Who am I, but (BUT!) I've never heard of this guy before, but he just encapsulated, with inarguable facts and cross-referencing, EVERY SINGLE OSCAR GRIPE that I've harbored for YEARS! (as well as recent snubs and ridiculous wins that were not the "best" of the crop by far. Numerous Uno? Glenn Close in "Dangerous Liaisons!" The most carefully constructed, nuanced, deliciously evil character ever portrayed on film. PERIOD. I'm now going to watch every video this opinionated, articulate, sexy man has made! Friday night in NYC? WHO CARES?!
Wait wait wait we are not talking about Fernanda Montenegro not winning for Central do Brasil while that sad little movie Shakespeare in Love led Gwyneth Paltrow to the Oscar for best actress in 98?????????? That was a real mistake
@@beatrizrocha1282 personally, my vote would have also been for Montenegro, with Blanchett my second choice. The best thing though…Fernanda and Walter Salles have a new film coming out this year called, “I’m Still Here.” At 94 years old, she is the older character and her real life daughter, Fernanda Torres plays the younger version of her character. It premieres at the Venice Film Festival.
No Oscar Expert worth their salt could ever leave out THE definitive "Most Shocking Best Actress Snub" of all time: Bette Davis for "Of Human Bondage". The term "Oscar snub" was coined for this most egregious omission. In 1934, Life magazine called Bette Davis's performance the greatest ever recorded on screen by an actress.
Couldn't agree more! The only question is whether her performance is considered to have been nominated after all. The snub was so egregious and shocking that in response to the outcry, the Academy opened the nominations to write-ins. Back then the order of finish was revealed, Davis only wound up in 3rd, but still ahead of original official nominee Grace Moore for One Night of Love. Then, the next year, as write-ins remained in the rules, the Best Cinematography winner was Hal Mohr for A Midsummer Night's Dream, who was not originally nominated. I think when you come in ahead of official nominee (like Davis) or win (like Mohr), you are nominated after all. Apparently the Academy agrees, as Davis' performance is listed as having been nominated as a write-in on their official website, giving Bette 11 total nominations for Best Actress (and still not enough for the greatest of them all, as Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and so many others agree).
Great video! Have to comment on my biggest snub which is Ellen Burstyn in “Requiem for a Dream” losing to Julia Roberts in “Erin Brockovich”. Julia is an amazing actress, but this seems like a popularity contest or political voting because I don’t think anyone can hold those two performances side by side and say Julia exceeded any aspect of performance compared to Burstyn. Both great performances, but one clear winner in my opinion.
Probably Because Ellien Burstyn Had Already Won 🏆 An Academy Award 🏆 For 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore'( 1974 ) Where Julia Roberts Had Not Won 🏆🚫 Anything As Far As An Academy Award 🏆🚫Was Considered. Plus , Julia Roberts Was Portraying A Real Human Being. ( Non-Fiction ) Where Ellien Burstyn Was Portraying A Fictional Character. Believe Me , I Would Have Preferred That Ellien Burstyn Would Have Won 🏆🏆 A 2nd Academy Award 🏆🏆😁😎🤓🙂☺️@@irenepowell4343
Definitely Cher. My list includes Gloria Swanson in "Sunset Boulevard," Anne Bancroft in "The Graduate," Carrie Snodgress in "Diary of a Mad Housewife" and Leslie Caron in "The L-Shaped Room."
Couldn't agree more with your list of snubs. My personal gripe was Annette Bening not being nominated for her touching turn as another Oscar winning actress, Gloria Grahame, in " Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool." And, speaking of snubs, Elvis Costello should have been nominated for his beautiful song " You Shouldn't Look at Me That Way " from the same film. (And I've never been a Costello fan.)
