Yes. Denzel absolutely deserved to win for Malcolm X. Unfortunately, Al Pacino had been robbed of Oscars for so long that they decided that was the year to finally make up for it.

Agree. Al’s was a body of work award.

Frankly, any of the other four I thought were better. Downey Jr. in Chaplin was fantastic, Eastwood brought back the western with his performance in Unforgiven, Denzel is Denzel ... and perhaps the most underappreciated nominee was Stephen Rea in The Crying Game, which was outstanding. I think I'd still go with Denzel, but the other three certainly could have made a much better argument than Pacino.

*10 times? In Oscar history? This vídeo is SO naive!*

@@jaylouis8227 and nobody remembers training day

That one hurt. One of the most amazing performances ever lost to Pretty Woman 2.0

This. This is the one. This is the example I give each time I have a discussion with anybody about how out of touch the Academy is. Thank you for commenting this.

Problem was Jared Leto was the main role in that film but Ellen Burstyn refused to be nominated for supporting actress, if she allowed for that, which was more accurate, she would’ve won - but her performance was so much better than Julia Roberts, even though I think she’s great

I actually agree now that Julia deserved to win. I used to be WHY JULIA?! But I re-evaluated Erin Brokovich after re-watching it three times. I realized the fact I watched it three times means Julia gave this film what it needed. If another actress did Erin it would have been an HBO filler. Her performance empowers me to this day.

@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 have you ever seen EB? what part of that is PW 2.0?

Especially since Crash wasn’t just not the best, but arguably the worst nominee that year. Brokeback Mountain should have won by far, by Capote, Goodnight and Good Luck, and Munich were all better films.

@Veronica A. I remember it being the "gay cowboy movie." A close college friend had recently come out to a few us and he really wanted to go see it. We had to drive across town just to find a theater showing it, it was still in limited release. I can't recall my expectations going in but by the end of the film I was deeply moved, especially by Ledger's performance. Everyone mentions the Joker but for me his greatest performance is that of Ennis Del Mar

Still will side with Ebert on this that Crash is a far superior movie to BBM.

Brokeback is overrated as fuck 😂😂

'Brokeback Mountain" was just more politically correct. If you're looking for the better film, "Crash" is it. Period. End of discussion.

At the time I really had the sense he won for his entire body of work..remember most of those voters grew up on Landau in everything from hitchcocks north by northwest to the tv series mission impossible

He was really great a few years earlier in Crimes and Misdemeanours but he lost out there.

I concur

The most robbed actor in Academy Award history, and she should have won for “Fatal Attraction” over the ridiculous Cher performance in that stupid overrated “Moonstruck.”

Yep. Every time she was Close... but no cigar.

It is insane that she still hasn't one a single oscar. Neither has Annette Bening or Amy Adams.

That's why Harvey Weinstein is in Prison!

Agree 💯

Even Ryan shouldn't have won. The Truman Show was easily the best American movie, that year.

I agree 100% That was the first thing coming to my mind when I saw the title.

Agreed, I was like WTF when I watched that show live.

Yes. That, to me, is the quintessential Pacino performance. Michael reigning in Hell by himself at the end of "Part II" is my favorite closing shot of any film.

Always remember what George C Scott said about the Oscars.

He also tried to punch Sacheen Littlefeather in the face at the 1973 Oscar’s so I’m alright with the Oscar’s not going his way

That year had like 25 pictures that were superior to AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS

Years later Cher was robbed for Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, so it all evens out

@@AserHapi Uhhh,..I'll leave that one alone.

Close also should have won for Dangerous Liaisons. Holy shit she was brilliant in that

@@graphiquejack I think of DL as Close's best performance (so far). She walks right up to the edge of haminess but never goes over and is still mesmerizing.

Both were very good in their movies, difficult choice

Only seen it once and I found it riveting and I am not even on any social network platforms.

Most people hate Facebook, even if they can't do without it, that's why it lost.

Ce film était très bien, peut être le meilleur de David Fincher.

Nice one

it's 1980....and that was the year that kramer vs kramer swept the awards a forgettable abc after school special one of the most bizarre years in academy history

Absolutely!!! My favorite version is Willie Nelson's.

This comment inspired me to check and see if "Suicide is Painless" was nominated for Best Original song. Unsurprisingly it was not...

