dhkendall wrote:
Don't the Marx Brothers qualify? This was one of the very few answers in this quiz I knew, as I remember one of Groucho's last public appearances before his death in 1977 was accepting the honourary Oscar on behalf of his brothers.
They were never nominated for a competitive award, so it wouldn't qualify.
As a side comment, that is by no means a comprehensive list, they were just the easiest for me to narrow down.
MarkBarrett wrote:Why the surprise for Driving Miss Daisy doing well at the box office? It's like The King's Speech where there were viewers who might have seen only one movie the whole year, but that was the one. It's a wonderful movie where the voters did the right thing.
I, and others, would disagree
Field of Dreams (7.6 > Driving Miss Daisy 7.4) (1)
I remember also thinking that Dead Poets Society and Born On The Fourth Of July were also both much better movies than DMD, though I haven't seen Born on the Fourth in 20 years and suspect it might not have "aged" especially well.
Totally read #5 wrong and thought it was asking for someone who'd never been nominated (and thus I rejoiced after I submitted when I looked it up and Eli Wallach fit that bill). And all I've heard is that "Brokeback Mountain" got robbed in the Best Picture race that year...why, IMdB voters, why?!?!?
barandall800 wrote:Totally read #5 wrong and thought it was asking for someone who'd never been nominated (and thus I rejoiced after I submitted when I looked it up and Eli Wallach fit that bill). And all I've heard is that "Brokeback Mountain" got robbed in the Best Picture race that year...why, IMdB voters, why?!?!?
It did. There's no logical explanation for Crash to be rated that high. Crash is just someone filming LA road rage for two hours (or however long its runtime is). (Although, IMO, Good Night and Good Luck was my pick of the five. And if you REALLY want to get into the nitty gritty, it should've been Sin City (but it wouldn't, because Robert Rodriguez and the DGA are at odds) or Lord of War)
xxaaaxx wrote:I really need to study Academy Award history, even if just for laughs. Some of the names in that 'never won' question are borderline criminal. Not Oprah though. What the hell...
You haven't actually seenThe Color Purple, have you?
xxaaaxx wrote:I really need to study Academy Award history, even if just for laughs. Some of the names in that 'never won' question are borderline criminal. Not Oprah though. What the hell...
You haven't actually seenThe Color Purple, have you?
-M
Oh yes, that must be it. Thanks, really.
For the record, I didn't much care for The Color Purple.
xxaaaxx wrote:I really need to study Academy Award history, even if just for laughs. Some of the names in that 'never won' question are borderline criminal. Not Oprah though. What the hell...
You haven't actually seenThe Color Purple, have you?
-M
Oh yes, that must be it. Thanks, really.
For the record, I didn't much care for The Color Purple.
So what you're saying is, Oprah's performance in The Color Purple was not worthy of an Oscar nomination. Do I have that right?
MinnesotaMyron wrote:
So what you're saying is, Oprah's performance in The Color Purple was not worthy of an Oscar nomination. Do I have that right?
-M
I don't really care. Insofar as I found the movie quite boring both times I watched it (12 years apart), I suppose not. The original comment was more a statement of how absurdly out of place her name seemed on that list. And my reply was mostly out of annoyance at the assumption that I hand't seen it.
MinnesotaMyron wrote:
So what you're saying is, Oprah's performance in The Color Purple was not worthy of an Oscar nomination. Do I have that right?
-M
I don't really care. Insofar as I found the movie quite boring both times I watched it (12 years apart), I suppose not. The original comment was more a statement of how absurdly out of place her name seemed on that list. And my reply was mostly out of annoyance at the assumption that I hand't seen it.
Why? Does that bother you somehow?
No, I just like to make sure I'm understanding correctly what people are saying. I found her performance in that film quite moving.
barandall800 wrote:Totally read #5 wrong and thought it was asking for someone who'd never been nominated (and thus I rejoiced after I submitted when I looked it up and Eli Wallach fit that bill). And all I've heard is that "Brokeback Mountain" got robbed in the Best Picture race that year...why, IMdB voters, why?!?!?
It did. There's no logical explanation for Crash to be rated that high. Crash is just someone filming LA road rage for two hours (or however long its runtime is). (Although, IMO, Good Night and Good Luck was my pick of the five. And if you REALLY want to get into the nitty gritty, it should've been Sin City (but it wouldn't, because Robert Rodriguez and the DGA are at odds) or Lord of War)
I finally got around to seeing "Good Night, and Good Luck" about a year or so ago, and it was terrific, so I'm with you there. (Random personal story: The jazz singer, Dianne Reeves, who contributes the songs to the soundtrack, and who briefly appears in the movie? I've seen her perform live, and even have a picture with her. Where, of course, my eyes are awkwardly closed while I'm smiling. )
MinnesotaMyron wrote:
So what you're saying is, Oprah's performance in The Color Purple was not worthy of an Oscar nomination. Do I have that right?
-M
I don't really care. Insofar as I found the movie quite boring both times I watched it (12 years apart), I suppose not. The original comment was more a statement of how absurdly out of place her name seemed on that list. And my reply was mostly out of annoyance at the assumption that I hand't seen it.
Why? Does that bother you somehow?
No, I just like to make sure I'm understanding correctly what people are saying. I found her performance in that film quite moving.
-M
She may have given the best individual performance of all time; I don't know, I didn't see it. But take a look at this list and tell me which one just doesn't belong:
Alfred Hitchcock
Peter O'Toole
Blake Edwards
Cary Grant
Judy Garland
Kirk Douglas
Robert Altman
Fred Astaire
Maurice Chevalier
Gene Kelly
Mickey Rooney
James Earl Jones
Lauren Bacall
Greta Garbo
Deborah Kerr
Barbara Stanwyck
Oprah Winfrey
George Lucas
Sidney Lumet
King Vidor
barandall800 wrote:Totally read #5 wrong and thought it was asking for someone who'd never been nominated (and thus I rejoiced after I submitted when I looked it up and Eli Wallach fit that bill). And all I've heard is that "Brokeback Mountain" got robbed in the Best Picture race that year...why, IMdB voters, why?!?!?
It did. There's no logical explanation for Crash to be rated that high. Crash is just someone filming LA road rage for two hours (or however long its runtime is). (Although, IMO, Good Night and Good Luck was my pick of the five. And if you REALLY want to get into the nitty gritty, it should've been Sin City (but it wouldn't, because Robert Rodriguez and the DGA are at odds) or Lord of War)
That was also the year of History of Violence, no? That Crash was nominated (let alone won), or that Munich was nominated (or, for that matter, ever made), is infuriating. On a side note, though, what a great year for documentaries--the five nominees were March of the Penguins, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Murderball, Street Fight, and Darwin's Nightmare. I don't know the last one, but as for the other four, that's a pretty impressive year.
MinnesotaMyron wrote:
No, I just like to make sure I'm understanding correctly what people are saying. I found her performance in that film quite moving.
-M
She may have given the best individual performance of all time; I don't know, I didn't see it. But take a look at this list and tell me which one just doesn't belong:
Alfred Hitchcock
Peter O'Toole
Blake Edwards
Cary Grant
Judy Garland
Kirk Douglas
Robert Altman
Fred Astaire
Maurice Chevalier
Gene Kelly
Mickey Rooney
James Earl Jones
Lauren Bacall
Greta Garbo
Deborah Kerr
Barbara Stanwyck
Oprah Winfrey
George Lucas
Sidney Lumet
King Vidor