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Worst Best Actress snub

Worst Best Actress snub

touchmeinthemorning
#0Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:36pm

Since all the other thread are becoming about who got snubbed worst, I decided to create one to complain about my love, Cate Blanchett. How did she not win the Oscar for Elizabeth??!!


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popcultureboy
#1re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:39pm

Julianne Moore, every time.


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Michael Bennett
#2re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:39pm

She didn't win because she wasn't American, wasn't Hollywood royalty, and wasn't in a movie being given a 100 million dollar Oscar campaign by Harvey Weinstein.

Naomi Watts should have been nominated for MULHOLLAND DRIVE -

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BobbyBubby
#3re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:41pm

Ellen Burstyn for Requeim for a Dream. One of the most amazing performances I've ever seen on film.

Miles better than Julia Roberts...

And I thought Meryl Streep was robbed of a nom and potential win for The Hours.

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smartpenguin78
#4re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:42pm

Ellen Burstyn for Requeim for a Dream.

No doubt.
I find Julia Roberts unwatchable.


I stand corrected, you are as vapid as they say.

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#1Elphie
#5re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:44pm

I second Julianne Moore.

DG
#6re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:45pm

Not sure I consider it a snub, because I really did like Sally Field in NORMA RAE, but it still breaks my heart a little bit that Bette didn't get honored for THE ROSE.

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BlueWizard
#7re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:52pm

Cate Blanchett, Lynn Redgrave (supporting), Ellen Burstyn and Bjork have all been criminally snubbed in recent years.


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Plum
#8re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:53pm

Burstyn's going to be in another Aronofsky flick next year (though in a supporting role), so we'll see how it goes. :)

Kringas
#9re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 2:59pm

Angela Bassett in What's Love Got To Do With It?


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WithoutATrace
#10re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:03pm

kringas, that pic of you is adorable.

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broadway86
#11re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:04pm

Kate Winslet or Annette Bening over Hilary Swank. Nicole Kidman over Julianne Moore.

As for nominees...

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Secretary
Nicole Kidman, To Die For
Uma Thurman, Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Sigourney Weaver, Imaginary Heroes
Angela Bettis, May (though the movie isn't "Oscar material", she was brilliant)
Scarlett Johansson, Girl with a Pearl Earring
Isabelle Huppert, The Piano Teacher
Jennifer Aniston, The Good Girl
Stockard Channing, The Business of Strangers
Tilda Swinton, The Deep End
Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive
Gillian Anderson, The House of Mirth
Michelle Pfeiffer, What Lies Beneath (though not an Oscar movie, I think it's one of her best performances)
Bjork, Dancer in the Dark
Renee Zellweger, Nurse Betty
Diane Lane, A Walk on the Moon
Reese Witherspoon, Election
Sigourney Weaver, A Map of the World
Holly Hunter, Living Out Loud
Pam Grier, Jackie Brown
Catherine Keener, Walking and Talking
Julianne Moore, Safe
Heather Matarazzo, Welcome to the Dollhouse
Linda Fiorentino, The Last Seduction
Meg Ryan, When a Man Loves a Woman
Patricia Arquette, True Romance
Juliette Binoche, Blue
Ashley Judd, Ruby in Paradise
Lili Taylor, Dogfight Updated On: 12/12/05 at 03:04 PM

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BobbyBubby
#12re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:04pm

Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves.

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#13re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:16pm

Julianne Moore (Far From Heaven; Boogie Nights)
Ellen Burstyn (Requiem For A Dream)
Lynn Redgrave (Gods and Monsters)
Diane Keaton (Reds)
Naomi Watts (Mulholland Drive, where she wasn't even nominated; 21 Grams)
Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves)
Thora Birch (Ghost World)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary)
Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake)
Lili Taylor (Dogfight)

86-The Last Seduction was shown on HBO prior to a theatrical release, making it ineligible for Academy recognition.

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broadway86
#14re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:19pm

making it ineligible for Academy recognition.

Darn it! Thanks, MEF.

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melissa errico fan
#15re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:21pm

No problem.

Adding Jill Clayburgh (An Unmarried Woman) to my list.

Gothampc
#16re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:25pm

Miranda Richardson continually gets overlooked for her excellent work.

Mary Tyler Moore was robbed a win for "Ordinary People". I like Sissy Spacek in "Coal Miner's Daughter" but MTM gave a more nuanced performance.


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broadway86
#17re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:28pm

Gotham-

I thought that Richardson was AMAZING in Spider. I also agree with you about Moore.

And what about Judy Holliday over (depending on who you ask) Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson? Davis would have been my choice. Updated On: 12/12/05 at 03:28 PM

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melissa errico fan
#18re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:31pm

Swanson for me.

touchmeinthemorning
#20re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:34pm

Give me Bette Davis or Anne Baxter any day over Judy. Frankly, give me Eleanor Parker over Judy.


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broadway86
#21re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:37pm

Every time I watch Eyes Wide Shut, I am surprised Nicole Kidman didn't get nominated. My God, she's good in that.

She certainly is. I would have nominated her for supporting actress.

DG
#22re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:39pm

It's hard to believe that SUNSET and EVE were the same year - what a combo! I'd have a VERY hard time choosing between them.

Perhaps a tie - you know, like Hepburn and Streisand - ugh.

touchmeinthemorning
#23re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:39pm

That was one of the best films of the year, easily. Too bad everyone forgot it.


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broadway86
#24re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:42pm

touchem-

What film are you referring to?

Gothampc
#25re: Worst Best Actress snub
Posted: 12/12/05 at 3:44pm

I think another happened in 1997. Helen Hunt won over the better performances of Judi Dench in "Mrs. Brown" and Kate Winslet in "Titanic".

Judi Dench is too classy of a lady, so I'll say it for her, "Sod off, Helen Hunt."


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