Yes, and “Gonna Fly Now” should have knocked out the competition to win Best Original Song. The prize instead went to Barbra Streisand and Paul Williams’ pleasant, but hardly memorable “Evergreen” from the dreadful remake of “A Star is Born.” (Sample dialogue: “If you die, I will kill you!”) And somehow, the forgettable score from “The Omen” triumphed over “Rocky” for best original score. Insipid. EVERYONE knows “Gonna Fly Now” and many pieces from the “Rocky” score (“Down for the Count” is completely captivating) - is there ANYONE who can hum a piece from “The Omen”?

Interesting that Grace Kelly uglified is better looking than Judy Garland prettified.

Glenn Close is the most robbed actress in History of Cinema she should have won 3 Oscars by now. For Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons and Hillbilly Elegy, but I do believe Olivia Colman in The Favourite deserved her win over Glenn Close in The Wife

@@tenzen6899 I would add best supporting actress for "The World According to Garp." She was brilliant in that. To think that she may have to settle for a lifetime acheivement award breaks my heart.

The fact that The Color Purple didn't walk away with all prizes was a crime

Cher's performance in Moonstruck was NOT Oscar worthy. She was good in Mask, but Moonstruck was not worthy of an Oscar. Holly Hunter or Glenn Close were far better.

Definitely agree about Angela Basset. Saw “Love…recently and she is flawless.

1977... so many great movies for grown-ups...

Yeah wtf

Was that the cat movie where he travels with a cat? Yeah this whole lifetime achievement award is so lame

He even mentions most of Pacino's but somehow missed that.

And not just Pacino but also Nicholson for Chinatown. Gene Hackman wasn't even nominated for The Conversation that year. Sheesh!

Just like Crash over Brokeback Mountain or Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan.

i agree with this....she is brilliant

Agreed, her performance was epic along with Finch made that movie.

She shouldve won for Chinatown or Bonnie and Clyde. It was a pity Oscar.

@@seanlarajames708 no, those were incredibly competitive years and her best performance is actually network i feel, shame for sissy but it was a good year

@@seanlarajames708 She was excellent in all 3 roles though. I loved her performance in Network and is the only actress of that era I could see bringing the right level of intensity and dark humor to the demanding role

Agreed, still have not got over that one!

Cate Blanchett was robbed. I also agree with you about Isabelle Huppert. I first saw her in “The Lacemaker” she is so haunting in that film.

@@petertrezise4545 Robbed again this year.

And this year Cate Blanchett was robbed again! No disrespect to Michelle Yeoh but she should have won for Tar.

Blanchett & Huppert were indeed robbed. Huppert’s performance in “The Piano Teacher” remains one of my favorite performances by any actor, ever. Just an incredible talent.

I think Life is Beautiful was a lot better than either.

100% agree!

number one will always be the big wins by kramer vs kramer in 1980.....nothing tops that

DWW is my favorite film of all time.

@@thewkovacs316 What do you mean? Like that Apocalypse Now should've won instead?

You're right, except for the fact that Saving Private Ryan goes from great to merely passable about 25 minutes in, while Shakespeare in Love is great from start to finish. Other than that, you're right.

Both incredible performances by leading ladies in recent horror movies! I would also add Lupita Nyong’o in Us, but at least she got the recognition for 12 Years a Slave. Toni Collette is a criminally underrated and overlooked actress, and Mia Goth should be getting so much more attention than she is. In any other movie genre, she would be seen as the breakout young talent everyone’s talking about.

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Emma Stone won Best Picture? I’ve never heard of that movie.

Samuel L. Jackson plays Samuel L. Jackson in every movie he's in.

Yeah, some years it's tough. There are winners who benefit from weaker competition and then nominees who lose out only because the field is stacked that year with instant-classic performances. I felt bed for Mickey Rourke losing out to Sean Penn who already had an Oscar but admittedly I had only seen "The Wrestler" when the awards aired. I watched "Milk" and it's my opinion that Penn deserved the award more for that than he did for "Mystic River."

@@jefdukes641 The one performance where I thought SLJ didn't play himself and should have won the Oscar but wasn't even nominated was Django Unchained. But Waltz got the win for basically a lead role.

@@MrHootiedean I stand corrected - you're right. I also apologize to Mr. Jackson - as he indeed got 'lost' in this role! But just this one time! LOL

Lugosi . And yes , Landau deserved it.

