Who won an Oscar that (in your mind) didn't think deserved it?

[Nikepallas]

I have to say Elizabeth Taylor won for one and I don't think it was a good roll that she won it on.(I think she has 2 or 3) and I believe the roll was Cat on a Hot Tin Roof she won for but I didn't think it was a strong performance for her.

(I could be wrong about the movie I know I did see it and I was disappointed.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

1. I thought it was "Butterfield 8"

That's the one where she got the award after almost dying of pnemonia.
I may be wrong.
I didn't think her role in that movie was worthy of an award either.

[joeybee12]

2. Hate to say you're wrong--she has two--first was for Butterfield 8--and

she did not desreve it. She got very sick before the Oscars--near death, actually, and it was a sympathy Oscar.

Her second was for Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe--she was very good in that, and deserving.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

3. Yes, both her and Burton deserved it for "Wolfe". nt

[sundog]

7. second that

what an amazing movie

[joeybee12]

9. Do you recall who beat out Richard that year?

He got beat out quite a few times!

[elperromagico]

16. In 1966? Paul Scofield for "Man of All Seasons."

[joeybee12]

21. Been a long time since I saw that...but I have to say Paul won because

the movie got best picture--or, at least it helped him win.

[charlyvi]

28. I thought Scofield out-acted Burton that year.

Scofield's performance as Sir Thomas More was so subtle; Burton's was right out there. Too stagey. Burton was great in Becket.

[Nikepallas]

36. Thank you Joey It was Butterfly 8 I was thinking about. I saw the movie

and was very disappointed in it and I LOVE Who's afraid of Virginia Wolfe.

[terrya]

4. Julia Roberts for "Erin Brockovich"

A rather lackluster performance, IMO. Hardly Oscar worthy.

[sundog]

10. yup - Julia Roberts playing Julia Roberts

:boring:

she gets on my nerves

[Skittles]

5. Cuba Gooding Jr

not a good actor at all

[Kire]

8. Chris Rock saw him in 'Boat Trip'

and thought about sending him a check for 80 dollars

[Kahuna]

17. I didn't get that, "Jerry McGuire:" Oscar at all...

"show me the money, Jerry.." He won an Oscar for THAT?!? :crazy:

[Skittles]

41. he has since very much proven he should not have received it

yup

[Kire]

6. Russel Crowe

He should have won for Beautiful Mind, not for Gladiator.

[Shredr]

25. I disagree

He was excellent in GLADIATOR. Who else should have won that year? Geoffrey Rush for QUILLS?

[charlyvi]

11. I didn't think Paul Newman deserved it for "The Color of Money"

and I dearly love Paul Newman. He play Fast Eddie Felson in it; the same character he played in "The Hustler". He should have won it for that movie, not TCoM. I think they gave it to him because they realized he deserved it for his original Fast Eddie---25 years later.

[Mz Pip]

18. That was sort of a "make up"

For not getting it for Long Hot Summer, or Hud or The Hustler or Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Newman in his younger years was awesome and seriously overlooked.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[charlyvi]

27. Ah, yes. Hud...the ultimate anti-hero

Newman said he played it as deviously as he could, thinking everyone would think of Hud asa rotten jerk.....he was surprised when the audience found a smidgen of good in him----the ultimate anti-hero.

[Mz Pip]

30. Newman was quite the

mantinee idol way back when. I'm old enough to remember when he was seriously hot. "Long Hot Summer" was one hot flick. Maybe not by today's standards of hot, but the heat between Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman was truly something.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[charlyvi]

31. Newman was ultra hot in Hud and Hombre....

and the Hustler. He's great in his "H" movies (Harper too)

:loveya:

[sundog]

12. Marissa Tomei

for "My Cousin Vinny" :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

her performance in "In the Bedroom" was amazing though... it showed what she was actually capable of

[Shredr]

23. You beat me to it

In a year when Judy Davis, Vanessa Redgrave, Joan Plowright and Miranda Richardson were nominated, Marisa Tomei's win seemed like a mistake. But, I agree, she was excellent in IN THE BEDROOM.

[elperromagico]

13. A lot of Oscars are given out for a life's work,

rather than the film for which the actor wins.

John Wayne in True Grit is a good example of that.

[Kahuna]

20. John Wayne beat out Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight for..

their roles in Midnight Cowboy... Yeah. Right. :grr: You know that's not true.

[Kahuna]

14. Kim Bassinger. Love her. But her role in L.A. Confidential wasn't

Oscar worthy.

[Mz Pip]

22. LA Confidential

was an awesome movie. Should have gotten Best Picture, but didn't. Kim won something for them.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Darth_Kitten]

15. Gwyneth Paltrow

I'll keep it to the most recent Oscars, but yes, Gwyneth Paltrow.

[kaitykaity]

24. Yep.

Gawd, I can't STAND her.

[Darth_Kitten]

26. I've had some actors tell me her performance was just awful in SIL

I've personally never taken to her, she's too full of herself. :)

[kaitykaity]

29. Cheating on Brad Pitt did it for me.

I was like :wtf:

I also have a thing about getting in through
nepotism. Nobody can tell me she'd have gotten
anywhere if her mom hadn't been Blythe Danner
and her dad Bruce Paltrow.

[Darth_Kitten]

32. I hear she was friends with Winona Ryder.

And something about her finding a script over at Winona's and taking a role (Shakespeare?) away from her. You don't do that to a supposed friend. :(

My, aren't I the Hollywood gossip tonight. ;) :evilgrin:

[kaitykaity]

33. Hee hee hee.

I did not know about that. Good dish.

:evilgrin:

And she ruined The Talented Mr. Ripley for me.
Would have been such a good movie, and Jude
Law was really yummy. But there she was.

And then she goes and names her kid "Apple"?
Can you imagine the torture, even at the private
schools the kid's going to go to?

[Darth_Kitten]

34. Thanks, I try.

Yes, I feel rather sorry for her kid. :(

She was talking on the red carpet, or wherever on some pre-oscar show (yawn!) and she's got a WEE english accent now.

And her dress is Stella McCartney, someone else who benefitted from their famous parents' names and only inherited their parents recessive talent genes. Ouch! :)

Oh, I'm not nice tonight. :)

[kaitykaity]

40. That would be a fun thread sometime.

To kvetch about Stella and Sophia Coppola
and Gwynnie and Kate Hudson and other kids
of stars who have it made going in.

I guess Madonna and Guy are still over there
raising kids and being happy. Who knew?
(Knock on wood. I'm glad for her.) I don't
know if "Madge" has the accent or not.

You know, there was one movie I liked Gwynnie
in. It was the one about the time split,
where she either caught the train or didn't
catch the train. It was a good movie in spite
of her.

Sometimes it's fun being "not nice." We're not
being mean or anything. Not really. Right?

;)

[lavenderdiva]

35. I heard this too.... n/t

[Shadowen]

19. The makeup team on Frida.

They beat The Two Towers. How the hell is that possible?!

[lavenderdiva]

37. applying unibrows takes a lot of creative energy... n/t

[WI_DEM]

38. James Stewart should have won for "Anatomy of a Murder"

in 1959 instead of Charlton Heston for "Ben-Hur".

[enigmatic]

39. Seconded

"Anatomy..." is one of my favorite films, and he was unforgettable as Polly Biegler..