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Actors/Actresses who were robbed of an Oscar
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Grizzlyjin
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Recently, I thought Aaron Taylor Johnson was robbed for his performance in Nocturnal Animals. He won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting, but didn't even get an Oscar nom.
Rumblebones
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Amy McAdams robbed someone fat more deserving of a nomination with her nomination for Spotlight. Not her fault, I know, but it was ridiculous. They should have gone with Tessa Thompson for Creed to use just one example.
Benicio Del Toro wasn't nominated for Sicario. Oscar Isaac wasn't nominated Ex Machina. Idris Elba wasn't nominated for Beasts of No Nation despite being an obvious pick to so many.
Ryan Coogler wasn't nominated for Creed, and neither was Cary Fukunaga for Beasts of No Nation.
2015 was a year of fuckery. No wonder it led to a campaign.
Benicio Del Toro wasn't nominated for Sicario. Oscar Isaac wasn't nominated Ex Machina. Idris Elba wasn't nominated for Beasts of No Nation despite being an obvious pick to so many.
Ryan Coogler wasn't nominated for Creed, and neither was Cary Fukunaga for Beasts of No Nation.
2015 was a year of fuckery. No wonder it led to a campaign.
That's a big one. Dude stole every scene in that movie.
Dynamite Shikoku
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Everyone was robbed the year that shitstain movie 'Crash' won a bunch of awards
theignoramus
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Denzel Washington had one of the finest performances of the 90s as Malcolm X. Its an insult that he didn't win that year.
Frankly, Spike should have won best director too, the direction in that movie was Scorsese-like in its execution.
Frankly, Spike should have won best director too, the direction in that movie was Scorsese-like in its execution.
I don't disagree with you but I think Zodiac is his best work.
Finale Fireworker
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My fiancé maintains that Micheal Keaton won Best Actor for Birdman. She knows it's not true, but she needs to believe it, lest her heart be broken all over again.
criesofthepast
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Ellen Burstyn in 2001. She should have won Best Actress for Requiem for a Dream.
Julia Roberts won for Erin Brockovich.
Julia Roberts won for Erin Brockovich.
KonradLaw
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Brilliant performance and completely washed away any "Jackness" typical for his other roles. The only reason he didn't get an Oscar was because he already had three.
Also, it's not Oscars, but the fact that Eva Green didn't even get one lousy Emmy nomination for her role in Penny Dreadful is utter and complete joke.
Yeah his performance was remarkable.
Ellen Burstyn not winning for Requiem and losing to Julia Roberts' good but hardly brilliant performance is probably the biggest miscalculation in Oscar history.
Mickey Rourke lost to Sean Penn because Hollywood hates him and people wanted to make a statement about Prop 8 rather than just reward the best performance.
Mickey Rourke lost to Sean Penn because Hollywood hates him and people wanted to make a statement about Prop 8 rather than just reward the best performance.
IdreamofHIME
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If the legend is true, Jack Palance robbed Vanessa Redgrave of her Oscar.
Discotheque
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for sure to all of this. Al Pacino got it for scent of a woman which he did not deserve over Denzel's Malcolm.
but also that award felt like a retroactive "we fucked up oscar" for not giving it to the gawd for any of his 70s movies. so its not as bad a robbery as some other awards.
Yup was gonna post this. He should've def won for Malcolm X of al pacino scent of a woman. Training day was just them making up for that robbery
Fuck this noise. Stallone should've won but he lost to Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies, who was very good.
Schucky Ducky
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Leonardo DiCaprio should have won Best Supporting Actor for Django Unchained and wasn't even nominated. Christopher Waltz did a fine job, but Leo gave the best and most memorable performance of that film IMO.
Diprosalic
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Amy Adams got robbed of internet memes. Leo got his for being nominated 5 times and not winning once.
Adams is on 5 as well and got robbed of a 6th last year.
Adams is on 5 as well and got robbed of a 6th last year.
Yeah, Stallone was great but I would say Rylance edges him out on this one. Hardly a robbery in this case.
