Wednesday, January 21, 2009

tragic Oscar oversights (acting only, since 2000)

  • 2007 - Samantha Morton, Control
  • 2006 - Catherine O'Hara, For Your Consideration
  • 2005 - Ralph Fiennes, The Constant Gardener
  • 2004 - Mark Wahlberg, I Heart Huckabees
  • 2003 (aka, worst year ever, thank you Renee Zellweger)
    • Paul Bettany, Master and Commander
    • Catherine O'Hara , A Mighty Wind
    • Uma Thurman, Kill Bill
    • Miranda Richardson, Spider
    • Paul Giamatti, American Splendor
    • Hope Davis, American Splendor
    • Patricia Clarkson, The Station Agent
  • 2002 - Michelle Pfeiffer, White Oleander
  • 2001 - Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums
  • 2000 (tie, but I'm screwed because I'd only kick out Juliette Binoche)
    • Bjork, Dancer in the Dark
    • Gillian Anderson, The House of Mirth
This post brought to you by my extreme concern that Leonardo Dicaprio and/or Kate Winslet will not get nominated for Revolutionary Road tomorrow morning. Thank you for listening.

2 comments:

BEM1212 said...

BOO!!!!!

Questionable Taste said...

2008 - Sally Hawkins, Happy Go Lucky (replacing Jolie, but losing to Winslet)

2007 -
• Amy Adams, Enchanted (replacing Blanchett, but losing to Cotillard)
• Lesley Mann, Knocked Up (replacing Dee, and losing to Swinton - Ronan would place a solid 2nd if you asked me)

2006 -

• James McAvoy, The Last King of Scotland (replacing Smith, losing to Whitaker - Gosling a respectable 2nd)
• Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed (replacing O'Toole, double lead nomination)
• Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada (replacing Breslin, losing to Blanchett)
• Michael Sheen, The Queen (replacing Murphy, losing to Wahlberg)

2005 -

• Ralph Fiennes, The Constant Gardener (replacing Howard, losing to Ledger)
• Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger (replacing Theron, losing to Knightley -- really want to add Naomi Watts, King Kong but there's just no room -- maybe I'd kick Dench out...
• Terrence Howard, Crash (replacing Dillon, losing to Hurt)

2004 -

• Mark Wahlberg, I Heart Huckabees (replacing Foxx, losing to Owen)
• Gael Garcia Bernal, Bad Education (replacing Eastwood, losing to Foxx)

2003 - agreed, terrible year

• Peter Sarsgaard, Shattered Glass (replacing Robbins, and WINNING!)
• Evan Rachel Wood, thirteen (replacing Castle-Hughes, losing to Theron)
• Sarah Paulson, Down With Love (replacing Zellweger, losing to Clarkson)
• Paul Bettany, Master and Commander (replacing Watanabe, losing to Sarsgaard)
• Catherine O'Hara , A Mighty Wind (replacing Gay Harden, losing to Clarkson)

2002 -

• Campbell Scott, Roger Dodger (replacing Caine, losing to Brody)
• Patricia Clarkson, Far From Heaven (replacing Latifah, losing to Zeta-Jones)
• Dennis Quaid, Far From Heaven (replacing Harris, losing to Walken)

2001 -

• Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums (replacing Penn, losing to Washington)
• Naomi Watts, Mulholland Drive (replacing Dench, losing to Kidman - damn, wish they could share it!)

2000 -

• Christian Bale, American Psycho (replacing Hanks, AND WINNING!)
• Renee Zelwegger, Nurse Betty (replacing Binoche, losing to Allen - truth be told I haven't seen Dancer in the Dark) - P.S. - I realize I lose credibility points by including Zelwegger, but this was before she sucked...
• Kirsten Dunst, The Virgin Suicides (replacing Dench, losing to Hudson)