One of the worst years based on results was 1999 (for movies made in 1998). You have Shakespeare in Love beating both Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line (both cinematic masterpieces--SiL--was it even one of the top 10 movies that year?), Gwyneth Paltrow (in SiL) beating both Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth and Emily Watson in Hilary and Jackie, Roberto Benigni (in Life is Beautiful) over Ian McKellen in Gods and Monsters and Edward Norton in American History X, James Coburn (in Affliction) over Ed Harris in The Truman Show and Robert Duvall in A Civil Action, Judi Dench in SiL over Lynn Redgrave in Gods and Monsters and Kathy Bates in Primary Colors, and SiL winning Best Screenplay over Saving Private Ryan, The Truman Show, and I think I would have even voted for Bulworth over SiL. So, yeah, that was a bad year. (Also, Pleasantville came out in 1998 and missed in all the main categories--???) Other examples that stick in my craw include Dances With Wolves over Goodfellas in 1991 and Driving Miss Daisy for Best Picture in 1990; I do like it as a movie more than SiL, but was it really better than the movies it beat? There are so many talented actors who haven't won that it would be difficult to list them all, but my shortlist would include Annette Bening, Glenn Close, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Mary McDonnell, Amy Adams, both Joan and John Cusack, Ed Norton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Donald Sutherland, and I'm probably forgetting a bunch of people. Hitchcock never won Best Director--really?!?!? Terrence Malick? I guess the last one I'll mention is Forrest Gump beating both The Shawshank Redemption and Pulp Fiction in 1995. This situation BTW is not unique to film. In literature, for example, you have such major 20th Century writers who weren't even considered for the Nobel Prize such as James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Franz Kafka, Marcel Proust, Jorge Borges, J. R. R. Tolkien, Sylvia Plath, Ursula LeGuin, etc., etc. Salman Rushdie is still alive, but is he ever going to get this award? It's looking doubtful.
Missed opportunities: Greta Garbo (Camille), Doris Day (should have been nominated for The Man Who Knew Too Much), Irene Dunne (5 nominations), Andrew Scott (not even nominated for All Of Us Strangers).
As far as snubs go, the Academy really needs to get over their phobia of action, horror, and comedy. Uma was perfect in Kill Bill and should have been nominated for either role. They could've booted Diane in Something's Gotta Give or,. sorry, Annette for Being Julia (even though those are both comedies so I'm contradicting myself). Ruth Gordon was iconic in Harold and Maude. The Academy has done an okay job recently of nominating foreign films, they really should have nominated Anne Dorval for Mommy and depending on what year it was, booted either Felicity Jones or Jennifer Lawrence. Both Jodie Foster in Contact and Pam Grier in Jackie Brown were robbed, they probably could've booted Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, or Julie Christie. Gena Rowlands in Opening Night gives one of my favorite performances ever and she was totally robbed, Marsha Mason really didn't need that nom (when does Marsha ever really need that nom?) Kathleen Turner was robbed a few times, in 1984 for Romancing the Stone (they could've booted most of those noms, probably Sissy for The River), War of the Roses in 1989 (Jessica Lange in Music Box could be booted), and 1994 for Serial Mom (again, they coud've booted several of them, I'd say Susan for The Client). I know they always say this when they win, but 1995 really was a great year for women, and several were snubbed including Sigourney for Copycat, Kathy Bates for Delores Claiborne, Nicole Kidman in To Die For, Marina Zudina in Mute Witness, and Elizabeth Berkley in Showgirls (okay, the last two are wishful thinking, but they're still great). And even though I know they had no chance, Elisabeth Shue in Adventures in Babysitting, Rebecca De Mornay in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, and Christina Applegate in Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead made my personal Oscars.
So, you mention Whoopi Goldberg and Geraldine Page, but you don’t include it as a legendary snub. While I do think that Geraldine Page fully deserved the Academy Award, so did Whoopi Goldberg, whose performance in The Color Purple was arguably one of the greatest premier performances of all time. To me, it’s a rare instance that was a legitimate snub, even though the actual winner fully deserved it. I thought it should have been a Hepburn/Streisand-like tie.
Janet Leigh's nomination for Best Supporting Actress would have "given the game away" as surely as a nomination for Marlene Dietrich would have. People who hadn't seen Psycho yet weren't supposed to KNOW what Leigh's character was Supporting and not Leading.
Janet Leigh WAS nominated for Best Supporting Actress. Marlene Dietrich SHOULD have been nominated for Supporting Actress. As far as giving the game away, what about Linda Hunt's Best Supporting Actress nomination (and win) for The Year of Living Dangerously and Jaye Davidson's Best Supporting Actor nomination for The Crying Game? Anybody who deserves a nomination should get one regardless of if it gives something away. The people they are trying to spare should have seen the movie sooner.
Yes and Ginger Rogers winning for an almost unwatchable movie. In my opinion she was the weakest of the five nominees that year. I love Ginger but not that role.
Judy Garland got snubbed by the Academy twice, first for A Star Is Born and again a few years later when she was nominated for Judgement At Nuremberg. She should have won both.
@claudiastoik2807 My favorite film of all time, my happiest childhood memory (both of my parents HOWLING with laughter, something I'd never seen at the grizzled age of ten.)
