What are the WORST Oscar winners, nominations, and snubs ever... [View All]

[battleknight24]

Since this year's Academy Award nominations have just come out, I thought we should have a little discussion about past Oscar shows.

In your opinion, what were the worst decisions ever made by the Academy as far as the winners, nominees, and snubs.

My picks:

Worst Original Screenplay Winner Ever:
2002: Gosford Park

Hold on one second before you flame away. I am not saying Gosford Park was a bad movie. I thought it was pretty good, but "Memento" was a far better, more original movie, thanks in large part to the imaginative screenplay. It was bad enough that Memento did not receive any nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, etc, etc. On top of all this, several voters said, anonymously, that they voted for Gosford Park for best original screenplay NOT because it was the best, but because they thought A Beautiful Mind would win Best Picture and Best Director (which is what happened) and they wanted to give Gosford Park a major award. In my book, this will always be the most criminal act the Academy has ever committed.

Close but no cigar-
Titanic winning best picture- 1997
I liked "Titanic," and I wasn't crazy about "L.A. Confidential," so I don't feel like the Academy made a bad decision here. "Titanic" is still a somewhat popular movie today; "L.A. Confidential" much less so.

Close but no exploding cigar-
Halle Berry winning best actress- 2002
A lot of people thought Halle Berry won because people wanted to see a black actress win Best Actress. I'm going to cut the Academy some slack here- while her performance in "Monster's Ball" was not earth shattering, neither was Sissy Spacek's role in "In the Bedroom," a role that many thought should have won the award over Berry. It was simply a weak year for lead female actresses.

No judgement:
Julia Roberts winning Best Actress- 2001
I've never seen "Erin Brockavich," and I can't remember who else was nominated that year, so I have no opinion on this decision, although MANY other movie fans do.


What do you all think?