The DU Lounge

red dog 1

(32,319 posts)

35. Jodie Foster for her role in "The Accused" (1988)

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Mon Jan 22, 2018, 05:13 PM

Jan 2018

That year, either Melanie Griffith (Working Girl) or Sigourney Weaver (Gorillas in the Mist) should have gotten the Oscar, imo.

(Jodie Foster did deserve the Oscar she got for Silence of the Lambs in 1991)

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

80 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Which Best Actor/Best Actress Oscar (TM) of the past fifty years was the least deserving? [View all] Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2018 OP

How about best supporting actress? Anna Paquin in The Piano. Binkie The Clown Jan 2018 #1

I didn't do Supporting because it's such a varied category Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2018 #11

No doubt Anthony Hopkins deserved an Oscar for his performance John Fante Jan 2018 #2

Helen Hunt in "As good as it Gets" comes to mind... chelsea0011 Jan 2018 #3

Love Jack but pressbox69 Jan 2018 #7

Agreed... Docreed2003 Jan 2018 #31

Gwyneth Paltrow Lunabell Jan 2018 #4

Agree. And the movie was horrible Freethinker65 Jan 2018 #26

Ugh. Yes. Squinch Jan 2018 #33

Tom Hanks .. Forrest Gump. Ridiculous accent. I Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2018 #5

LOL Orrex Jan 2018 #13

Actors will tell you Hanks is one of the greatest actors of all time. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #27

Hmmm...not sure I saw the same thing you did. Loved Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2018 #60

Did you watch the clip to the end? Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #66

Yes I watched it. No...I have no experience. I Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2018 #67

I was referring to while he is sitting down and she says that line about suit, his reaction without Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #68

He's a fantastic "everyman" Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2018 #69

THANK YOU I also liked Crowne. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #71

He used the accent of the kid who played young Forrest underpants Jan 2018 #29

That's interesting..wherever he got it...it is Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2018 #59

Um... Docreed2003 Jan 2018 #32

Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich CatMor Jan 2018 #6

Or just about anything! Phentex Jan 2018 #9

Believe it or not...thought she was brilliant in Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2018 #15

Yep. When she was still real. Iris Jan 2018 #45

think that was when she perfected the gawky, naive, working-class, Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2018 #55

Shortly after, there was a body double in Pretty Woman b/c her hips were too wide Iris Jan 2018 #58

Yes TuxedoKat Jan 2018 #63

My pick is pressbox69 Jan 2018 #8

It was a weakish year Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2018 #20

Elizabeth Taylor won because she nearly died TexasBushwhacker Jan 2018 #10

Point taken, but I think she'd have won anyway. Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2018 #12

Russell Crowe for Gladiator Orrex Jan 2018 #14

Gwenth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love over Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth Upthevibe Jan 2018 #16

I'm torn about Paltrow Orrex Jan 2018 #17

That was just criminal. Cate Blanchett was phenomenal in Elizabeth and smirkymonkey Jan 2018 #44

Yes. It was criminal...I have friends now who STILL won't watch the Oscars because Upthevibe Jan 2018 #57

"Elizabeth" was such a bad movie, though. LisaM Jan 2018 #53

Agreed, but who should have won that year? Docreed2003 Jan 2018 #34

Didn't realize that Pollock was the same year. Orrex Jan 2018 #39

Too kind... uriel1972 Jan 2018 #74

Henry Fonda for "On Golden Pond" - Sorry, but he got that one for dying Bucky Jan 2018 #18

Agreed Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2018 #19

John Wayne 1970. Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2018 #21

Wayne should at least have gotten a nomination for *The Shootist*, in 1976... First Speaker Jan 2018 #22

Also really good supporting work by Ron Howard and Jimmy Stewart Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2018 #25

Agreed! MountainMama Jan 2018 #56

So were Voight, Burton, and O'Toole. Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2018 #23

Right you are! Floyd R. Turbo Jan 2018 #24

Burton seems to me to have been a victim of unfortunate timing but I do think O'Toole got robbed 2X Midwestern Democrat Jan 2018 #73

I made a similar post about O'Toole that I can't find Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2018 #75

1978 - Richard Dreyfuss - "The Goodbye Girl" Glorfindel Jan 2018 #28

He had the benefit of a weak year Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2018 #51

He certainly was verbal in it. Maybe he got Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2018 #61

1993 Al Pacino "Scent of a Woman" underpants Jan 2018 #30

I love Scent of a Woman.... Docreed2003 Jan 2018 #37

Eastwood won Best Picture, and honestly I think he'd rather be recognized as a director/producer Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2018 #50

Jodie Foster for her role in "The Accused" (1988) red dog 1 Jan 2018 #35

Sigourney Weaver never got the recognition she deserved from the Oscars Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2018 #42

Sandra Bullock zipplewrath Jan 2018 #36

I think it was essentially an award for her body of work. Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2018 #43

Emma Stone for LaLa Land Docreed2003 Jan 2018 #38

I saw about 20 minutes of Jackie on a plane Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2018 #49

Its definitely worth a watch.... Docreed2003 Jan 2018 #54

Well, she won for Black Swan in 2011 TexasBushwhacker Jan 2018 #70

I think she was wonderful as Jackie. madaboutharry Jan 2018 #76

The biggest shocker ever had to have been Art Carney winning for "Harry and Tonto" in 1974. Midwestern Democrat Jan 2018 #40

Dammit! You beat me to it!!! Yavin4 Jan 2018 #47

John Wayne...... Tikki Jan 2018 #41

Art Carney in "Harry and Tonto". Thread over. I win. Yavin4 Jan 2018 #46

I think it was also ""the others are all young and will have many other chances" Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2018 #48

Can't say that Sean Penn didn't deserve it for Mystic River Bradshaw3 Jan 2018 #52

I have seen sideways many times...and you Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2018 #62

"The plan is ... you go" Bradshaw3 Jan 2018 #64

Lol. So many good scenes!!! He managed Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2018 #65

Anyone who won their award starring in a biopic. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2018 #72

Not getting that Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2018 #77

In most cases, the biopic performance is more about mimicry than acting. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2018 #78

This message was self-deleted by its author red dog 1 Jan 2018 #79

Charlton Heston in 1960 (for Ben Hur) red dog 1 Jan 2018 #80