February 12, 201412 yr In my opinion.... Actors: 1) Peter O'Toole 2) Ed Norton 3) Leonardo DiCaprio Actresses: 1) Glenn Close 2) Annette Bening 3) Barbara Stanwyck Directors: 1) Alfred Hitchcock 2) Michael Mann 3) Paul Thomas AndersonDon't get Mann at all.
February 12, 201412 yr Johnny Depp. Nominated three times, never won. I'll double-down on this and say he should have won in 2004 for Pirates of the Caribbean. That movie, quite possibly, would have been one of the worst movies ever made if his performance weren't so entertaining and weirdly authentic. He spawned a behemoth franchise solely on the back of his acting. (The producers should have realized what they were dealing with and made the movies a bit darker instead of playing up the juvenile, Disney dynamics).
February 12, 201412 yr Best Director - QT Can't believe it hasn't been mentioned. That's a good one. Pulp Fiction came up in a packed year.
February 13, 201412 yr Here are some actors to consider: Brad Pitt (3 acting nominations; 1 producer for Moneyball) None of the acting rolls really were outstanding IMO Johnny Depp (3 nominations) IMO should have won for Donnie Brasko Liam Neeson (1 nomination) Schindler's List nuff said Ed Harris (4 nominations) Should have won for Apollo 13 Will Smith (2 nominations) ALI and Pursuit of happiness were both strong could have won for either but I aint mad he didn't Harrison Ford (1 nomination)Was really good in Witness, maybe not Oscar good Albert Finney (5 nominations)Hmmmn Joaquin Phoenix (3 nominations) Would have won for Walk the Line IMO if Foxx hadn't won for Ray the year before...should have won supporting for Gladiator Robert Downey Jr. (2 nominations)Two Words....Tropic Thunder!!! John Travolta (2 nominations)Was good in Pulp Fiction, didn't realize he was the lead actor...wouldn't give him Oscar for that performance Tom Cruise (3 nominations) Should have Definitely won for supporting actor for Rain Man and maybe Jerry Maguire Glenn Close (6 nominations) Shocked she hasn't won, but looking at her nominations none were outstanding IMO Julianne Moore (4 nominations)I just don't like her Sigorney Weaver (3 nominations)Maybe for Gorillas in the Mist Michelle Pfeiffer (3 nominations)You mean she wasn't even nominated for her portrayal of Catwoman?
February 13, 201412 yr Author Don't get Mann at all. You don't get why I mentioned him, or why he hasn't won yet?
February 13, 201412 yr You don't get why I mentioned him' date=' or why he hasn't won yet?[/quote']Mentioned him. Unless I'm forgetting something I can't think of any film he should have won for.
February 13, 201412 yr Mentioned him. Unless I'm forgetting something I can't think of any film he should have won for. To flip that around...what has QT done that you think he should have won for? A couple of his movies are entertaining, but Oscar worthy? Nothing comes to my mind at all.
February 13, 201412 yr ^Pulp Fiction was. I thought Inglorious Bastards was outstanding as well. Entertaining for sure...but, to me, and I would suspect others as well...his movies have a...I'm not sure how to put it...a "quirkiness" value to them that I think keeps him and his movies from being a serious Oscar contender.
February 13, 201412 yr Author Mentioned him. Unless I'm forgetting something I can't think of any film he should have won for. The Last Of The Mohicans ('92) 1992 Best Director: Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven Robert Altman – The Player Martin Brest – Scent of a Woman James Ivory – Howards End Neil Jordan – The Crying Game Heat ('95) - No nominations at all for the entire movie, cast or crew. 1995 Best Director: Mel Gibson – Braveheart Mike Figgis – Leaving Las Vegas Chris Noonan – Babe Michael Radford – Il Postino: The Postman Tim Robbins – Dead Man Walking The Insider ('99) 1999 Best Director: Sam Mendes - American Beauty Lasse Hallström – The Cider House Rules Spike Jonze – Being John Malkovich Michael Mann – The Insider M. Night Shyamalan – The Sixth Sense I like both Unforgiven and American Beauty a good deal, but I would have no problem with Michael Mann beating out Clint Eastwood with The Last Of The Mohicans, or beating Sam Mendes with The Insider. Heat would have had a tough run against Braveheart, but the fact that Babe and Leaving Las Vegas both got nominations and Heat didn't is pretty crazy to me.
February 13, 201412 yr Joaquin Phoenix (3 nominations) Would have won for Walk the Line IMO if Foxx hadn't won for Ray the year before...should have won supporting for Gladiator Nobody was touching Hoffman's Capote that year. We'll never know what the ballot count was, but I'd imagine he won going away.
February 13, 201412 yr The Last Of The Mohicans ('92) 1992 Best Director: Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven Robert Altman – The Player Martin Brest – Scent of a Woman James Ivory – Howards End Neil Jordan – The Crying Game Heat ('95) - No nominations at all for the entire movie, cast or crew. 1995 Best Director: Mel Gibson – Braveheart Mike Figgis – Leaving Las Vegas Chris Noonan – Babe Michael Radford – Il Postino: The Postman Tim Robbins – Dead Man Walking The Insider ('99) 1999 Best Director: Sam Mendes - American Beauty Lasse Hallström – The Cider House Rules Spike Jonze – Being John Malkovich Michael Mann – The Insider M. Night Shyamalan – The Sixth Sense I like both Unforgiven and American Beauty a good deal, but I would have no problem with Michael Mann beating out Clint Eastwood with The Last Of The Mohicans, or beating Sam Mendes with The Insider. Heat would have had a tough run against Braveheart, but the fact that Babe and Leaving Las Vegas both got nominations and Heat didn't is pretty crazy to me. Dude...Unforgiven was one of the best movies of the '90's.
February 13, 201412 yr Author Dude...Unforgiven was one of the best movies of the '90's. I absolutely agree. So was Last Of The Mohicans though. ...and Heat, for that matter. Also something I think is often misinterpreted, Best Director shouldn't necessarily equal Best Picture. I think Mann's job directing was every bit as good as Eastwood's.
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