What was the biggest robbery in Oscar history?

By smokeweed101. - 02-15-2008, 01:59 PM - Boxden > The TV and Movie Spot

This is a hard one, I would have to say Goodfellas/Taxi Driver being robbed by feel good hollywood movies (Rocky and Dancing with Wolves [smiley] one written, one directed by the starring actor both whom suck. :thumbsdow ) Both should have won Best picture, director, and actor (both DeNiro)

Some other robberies had to be Pacino losing to bums twice over the Godfather movies. Kubrick in 71 (A Clockwork Orange) not even best director..nothing. Hitchcock when he made Vertigo...etc just typing this makes me throw up at the academies choices.

02-15-2008, 02:18 PM

-adrien brody over DDL
- forest gump over shawshank....forest gump was ridiculously good but shawshank is imo top 5 greatest of all time.
-scorcese getting screwed over multiple times
- and recently (all u insecure homophobes are gonna hate this one) brokeback mountain deserved best picture over crash...if a movie wins an award for best director the movie needs to win best picture as well.

02-15-2008, 02:46 PM

djimon hounsou was robbed, his performance in blood diamond was insane. one of the best performances in years.

the color purple was robbed...11 nominees no win.

anthony hopkins peformance in amistad...his 10min speech at the end was soooooo good. shouldve got an oscar for that

Edward Scissorhands should have been nominated for best picture and actor & director.

02-15-2008, 03:29 PM

Denzel Washington for best actor in The Hurricane

02-15-2008, 03:37 PM

Derek Luke for Antwone Fisher

02-15-2008, 04:59 PM

Diana ross for lady sings the blues, she really deserved it

02-15-2008, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by ~WèB~HùStLà~

djimon hounsou was robbed, his performance in blood diamond was insane. one of the best performances in years.

the color purple was robbed...11 nominees no win.

anthony hopkins peformance in amistad...his 10min speech at the end was soooooo good. shouldve got an oscar for that

Edward Scissorhands should have been nominated for best picture and actor & director.

[pic] None of these compare, Scissorhands came out the same year as Goodfellas.

05:48 PM

Originally Posted by Basicgz

Denzel Washington for best actor in The Hurricane

i def agree with this one....russell crowe i think won it for gladiator....that was the year EVERYONE was d*ckriding that movie, the hurricane was denzels best performance of his career with training day being second, and since that denzel has put out hot !! but he isnt the same "denzel"

02-15-2008, 06:07 PM

even though silence of the lambs is a great movie, goodfellas is superior and should have won best picture

02-15-2008, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by DeNiro

even though silence of the lambs is a great movie, goodfellas is superior and should have won best picture

goodfellas lost against dances with wolves

silence of lambs was the year after

02-15-2008, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by RamazedAGAIN

I POSTED THIS IN A THREAD AWHILE AGO

AWARD SHOES MEAN !!...I REPEAT AWARD SHOES MEAN !!..

THEYVE BEEN LIKE THAT ALWAYS..

ITS ALL A POPULARITY CONTEST..

Shoes? [pic][pic]

02-15-2008, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by smokeweed101.

This is a hard one, I would have to say Goodfellas/Taxi Driver being robbed by feel good hollywood movies (Rocky and Dancing with Wolves [pic] one written, one directed by the starring actor both whom suck. :thumbsdow ) Both should have won Best picture, director, and actor (both DeNiro)

Some other robberies had to be Pacino losing to bums twice over the Godfather movies. Kubrick in 71 (A Clockwork Orange) not even best director..nothing. Hitchcock when he made Vertigo...etc just typing this makes me throw up at the academies choices.

dances with wolves was a sick !!ing movie.. goodfellas is def better, but we talking about oscars here... !! means nothing.. and how can u say kubrick didnt deserve best director?? clockwork orange is on thee of the most original and intelligent visuals masterpieces ever mad
e... def. agree with pacino though he got screwed twice in a row...

biggest robbery in academy history is shawshank redemption in 94 lost to forrest gump, which is a joke watching it now..