Hambulance
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Ralph Fiennes wasn't even fucking nominated!
DiipuSurotu
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Jim Carrey
Denzel in '92 for Malcolm X. Pacino was good in Scent of a Woman but I'd argue Malcolm X was the performance of Denzel Washington's career.
Pulp Fiction losing in '94 to Forrest Gump.
Fargo in '96 losing to The English Patient.
L.A. Confidential in '97 losing to Titanic.
Saving Private Ryan in '98, losing to Shakespeare in Love (lol).
Oscars were pretty fucked in the 90s. Of course, that's just my opinion.
EDIT: Also, I can't read.
Fargo in '96 losing to The English Patient.
L.A. Confidential in '97 losing to Titanic.
Saving Private Ryan in '98, losing to Shakespeare in Love (lol).
Oscars were pretty fucked in the 90s. Of course, that's just my opinion.
EDIT: Also, I can't read.
I thought he did win. Eddie Redmayne? Fuck outta here.
old manatee
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Yeah, this is why I can't take the Oscars seriously. They almost always fail to recognize the most interesting work in a given year, because they are always playing catch-up trying to recognize the interesting work they missed last decade. Leo's Revenant Oscar is a perfect example. That wasn't even the best performance in that movie, but it was Leo's turn regardless.
hogendaz85
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Brilliant performance and completely washed away any "Jackness" typical for his other roles. The only reason he didn't get an Oscar was because he already had three.
Also, it's not Oscars, but the fact that Eva Green didn't even get one lousy Emmy nomination for her role in Penny Dreadful is utter and complete joke.
Talk about heavy hitters for that year!
Adrian Brody-The Pianist
Nicholas Cage-Adaptation
Jack Nicholson
Daniel Day Lewis-Gangs of New York
No matter what that year those who didnt take it home were robbed.
Krombopulos_Michael
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Not an oscar, but Danny pudi absolutely deserved an emmy for community.
I also thought that Andrew garfield and Amy Adams deserved one last year.
I also thought that Andrew garfield and Amy Adams deserved one last year.
ElectronicOldMen
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Penn was really good in Milk as well. I generally agree though.
In relatively recent memory, I think Joaquin Phoenix should have won for The Master over DDL for Lincoln. Also Isabelle Huppert should have beaten Emma Stone last year, if more people had seen Elle she probably would have. I don't really like Birdman but I do agree Keaton should have won over Redmayne that year, his performance was kinda the thing about that movie.
Vulcano's assistant
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Even DDL would have lost to Rylance that year. It was like Christoph Waltz in 2010; "Why haven't we seen this man before? He's amazing. Hell he is past 50? He should have one of these already".
Master_Funk
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Malcolm mcdowell in a clockwork orange come to mind
IISANDERII
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Not acting but Daft Punk not even getting nominated for Tron Legacy score was such a huge oversight that I've lost just about all respect for the academy.
Widdle Puppy
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These awards don't really even mean anything. It's the same old ass people, mostly white, who decide.
The amount of shit that gets nominated and wins is ridiculous. They should change how these awards are given out.
The amount of shit that gets nominated and wins is ridiculous. They should change how these awards are given out.
A Serious Man
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Zodiac didn't receive a single nomination.
I love Zodiac. But an actor delivering a "thank you" for his role in a factually based film about a serial killer is fucked up.
Widdle Puppy
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Never saw this movie but I know it's shit and low key racist as hell with that white savior tropeYep.
old manatee
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I never had it. Somebody like Joe Hisaishi whose scores and music for Ghibli films are some of the greatest of all time but because the Academy doesn't watch Japanese stuff(even when it's released in English) he's never been recognized
DaBargainHunta
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Never Even Nominated
- Do The Right Thing for Best Picture
- Robin Williams for One Hour Photo
- Sharlto Copley for District 9
- Rachel Weisz for Denial
- Alan Rickman for anything he's been in
- Do The Right Thing for Best Picture
- Robin Williams for One Hour Photo
- Sharlto Copley for District 9
- Rachel Weisz for Denial
- Alan Rickman for anything he's been in
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