the film’s most infamous reveals; if you’ve seen the film you know 😉
I actually found Candy Clark quite touching and charming in American Graffiti. It might have been a bit of a stretch for a nomination, but there are worse.
Complete agreement here about Candy Clark. This guy also seems to not understand that American Graffiti was made several years before Star Wars. AG is Lucas' real passion project and his best work, as it was based on his own teenage years.
I thought Greg Kinnear was wonderful in As Good As It Gets. I can't see him as cartoonish at all. But I also really love that movie lol, which i know you don't, and I love all the performances. I think it was my favorite film of that year.
Best Supporting Actress is the most notorious category for these types of quizzical nominations. Leslie Browne in The Turning Point? Penelope Milford in Coming Home? Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air?
@@oscarman42 Leslie Browne and Mikhail Baryshnikov deserved to be on this list. These two did nothing to be nominated. Her acting, especially, was very wooden. I feel like the Academy only gave The Turning Point all of those nominations just so that it could be the biggest loser.
I'd love a video about the biggest Oscar snubs in filmmusic.There were so many brilliant film scores that weren't even nominated.. "The Piano", "Edward Scissorhands", "Bram Stoker's Dracula", "Psycho" etc. etc.
*Some favorite scores not nominated at the Oscars:* _The Day the Earth Stood Still_ (1951) - Bernard Herrmann _The Searchers_ (1956) - Max Steiner _12 Angry Men_ (1957) - Kenyon Hopkins _Vertigo_ (1958) - Bernard Herrmann _North by Northwest_ (1959) - Bernard Herrmann _Anatomy of a Murder_ (1959) - Duke Ellington _The Apartment_ (1960) - Adolph Deutsch _Psycho_ (1960) - Bernard Herrmann _The Great Escape_ (1963) - Elmer Bernstein _A Fistful of Dollars_ (1964) - Ennio Morricone _For a Few Dollars More_ (1965) - Ennio Morricone _The Good, the Bad and the Ugly_ (1966) - Ennio Morricone _The Battle of Algiers_ (1966) - Ennio Morricone _The Odd Couple_ (1968) - Neal Hefti _Charly_ (1968) - Ravi Shankar _Bullitt_ (1968) - Lalo Schifrin _Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song_ (1971) - Melvin Van Peebles / Earth, Wind & Fire _Klute_ (1971) - Michael Small _The French Connection_ (1971) - Don Ellis _Dirty Harry_ (1971) - Lalo Schifrin _Super Fly_ (1972) - Curtis Mayfield _The Taking of Pelham One Two Three_ (1974) - David Shire _Death Wish_ (1974) - Herbie Hancock _Rocky_ (1976) - Bill Conti _All the President's Men_ (1976) - David Shire _Sorcerer_ (1977) - Tangerine Dream _Oh, God!_ (1977) - Jack Elliott _Halloween_ (1978) - John Carpenter _Alien_ (1979) - Jerry Goldsmith _Apocalypse Now_ (1979) - Carmine Coppola & Francis Ford Coppola _Rocky II_ (1979) - Bill Conti _The Black Stallion_ (1979) - Carmine Coppola _Blade Runner_ (1982) - Vangelis _The Thing_ (1982) - Ennio Morricone _First Blood_ (1982) - Jerry Goldsmith _Beverly Hills Cop_ (1984) - Harold Faltermeyer _Ghostbusters_ (1984) - Elmer Bernstein _The Terminator_ (1984) - Brad Fiedel _Back to the Future_ (1985) - Alan Silvestri _Predator_ (1987) - Alan Silvestri _Beetlejuice_ (1988) - Danny Elfman _Glory_ (1989) - James Horner _Dead Poets Society_ (1989) - Maurice Jarre _Do the Right Thing_ (1989) - Bill Lee _Batman_ (1989) - Danny Elfman _The Silence of the Lambs_ (1991) - Howard Shore _Boyz n the Hood_ (1991) - Stanley Clarke _Terminator 2: Judgment Day_ (1991) - Brad Fiedel _Unforgiven_ (1992) - Lennie Niehaus _Jurassic Park_ (1993) - John Williams, although I don't care for the main theme _Ed Wood_ (1994) - Howard Shore _Se7en_ (1995) - Howard Shore _Fargo_ (1996) - Carter Burwell _The Truman Show_ (1998) - Burkhard Dallwitz & Philip Glass _The Sixth Sense_ (1999) - James Newton Howard _The Green Mile_ (1999) - Thomas Newman _Requiem for a Dream_ (2000) - Clint Mansell _Minority Report_ (2002) - John Williams _The Incredibles_ (2004) - Michael Giacchino _Million Dollar Baby_ (2004) - Clint Eastwood _Crash_ (2004) - Mark Isham _Batman Begins_ (2005) - Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard _There Will Be Blood_ (2007) - Jonny Greenwood _Gran Torino_ (2008) - Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens, Clint Eastwood & Jamie Cullum HOW DID THE SONG NOT GET NOMINATED?? _The Dark Knight_ (2008) - Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard _Black Swan_ (2010) - Clint Mansell _True Grit_ (2010) - Carter Burwell _Under the Skin_ (2013) - Mica Levi _Birdman_ (2014) - Antonio Sánchez _Spotlight_ (2015) - Howard Shore _Mad Max: Fury Road_ (2015) - Junkie XL _Hacksaw Ridge_ (2016) - Rupert Gregson-Williams _Arrival_ (2016) - Jóhann Jóhannsson _First Man_ (2018) - Justin Hurwitz _Ford v Ferrari_ (2019) - Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders *Films I've seen whose scores are acclaimed but I don't remember much:* _Laura_ (1944) - David Raksin _Once Upon a Time in the West_ (1968) - Ennio Morricone _Once Upon a Time in America_ (1984) - Ennio Morricone _The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers_ (2002) - Howard Shore _The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_ (2011) - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross _Inside Out_ (2015) - Michael Giacchino *Acclaimed scores of films I haven't seen:* _Conan the Barbarian_ (1982) - Basil Poledouris _Tron: Legacy_ (2010) - Daft Punk
@@rustincohle2135 It's absurd how many great and classic scores have never been nominated, especially when you look at many of the nothing special scores that have scored a nod. Many of the ones from the 90s, for example, I can remember little to nothing of them. There was clearly a bias towards scores for films that were considered more 'high-brow', such as historical films, dramas and literary adaptations.
Do the Right Thing was great and important when it came out, but is has stayed relevant through the years and looked back on as a better movie than any released that year.
Please do a list of Golden Globe nominated actors who NEVER received an Oscar acting nod. That lisg includes Marilyn Monroe, Jim Carrey, Olivia Newton John, Beyoncé, Björk, Hugh Grant, John Cameron Mirchell, Madonna etc
Don't forget the late Tom Sizemore. He was nominated in 2000 for his lead performance in the HBO TV movie Witness Protection. He was phenomenal in that film. It's available on TH-cam if you want to check it out.
Fred Astairs's nom was the same reason Helen Hayes was nominated (and won) for Airport....a nod to an old Hollywood legend and a chance to show it before they died. The seventies still had some voting and political influence from people from the old studio system, so it was last call for the old stars still alive from the 1930's.
I haven't seen the Towering Inferno, but I will defend Helen Hayes getting nominated for Airport. She plays a memorable character and is kind of the comic relief of that film.
I'm sure the Academy would not vote for Ossie or Ruby due to their politics. Both were committed civil rights activists. He was friends with Malcolm X and the Academy is very conservative.
@@rebekahp4083 I haven't seen them. But I thought O'Neal was excellent in Barry Lyndon as the titular character. One of the best films I have seen. Not so good in A Bridge Too Far though.
I am joining chorus, "that woman" who played opposite Fred Astaire is Jennifer Jones. She was an Academy Award winning Actress and had a very strong career in the 1940s and 1950s. She was almost Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment. I am sort of disappointed that you referred to her as that since you know you film history and awards history.
In an interview sometime in the late ‘80s, David Lean admitted that in turning “Ryan’s Daughter” into a 3-hour epic, he had made a mistake. He felt, however, that the critics were overly vitriolic in their response to the movie - so vitriolic, in fact, that he didn’t direct another film for 14 years.
I don’t think I need to tell you this but since you are so very shocked by the nomination Fred Astaire got for The Towering Inferno, I’ll let you in on a little secret 🤫 😉. The academy often gives out acting nominations as an apology for past transgressions or as a form of lifetime achievement award. Examples: Bette Davis for Dangerous, Geraldine Page for Trip to Bountiful, Don Ameche for Cocoon, Paul Newman for The Color of Money, Ann Southern for The Whales of August, Ann Ramsey for Throw Momma from the Train, and Al Pacino for Scent of a Woman. None of those performances were bad but they certainly weren’t worthy of top 5 performances that year. They were all either “we’re sorry about the past” (e.g. Davis), or “you’ve lived a long time and we want to say thanks for your contributions” (e.g. Sothern, Astaire, Ameche, Ramsey), or “you were nominated a lot of times without winning so here’s an easy win for ya” (e.g. Pacino & Page). In Tru Grit, John Wayne played the same character he always did with the same delivery of lines and range of emotion as he had played in many other movies - not bad but not stellar either. It was a sentimental award for someone who made a lot of people money via ~150 films. The Astaire nomination was the same. Astaire’s movies were money-makers for a couple of decades. For the most part the characters he played did not help him get any acting accolades. The moment he played a a straight role, in a movie with other nominations, and without dancing being the focus, the academy jumped at nominating him.
