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75. I made a similar post about O'Toole that I can't find

Reply to Midwestern Democrat (Reply #73)

Thu Jan 25, 2018, 02:04 AM

Jan 2018

RE: Forrest Whitaker - He gave a masterful performance as Idi Amin.

RE: 1963 - Peck was really strong in TKAM. I agree O'Toole was more deserving; I'm not sure it rises to the level of robbery.
RE: 1969 - I like Robertson in "Charley", but 1969 does rise to the level of robbery.
RE: 1983 - Nobody was beating Ben Kingsley. That said, the other performances in 1983 would have won Best Actor for any of those four in most other years. As much as I love O'Toole in MFY, I'd have given the Oscar (TM) to Newman for The Verdict

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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