Sometimes two performances are both really good but so different it feels weird and hard to compare them, like Fiennes vs. Jones the roles were so different but I think they were both worthy, about equally worthy.

How the heck did he not win?

@@melanie62954 Yeah, how the heck.

Not too difficult to figure out why Fiennes wasn't picked.

Crash was so predictable and in-your-face. I found it formulaic and superficial.

Jack Nicholson announcing Crash as the winner then going “wow” says everything about that win.

Crash is an amazing movie. Way better than Brokeback Mountain.

I think Munich was a lot better than either.

why?

yaa... no

JLC delivered an Oscar worthy performance…but it wasn’t as good as Stephanie Hsu’s

@@damienburke4996 agreed. I don’t know if, down the road, anyone will begrudge JLC winning. Right now, there’s some talk about if she deserved it over Angela Bassett. In the future, I think the talk will be if she deserved it over Stephanie Hsu.

She was on screen for maybe 20 minutes total, she barely did anything of note, she wasn't even the best nominee in that movie.. Stephanie Hsu deserved it far far far more

Anything losing to Crash. I honestly think there were dozens of more deserving movies that year.

The Revenant for Leo

Glorified pity award

The Departed for Scorcese

@@cinemagoose He should have won for prior work, but the Department is still damn good

Agreed, Cate should have won!!

Fernanda Montenegro over both of them on that particular race

Yes! Cate can act and Gwyneth sort of does.

They were both great, they both deserved to win. They were both so great that's almost an argument against such different films competing.

Forrest Gump over Shawshank is not a travesty. Shawshank wasn't even seen by most people til years afterwards. Forrest Gump was a cultural phenomenon akin to Titanic. Nothing was going to beat it.

I started to watch The 68th or the 69th Oscars Acadamy Awards. I never realised Ralph was nominated the same year as Tommy Lee Jones. All I could think of was Leonardo was robbed for his role in "Whats eating Gilberg Grape". But of course Ralph should have won that year. That was one of his most memorable and strongest character in so many ways. I will never understand why Tommy was even nominated for The Fugitive?? It wasn´t anything special about his performance. Miles and miles far away from both Leonardo and Ralph.

Jack Nicholson has three roles: crazy fun Jack, crazy mean Jack and crazy old Jack. Not a great actor.

@@thereserystedt3883 body of work type award

I so agree with you re Pacino and Dog Day Afternoon - he's sublime, the best performance of his incredible career. Also agree on Fiennes as Amon Göth over TLJ's bland performance in The Fugitive - what an injustice!

Agree 💯 about Tommy Lee Jones and Ralph fiennes. Fiennes should've got the Oscar not that god awful Tommy Lee Jones!👍

Kelly was also in Rear Window (an all time great movie) and Dial M for murder (also great) in the same year. So that probably pushed her past Garland should have won in 44 for Meet me in St Louis.

Wrong. Tár is definitely overrated

@@peteradaniel The Academy sadly chose Narrative>Merit

See, I would have to disagree with you on that one. Despite what you may think, Michelle Yeoh was very much deserving of the award. She played essentially very different characters, and expressed a lot of emotion and quite a bit of acting range all at once. (See what I did there?) I did watch Tar and I’ll be honest, all I saw was Cate Blanchett being Cate Blanchett except for about three scenes towards the end of the movie.

@@davidbrady1825 you think michelle yeoh wasn't great in EEAAO

Blanchett played the same role but better in an episode of Documentary Now! And she was funnier there, too.

@Carlo Dallapiccola I believe it was in the book, ‘Oscar Dearest,’ that I read the backstory re the ‘Deer Hunter’ camp vs the ‘Coming Home’ camp. There was a real behind-the-scenes soap opera rivalry between the two. If I recall correctly, Jon Voight was even quoted as saying that he was glad he beat out De Niro for the Oscar.

@@QuirkyGirl10 Fascinating. I'll have to read that. Coming Home is an excellent move, and Jon Voigt gives a wonderful performance. But Robert De Niro...in my book, it's his greatest performance ever. Yes, even better than Travis Bickle and Jake La Motta.

THIS! One of the biggest mistakes.

Im glad Julia Roberts won. She wont win for anything else. But, Burstyn was amazing.