I agree with you except for your take on John Wayne. Rooster Cogburn was unlike any character Wayne ever played. You could argue it was the first time he played any character other than the persona he had created and performed for 40 years. His performance in True Grit was a shocking surprise to the Hollywood community, so much so that he won the Oscar despite what may be Dustin Hoffman's best performance ever in Midnight Cowboy. Yes, the award was sentimental, but it was nevertheless well deserved. Still, I think Hoffman got robbed.
Scrooge is an underappreciated film for sure. It's a favorite of my family and we watch it every Christmas. Also, Ryan O'Neal not getting a nomination for Paper Moon is almost criminal. That film is amazing.
You have to love the 'Golden Handshake' attitude that the Oscar voters have shown over the years by nominating older actors so that they could have the chance at an Oscar. Just look at John Houseman (1973 - THE PAPER CHASE, George Burns (1975 - THE SUNSHINE BOYS), John Gielgud (1981 - ARTHUR), Don Ameche (1985 - COCOON), Sean Connery (1987- THE UNTOUCHABLES), Jack Palance (1991 - CITY SLICKERS), Martin Landau (1994 - ED WOOD), James Coburn (1998 - AFFLICTION), amongst others. Yes, it could be argued that some of those actors did not deserve a nomination, but Hollywood loves to give Hollywood a nice pat on the back for services rendered over the decades! Now that the Academy Awards have greatly expanded the list of voting members, who knows if we'll ever see another 'Golden Handshake' ever again.
Loved Greg Kinnear in As Good As It Gets, much prefer him over the 2 leads in the film. And the 6 time Emmy winner & 2 time Golden Globe winner Stanley Tucci definitely has given better performances than in The Lovely Bones. Thing is, he made every precursor, so while his nomination is questionable considering his body of work, it's not surprising. Ali McGraw's performance in Love Story was not Oscar worthy and it baffles me that she's considered a close second in that Best Actress year of 1971. Carrie Snodgress would have been a more deserving winner for Diary Of A Mad Housewife (granted the movie's not that great) than either her or Glenda Jackson, but she hated the idea of campaigning.
I think Ryan O'Neal absolutely deserved his nomination for Love Story. His chemistry with Ali MacGraw works and I find them a likable couple. There was a actor from that film that didn't deserve to get nominated, and that was John Marley for his supporting role. He is barely in the movie at all; I have no idea why he got nominated.
I definitely disagree about As Good as It Gets. Parts of it have aged a little poorly, but that’s no different with Forrest Gump and American Beauty, and many still love those movies. Greg plays a very 90’s portrayal of a gay man, and it falls into some stereotypes, but on a pure acting standpoint, I really liked what his character brought to the movie. I also strongly dislike the narrative that As Good as It Gets is about a woman falling for a terrible man. Melvin is a bigot at the beginning, but the film is about him finding redemption through her. The romance only sparks once he starts to change for the better. And come on, how can you not get in the feels during the “You make me want to be a better man” scene?
I think his line about how he takes his pills when he thinks of her because "you make me want to be a better man" sums up the spirit of the movie. It's not "good girl fall for bad guy" it's kinda talking about how being a good person is contagious to others, and that people can grow and change. It's a sappy movie, but I feel like people trying to label it as offensive are being pretty disingenuous
I watched AGAIG once or twice and did not care for it. Helen Hunt always plays variations on the same character. Jack Nicholson also played a variation of the same character and his portrayal of OCD is stereotypical. Greg Kinnear’s character was the only one that made me feel any human feelings through that whole movie.
@@StefferKatz yes, but isn't that a lovely character that she plays in every movie? Nowhere better than in this movie. And I am no Nicholson fan and will not watch most things just because he's in it and it's distracting. But I think in this movie, he just nails a couple of the pivotal scenes. I agree he is stereotypical even in this movie otherwise. As I said in another comment, it is of its time very much, but as far as hard boiled romcoms go, this one is, you guessed it, AGAIG.
Well, it’s all about context. At the time, Dances with Wolves was so unique with its depiction of Lakota-Sioux, a western and Costner was BIG! GoodFellas was another mafia pic. Oh, well…
Think youre spot on with almost everything you say here. I agree James Caan should have been noninated for Misery, that Albert Finney should have been nominated for Scrooge. I thought Astaire was pretty good in The Towering Inferno, but it was surely a nostalgia nomination.
Adam Beach should have been nominated for his role in Flags of our Fathers instead of two note Mark Wahlberg who basically played himself in The Departed.
@waynej2608 I watched "The Fighter" the other night and completely forgot the movie is centered around Wahlberg's character. Christian Bale and Melissa Leo elevated the movie; Bale, in my opinion, delivered one the best performances in film history.
Sorry, but as a gay man I found nothing wrong with Kinnear’s performance. And I remember being very happy that he got nominated. I don’t see anything particularly great about Walsh in breakdown.
Totally agree with your thoughts on O’Neal and Costner. Just curious, what are your thoughts on Judy Parfitt not being nominated for ‘Dolores Claiborne’ and Veronica Cartwright for ‘The Witches of Eastwick.’ I’m still sore about those snubs.
@@MarkGordon-z3z I love Parfitt in that movie but at the same time some of her moments seem overacted, so that makes me understand why she was overlooked.
I’ve been really enjoying your videos! Some great picks, definitely agree with O’Neal, and I respect the Costner and Astaire picks. It makes me grateful in hindsight that De Niro won that year against vote splitting with Gazzo and Strasberg, AND Astaire’s attempt at a career win!
You need make a ranking with actors and actresses with ZERO nominations😮 : Marilyn Monroe, Donald Sutherland, Dennis Quaid, Charles Chaplin, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Bernard Hill, Gael García Bernal 🇲🇽, Carmen Maura 🇪🇦, Daniel Brühl 🇩🇪 and many others. ALL OF THEM LEGENDS 😮
@@chamindujanith6337 [For acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus. [NOTE: "The Academy Board of Judges on merit awards for individual achievements in motion picture arts during the year ending August 1, 1928, unanimously decided that your name should be removed from the competitive classes, and that a special first award be conferred upon you for writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus. The collective accomplishments thus displayed place you in a class by yourself." (Letter from the Academy to Mr. Chaplin, dated February 19, 1929.)] That was (textual) a "special award" 😐 To me, is the almost the same of Honorífic.
Great video & list as usual. Like someone else has already said - I'd of happily replaced Costner with the fantastic turn by Ray Liotta in Goodfellas. It is often cited as one of the big Oscar snubs - I even think its on one of the biggest snubs videos by The Awards Contender. Still happy with the idea of Caan being nom'd for Misery though.
That whole movie was so dumb and offensive. Such broad brushstrokes to show us homophobia, mental illness, violence, single motherhood. I love jack nicholson but he just plays an a**hole who is somehow redeemed by the love of a good woman, who frankly could do a lot better.
Helen Hunt was easily the best thing about that movie. I know people hate her win. She definitely shouldn’t have won. But she added an Earthy and likable quality to a role that was clearly written rather one-note. I can at least understand why she was nominated. Nicholson and Kinnear shouldn’t have come close to nominations. Both their characters were written horribly. Neither of their performances did anything for me at all. I know a lot of “classic gays” look back somewhat fondly at Kinnear’s nomination 😂. But it was terrible.
Not Jack's shiniest moment. He hammed it up good and proper. Kinnear and Hunt were better. Imho. The fact that Nicholson has a best actor award for this and not for The Last Detail, Chinatown or The Pledge just boggles the mind.
I rather liked Ryan’s Daughter. I don’t know why it gets lambasted. I like most of David Lean’s films. A Passage to India and Lawrence of Arabia are superb. Esther Schwartz
That was great; I agree with pretty much everything. The obvious caveat being that so many Oscars are about waiting your turn (as cited, Colin Firth should have won for A Single Man but instead had to wait for the less good King´s Speech). But a good list and well observed.
The Towering Inferno is absolutely the epitome of 'ensemble cast'. I'd assume the nomination is because Shelley Winters got one for the Poseidon Adventure, so they were nominating the oldies who came back for minor roles, but Shelley Winters also has a big heroic death.
