Uma sees a member of the Academy...So, tonight, cuz I can't think of anything better to do, I'm going to do my list of Unfortunate Oscar Losers of the 2000s onward. This first part is the people who, I believe, were in sixth place every year in certain categories (the majors that aren't the screenplays). I'll have explanations if I find they're necessary. I'm probably really wrong with the early 2000s since I didn't really start following the Oscars until 2005ish...but oh well.
2000
Best Picture: Almost Famous
Best Director: Ed Harris, Pollock (it had popularity among the Academy. Actor turned director)
Best Actor: Michael Douglas, Wonder Boys
Best Actress: Renee Zellweger, Nurse Betty
Best Supporting Actor: um. Gary Oldman, The Contender
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Traffic
2001
Best Picture: Shrek
Best Director: Baz Luhrmann, Moulin Rouge! (I don't understand how they liked it enough to nominate it for Best Picture and have it win several awards...and then didn't nominate it for Best Director. What the hell do they think made Moulin Rouge! Moulin Rouge!????? Some very good movies don't have very distinct direction. This one sure as fuck did!)
Best Actor: Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums
Best Actress: Naomi Watts, Mulholland Dr. (um...well...Nicole in The Others probably had more votes but you know what? If enough saw Mulholland Dr. to nominate it for Best Director, enough would have seen Naomi to vote for her as Best Actress. She probably got a lot of #1s.)
Best Supporting Actor: Jude Law, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Best Supporting Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow, The Royal Tenenbaums
2002
Best Picture: um. About Schmidt?
Best Director: Peter Jackson, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Actor: Richard Gere, Chicago
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Hours
Best Supporting Actor: Dennis Quaid, Far from Heaven
Best Supporting Actress: Cameron Diaz, Gangs of New York (I like Cameron quite a bit as an actress, but lordy I am glad she was snubbed here.)
2003
Best Picture: Cold Mountain
Best Director: Anthony Minghella, Cold Mountain
Best Actor: Russell Crowe, Master and Commander: I Can't Remember the Rest of this Title =/
Best Actress: Uma Thurman, Kill Bill: Volume 1
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Sarsgaard, Shattered Glass
Best Supporting Actress: Scarlett Johansson, Lost in Translation (remember, they were campaigning her supporting? Which is CRAZY TALK.)
2004
Best Picture: Hotel Rwanda
Best Director: Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Best Actor: hmmm, I wonder... Paul Giamatti, Sideways (the snub of snubs!)
Best Actress: Uma Thurman, Kill Bill: Volume 2 (poor, poor Uma. She deserved it both years 100%, too.)
Best Supporting Actor: David Carradine, Kill Bill: Volume 2 (let's snub the old guy who's actually good. Let's give the nomination to the old guy who's really boring [that's an insult directed toward Alan Alda, not Morgan Freeman. I luv u Morgan.])
Best Supporting Actress: uhhhh...Kate Winslet, Finding Neverland ????
2005
Best Picture: Walk the Line
Best Director: James Mangold, Walk the Line
Best Actor: Russell Crowe, Cinderella Man
Best Actress: Ziyi Zhang, Memoirs of a Geisha (I don't want to hear your silly Joan Allen-ness. Though thank God both of 'em were snubbed.)
Best Supporting Actor: Terrence Howard, Crash
Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bello, A History of Violence (I'm still really confused about how Hurt got in, and she didn't.)
2006
Best Picture: Dreamgirls
Best Director: the peeps who directed Little Miss Sunshine
Best Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat... though I think Leo in The Departed had more votes than him
Best Actress: God only knows, since the same five were repeated all awards season. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sherrybaby
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Best Supporting Actress: Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada (HA.)
So basically: the Academy's snubs have sometimes left out really bad, overhyped performances and movies (anything that brings Almost Famous and Emily Blunt less glory makes me oh so happy), and sometimes they've left out really amazing performances and movies (THE BRIIIIDE). Not really anything we didn't know.
2000
Best Picture: Almost Famous
Best Director: Ed Harris, Pollock (it had popularity among the Academy. Actor turned director)
Best Actor: Michael Douglas, Wonder Boys
Best Actress: Renee Zellweger, Nurse Betty
Best Supporting Actor: um. Gary Oldman, The Contender
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Traffic
2001
Best Picture: Shrek
Best Director: Baz Luhrmann, Moulin Rouge! (I don't understand how they liked it enough to nominate it for Best Picture and have it win several awards...and then didn't nominate it for Best Director. What the hell do they think made Moulin Rouge! Moulin Rouge!????? Some very good movies don't have very distinct direction. This one sure as fuck did!)
Best Actor: Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums
Best Actress: Naomi Watts, Mulholland Dr. (um...well...Nicole in The Others probably had more votes but you know what? If enough saw Mulholland Dr. to nominate it for Best Director, enough would have seen Naomi to vote for her as Best Actress. She probably got a lot of #1s.)
Best Supporting Actor: Jude Law, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Best Supporting Actress: Gwyneth Paltrow, The Royal Tenenbaums
2002
Best Picture: um. About Schmidt?
Best Director: Peter Jackson, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Best Actor: Richard Gere, Chicago
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Hours
Best Supporting Actor: Dennis Quaid, Far from Heaven
Best Supporting Actress: Cameron Diaz, Gangs of New York (I like Cameron quite a bit as an actress, but lordy I am glad she was snubbed here.)
2003
Best Picture: Cold Mountain
Best Director: Anthony Minghella, Cold Mountain
Best Actor: Russell Crowe, Master and Commander: I Can't Remember the Rest of this Title =/
Best Actress: Uma Thurman, Kill Bill: Volume 1
Best Supporting Actor: Peter Sarsgaard, Shattered Glass
Best Supporting Actress: Scarlett Johansson, Lost in Translation (remember, they were campaigning her supporting? Which is CRAZY TALK.)
2004
Best Picture: Hotel Rwanda
Best Director: Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Best Actor: hmmm, I wonder... Paul Giamatti, Sideways (the snub of snubs!)
Best Actress: Uma Thurman, Kill Bill: Volume 2 (poor, poor Uma. She deserved it both years 100%, too.)
Best Supporting Actor: David Carradine, Kill Bill: Volume 2 (let's snub the old guy who's actually good. Let's give the nomination to the old guy who's really boring [that's an insult directed toward Alan Alda, not Morgan Freeman. I luv u Morgan.])
Best Supporting Actress: uhhhh...Kate Winslet, Finding Neverland ????
2005
Best Picture: Walk the Line
Best Director: James Mangold, Walk the Line
Best Actor: Russell Crowe, Cinderella Man
Best Actress: Ziyi Zhang, Memoirs of a Geisha (I don't want to hear your silly Joan Allen-ness. Though thank God both of 'em were snubbed.)
Best Supporting Actor: Terrence Howard, Crash
Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bello, A History of Violence (I'm still really confused about how Hurt got in, and she didn't.)
2006
Best Picture: Dreamgirls
Best Director: the peeps who directed Little Miss Sunshine
Best Actor: Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat... though I think Leo in The Departed had more votes than him
Best Actress: God only knows, since the same five were repeated all awards season. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sherrybaby
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Best Supporting Actress: Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada (HA.)
So basically: the Academy's snubs have sometimes left out really bad, overhyped performances and movies (anything that brings Almost Famous and Emily Blunt less glory makes me oh so happy), and sometimes they've left out really amazing performances and movies (THE BRIIIIDE). Not really anything we didn't know.