Crash, outside of Michael Peña, is bad, and is the most ridiculous Oscar bait movie I’ve seen.

Brokeback mountain is better

I don't understand the hate around that movie. It's pretty decent imo.

@@jothishprabu8 Its the probable reasoning of why the bad movie won.

@@jothishprabu8 decent? the patronizing playing with racist stereotype tropes was insulting. Oooh the horrible white woman who hates and distrusts Mexicans, changes her mind in a heartbreaking (NO, cringe as hell and insulting) moment of 'clarity' with her very put upon maid. Matt Dillon we find isn't a racist after all' how could he be when he rescues Thandi Newton from a burning car? who cares if hes a sexual molester?? hes not a racist and he looks after his ailing dad, that's the main thing. Ryan Phillipe, the genuine good guy who inexplicably does something awful near the end of the movie, HES the real racist. Oooh, mind blown! don't judge a book by its cover! that's the mind numbingly tone deaf and wrong as f 'message' in this movie. Awful, just awful. The fact the director is a creep in real life does not surprise me.

Unless it was an Oscar for overacting ... if that is the case than yes, Penn should have one. But if it is for acting, no way should he have won, I agree. I dare people to go back and watch Penn's performance in Mystic River now. I actually like Penn as an actor, but every time I watch it all I can think of is, "who is this, it isn't Sean Penn!" It's just so over the top and, for lack of a better word, "unnecessary" for the movie.

@@matthewkirkhart2401 I couldn't agree more!!! Every word, perfect!

I disagree

I could not agree more. Murray was superlative in that film while Penn for me was underwhelming and took histrionics to overacted extreme.

Judi Dench got her Oscar for 10 minutes of screen time.

Indeed. Well said. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@michaeladkins6 Consolation prize for Oscar's big mistake the year before.

YES! This!

To be fair, Cate Blanchett is exceptional in everything she does. One of the best actresses of her generation, I’d say. But she’s already won twice. Michelle Yeoh may not have been quite as good, but it was an Oscar honouring her career more than anything. No one really had a chance over Michelle Yeoh this year.

@@seblepageThat’s shouldn’t be count as fair. Like you said (w no disrespect), “Yeoh May not have been quite as good, but it was… honoring her career”. Then it should be a career honoring award, and not a best performance award.

@@Sheren0133 I agree with you completely. I didn't mean to say that the Academy is right in giving awards that cover an entire career rather than a specific performance. It's just the reality of things. The Oscars are a popularity contest, and members vote for what's trendy or for what appears right in the eyes of Hollywood and/or the general public. There's also a lot of lobbying that happens. Oftentimes, if a particular actor, director, writer or whatever appears to be "due" for an Oscar, they will often get it despite the fact that they were not necessarily the best in their field that particular year.

You are right, but this type of thing happens over and over. I think thats why jamie leigh curtis won as well. ​@Sheren0133

Yeah this guy's logic is all over the place. Arguing that and Dances with Wolves is just white savior bs is super short sighted. Not even the point of the film...not sure where this guy gets his opinions from on race

I think he mentioned it just to be aware that the portrayal could potentially spark that discourse, not necessarily to say it is definitely brownface

@@anthonys.8569 the producer of this video is just going on his own feelings and prejudices like everyone else.

@@sij809 Both films are over rated- possibly because their competition was so weak.

La La Land should of won best picture. Nobody is EVER GOING TO TALK ABOUT MOONLIGHT. Unless you actually bring up LA LA Land. I can’t stand modern black struggle movies.. As a black man myself.

@@jerrettbarkley456 That’s a good point, but it’s pretty indicative of the Oscars best picture winners of the last 10-15 years. There isn’t a single winner that people return to, but they were pandering to socially “important” issues of the respective time period (for the most part).

@@jerrettbarkley456I feel you on that.

@@spencers2556 Good point. I had to go back over a decade to find a Best Picture winner I’ve watched more than once.

All great performances. Some others were Jeff Daniels in “Gettysburg,” Robert DeNiro in “This Boy’s Life,” Jack Lemmon in “Short Cuts,” Chazz Palminteri in “A Bronx Tale,” Larenz Tate in “Menace 2 Society.”