This list supports something I've said for years--the Oscars are largely a Hollywwod popularity contest, which usually picks deserving movies, but often picks nominees that really shouldn't have been recognized for reasons that don't involve the individual merits. This includes things like nominating actors who have long been overlooked by the Academy for an inferior role (like Astaire), because someone said, "You know, with his body of work, he SHOULD have been nominated by now, at least...", but also realized, at his age, the chances of his getting an Oscar-worthy role were rapidly dwindling...it's a "recognize him now for ALL of his work, even though this role is inferior to much of his work" nomination. It's also similar to events like The Return of the King winning so many awards after the first two LOTR movies were largely ignored by the Academy... The other side of this, which Ackroyd's nomination is an example, is an actor turning in a performance that surprised everyone. As you pointed out, Ackroyd is largely known for comedic roles, usually with a certain slapstick element, reminiscent of his work from Saturday Night Live. The fact that he turned in a solid dramatic turn surprised everyone. By comparison to other roles nominated and roles rejected by the Academy that year, it might not stand out all that well, but by comparison to the rest of his body of work, it was such a strong contrast (in a good way) that Academy voters said, "Wow...we never knew he had it in him. He should be nominated just for surprising us all!"
Greg Kinnear ?! I think it's not surprising that he was nominated because the great chemistry between Helen, Jack and Greg makes the movie (As Good as It Gets)so much better! (Sorry my English is not good enough)
A worst one-time acting oscar nomination for me is Pauline Collins for Shirley Valentine in 1989. Any middle aged British actress could've played this role. It was nothing special and neither was the movie.
THANK YOU lo l i saw that movie on tv about a month ago and couldn't agree more, she is so annoying in it, although maybe its the detestable Scouse accent (sorry Liverpudlians, but I hate my own accent too). It also made me feel ancient; she acted like turning 40 was basically the death of her life, and it didn't help that her frumpy, dithery performance added 20 years to her. The irony is the movie was meant to have the opposite message.
The woman Fred Astaire dances with in The Towering Inferno is played by Jennifer Jones a star of many beautiful films in previous decades- if Fred got a sympathy nom she deserved one at least as much - she fell out of the scenic elevator and bounced all the way down!
While one can agree or disagree with particular nominations, and wins and losses, I question the use of expressions like "give the Oscar to". Nominations and winners are decided by vote, not by a handful of people in a room deciding who to "give" the award to. Enough people voted for the winners in question that they.....won.
I'm fascinated by the 70's and the "disaster movie" craze; AIRPORT was a box office smash, nominated for BEST PICTURE and won Best Supporting Actress, The Poseidon Adventure was HUGE, it earned Shelley Winters and Oscar Nomination. The Towering Inferno as the HIGHEST GROSSING FILM of that year, there was an epic fight from McQueen and Newman over top billing and it was nominated for Best Picture Even Earthquake (which has not held up very well) was a box office smash and it won Best Sound. People in the 70's LOOOVED disaster films!!!!
Gee... you might have mentioned that in The Towering Inferno the woman Fred Astaire liked was played by ... the legendary, great movie star and Academy Award- winning actress JenniferJones! It was her last movie.
An Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress (like she received at the Golden Globes) would have been justified for her final film. It's so painful to watch her endure (probably for the money) the dreadfully vulgar "Angel, Angel Down We Go" also known as "Cult of the Damned."
@@VTMCompany Yes, it's a mystery why she made that dreadful, close to pornographic movie. It may have been she still wanted to act, and that's what she was offered. Her career floundered in the 1960s, when she also had personal problems. I hope it wasn't a matter of her needing money.
I don't think being known primarily as a comedy actor is a reason to preclude Dan Aykroyd or any other comedic star from being nominated for a dramatic role. However, I so agree that J.T. Walsh was an amazing bad guy in the underrated "Breakdown."
I would replace Maggie Gyllenhaal with Mariah Carey. Mimi gave a really good performance and it’s very VERY rare for her to not be the diva in a film. We will never see a performance like that ever again
I feel about "LA LA Land" the way you feel about "As Good As It Gets." What's the big deal about both of them? Also, you're way harsh about Dan Ackroyd! That was a well-deserved nomination in a fine film. Also, is Vince Vaughn in "Hacksaw Ridge" not fit your qualifications for this list? Because that was a puzzling nomination. I think he got caught up in the Academy frenzy for that movie! Finally, Fred Astaire was good in "Towering Inferno" and deserved that nomination and near win! As for "American Graffiti," Cindy Williams would have been an excellent nomination. I'd even go as far as to suggest Makenzie Phillips from the same picture! But Williams was the strongest of the ensemble cast!
Hated LA LA Land, such an overrated, boring movie with utterly forgettable songs and performances. Every generation Hollywood latch on to a particular actress, and want to give her every award going. For the last ten years, that actress is definitely Emma Stone.
@paulinegallagher7821 I didn't care for La La Land either. But I do like Emma Stone. She didn't deserve that 1st Oscar, though. Natalie Portman was more deserving for her brilliant performance in Jackie.
I just find your channel and I’m really enjoying your videos. I can agree with your selecion. Maybe, Greg Kinnear’s performance in As Good as It Gets is not nomination worthy, this performance has lead me to movies deeper. Still one of my favourite.
One actor who was overlooked was Michael Wincott who played Sean Penn’s brother in The Assassination of President Nixon. He was brilliant. An overlooked but dark and poignant film based on a true story. Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, and Jack Thompson are all excellent in the film, but Michael’s performance is spellbinding. It’s only one scene and you can watch it on TH-cam. I even think Lee Fierro who played Mrs Kintner in Jaws (remember she slapped Brody) deserved a nod for an unforgettable scene who really delivered the pathos - she was not a professional actor which makes it even more compelling
I think that Ali McGraw is not a great actress and therefore I did not understand the Love Story nomination. I like Ann Sothern but she really didn't do anything special in The Whales of August. As far as As Good As It Gets, I love that movie and I love the chemistry between the three leads. In my opinion they were all deserving.
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I disagree about which actor should’ve substituted Kevin Costner for Dances with Wolves. Instead of James Caan, my vote would have gone to the GREAT Ray Liotta (RIP) without whom Goodfellas would not have worked at all.
Yeah, Liotta not being in there is a much bigger snub. But really, that whole category that year could have used a redo.
Yeah i agree. He definitely deserved a nomination IMO.
Completely agree! Legendary performance
Yes I agree, Ray should've been nominated, he was tremendous in that film and is still talked about!
I thought the exact same thing
you lost me at Stanley Tucci.. i just watched The Lovely Bones and he played that villian role so well that i couldn’t believe it was Stanley Tucci
Me too... he did such an effective job that I can't see him the same way, and he's a big reason why that movie haunted me.
Agree on that one !
Shame he got one for such an average movie
I recall the critics really hoping he’d get that nod
Agree, I was actually proud that the academy was able to notice a strong performance in a subpar film
I agree with you about James Caan in Misery. I've always wondered why he was overlooked.
He and Kathy Bates are the ones who made that movie work so much outside of William Goldman’s terrific adaptation of the book along with Rob Reiner’s direction
I agree, Kathy Bates did a magnificent job, naturally, but James Caan deserved to be recognised as well.
I’m guessing it’s because Annie Wilkes is a much more showy role so Kathy Bates got all the praise. But I agree that James Caan should’ve been recognized as well.
My personal theory on why she got nominated and he didn't? His performance was exactly what people expected...it was great, yes, and the movie would have fallen short without it, but that can be said of almost everything he did. Kathy Bates, on the other hand, was a dark-horse casting choice that NOBODY was expecting, and that surprise element was what got her nominated.
The Academy Awards are as much a popularity contest as they are a recognition of actual merit, which is part of why there are so many notable Oscar snubs and nominations that, in retrospect, don't hold up by comparison to their contemporary, non-nominated competition.
Criminally overlooked. I would also contend that Caan deserved a nomination for Theif, too.
Usually I agree you with you my dear, but Stanley Tuccy is fantastic in The Lovely Bones. There’s a reason he was nominated even though the movie itself is a mess.
agreed!
I agree. I've always liked Stanley as a person...he appears to be a sweetheart in real life. So I was surprised by how much I detested him in TLB. That's one of the reasons I knew it was a great performance.
Same. That movie can only be watched once, but Tucci is undeniable. He deserved it for sure.
Yep 👍🏼
You know that he hates when people give good performances in bad movies and doesn't acknowledge that they can be worthy of recognition despite de movie they're in.
You’re 100% right about Stanley Tucci hating his Oscar nomination in The Lovely Bones. In his autobiography Taste: My Life Through Food he writes about how disgusting that role made him feel and he just wanted to forget about it. And on top of that, he loved playing Paul Child so that reaction of him cringing at the ceremony is genuine.
He might have hated the role, but he was perfect.
@@missdeejay Maybe it's disturbing to an actor to be so good at playing someone so disturbing.
@@324cmac Enacting such a violent scene against a child - that really has got to haunt an actor. I wonder how Sairose Ronan has dealt with the memory of that situation. I don’t think I could handle it. Maybe stunt doubles were mostly used.
@@jm1657this is an excellent conversation, and Tucci is always such a wonderful person in his movies, and genuine, and I don’t doubt he completely regrets doing that role. It’s one he’s never repeated.
