Which Actor/Actress/Movie do you think didn't deserve an Oscar? Why?

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
Oooo, that's some big words, right there. I thought it was excellent, particularly the way it was written. I also think that Ellen Page is a fantastic, versatile actress and was brilliant in Juno.

We seem to share film tastes a lot, up until this bombshell. But anyway, I understand how it's not a film for everyone, but I thought it was great.

Big words, I know, but I can't help it. See for me, the way it was written is what bothered me. I thought Ellen Page did a sufficient job, but I wasn't impressed.

BackFire pretty much describes why I didn't like Juno in this thread (page 3): http://www.killermovies.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=481904&pagenumber=4

And yeah we seem to have pretty similar taste in film. I suppose this "bombshell" is just one of our differences.

Not to worry mate, it happens - different tastes and all that.

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
No Country For Old Men won that, which was well deserved. I think Juno deserved the nomination, though.

No Country For Old Men totally deserved that. That movie was amazing.

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
I thought Juno was brilliant.

chillmeistergenI think it deserved its Oscar for best screenplay.

celestialdemon...Tom Wilkinson was in In the Bedroom. Denzel Washington was in Training Day...

...Halle Berry was in Monster's Ball...

Thanks for the info though.

bakerboy...By the way, the godfather is not overrated, is pure and simple a masterpiece....

gryphon28... quote: (post)
Originally posted by SpaceMonkey
By that rationale, Joaquin Phoenix should have won the Oscar for playing Johnny Cash in Walk the Line. A far better movie and portrayal. BTW, Phoenix DID sing every song as Cash, Foxx did not.

Use your ears fox did sang in the movie and Walk the line ain't that great

Not QUITE sure what you're saying, so I'm sorry if I'm wrong, but go check a few posts back about the Audio Engineering about the singing.

Juno was an ok comedy, a well made comedy with some intelligent and funny lines, but it wasnst oscar material in any way. And Ellen Page was good playing juno, but nothing impressive and not deserving of an oscar nomination there. She was annoying at some points of the movie. If we take a look of the nominated people this year: Ellen Page, Julie Christie, Cate Blanchett, Laura Linney and the winner marion cotillard, one of them didnt deserved the nomination( page), one was pretty good but overrated(cotillard), one deserved the nomination and not the win( blanchett) and Julie Christie and Laura Linney were the ones who deserved the oscar in this order, but they were in little independent films that only a few people watched.

This category was just the opposite of the best actor category, that was totally clear and closed from the first time about the winner: Daniel Day-Lewis in a bigger than life performance.

Juno won best original screenplay, do you know who deserved it more in the same category??? Ratatouille, the animated pixar movie. A brillaint screenplay.

Hahahahaha, your opinion's lost pretty much all credibility with me after that.

Why??? The screenplays of the pixar movies are wonderful.

They're okay, don't get me wrong, I just don't think they're Oscar worthy.

I'm hoping Wall E will win an Oscar for something, though.

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
They're okay, don't get me wrong, I just don't think they're Oscar worthy.

I'm hoping Wall E will win an Oscar for something, though.

It should. That movie was great, even with virtually no dialogue.

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
Neither of them are that great, but Walk The Line is definitely better.

My preference for the '90s. Feel free to disagree.

1990

Picture: I was okay with Dances With Wolves, but Goodfellas was worthy of winning also.
S. Actress: Lorraine Bracco instead of Whoopi Goldberg

1991

S. Actress: Juliette Lewis instead of Mercedes Ruehl

1992

Actor: Denzel Washington instead of Al Pacino
S. Actress: Miranda Richardson instead of Marisa Tomei

1993

Actress: Angela Bassett instead of Holly Hunter
S. Actor: Maybe Ralph Fiennes instead of Tommy Lee Jones, but I was fine with the way it turned out.
S. Actress: Emma Thompson instead of Anna Paquin

1994

S. Actor: Maybe Samuel L. Jackson instead of Martin Landau

1995

Actor: Sean Penn instead of Nicolas Cage
S. Actress: Joan Allen instead of Mira Sorvino

1996

Picture: Fargo instead of The English Patient
Actor: Geoffrey Rush was good but I would have liked to see Woody Harrelson get it.

1997

Picture: L.A. Confidential instead of Titanic
S. Actress: Julianne Moore instead of Kim Basinger

1998

Picture: Saving Private Ryan instead of Shakespeare in Love
Actor: Ian McKellen instead of Roberto Benigni
Actress: Cate Blanchett instead of Gwyneth Paltrow
S. Actor: Ed Harris instead of James Coburn
S. Actress: Kathy Bates instead of Judy Dench

1999

Actress: Annette Bening instead of Hilary Swank
S. Actor: Michael Caine was good, but I would have preferred Tom Cruise