Toni Collette, Hereditary Reese Witherspoon, Election Florence Pugh, Lady Macbeth & Midsommer Joan Crawford, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Myrna Loy, The Thin Man Marilyn Monroe, Some Like It Hot
I will go to my grave saying that Audrey Hepburn was robbed of the Best Actress Oscar in 1959 for her tour de force performance as the tortured nun in "The Nun's Story." She lost to Simone Signoret for "Room at the Top." "The Nun's Story" was a world-wide, box-office hit. Also, Dame Edith Evans, who played Mother Emmanuel, the superior of the order of nuns, was bypassed for a Supporting Actress Oscar. One of the biggest travesties of justice occurred when Gladys Cooper, who played Sister Marie Vouzoux, a nun who did not believe that the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Saint Bernadette Soubirous in the film, "The Song of Bernadette.". There is one scene between the two nuns where Sister Vouzoux pleads for a sign that the appearance did occur to Bernadette which is one of the most believable and memorable scenes ever recorded on film.
What's seared into my brain is her meltdown on the witness stand: "Damn you! Damn you!...let me go! Let me get out of here!" And the way she calls Charles Laughton "Sir Wilfwid."
2016 had the most snubbed performances at the Oscars: -Taraji for Hidden figures -Amy for Arrival -Jessica for Ms Sloane -Hailee Steinfeld for Edge of seventeen -Alicia Vikander for Light between the oceans I love Meryl but it was a joke she did get in for Florence....
More Oscar stuff please , especially old Oscar stuff. I agree with mask as much as I laugh at her moonstruck Oscar. Girl please. Great video. P s. I'll never get over the Judy Garland thing thank God I wasn't alive when it happened
"The Barbra version is… very long." 🤣 Also, I need a bigger sample size for Grace Kelly movies. I've only seen Rear Window and Mogambo, and in the latter was so horrid, especially with Ava Gardner being so awesome right next to her.
Gene Tierney was originally cast and pulled out due to illness. I believe she would have been a better choice and was a much more experienced actress at that time.
Grace Kelly didn't make very many movies. Her best-known ones are High Noon, High Society, Rear Window, Dial M for Murder, To Catch a Thief. I'd say, of all these, Rear Window is the best. Her last film was The Swan in 1956, a filmed play, which was kinda slow and not really interesting.
Sorry, I have to disagree with you about Jessica Lange's performance in "Sweet Dreams." I think she was sensational. And the film itself is quite good.
The Amy Adams snub is one that I hold onto still. That movie moves me to the core. So much love for that performance, and the source material is just as good as the movie!
A few come to mind for me, but others may disagree. I love Elizabeth Taylor in “Giant” (1956) and Lee Remick in “Anatomy of a Murder” (1959) and feel they were both worthy of nominations.
I will never ever understand why people believe that 'Working Girl' was worthy of Oscar consideration other than for Best Song. It was literally a run of the mill comedy that ripped-off of 'The Secret of My Success' which came out the year before.
I’m glad Louis mentioned the snub of Annette Bening’s performance in “20th Century Women” but I think she was equally deserving of a nomination for her amazing portrayal of Gloria Grahame in “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” (2017).
1997: Judi Dench loses Best Actress to Helen Hunt. Hunt did the best she could with what she was given, but I'm sorry, her character in As Good As It Gets was just not interesting enough for her performance to win out over Dench's turn as the fascinating, complicated Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown. Actually, ANY of the nominees that year, even Kate Winslet in Titanic, would have been more deserving than Hunt. But the Academy just haaaad to give the award to the American.
I have never forgotten when Gwyneth Paltrow won best actress for the Shakespeare movie over the incredible Cate Blanchett performance in the movie Elizabeth, Cate can act circles around Gwyneth. I also think Glenn Close and Cate Blanchett were incredible in Paradise Road, as well as some of the other women in that movie.
Do a segment on actors who won, but as appeasement for previous, snubbed performances. Ex.: Jennifer Connelly won for A Beautiful Mind, but it was really for Requiem for a Dream.
This would be a long list, beginning with Al Pacino and Julianne Moore winning for performances that don't rank with their greatest work (Note: I actually love Pacino in Scent of a Woman and think Moore is excellent in Still Alice, but, come on, we all know they don't compare to Godfather 1 and 2, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, or Boogie Nights, Far From Heaven, The Hours, The End of the Affair, etc. etc. etc.)
Great picks, especially Close. My favorite nominated but non-winning performances are Wendy Hiller. Pygmalion Bette Davis. All About Eve Kim Stanley. Séance on a Wet Afternoon Jessica Lange. Frances Cate Blanchett. TÁR Favorite non-nominated performances Isabelle Adjani. Possession Naomi Watts. Mulholland Dr. Nicole Kidman. Birth Sandra Hüller. Toni Erdmann Lupita Nyong’o. Us
Absolutely great commentary. Definitely correct with garland for a star is born and Cher in mask. I actually stopped watching academy award when Cher didn't get that nomination!