@@JohnnyBeWhatevs I imagine that Stanley has very mixed feelings about it. Proud of the quality of his performance, but sickened by the character.
Danny Aiello was outstanding in Do the Right Thing. Not to take away from the other performances, but he was great.
I heard Stanley Tucci saying that he really hated his character in The Lovely Bones. I understand his face in the Oscars.
If you read his autobiography he talks about how dirty the film and character made him feel. He just wanted to forget about it and the Academy was like NOPE.
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Well he played a psychotic. Thank God he hated the character.......
I like this actor very much
Fred Astaire's nomination was 100% because Shelley Winters got one for The Poseidon Adventure and Helen Hayes got one for Airport. The Academy rummaged through almost every disaster movie during their 70s heydey for ways to nominate older actors.
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And Helen Hayes differently didn’t deserve hers.
@@sheilaholmes8455 .... I agree.
Hayes was adorable but Stapleton was electrifying.
I think there was an element of "We Forgot You" - there are a few career achievement noms for Supporting categories. Jack Palance, Chill Wills and so on.
A good Point. But could WE all agree that Astaire didnt deserved his nom? I mean that would mean that He didnt get any Oscar nom, but for that? Nah. Imagine He was so Close to win over DeNiro in The Godfather Part 2 that year. He should definitly be replaced with john huston and Bridges should be in lead and John cazale also should be in for Godfather, Part 2. Or what are your thoughts?
Maggie Gyllenhal isn’t particularly memorable in Crazy heart, but I feel like saying it’s one of the worst nominations is a huge stretch. It’s a good performance in an alright film. It’s also not like it mattered if she got nominated or not since nobody was ever beating Monique that year.
There are definitely a handful of Supporting Actress nods over the past 20 years I’d say is weaker than Maggie’s.
well he's talking about one-time nominees also it's not about who would win, it's about getting an Oscar nom
I think the role itself is flat but not the acting. Bridges character had all the things to do and her character just reacted too him.
Video suggestion: worst performances by Oscar-winning actors. Some of my choices would be Al Pacino in Jack and Jill, Robert De Niro in Rocky and Bullwinkle, Nicolas Cage in The Wicker Man, Tom Hanks in Pinocchio, George Clooney in Batman and Robin, and Michael Caine in Jaws: The Revenge.
Problem is these worsts could be in a film no one has ever seen. Most actors have like 100+ film credits.
I agree but no Nic Cage, his performances are too brave and original to be on a "worst performance" list
@@PicklesRTasty His performance in The Wicker Man was awful tho
It's not always down to the actors, poor scripts, and directors can take some of the blame.
Willem Dafoe in Aquaman, Christian Bale in Thor 4, Marlon Brando in Isle of Dr Mureau and Max Von Sydow in Never Say Never again.
I think ray liotta over Costner.
I doubt it. Liotta over Dern
Definitely!
If Dan Ackroyd was going to be nommed for BSA in a serious role for anything it should've been My Girl a couple of years later.
My Girl was great and he’s pretty good in it.
@@adambesley4455 Agreed.
The scene where he tells Vada that Thomas Jay has died. The look on his face…. It was so realistic, you could almost believe that someone had died.
The thing is, by the time he did My Girl, he'd already proven that he could do more than zany comic roles. Driving Miss Daisy was likely nominated because of the surprise factor--"We didn't know he could do that! Wow!!!"--but having broken that barrier down earlier, My Girl didn't surprise Academy members. A lot of great roles have been overlooked for similar reasons, throughout Oscar history...
@@adambesley4455 I wonder why he hasn’t done more dramatic roles. He certainly has shown he has the ability. Despite that, maybe it’s the case that he just doesn’t get offered Dramas. A curse of being an iconic SNL cast member, I guess.
Kim Basinger in L. A. Confidential is a question mark to me. A great film to be sure but her performance as call girl Lynn Bracken didn’t exactly, shall I say, blow my skirt up. Julianne Moore should have won that year for Boogie Nights.
He’s talking about nominations not wins.
@@liteflightify I know. I heard his criteria. But in order to win, you have to be nominated. Basinger’s nomination and win is so frustrating
@@Jamal3.87why it is so frustrating ?
@@lexkanyima2195 what she did in L. A. Confidential was not especially impressive nor was it beyond her ability. A better choice would have been Sigourney Weaver in The Ice Storm.
@Jamal3.87 why her ?
A video about film scores that the Academy didn't nominate would be a great idea for a video.
*Some favorite scores not nominated at the Oscars:*
_The Day the Earth Stood Still_ (1951) - Bernard Herrmann
_The Searchers_ (1956) - Max Steiner
_12 Angry Men_ (1957) - Kenyon Hopkins
_Vertigo_ (1958) - Bernard Herrmann
_North by Northwest_ (1959) - Bernard Herrmann
_Anatomy of a Murder_ (1959) - Duke Ellington
_The Apartment_ (1960) - Adolph Deutsch
_Psycho_ (1960) - Bernard Herrmann
_The Great Escape_ (1963) - Elmer Bernstein
_A Fistful of Dollars_ (1964) - Ennio Morricone
_For a Few Dollars More_ (1965) - Ennio Morricone
_The Good, the Bad and the Ugly_ (1966) - Ennio Morricone
_The Battle of Algiers_ (1966) - Ennio Morricone
_The Odd Couple_ (1968) - Neal Hefti
_Charly_ (1968) - Ravi Shankar
_Bullitt_ (1968) - Lalo Schifrin
_Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song_ (1971) - Melvin Van Peebles / Earth, Wind & Fire
_Klute_ (1971) - Michael Small
_The French Connection_ (1971) - Don Ellis
_Dirty Harry_ (1971) - Lalo Schifrin
_Super Fly_ (1972) - Curtis Mayfield
_The Taking of Pelham One Two Three_ (1974) - David Shire
_Death Wish_ (1974) - Herbie Hancock
_Rocky_ (1976) - Bill Conti
_All the President's Men_ (1976) - David Shire
_Sorcerer_ (1977) - Tangerine Dream
_Oh, God!_ (1977) - Jack Elliott
_Halloween_ (1978) - John Carpenter
_Alien_ (1979) - Jerry Goldsmith
_Apocalypse Now_ (1979) - Carmine Coppola & Francis Ford Coppola
_Rocky II_ (1979) - Bill Conti
_The Black Stallion_ (1979) - Carmine Coppola
_Blade Runner_ (1982) - Vangelis
_The Thing_ (1982) - Ennio Morricone
_First Blood_ (1982) - Jerry Goldsmith
_Beverly Hills Cop_ (1984) - Harold Faltermeyer
_Ghostbusters_ (1984) - Elmer Bernstein
_The Terminator_ (1984) - Brad Fiedel
_Back to the Future_ (1985) - Alan Silvestri
_Predator_ (1987) - Alan Silvestri
_Beetlejuice_ (1988) - Danny Elfman
_Glory_ (1989) - James Horner
_Dead Poets Society_ (1989) - Maurice Jarre
_Do the Right Thing_ (1989) - Bill Lee
_Batman_ (1989) - Danny Elfman
_The Silence of the Lambs_ (1991) - Howard Shore
_Boyz n the Hood_ (1991) - Stanley Clarke
_Terminator 2: Judgment Day_ (1991) - Brad Fiedel
_Unforgiven_ (1992) - Lennie Niehaus
_Jurassic Park_ (1993) - John Williams, although I don't care for the main theme
_Ed Wood_ (1994) - Howard Shore
_Se7en_ (1995) - Howard Shore
_Fargo_ (1996) - Carter Burwell
_The Truman Show_ (1998) - Burkhard Dallwitz & Philip Glass
_The Sixth Sense_ (1999) - James Newton Howard
_The Green Mile_ (1999) - Thomas Newman
_Requiem for a Dream_ (2000) - Clint Mansell
_Minority Report_ (2002) - John Williams
_The Incredibles_ (2004) - Michael Giacchino
_Million Dollar Baby_ (2004) - Clint Eastwood
_Crash_ (2004) - Mark Isham
_Batman Begins_ (2005) - Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
_There Will Be Blood_ (2007) - Jonny Greenwood
_Gran Torino_ (2008) - Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens, Clint Eastwood & Jamie Cullum HOW DID THE SONG NOT GET NOMINATED??
_The Dark Knight_ (2008) - Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
_Black Swan_ (2010) - Clint Mansell
_True Grit_ (2010) - Carter Burwell
_Under the Skin_ (2013) - Mica Levi
_Birdman_ (2014) - Antonio Sánchez
_Spotlight_ (2015) - Howard Shore
_Mad Max: Fury Road_ (2015) - Junkie XL
_Hacksaw Ridge_ (2016) - Rupert Gregson-Williams
_Arrival_ (2016) - Jóhann Jóhannsson
_First Man_ (2018) - Justin Hurwitz
_Ford v Ferrari_ (2019) - Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders
*Films I've seen whose scores are acclaimed but I don't remember much:*
_Laura_ (1944) - David Raksin
_Once Upon a Time in the West_ (1968) - Ennio Morricone
_Once Upon a Time in America_ (1984) - Ennio Morricone
_The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers_ (2002) - Howard Shore
_The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_ (2011) - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
_Inside Out_ (2015) - Michael Giacchino
*Acclaimed scores of films I haven't seen:*
_Conan the Barbarian_ (1982) - Basil Poledouris
_Tron: Legacy_ (2010) - Daft Punk
Herrmann's score for "Fahrenheit 451" should be added to your first list.
