I asked my Rotten Tomatoes friends to give me their ideas of what the biggest Oscar f*** ups of all time were in the categories of Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor, Best Actress, best Director, and Best Picture and here's what they came up with. You can vote if you want to as well.
THESE NOMINEES WERE NOT CHOSEN BY ME!!! THEY WERE CHOSEN BY OTHER PEOPLE!!!
Best Supporting Actress:
Marisa Tomei-My Cousin Vinny-1992-over everyone else
Melissa Leo-The Fighter-2010
over Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit
Anjelica Huston-Prizzi's Honor-1985
Over Oprah Winfrey in The Color Purple
Best Supporting Actor
Tommy Lee Jones-The Fugitive-1993
Over Ralph Finnes in Schindler's List
Joel Grey-Cabaret-1972
Over Al Pacino in The Godfather
Cuba Gooding Jr.-Jerry Maguire-1996
Over William H. Macy in Fargo
Best Actress
Gwyneth Paltrow-Shakespeare in Love-1998
Over Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth
Geraldine Page-A Trip to Bountiful-1985
Over Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple
Maggie Smith-The Prime of Miss Jean Brody-1969
Over Genevieve Bujold in Anne of 1000 Days
Cher-Moonstruck-1987
Over Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction
Natalie Portman-Black Swan-2010. Unspecified replacement winner. One person voted for her to get a nom so she is more filler than anything.
Best Actor:
Tom Hanks-Philadelphia-1993
Over Liam Neeson in Schindler's List
John Wayne-True Grit-1969
Over Richard Burton in Anne of 1000 Days
Art Carney-Harry and Tonto-1974
Over Al Pacino in The Godfather Part II
Michael Douglas-Wall Street-1987
Over Robin Williams in Good Morning Vietnam
Sean Penn-Milk-2008
Over Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
Best Director:
Tom Hooper-The King's Speech-2010
Over David Fincher for The Social Network
Kevin Costner-Dances With Wolves-1990
Over Martin Scorsese for Goodfellas
Robert Redford-Ordinary People-1980
Over Martin Scorsese for Raging Bull
Bob Fosse-Cabaret-1972
Over Frances Ford Coppola for The Godfather
Robert Zemeckis-Forrest Gump-1994
Over Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction
Anthony Minghella-The English Patient-1996
Over Joel and Ethan Coen for Fargo
And Finally:
Best Picture:
Shakespeare in Love-1998
Over Saving Private Ryan
Out of Africa-1985
Over The Color Purple
Dances with Wolves-1990
Over Goodfellas
Forrest Gump-1994
Over Pulp Fiction
The English Patient-1996
Over Fargo
So there you go. Feel free to vote just remember I DID NOT CHOOSE THE NOMINEES!!!! OTHER PEOPLE DID!!!! MULTIPLE OTHER PEOPLE!!!!
Best Director/ Picture??????
ReplyDeleteBest Supporting Actress: Angelica Huston
ReplyDeleteBest Supporting Actor: Joel Grey
Best Actress: Geraldine Page
Best Actor: Art Carney
Don't worry guys, I finished the blog. You can vote on those now. PLEASE DO!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree that most fucked ups are:
ReplyDelete-Tom Hooper over David Fincher
-Gwyneth Paltrow over any actresses
-Shakespeare in love over any freakin movie
-last one is not really fucked up for me but i agree Mickey Rourke deserved more than Sean Penn.
Naseby's Dad thinks:
ReplyDeleteSupporting Actress:
- As far as Tomei, I'm not sure who else was nominated that year, but I can't think that hers was the best.
- I didn't see Houston in Prizzi's but I can't imagine that it was better than Harpo's.
Supporting Actor:
- Jones/Fiennes: I don't remember how Jones did, but not sure hoe it could have been better than Ralph.
- Macy/Gooding: To me that is a wash.
- Pacino/Grey: I haven't seen Cabaret, but I know the kind of movie that it was, so I could see how it may have been better than Pacino. To me, Pacino didn't do much other than look sullen.
Actress:
The only one where I have seen both, or can think that there is a big upset would maybe be Cher/Close. Cher, as a singer, did a nice job for what she did, but it wasn't the caliber of what Close did.
Actor:
- Hanks/Neeson: To me that is a toss-up. Both are great performances. I think Tom (mostly a comedic actor up to that point) had a better overall performance.
- Wayne/Buton: That's just wrong.
- Douglas/Williams: No issue there. Robin did nicely, but he was still himself.
- Penn/Rourke: Haven't seen Milk yet. My understanding is that he did a great job. The topic would sit well with the voters. That being said, I thought that a re-invented Rourke did an outstanding job.
Director:
- Hooper/Fincher: Please. No issues there. What's wrong with Kings? This is for Director, are you confusing it with the story?
- No issues otherwise.
Picture:
- Shakespeare/Ryan: So very very wrong.
- OOA/Purple: Both are decent movies. While I prefer Purple, it's not a travesty.
- Wolves/Goodfellas: I've never seen the love affair with Goodfellas. Perhaps I need to watch it again.
- Gump/Pulp: Really? Why is this on the list?
- English/Fargo: Who voted on these? I love the Cohens, but that movie isn't that good.
Sup Actor- Tommy Lee Jones
ReplyDeleteSup Actress- Anjelica Huston
Actor- John Wayne
Actress- Cher
Director- Robert Redford
Picture- Dances with the Wolves
gleen close deserved it 150% over cher but michael douglas gave one of teh greastest performances EVER as gordon gekko so I have no diea why he's on here as a f*ck up
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