I'd love an "Oscar History" mini-series Podcast by Louis. It would be good for us because we get to hear Louis speak on this, and it'll be good for him because you know he'll enjoy researching that stuff.
Great segment. I did not like Out Of Africa for years but 15 years later, realized both film and Meryl Streeps performance were outstanding. I would have to disagree with you on that it being anything but. It took very long to realize that.
"Cher is better than people, do you understand?"...God, I miss having gay friends...I REALLY took those Oscar parties I hosted in college for granted...those were the days...
I favourite things said about the year Ghandi won best picture was during a Biography of Meryl Streep and someone from the crew of Sophie’s choice and “we knew Ghandi was gonna win best Picture when it won best costume for a sheet”.
I am curious what you think of my biggest snub- Sigourney Weaver? She didn't even get a nomination for Death and the Maiden in the mid 90s. I rank her performance above Susan Sarandon and Winona Ryder (love them both BTW). Sigourney was just amazing in that film.
#1 Bette Davis nominated but LOSING in 1950 for All About Eve. Seriously: W... T... F... ??? #2 Bette Davis getting snubbed for Of Human Bondage is probably a close second. #3 Audrey Hepburn NOT nominated for My Fair Lady. #4 Madonna NOT nominated for Evita.
Greer Garson not getting a nomination for Random Harvest is tragic, but since she was nominated and won that same year for the wartime morale booster Mrs. Miniver, I’ll give the Academy a pass.
All valid points made, and Yes Judy Garland was cheated out of her deserving Oscar for A Star is Born, she gave everything she had to an industry that just pushed her aside in so many shady ways, God bless Judy... :-)
Snubs you may want to have a look at Bette Davis Of Human Bonadage Joan Crawford A Woman's Face Judy Garland Meet Me in St Louis Rita Hayworth Gilda Marilyn Monroe The Misfits and Bus Stop Ava Gardner Night of the Iguana Rosalind Russell Picnic Geraldine Page Toys in the Attic Claudia McNeil A Raisin in the Sun Joan Crawford What Ever Happened to Baby Jane Vivien Leigh Ship of Fools Audrey Hepburn Two for the Rd Ruth Gordon Harold and Maude Tuesday Weld Play it as it Lays Katherine Hepburn A Delicate Balance Brigit Mira Fear Eats the Soul Shelley Duvall 3 Women Liza Minnelli New York New York Sigourney Weaver Alien Theresa Russell Bad Timing Barbra Streisand Yentl Julie Andrews Duet for One Lilian Gish The Whales of August Sally Field Steel Magnolias Andie MacDowell Sex Lies and Videotape Bette Davis The Whales of August Gena Rowlands Another Woman Susan Sarandon White Palace Meg Ryan When Harry Met Sally Debra Winger The Sheltering Sky Sharon Stone Basic Instinct Michelle Pfeiffer The Age of Innocence Sigourney Weaver Death and the Maiden Crissy Rock Ladybird Ladybird Nicole Kidman To Die For and The Portrait of a lady Debbie Reynolds Mother Madonna Evita Jodie Foster Contact Pam Grier Jackie Brown Reese Witherspoon Election Michelle Pfeiffer What Lies Beneath Tilda Swinton The Deep End Meryl Streep The Hours Julia Roberts Closer Gwyneth Paltrow Proof and Sylvia Tang Wei Lust Caution Keira Knightley Atonement and The Duchess Tilda Swinton Julia Charlize Theron Young Adult Olivia Colman Tyrannosaur Marion Cotillard Rust and Bone Kate Beckinsale Love and Friendship Emma Stone Battle of the Sexes Alfre Woodard Clemency Lady GaGa House of Gucci Tessa Thompson Passing Mia Goth Pearl Teyana Taylor One Thousand and One Hilary Swank The Homesman
Thank you for showing a pic of the Star Is Born Judy scene in the dressing room when she is agonizing over not being able to help James Mason's addiction. It is searing, honest, heart breaking. She absolutely should have won.
It is - and the contrast between her costume and the agony she is going through just adds to the performance. The Academy needs to retroactively admit they screwed up and rectify their mistake by awarding her that Oscar. Let Grace Kelly keep hers but we all know who the real winner should've been.
I feel like Judy Garland should have won supporting for Judgement at Nuremberg. At that point, it was the least they could have done & it was a great performance.