@@orbyfan I've seen the film years ago but I don't remember the score at all.
Literally all of Joe hisaishi's scores got snubbed each time by the oscars
Edward Scissorhands not getting nominated for Best Score is baffling
@@thecinematicmind Baffling? Well, it's not like the score was up for a ton of awards and shockingly missed the Oscar. Plus, scores for Burton films rarely got nominated. I couldn't even remember the _Edward Scissorhands_ score, I had to look it up. After listening to it for a bit, I wouldn't have voted to nominate it. If _Batman_ got overlooked, _Scissorhands_ wasn't getting in.
Well, I didn’t expect the Tucci outcome. But, I won’t dismiss it! His performance in Julie and Julia is quite good! Romantic leads in comedies often get overlooked and, though I don’t think I’d take that route this time, I’m glad you too value their work!
And the great Donald Sutherland (RIP) ZERO nominations 😖🤦🏻♂️
Another mark of shame for AMPAS
Crazy. At least he won an Emmy for Citizen X. Love him in that movie.
He should have won for a Dry White Season
So if Greg Kinnear was gay playing a stereotypical gay man, it would be okay?
@@bertmustin I liked As Good As It Gets, it's probably not a very great movie, but it's an absolutely terrific performance for Nicholson. I also liked Kinnear subdued portrayal of his character, he made him very likable.
"That woman" as mentioned twice as Fred Astaire's partner in "The Towering Inferno" deserved to be called by her name...the five-time nominee Oscar winner Jennifer Jones. She received a Golden Globe nomination for this role as Best Supporting Actress.
Thank you! I came here to say this :) Jennifer Jones should have been mentioned as part of the ensemble. Song of Bernadette and Portrait of Jennie are two of my favorite films.
I like her in Madame Bovary. I think she should’ve been nominated for that. Also good in Carrie.
I'm tempted to cut him some slack. here. I didn't even recognize her, and I've seen Jones's movies for at least 50 years now -- I saw the clips and thought, "Who is that woman? I'm sure I've seen her before."
@@kgus123 You should see her in "Cult of the Damned" aka "Angel, Angel Down We Go." Trippy
@@garyschwartz6777What was her role in “Carrie?” I cannot find Jennifer Jones in the cast listing anywhere. 🤷🏻♀️
I agree with John Huston for Chinatown. OMG is he great
He’s so slimy and hateable in that performance. It’s surprising they didn’t give him a nomination for that as his character is the catalyst for one of the film’s most infamous reveals; if you’ve seen the film you know 😉
Fun fact: My brother was an extra in Albert Finney's 'Scrooge'!!
my favorite Xmas movie. Finney won a Golden Globe!
I actually found Candy Clark quite touching and charming in American Graffiti. It might have been a bit of a stretch for a nomination, but there are worse.
Complete agreement here about Candy Clark. This guy also seems to not understand that American Graffiti was made several years before Star Wars. AG is Lucas' real passion project and his best work, as it was based on his own teenage years.
Most definitely. She was also really good in Fat City.
Replace Fred Astaire in "The Towering Inferno" and give the nomination to Marty Feldman in "Young Frankenstein". Marty was HILARIOUS!!!
Do you realize how strong the 1974 supporting actor field is?
Peter Boyle has my vote. Marty Feldman is a close second.😊
@@ginacoghlan8253 Peter Boyle for what film?
@@chamindujanith6337 He played the monster in “Young Frankenstein”
@@ginacoghlan8253over DeNiro??? Seriously????
I thought Greg Kinnear was wonderful in As Good As It Gets. I can't see him as cartoonish at all. But I also really love that movie lol, which i know you don't, and I love all the performances. I think it was my favorite film of that year.
I hate the movie and I still thought his performance was great
Nah, it was maudlin garbage, and Greg Kinnear was totally forgettable.
@@grantc61nah. Cant agree
Yes He was wonderful in it. Gooding, Jr. was also good.
@@grantc61 yet you don't forget him, lol you're hear talking about him............total fail
Highly agree with JT Walsh being great in Breakdown (and was just a great actor in general who should have gotten more recognition)
He was a great character actor. Lost far too soon
So many character actors get snubbed
Yes, great to see this mentioned in the video, can't recall seeing it discussed elsewhere.
Was good in everything. Red rock west,the grifters,needful things,house of games. Great actor
Best Supporting Actress is the most notorious category for these types of quizzical nominations. Leslie Browne in The Turning Point? Penelope Milford in Coming Home? Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air?
Brenda Vaccaro for Once Is Not Enough
@@oscarman42 Leslie Browne and Mikhail Baryshnikov deserved to be on this list. These two did nothing to be nominated. Her acting, especially, was very wooden. I feel like the Academy only gave The Turning Point all of those nominations just so that it could be the biggest loser.
Diana Scarwid Inside Moves,Tess Harper Crimes of the Heart,Judi Dench Chocolat the list goes on.
Jamie Lee Curtis lol
@@bryanalstoncoxingwe need to forget this.
7:37 I agree 100% I've said it for years, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis should have been nominated in Do The Right Thing.
I'd love a video about the biggest Oscar snubs in filmmusic.There were so many brilliant film scores that weren't even nominated.. "The Piano", "Edward Scissorhands", "Bram Stoker's Dracula", "Psycho" etc. etc.
I’ve often wondered about The Piano…the music in that film is exceptional
That would make a great video.
*Some favorite scores not nominated at the Oscars:*
_The Day the Earth Stood Still_ (1951) - Bernard Herrmann
_The Searchers_ (1956) - Max Steiner
_12 Angry Men_ (1957) - Kenyon Hopkins
_Vertigo_ (1958) - Bernard Herrmann
_North by Northwest_ (1959) - Bernard Herrmann
_Anatomy of a Murder_ (1959) - Duke Ellington
_The Apartment_ (1960) - Adolph Deutsch
_Psycho_ (1960) - Bernard Herrmann
_The Great Escape_ (1963) - Elmer Bernstein
_A Fistful of Dollars_ (1964) - Ennio Morricone
_For a Few Dollars More_ (1965) - Ennio Morricone
_The Good, the Bad and the Ugly_ (1966) - Ennio Morricone
_The Battle of Algiers_ (1966) - Ennio Morricone
_The Odd Couple_ (1968) - Neal Hefti
_Charly_ (1968) - Ravi Shankar
_Bullitt_ (1968) - Lalo Schifrin
_Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song_ (1971) - Melvin Van Peebles / Earth, Wind & Fire
_Klute_ (1971) - Michael Small
_The French Connection_ (1971) - Don Ellis
_Dirty Harry_ (1971) - Lalo Schifrin
_Super Fly_ (1972) - Curtis Mayfield
_The Taking of Pelham One Two Three_ (1974) - David Shire
_Death Wish_ (1974) - Herbie Hancock
_Rocky_ (1976) - Bill Conti
_All the President's Men_ (1976) - David Shire
_Sorcerer_ (1977) - Tangerine Dream
_Oh, God!_ (1977) - Jack Elliott
_Halloween_ (1978) - John Carpenter
_Alien_ (1979) - Jerry Goldsmith
_Apocalypse Now_ (1979) - Carmine Coppola & Francis Ford Coppola
_Rocky II_ (1979) - Bill Conti
_The Black Stallion_ (1979) - Carmine Coppola
_Blade Runner_ (1982) - Vangelis
_The Thing_ (1982) - Ennio Morricone
_First Blood_ (1982) - Jerry Goldsmith
_Beverly Hills Cop_ (1984) - Harold Faltermeyer
_Ghostbusters_ (1984) - Elmer Bernstein
_The Terminator_ (1984) - Brad Fiedel
_Back to the Future_ (1985) - Alan Silvestri
_Predator_ (1987) - Alan Silvestri
_Beetlejuice_ (1988) - Danny Elfman
_Glory_ (1989) - James Horner
_Dead Poets Society_ (1989) - Maurice Jarre
_Do the Right Thing_ (1989) - Bill Lee
_Batman_ (1989) - Danny Elfman
_The Silence of the Lambs_ (1991) - Howard Shore
_Boyz n the Hood_ (1991) - Stanley Clarke
_Terminator 2: Judgment Day_ (1991) - Brad Fiedel
_Unforgiven_ (1992) - Lennie Niehaus
_Jurassic Park_ (1993) - John Williams, although I don't care for the main theme
_Ed Wood_ (1994) - Howard Shore
_Se7en_ (1995) - Howard Shore
_Fargo_ (1996) - Carter Burwell
_The Truman Show_ (1998) - Burkhard Dallwitz & Philip Glass
_The Sixth Sense_ (1999) - James Newton Howard
_The Green Mile_ (1999) - Thomas Newman
_Requiem for a Dream_ (2000) - Clint Mansell
_Minority Report_ (2002) - John Williams
_The Incredibles_ (2004) - Michael Giacchino
_Million Dollar Baby_ (2004) - Clint Eastwood
_Crash_ (2004) - Mark Isham
_Batman Begins_ (2005) - Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
_There Will Be Blood_ (2007) - Jonny Greenwood
_Gran Torino_ (2008) - Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens, Clint Eastwood & Jamie Cullum HOW DID THE SONG NOT GET NOMINATED??
