1. Best Picture Outrage
The Academy has a knack of anticipating the best films in any given year/decade/career by not rewarding them at Oscar time. In 1981 it was Martin Scorsese’s still-searing boxing masterpiece Raging Bull, which lost a points decision to Robert Redford’s schmaltzy, po-faced grief ‘em up Ordinary People.
2. Bugsy’s Perfect 10
Oscar has always had his clear favourites, and arch smooth operator Warren Beatty is definitely one of them. How else to explain the fact that his dreary and disjointed glamour biopic Bugsy scored TEN nominations at the 1992 ceremony?
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squirebrown
Feb 17th 2009, 15:32
yeah everyone goes on about gump v pulp but the winner that year should have been shawshank
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rorschach
Feb 17th 2009, 18:11
Are you f*****g nuts Ashhurst? Jerry Maguire is a predictable, schmaltzy, piece of c**p..the type of movie oscar usually rewards! Shines triumph over that garbage is GOOD thing
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rorschach
Feb 17th 2009, 18:20
Im sorry ill refrase shall i? wouldnt want to offend the children! I strongly disagree with your opinion that Jerry Maguire is anything other than a pretentious, schmaltzy, predictable, completely average movie..and Shine well deserved its win over it..is that ok?
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mjscarface
Feb 19th 2009, 11:22
Rocky deservedly won the Oscar, in my opinion. Even if you disagree, it certainly doesn't go down as Oscar stupidity.
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maypop
Feb 20th 2009, 13:21
Its such a shame that scorsese's only oscar is for a remake of a superier Chinese movie (Infernal Affairs for those who don't know) he should have recieved an Oscar at least for one of the 3 stand out nominations he recieved Goodfellas, Raging Bull and Taxi Driver (which is a better film than Rocky)
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ladyofargonne
Feb 27th 2009, 1:19
you have put enough of my letdowns in one place to convince me never to watch the oscars again. if someone i was routing for wins i'll catch it on youtube.
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MrSword
Feb 27th 2009, 3:30
FORREST GUMP IS ONE OF THE BREATEST MOVIES EVER. IS A MOVIE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS, IS AN EPIC. STOP ALREADY WITH THIS PULP FICTION THING...that movie is great, but Forrest Gump is still today the movie that the audience rely on.
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MrSword
Feb 27th 2009, 3:31
TOM CRUISE?? IS ANY MOVIE MORE PREDICTABLE AND MORE CLICHE THAN JERRY MCGUIRE? PLEASSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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MrSword
Feb 27th 2009, 3:32
CHER deserved that oscar, she won several awards for that one, so it was not only the academy but everyone else agree on her winning.
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SCQ47
Feb 28th 2009, 15:49
Pulp Fiction over Forrest Gump? You must be kidding again! There is NOTHING original about any film Tarantino makes. The man is a hack. If you think he deserves an Oscar from recycling scenes from old films too complex for him to understand, so be it. But don't even try to claim that Forrest Gump does not deserve the Oscar.
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ColouredPurple
Dec 21st 2009, 16:15
Most Memorable or jaw-dropping would have titled this much better than stupidest. And where is Benigni receiving an Oscar for Life is Beautiful? Standing Up on the seats and going bonkers!
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