Your Most Begrudged Oscar Snubs- Page 2

[Playbilly]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 10:02am

Richard Burtin in 1984. They gave his nomination to the other dead legend, Ralph Richardson.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 10:46am

I still think BELOVED is one of the worst movies to be made since history was born.

Absitively posolutely.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 11:10am

Paul Giamatti in AMERICAN SPLENDOR and SIDEWAYS. His nomination was bumped for Bill Murray's somnolent turn in the abominable LOST IN TRANSLATION, and for Clint Eastwood's amateur hour neck clenching in MILLION DOLLAR BABY.

Not that these award things mean anything, of course.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 1:31pm

Barbara Stanwyck The Lady Eve

[trentsketch]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 1:36pm

Roger Ebert put himself out there as the one man campaign for Angela Bettis to get an Oscar nomination for her leading work in May. It is a virtuoso performance that received raves at film festivals around the world and eventually saw its ways to theaters in summer 2003.

A film that small never stood a chance unless others triumphed it. Ebert was the only US critic to try get the film some recognition beyond publishing a review.

Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby goes without saying.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 1:43pm

I forgot to add Kirsten Dunst's performance in MELANCHOLIA, another performance that I thought should have won and didn't even get nominated.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 1:45pm

Oh man, I love MAY!

[Roscoe]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 1:57pm

There does seem to be something of a conspiracy to keep von Trier's performers from getting Oscar noms. There's been nothing since BREAKING THE WAVES, which means that Bjork's marvelous work in DANCER IN THE DARK went un-nominated.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 3:02pm

I also thought Charlotte Gainsbourg was worthy of a nomination for ANTICHRIST. No one was happier than me to see Meryl Streep win a third Oscar, but it'd be ridiculous to say that Streep's performance (or any of the five nominated performances last year, including Viola Davis) were stronger than Dunst's completely unexpected but oh so wonderful work in MELANCHOLIA. And no, I never thought I'd say Dunst gave a better performances than Glenn Close, Viola Davis, Meryl Streep and even Michelle Williams.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 3:13pm

How has no one brought up Nicole Kidman for her extraordinary performance in TO DIE FOR? Best she's ever been.

[Kad]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 3:27pm

"Albert Brooks should have been nominated last year for DRIVE."

Agreed. Can't believe he wasn't.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 3:41pm

This is a genuine question, not meant to be snarky at all, but can you guys talk a little bit more about why you were impressed by Brooks in DRIVE? I've only seen the movie once, and loved it. I thought the cast was excellent, but I was left wondering why Brooks' performance had won so many critics' prizes. I thought he was good, but he wasn't in my top five supporting actor performances of the year. Maybe I need to rewatch the movie away from the Oscar season hype?

Updated On: 12/17/12 at 03:41 PM

[boylikethat]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 3:57pm

I found Brooks performance in DRIVE to be against type and convincing as this terryfing figure. The scene he has with Bryan Cranston in Cranston's garage shop is both subtle and scary.

[Kad]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 4:10pm

Yeah, it's really a triumph of playing against type to great effect. Brooks has played affable villains in The Simpsons, sure; but Drive was a different beast all together.

Drive was one of my favorite movies of last year and it's a shame that it had little awards love. It was easily one of the "coolest" films I have ever seen, and almost effortlessly so. It made all the summer blockbusters look square in comparison.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 4:16pm

I think I'd only seen Brooks in WEEDS (where he played a real jerk) before DRIVE, I've never seen BROADCAST NEWS. I also knew him from his voice work in FINDING NEMO, which is definitely different from his role in DRIVE. Maybe I need to watch the movie again.
Kad, I do agree that DRIVE was a great movie. Talk about an Oscar snub I begrudge, it also should have won the Ensemble prize at the SAG (for which it also didn't get nominated). You should watch HOLY MOTORS if you haven't already, it's nothing like DRIVE but some of the mood of the movie reminded me of that.

[AC126748]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 4:51pm

The subtlety of Brooks' performance is what impressed me most. I was disappointed he wasn't remembered last year, too.

The film itself doesn't really hold up on repeat viewings, though.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 5:12pm

Never mind, Ray. I swore she (Helena) won something. I remember Melissa Leo doing a great job though, so I guess I'm a little less sore about it. :)

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 5:13pm

I just hope Jordin Sparks gets nominated this year for SPARKLE.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 7:24pm

Oh, she will, Jordan, how can she be denied? :-P
Brave, Helena Boham Carter's big award that year was the BAFTA, Melissa Leo wasn't even nominated and Hailee Steinfeld was nominated for lead (rightly so). I think Carter was kind of the obvious choice for them, at least in that context.

[americanboy99]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 7:25pm

Somehow left Charlize Theron for YOUNG ADULT in my original post, ray.

That's really just a movie/performance that plays well to such a small group of people. It's so interesting to hear what people have to say about that movie. My mother couldn't get through it, said it was too sad.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 8:49pm

Robbie, was To Die For the one with her as the "reporter" who gets the kids to kill her husband?

[StageManager2]

Posted: 12/17/12 at 9:05pm

Yes, Stockard.

Bonham-Carter in The King's Speech was rather ho-hum. She simply road the coattails of the movie's enormous success to a nomination.

Updated On: 12/17/12 at 09:05 PM

[roseaddams]

Posted: 12/18/12 at 2:34am

I watched it again last night and I still can't believe Michael Giacchino didn't win Best Original Score for The Incredibles, let alone not even receive a nomination.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 12/18/12 at 2:48am

That is a shame, I love that movie, Giacchino went on to have such a great career though, his work in LOST is iconic (and so good) and he eventually won for his gorgeous UP score.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/18/12 at 8:20am

High off of her golden globe win for Best Actress in 1996- madonna deserved an oscar nom for Evita. Not a win, but at least a nom recognition.

I mean...that was the year Frances McDormand won for Fargo....

and where are the rest of those nominees from that year?
Kristin Scott Thomas??