_The Dark Knight_ (2008) - Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard
_Black Swan_ (2010) - Clint Mansell
_True Grit_ (2010) - Carter Burwell
_Under the Skin_ (2013) - Mica Levi
_Birdman_ (2014) - Antonio Sánchez
_Spotlight_ (2015) - Howard Shore
_Mad Max: Fury Road_ (2015) - Junkie XL
_Hacksaw Ridge_ (2016) - Rupert Gregson-Williams
_Arrival_ (2016) - Jóhann Jóhannsson
_First Man_ (2018) - Justin Hurwitz
_Ford v Ferrari_ (2019) - Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders
*Films I've seen whose scores are acclaimed but I don't remember much:*
_Laura_ (1944) - David Raksin
_Once Upon a Time in the West_ (1968) - Ennio Morricone
_Once Upon a Time in America_ (1984) - Ennio Morricone
_The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers_ (2002) - Howard Shore
_The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_ (2011) - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
_Inside Out_ (2015) - Michael Giacchino
*Acclaimed scores of films I haven't seen:*
_Conan the Barbarian_ (1982) - Basil Poledouris
_Tron: Legacy_ (2010) - Daft Punk
@@rustincohle2135 It's absurd how many great and classic scores have never been nominated, especially when you look at many of the nothing special scores that have scored a nod. Many of the ones from the 90s, for example, I can remember little to nothing of them. There was clearly a bias towards scores for films that were considered more 'high-brow', such as historical films, dramas and literary adaptations.
Great idea. Last of the Mohicans and Picnic at Hanging Rock should be in that list.
Do the Right Thing was great and important when it came out, but is has stayed relevant through the years and looked back on as a better movie than any released that year.
Please do a list of Golden Globe nominated actors who NEVER received an Oscar acting nod. That lisg includes Marilyn Monroe, Jim Carrey, Olivia Newton John, Beyoncé, Björk, Hugh Grant, John Cameron Mirchell, Madonna etc
and Aaron Taylor Johnson
Don't forget the late Tom Sizemore. He was nominated in 2000 for his lead performance in the HBO TV movie Witness Protection. He was phenomenal in that film. It's available on TH-cam if you want to check it out.
Madonna never did anything to deserve an Oscar.
@@sheilaholmes8455 and I never said she did.
@@gabbyb7347 John Cazale!
Fred Astaire's love interest in The Towering Inferno is Jennifer Jones, another screen legend.
You had to live through the 70 s to understand how huge disaster movies were. They were the marvel movies of their time
@@paulkenny105 Absolutely.
Fred Astairs's nom was the same reason Helen Hayes was nominated (and won) for Airport....a nod to an old Hollywood legend and a chance to show it before they died. The seventies still had some voting and political influence from people from the old studio system, so it was last call for the old stars still alive from the 1930's.
I haven't seen the Towering Inferno, but I will defend Helen Hayes getting nominated for Airport. She plays a memorable character and is kind of the comic relief of that film.
Fred Astaires nomination for The Towering Inferno was more of a nod to his body of work than his performance in this movie.
And there is nothing wrong with that. It just is what it is. Not sure why this needs any hand wringing over it
@@mikegonzalez503 It's not hand wringing. It's just an opinion. Which last time I checked is allowed. 😏
@@pureb7235 and I stated my opinion. Which is also allowed
@@mikegonzalez503 Not if it's claiming incorrectly to be "hang wringing" which is total nonsense.
I kind of like Astaire in Inferno but yea, it was 100% a nomination celebrating his career.
Alan Alda for the aviator. It"s my favorite Scorsese flick however i can't remember a single scene of him in the film.
I agree with you on Alan Alda. I would have rather seen David Carradine nominated for Kill Bill Vol 2.
@@DoncoEntAgain That's a good option.
@@mainlineproductions9419 he was overseeing the press trial at the end with Howard
I thought that Alda was really good playing the smarmy guy in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors.
I'm sure the Academy would not vote for Ossie or Ruby due to their politics. Both were committed civil rights activists. He was friends with Malcolm X and the Academy is very conservative.
WAS very conservative.
@@dawnnewell237 IS very conservative.
Ryan O'Neal is the guy in the infamous "Oh God, oh man!" bad acting clip, he's good in Barry Lyndon but his Irish accent needed a lot of work
I thought he was great in Barry Lyndon
I think Paper Moon or What’s Up Doc would have been much better nominations.
I can't imagine anyone could have made that terrible scene work
@@rebekahp4083 I haven't seen them. But I thought O'Neal was excellent in Barry Lyndon as the titular character. One of the best films I have seen. Not so good in A Bridge Too Far though.
@@rebekahp4083He was pure gold in those comedies. They’re among my favorites.
I am joining chorus, "that woman" who played opposite Fred Astaire is Jennifer Jones. She was an Academy Award winning Actress and had a very strong career in the 1940s and 1950s. She was almost Aurora Greenway in Terms of Endearment. I am sort of disappointed that you referred to her as that since you know you film history and awards history.
She's my all-time favorite actress. At times, she appears more beautiful than Vivien Leigh on the big screen.
In an interview sometime in the late ‘80s, David Lean admitted that in turning “Ryan’s Daughter” into a 3-hour epic, he had made a mistake. He felt, however, that the critics were overly vitriolic in their response to the movie - so vitriolic, in fact, that he didn’t direct another film for 14 years.
Tucci was the best thing about Lovely Bones!!
Love your channel and your picks. When you are talking about supporting actor nominations from "Do The Right Thing," how about Spike Lee himself?
Agreed; also Giancarlo Esposito while we're at it.
I don’t think I need to tell you this but since you are so very shocked by the nomination Fred Astaire got for The Towering Inferno, I’ll let you in on a little secret 🤫 😉. The academy often gives out acting nominations as an apology for past transgressions or as a form of lifetime achievement award.
Examples: Bette Davis for Dangerous, Geraldine Page for Trip to Bountiful, Don Ameche for Cocoon, Paul Newman for The Color of Money, Ann Southern for The Whales of August, Ann Ramsey for Throw Momma from the Train, and Al Pacino for Scent of a Woman.
None of those performances were bad but they certainly weren’t worthy of top 5 performances that year. They were all either “we’re sorry about the past” (e.g. Davis), or “you’ve lived a long time and we want to say thanks for your contributions” (e.g. Sothern, Astaire, Ameche, Ramsey), or “you were nominated a lot of times without winning so here’s an easy win for ya” (e.g. Pacino & Page).
In Tru Grit, John Wayne played the same character he always did with the same delivery of lines and range of emotion as he had played in many other movies - not bad but not stellar either. It was a sentimental award for someone who made a lot of people money via ~150 films. The Astaire nomination was the same.
Astaire’s movies were money-makers for a couple of decades. For the most part the characters he played did not help him get any acting accolades. The moment he played a a straight role, in a movie with other nominations, and without dancing being the focus, the academy jumped at nominating him.
Actually if you were going to give Astaire an Oscar nod for a non musical performance then go with "On the Beach" 1959... Better performance to me!
I agree with you except for your take on John Wayne. Rooster Cogburn was unlike any character Wayne ever played. You could argue it was the
first time he played any character other than the persona he had created and performed for 40 years. His performance in True Grit was a
shocking surprise to the Hollywood community, so much so that he won the Oscar despite what may be Dustin Hoffman's best performance
ever in Midnight Cowboy. Yes, the award was sentimental, but it was nevertheless well deserved. Still, I think Hoffman got robbed.
Scrooge is an underappreciated film for sure. It's a favorite of my family and we watch it every Christmas. Also, Ryan O'Neal not getting a nomination for Paper Moon is almost criminal. That film is amazing.
That woman you're referring to who is dancing with Fred Astaire is Oscar winner Jennifer Jones.
Isn't that wild this Oscar guru would overlook an Oscar winner by referring to her as 'that woman?"
You have to love the 'Golden Handshake' attitude that the Oscar voters have shown over the years by nominating older actors so that they could have the chance at an Oscar. Just look at John Houseman (1973 - THE PAPER CHASE, George Burns (1975 - THE SUNSHINE BOYS), John Gielgud (1981 - ARTHUR), Don Ameche (1985 - COCOON), Sean Connery (1987- THE UNTOUCHABLES), Jack Palance (1991 - CITY SLICKERS), Martin Landau (1994 - ED WOOD), James Coburn (1998 - AFFLICTION), amongst others. Yes, it could be argued that some of those actors did not deserve a nomination, but Hollywood loves to give Hollywood a nice pat on the back for services rendered over the decades! Now that the Academy Awards have greatly expanded the list of voting members, who knows if we'll ever see another 'Golden Handshake' ever again.