02-15-2008, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by ~WèB~HùStLà~

goodfellas lost against dances with wolves

silence of lambs was the year after

you're right, i'm drunk

02-15-2008, 10:12 PM

yea denzel's best performance was the hurricane, but im gonna have to also include the color purple.... but lets be real, its all about who are the hot ppl at the time

02-15-2008, 11:59 PM

Denzel Washington in Malcolm X...

02-16-2008, 12:42 AM

William Hurt being nominated for an oscar for A History of Violence. His part was maybe 10 minutes

02-16-2008, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by ~WèB~HùStLà~

goodfellas lost against dances with wolves

silence of lambs was the year after

Yea this guy is an idiot, and Silence deserved all 5 Oscars.

Originally Posted by BROOKLYNSTANDUP

dances with wolves was a sick !!ing movie.. goodfellas is def better, but we talking about oscars here... !! means nothing.. and how can u say kubrick didnt deserve best director?? clockwork orange is on thee of the most original and intelligent visuals masterpieces ever mad
e... def. agree with pacino though he got screwed twice in a row...

biggest robbery in academy history is shawshank redemption in 94 lost to forrest gump, which is a joke watching it now..

Are you out your !!ing mind? A Clockwork Orange is one of the top 3 best directed movies of all time, let me rephrase that...it didn't win anything NOT EVEN BEST DIRECTOR...just nothing of course it deserved at least 5 oscars.

02-16-2008, 08:40 AM

has to be denzel in Malcolm x thats acting at its finest!!!!!

08:37 PM

Originally Posted by smokeweed101.

This is a hard one, I would have to say Goodfellas/Taxi Driver being robbed by feel good hollywood movies (Rocky and Dancing with Wolves [pic] one written, one directed by the starring actor both whom suck. :thumbsdow ) Both should have won Best picture, director, and actor (both DeNiro)

Some other robberies had to be Pacino losing to bums twice over the Godfather movies. Kubrick in 71 (A Clockwork Orange) not even best director..nothing. Hitchcock when he made Vertigo...etc just typing this makes me throw up at the academies choices.

Hey man props on this thread. I've seen you post a few times and I'm glad to see someone else on here has some taste.

I actually think Taxi Driver not getting it's recognition was a bigger travesty than Goodfellas. Though Goodfellas cinematography and direction were a huge cinematic accomplishment... I thought Taxi Driver was much more groundbreaking for its time. Especially given Scorsese's experience at the time, it was obvious the dude is out of this world. Robert DeNiro definitely should have got the Oscar for his performance as Travis Bickle. Bickle was a seriously complicated character and DeNiro pulled it off flawlessly. I think him losing was more out of sympathy for the dude that died that was nominated. He did win supporting actor like two or three years earlier though.

Vertigo not winning is bull!! too. I haven't seen all of Hitchcock's films, but from the 10+ that I have Vertigo is my favorite.

Some of the Best Pics from the last few years have been garbage too. I didn't think The Departed was a bad choice, but these films I don't think were worthy...
2006: Crash (should have gone to Munich)
2005: Million Dollar Baby (should have gone to The Aviator)
2004: None of the films nominated deserved Best Pic in my opinion, a horrible year.
2003: Chicago (should have gone to Gangs of New York)
1999: Shakespeare In Love (Should of been Saving Private Ryan)
1997: The English Patient (should have gone to Fargo)
1995: PULP FICTION >>>> Forrest Gump
1991: Goodfellas >>>> Dances With Wolves

... I could go on and on.

02-16-2008, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by JFamis

1995: PULP FICTION >>>> Forrest Gump

Yeah, Pulp Fiction was robbed. I mean, how can you NOT give Samuel L Jackson the Oscar for his acting?! [pic][pic][pic]

I don't get that...

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- Who got robbed the worst in Oscar history?
Kubrick countless times	7	26.92%
Scorsese countless times (The Departed isn't good enough)	9	34.62%
Hitchcock countless times	2	7.69%
Pacino countless times (Scent of a woman doesn't count)	11	42.31%
DeNiro countless times (He won 2 but deserved 2 more)	8	30.77%
I can't choose between these rediculous hollywood crimes	4	15.38%
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