That's a heck of a good list. Fiennes should have won that every time. I think it was his character that lost it for him there

@@howardtowner9468 Funny thing is that comments under a "Tombstone" video always claim that Val Kilmer deserved the Oscar that year. But when the nominees are listed out, all of a sudden people aren't so sure anymore. Research has been made so easy by the internet yet most users still don't bother.

I really hope Naomi Watts wins some day. She should've been nominated for Mulholland Drive too, she was amazing in that and wasn't even nominated.

Ellen was at the top of her form. One of the greatest performances in the history of cinema. Julia was fine, but her win was due mainly to Oscar's unfortunate tendency to award portrayals of real people, no matter how much better the competition was. .

Looking back, I think Julia deserved to win it. I will be honest, I used to be on the Ellen train. I watched Erin again, and I realized, Julia's performance was empowering. It was a feel-good performance that was ahead of its time. If she won for that now, social media would have gone crazy celebrating it

It may have been a feel good performance, but it was not ahead of its time. It was typical of most biopics of the era. Ellen's performance was visceral, heartbraking and one of a kind.

@@patighe I understand. The Academy has never been one to award who is the best. They award who is the best for the time

Agreed. Denzel Washington winning over Tom Wilkinson upset me.

I also agree about Training day but Denzel should have won for Malcom X and honestly this one should’ve been either Will Smith for Ali, or Sean Penn for I am Sam.

A little over the top but very far from one-note.

Seriously! The guy literally names every 70’s Pacino movie except The Godfather Part II lol. Easily one of the top three biggest acting robberies.

@@benfranklin1533 bizarre! I'm beginning to think very little research was done for this piece.

Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in The Godfather part 2 is the greatest performance in American cinema, absolutely robbed.

I was really expecting to that to be on the list! to me that one of biggest upsets ever!! still annoyed me. next is the social network loss. such a good movie

Gotta be the biggest snub ever in my book. I can't remember the cast time I heard anyone mention the movie Crash.

I liked Brokeback Mountain, but my favorite that year was Good Night and Good Luck. Both should have easily won over Crash.

I think Munich was better than either.

Your right on Angela Bassett👩🏾,. She's not Black👩🏿, but uh Maronné, Griffe. Black Women are Viola Davis And Angella Summer's👩🏿👩🏿. The Word Black, Means Racially, Dark Skin Pigmentation.

So yes Angela Bassett👩🏾 is doing Blackface. By cosplaying as a Black Woman👩🏿.

My friend, you oughta look a bit into South Africa. Caucasians are just there within the country and society. And Afrikaans is the language they create themselves for themselves, not the native tribes.

@@hata3128 slumdogs ( millionaires) from LONDON.. No old nen with wriggles missing teeth from India to play Gandhi.. There was Mickey Rooney as ian irate Japanese tenant in Breakfast at TIFFANY

Yes, you’ve both perfectly illustrated my argument. It’s ridiculous to call Angela Bassett out for ‘blackface’ or Charlize Theron for ‘whiteface’. Ethnicity matters, not country of birth. Ben Kingsley is Indian. He’s not doing ‘brownface’ just because he was born in England.

yes.

You gotta understand that The Artist is a more accessible film.

​@@jothishprabu8lolllll totally

@@jothishprabu8 Accessibility is a nice word for all of the bad choices.

Agreed, I did like Dances, but I have rewatched Goodfellas numerous times and I don’t get sick of it, and have watched videos about it as well

That's where I got off the Oscar train for good- never watched the ceremony again.

Loved The Lord of the Rings (and Memento and liked Mulholland Dr) but also loved A Beautiful Mind, Howard's and Goldsman's other movies are pretty mediocre at best but with it they triumphed.

He'll yeah. Even a bigger snub. He didn't even get nominated for Mr. Church in the year Casey Affleck won for a mediocre performance 😕

Yeah, that is why he lost. Norbit. Insane.

Alan Arkin was finally recognized for a huge body of work, which they do a lot.

@Sally Smith O'Rourke Yes, they do, and it always seems to happen during a year a more deserving actor or actress should win the trophy.

@@SallySmithORourke1810 That’s true, but I think Eddie lost bcz of the Norbit mess. They do give out Special and Honorary Oscars for overall excellence and contributions to the movie industry, even to those who won competitive Oscars. Steve Martin and James Earl Jones are among the many who have won these Special and Honorary Oscars. Murphy might get one, too, someday.

The Oscars are a false and commercial festival. We should stop placing value on it.