Loved Greg Kinnear in As Good As It Gets, much prefer him over the 2 leads in the film. And the 6 time Emmy winner & 2 time Golden Globe winner Stanley Tucci definitely has given better performances than in The Lovely Bones. Thing is, he made every precursor, so while his nomination is questionable considering his body of work, it's not surprising. Ali McGraw's performance in Love Story was not Oscar worthy and it baffles me that she's considered a close second in that Best Actress year of 1971. Carrie Snodgress would have been a more deserving winner for Diary Of A Mad Housewife (granted the movie's not that great) than either her or Glenda Jackson, but she hated the idea of campaigning.
Ali McGraw was beautifully stunning in that movie, but she is a terrible actress.
I loved Dances With Wolves but as a best actor nominee should go to James Caan for Misery
I sometimes think that Oscar’s go for good actors, like Maggie Gylenhaal in roles where they kind of support the better and bigger role in the movie.
Stanley Tucci should not be in this list. He played the villain role so well in the lovely bones that I really started to hate him
I think Ryan O'Neal absolutely deserved his nomination for Love Story. His chemistry with Ali MacGraw works and I find them a likable couple. There was a actor from that film that didn't deserve to get nominated, and that was John Marley for his supporting role. He is barely in the movie at all; I have no idea why he got nominated.
He was about to lost His little Girl and was heartbroken.
But yes that is a nom which shouldnt Had Happen.
Tucci was pretty good in Lovely Bones, come on.
I thought that he was excellent in it. Then again, when isn't he
I definitely disagree about As Good as It Gets. Parts of it have aged a little poorly, but that’s no different with Forrest Gump and American Beauty, and many still love those movies. Greg plays a very 90’s portrayal of a gay man, and it falls into some stereotypes, but on a pure acting standpoint, I really liked what his character brought to the movie. I also strongly dislike the narrative that As Good as It Gets is about a woman falling for a terrible man. Melvin is a bigot at the beginning, but the film is about him finding redemption through her. The romance only sparks once he starts to change for the better. And come on, how can you not get in the feels during the “You make me want to be a better man” scene?
Yeah, I really enjoyed AGAIG.
AGAIG was fantastic.
I think his line about how he takes his pills when he thinks of her because "you make me want to be a better man" sums up the spirit of the movie. It's not "good girl fall for bad guy" it's kinda talking about how being a good person is contagious to others, and that people can grow and change. It's a sappy movie, but I feel like people trying to label it as offensive are being pretty disingenuous
I watched AGAIG once or twice and did not care for it. Helen Hunt always plays variations on the same character. Jack Nicholson also played a variation of the same character and his portrayal of OCD is stereotypical.
Greg Kinnear’s character was the only one that made me feel any human feelings through that whole movie.
@@StefferKatz yes, but isn't that a lovely character that she plays in every movie? Nowhere better than in this movie. And I am no Nicholson fan and will not watch most things just because he's in it and it's distracting. But I think in this movie, he just nails a couple of the pivotal scenes. I agree he is stereotypical even in this movie otherwise. As I said in another comment, it is of its time very much, but as far as hard boiled romcoms go, this one is, you guessed it, AGAIG.
Well, it’s all about context. At the time, Dances with Wolves was so unique with its depiction of Lakota-Sioux, a western and Costner was BIG! GoodFellas was another mafia pic. Oh, well…
Great call on JT Walsh. Breakdown could have (probably should have) been absolute trash. Walsh makes it a minor classic.
Think youre spot on with almost everything you say here. I agree James Caan should have been noninated for Misery, that Albert Finney should have been nominated for Scrooge. I thought Astaire was pretty good in The Towering Inferno, but it was surely a nostalgia nomination.
Adam Beach should have been nominated for his role in Flags of our Fathers instead of two note Mark Wahlberg who basically played himself in The Departed.
I couldn't agree more. I've always thought of Wahlberg as a 2 note actor. I don't get what the big fuss about him is all about.
@waynej2608 I watched "The Fighter" the other night and completely forgot the movie is centered around Wahlberg's character. Christian Bale and Melissa Leo elevated the movie; Bale, in my opinion, delivered one the best performances in film history.
I *love* your flowing speech in these recent posts!
American Graffiti was made 5 years before Star Wars
Leslie Browne in “The Turning Point” = dreadfully amateurish
Sorry, but as a gay man I found nothing wrong with Kinnear’s performance. And I remember being very happy that he got nominated. I don’t see anything particularly great about Walsh in breakdown.
Totally agree with your thoughts on O’Neal and Costner. Just curious, what are your thoughts on Judy Parfitt not being nominated for ‘Dolores Claiborne’ and Veronica Cartwright for ‘The Witches of Eastwick.’ I’m still sore about those snubs.
Wow 2 of my fave non nominated turns,Parfitt steals the film completely.
@@MarkGordon-z3z She sure does!
@@MarkGordon-z3z I love Parfitt in that movie but at the same time some of her moments seem overacted, so that makes me understand why she was overlooked.
I’ve been really enjoying your videos! Some great picks, definitely agree with O’Neal, and I respect the Costner and Astaire picks. It makes me grateful in hindsight that De Niro won that year against vote splitting with Gazzo and Strasberg, AND Astaire’s attempt at a career win!
One of the biggest Oscar snubs...HEAT. How did this not gain any nominations
Totally agree, one of my all time faves, impeccably told, gripping drama, top notch acting by power houses one and all
You need make a ranking with actors and actresses with ZERO nominations😮 : Marilyn Monroe, Donald Sutherland, Dennis Quaid, Charles Chaplin, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Bernard Hill, Gael García Bernal 🇲🇽, Carmen Maura 🇪🇦, Daniel Brühl 🇩🇪 and many others.
ALL OF THEM LEGENDS 😮
I don't think any of them are in the same class Dirk Bogarde. And Chaplin has two Acting nominations.
@@chamindujanith6337 Yes, you're right. Chaplin had one nomination (not two) for best actor (1941). The rest were for others categories.
@@jorgeandrew Two. His nomination for Circus was upgraded to something above an Actor nomination.
Another super actress in that list is #MiaFarrow 😖😵💫 Amazing in "Rosemary's Baby" 👶🏻👹
@@chamindujanith6337 [For acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus. [NOTE: "The Academy Board of Judges on merit awards for individual achievements in motion picture arts during the year ending August 1, 1928, unanimously decided that your name should be removed from the competitive classes, and that a special first award be conferred upon you for writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus. The collective accomplishments thus displayed place you in a class by yourself." (Letter from the Academy to Mr. Chaplin, dated February 19, 1929.)]
That was (textual) a "special award" 😐 To me, is the almost the same of Honorífic.
Maggie Gyllenhall is great in sherrybaby (2006).
Great video & list as usual. Like someone else has already said - I'd of happily replaced Costner with the fantastic turn by Ray Liotta in Goodfellas. It is often cited as one of the big Oscar snubs - I even think its on one of the biggest snubs videos by The Awards Contender. Still happy with the idea of Caan being nom'd for Misery though.
I love Fred Astaire. I love THE TOWERING INFERNO. I can see why you reject the nomination. And yeah, John Huston should be there.
Over Cazale? No freakin' way
"More than a sci-fi guy."
Uh, Bryan? He did American Graffiti BEFORE Star Wars...
Yeah, but he did "THX 1138" before "American Graffiti."
Greg Kinnear was the best part of As good as it gets.... He was the only win worthy from that movie not the co-leads.
That whole movie was so dumb and offensive. Such broad brushstrokes to show us homophobia, mental illness, violence, single motherhood. I love jack nicholson but he just plays an a**hole who is somehow redeemed by the love of a good woman, who frankly could do a lot better.
Helen Hunt was easily the best thing about that movie. I know people hate her win. She definitely shouldn’t have won. But she added an Earthy and likable quality to a role that was clearly written rather one-note. I can at least understand why she was nominated. Nicholson and Kinnear shouldn’t have come close to nominations. Both their characters were written horribly. Neither of their performances did anything for me at all. I know a lot of “classic gays” look back somewhat fondly at Kinnear’s nomination 😂. But it was terrible.
I think he only got the nomination because of his Jack Nicholson impression in the movie.
Not Jack's shiniest moment. He hammed it up good and proper. Kinnear and Hunt were better. Imho.
The fact that Nicholson has a best actor award for this and not for The Last Detail, Chinatown or The Pledge just boggles the mind.
Nice to see you giving some love to one of James Caan’s best performances.
I rather liked Ryan’s Daughter. I don’t know why it gets lambasted. I like most of David Lean’s films. A Passage to India and Lawrence of Arabia are superb. Esther Schwartz
That was great; I agree with pretty much everything. The obvious caveat being that so many Oscars are about waiting your turn (as cited, Colin Firth should have won for A Single Man but instead had to wait for the less good King´s Speech). But a good list and well observed.
Stanley and Maggie def deserved those nominations . Naming them the worst is so wrong
Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!
Disagree about Stanley Tucci and The Lovely Bones. Some people may hate that he played such a despicable person, but that's exactly why he won.
He didnt won
The Towering Inferno is absolutely the epitome of 'ensemble cast'. I'd assume the nomination is because Shelley Winters got one for the Poseidon Adventure, so they were nominating the oldies who came back for minor roles, but Shelley Winters also has a big heroic death.
Jennifer Jones had the heroic (and hysterically funny) death for INFERNO.
@@billfisher9238 her death was gutting. those damn kids!
Brian have you ever seen a film made before 1960? You do these "OF ALL TIME" stories but then completely ignore more than HALF of movie history.
This list supports something I've said for years--the Oscars are largely a Hollywwod popularity contest, which usually picks deserving movies, but often picks nominees that really shouldn't have been recognized for reasons that don't involve the individual merits.
This includes things like nominating actors who have long been overlooked by the Academy for an inferior role (like Astaire), because someone said, "You know, with his body of work, he SHOULD have been nominated by now, at least...", but also realized, at his age, the chances of his getting an Oscar-worthy role were rapidly dwindling...it's a "recognize him now for ALL of his work, even though this role is inferior to much of his work" nomination. It's also similar to events like The Return of the King winning so many awards after the first two LOTR movies were largely ignored by the Academy...
The other side of this, which Ackroyd's nomination is an example, is an actor turning in a performance that surprised everyone. As you pointed out, Ackroyd is largely known for comedic roles, usually with a certain slapstick element, reminiscent of his work from Saturday Night Live. The fact that he turned in a solid dramatic turn surprised everyone. By comparison to other roles nominated and roles rejected by the Academy that year, it might not stand out all that well, but by comparison to the rest of his body of work, it was such a strong contrast (in a good way) that Academy voters said, "Wow...we never knew he had it in him. He should be nominated just for surprising us all!"
Greg Kinnear ?!
I think it's not surprising that he was nominated because the great chemistry between Helen, Jack and Greg makes the movie (As Good as It Gets)so much better! (Sorry my English is not good enough)
I agree with you on all of them. So many nominations leave you scratching your head.
A worst one-time acting oscar nomination for me is Pauline Collins for Shirley Valentine in 1989. Any middle aged British actress could've played this role. It was nothing special and neither was the movie.
THANK YOU lo l i saw that movie on tv about a month ago and couldn't agree more, she is so annoying in it, although maybe its the detestable Scouse accent (sorry Liverpudlians, but I hate my own accent too). It also made me feel ancient; she acted like turning 40 was basically the death of her life, and it didn't help that her frumpy, dithery performance added 20 years to her. The irony is the movie was meant to have the opposite message.
Cindy Williams got the BAFTA nomination, but Candy Clark was the only AMERCIAN GRAFFITI cast member to campaign for an Oscar, funding it herself.
I love the idea of Stanley Tucci with a nomination for Julie and Julia. I love that film . That would have been amazing. He’s so good in it.
I think he deserved a nom for Supernova too, but that picture was a flop, unfortunately.
Would love if you put time stamps on these, also come on gyllenhaal was great in crazy heart and that movie was so good
The woman Fred Astaire dances with in The Towering Inferno is played by Jennifer Jones a star of many beautiful films in previous decades- if Fred got a sympathy nom she deserved one at least as much - she fell out of the scenic elevator and bounced all the way down!
I would have give Fred Astaire a supporting actor nomination for On The Beach. His portrayal of Julian Osborne is amazing
Rupert Everett should have been nominated for My Best Friend's Wedding instead Greg Kinnear. One of the most atrocious robberies in Oscar history.
right...because he is gay in real life...how dare you Kinnear...
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While one can agree or disagree with particular nominations, and wins and losses, I question the use of expressions like "give the Oscar to". Nominations and winners are decided by vote, not by a handful of people in a room deciding who to "give" the award to. Enough people voted for the winners in question that they.....won.
I'm fascinated by the 70's and the "disaster movie" craze;
AIRPORT was a box office smash, nominated for BEST PICTURE and won Best Supporting Actress, The Poseidon Adventure was HUGE, it earned Shelley Winters and Oscar Nomination. The Towering Inferno as the HIGHEST GROSSING FILM of that year, there was an epic fight from McQueen and Newman over top billing and it was nominated for Best Picture Even Earthquake (which has not held up very well) was a box office smash and it won Best Sound.
People in the 70's LOOOVED disaster films!!!!
I agree, I love the 1970s disaster movies. They are fantastic. In my opinion, the Towering Inferno is the best of them.
@@tjh12473"Towering Inferno" should be remade.
It probably won't, because it might remind people of 9/11.
@@dhenderson1810 Or Grentham(?) Towers, the housing block in the UK a few years ago that caught fire.
Stanley Tucci should have been nominated for Devils Wear Prada
Gee... you might have mentioned that in The Towering Inferno the woman Fred Astaire liked was played by ... the legendary, great movie star and Academy Award- winning actress JenniferJones! It was her last movie.
An Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress (like she received at the Golden Globes) would have been justified for her final film. It's so painful to watch her endure (probably for the money) the dreadfully vulgar "Angel, Angel Down We Go" also known as "Cult of the Damned."
@@VTMCompany Yes, it's a mystery why she made that dreadful, close to pornographic movie. It may have been she still wanted to act, and that's what she was offered. Her career floundered in the 1960s, when she also had personal problems. I hope it wasn't a matter of her needing money.
Great work! I do love as good as it gets tho it’s simple and a lil campy but just great
Anne Ramsey got nominated for Throw Momma From The Train (1987). Maybe I’m missing something but I didn’t get that at all
The movie came out in 1987.
I don't think being known primarily as a comedy actor is a reason to preclude Dan Aykroyd or any other comedic star from being nominated for a dramatic role. However, I so agree that J.T. Walsh was an amazing bad guy in the underrated "Breakdown."
Matt Dillion crash 2005 should be considered too top 10
He was good in it.
I would replace Maggie Gyllenhaal with Mariah Carey. Mimi gave a really good performance and it’s very VERY rare for her to not be the diva in a film. We will never see a performance like that ever again
True. She was recognized at other venues for that role.
Agreed. I barely recognized her, that's how much she disappeared into that role.
She appeared too short in Precious.
@@LordCamil I'd choose Paula Patton's performance over Mariah Carey's.
I feel about "LA LA Land" the way you feel about "As Good As It Gets." What's the big deal about both of them? Also, you're way harsh about Dan Ackroyd! That was a well-deserved nomination in a fine film. Also, is Vince Vaughn in "Hacksaw Ridge" not fit your qualifications for this list? Because that was a puzzling nomination. I think he got caught up in the Academy frenzy for that movie! Finally, Fred Astaire was good in "Towering Inferno" and deserved that nomination and near win! As for "American Graffiti," Cindy Williams would have been an excellent nomination. I'd even go as far as to suggest Makenzie Phillips from the same picture! But Williams was the strongest of the ensemble cast!
Vince Vaughn was not nominated for Hacksaw Ridge, so that’s why
Hated LA LA Land, such an overrated, boring movie with utterly forgettable songs and performances. Every generation Hollywood latch on to a particular actress, and want to give her every award going. For the last ten years, that actress is definitely Emma Stone.
@paulinegallagher7821 I didn't care for La La Land either. But I do like Emma Stone. She didn't deserve that 1st Oscar, though. Natalie Portman was more deserving for her brilliant performance in Jackie.
I just find your channel and I’m really enjoying your videos.
I can agree with your selecion. Maybe, Greg Kinnear’s performance in As Good as It Gets is not nomination worthy, this performance has lead me to movies deeper. Still one of my favourite.
One actor who was overlooked was Michael Wincott who played Sean Penn’s brother in The Assassination of President Nixon. He was brilliant. An overlooked but dark and poignant film based on a true story. Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, and Jack Thompson are all excellent in the film, but Michael’s performance is spellbinding. It’s only one scene and you can watch it on TH-cam. I even think Lee Fierro who played Mrs Kintner in Jaws (remember she slapped Brody) deserved a nod for an unforgettable scene who really delivered the pathos - she was not a professional actor which makes it even more compelling
Would also bei a great topic. 1 or 2 Maximum scenes or less than 4 minutes Screentime and Made the Most of IT. Could call the Béatrice Straight-Award
John C. Reilly for Chicago
Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love. A good performance but just too brief. She should have won the year before for Best Actress in Mrs. Brown.
She has 7 nominations more, it's a bad win but not a bad nomination
I think that Ali McGraw is not a great actress and therefore I did not understand the Love Story nomination. I like Ann Sothern but she really didn't do anything special in The Whales of August. As far as As Good As It Gets, I love that movie and I love the chemistry between the three leads. In my opinion they were all deserving.
But "love means never having to say you're sorry."