[Muttley76]

Originally Posted by alisonrose3764

Was just about to say the same - Fiennes losing out to Tommy Lee Jones was a real shock to me - have never forgiven TLJ

yes, because clearly it's his fault that the academy voted for him!

[ASIFZED]

For me, it was the goddawful 'A Beautiful Mind', winning Best Picture over The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring for the 2001 Oscars. Shocking....

[Muttley76]

Originally Posted by ASIFZED

For me, it was the goddawful 'A Beautiful Mind', winning Best Picture over The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring for the 2001 Oscars. Shocking....

In fairness, it's fairly evident that the big awards given to return of the king were intended as recognition for the trilogy as a whole.

[ASIFZED]

Originally Posted by Muttley76

In fairness, it's fairly evident that the big awards given to return of the king were intended as recognition for the trilogy as a whole.

Can see that. But still doesn't take away from it being a poor choice as Best Picture winner, in my opinion.

[rawbob]

none of the LOTR films deserved best picture

[guestofseth]

Originally Posted by Mystical123

I sincerely hope that doesn't happen. I'll certainly consider it a shock if Hathaway doesn't win.

I hope it doesn't happen either, although I haven't seen the film yet, but I have the tiniest feeling it could happen.

Originally Posted by Gort

She was excellent in All About Eve, but I preferred Gloria Swanson's performance in Sunset Boulevard. Still, I agree that Bette Davis deserved it over Judy Holliday's performance in Born Yesterday. Certainly an eye opener if not a shock.

I never got the love for Sunset Boulevard , whereas All About Eve is my all time favourite film, so obviously I preferred Bette Davis. I imagine it was case of the two of them splitting the vote, allowing Judy Holliday to come in and take it.

[scatcatcathy]

Originally Posted by Hound of Love

Yes, there have been quite a few of those. Al Pacino is one that springs to mind.

The film chaplin was a bit all over the place but Downey was robbed,he also had the misfortune to be nominated against a dead man the next time(heath r.i.p ledger) he will probably get a special one when hes ancient for not being dead.! Love al pacino but didnt like scent of a woman.

[gav016]

I think every year you get a few shocking snubs in terms of nominations - Ben Affleck & Kathryn Bigelow for director and Marion Cotillard & Leonardo DiCapri for Actress and Supporting Actor this year were total lunacy.

In terms of a win, Crash comes to mind as the only thing shocking really recently, although personally I preferred Crash and was quite pleased with that result. And I don't think it was a 'shock', but I think Meryl Streep beating Viola Davis last year wasn't the best result in the world.

[Parthenon]

Originally Posted by Blah123

Not the biggest ever, but Kate Winslet winning for the Reader was a bit of a 'crap, she's been nominated 6 times for better films we better hurry and give it to her'. Her performance in Revolutionary Road in the same year was far superior. BUT she should have won for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. She was amazing in that.

I think she was amazing in all three. (Big Kate fan)

I was pretty shocked to see Denzel Washington win for 'Training Day', but that's mainly because I thought Russel Crowe had it in the bag.

[little-monster]

Imo, Catherine deserved it for Chicago, her performance is one of my all time favs by a supporting actress. However, Catherine has never done anything anywhere near amazing since Chicago so her oscar win was more of a curse than a blessing for her. It can go either way for a winner.

[Nattie01]

ET winning over Blade Runner in the Best Visual Effects category.

Inception winning over Tron Legacy in the same category.

Daft Punk not even getting a nomination for their score for Tron Legacy.

[Tigerpaws]

Originally Posted by Parthenon

I think she was amazing in all three. (Big Kate fan)

I was pretty shocked to see Denzel Washington win for 'Training Day', but that's mainly because I thought Russel Crowe had it in the bag.

He apparently did but his antics at the Baftas cost him.

I have read Denzels was a bit of a recognition of previous work and that he should have won for Malcolm X.

[sw2963]

Forrest Gump winning Best Picture over Pulp Fiction.

[Apple_Crumble]

Originally Posted by sw2963

Forrest Gump winning Best Picture over Pulp Fiction.

Forrest Gump seems to be one of those films that is barely mentioned when I talk about past films with friends.

[Muttley76]

Originally Posted by sw2963

Forrest Gump winning Best Picture over Pulp Fiction.

Originally Posted by Apple_Crumble

Forrest Gump seems to be one of those films that is barely mentioned when I talk about past films with friends.

I think it's only a shock retrospectively, it certianly wasn't a shock that it won at the time, it was totally expected. But when you look back and see it was up against Shawshank and Pulp Fiction, arguably the two definitive films of the whole decade, it does look like an odd choice.

[Donald Dallas]

Originally Posted by Muttley76

I think it's only a shock retrospectively, it certianly wasn't a shock that it won at the time, it was totally expected. But when you look back and see it was up against Shawshank and Pulp Fiction, arguably the two definitive films of the whole decade, it does look like an odd choice.

Agreed. I don't like Gump, but at the time, the general consensus was that it was brilliant.

Pulp Fiction was also highly regarded and many argued that it should have won.

Shawshank, on the other hand - was quite obscure. It was only when released on VHS that it picked up strong word of mouth following and became regarded as an all time great.

[Trsvis_Bickle]

Originally Posted by sw2963

Forrest Gump winning Best Picture over Pulp Fiction.

Yes, a ridiculous decision. I guess the Academy preferred a folksy schmaltz fest about how great the US is over something genuinely innovative but subversive. History has shown that Pulp Fiction is by far the better film. Does ANYONE ever watch Forrest Gump anymore?

[Matt D]

I've always hated that Titanic beat LA Confidential, which IMO was far more deserving of the big awards. Never considered it a shock, though.

[slappers r us]

Originally Posted by mousy

Gwynneth Paltrow winning over Cate Blanchett

in fact, Gwynneth Paltrow even being nominated

dreadful performance...if that wasn't a fix, nothing was

I feel your pain

Rocky winning best picture and beating All The Presidents Men and Taxi Driver

Cuba Gooding Jr winning for Jerry Maguire over Edward Norton in Primal Fear

Slumdog Millionaire over Benjamin Button

[SuperAPJ]

Originally Posted by Parthenon

I was pretty shocked to see Denzel Washington win for 'Training Day'

I remember reading a tabloid or columnist's view that said it was necessary for the Americans to honour Denzel and Halle Berry that year, as a show of post-9/11 cultural unity. Zzzz.

[Dizzle]

Originally Posted by Nattie01

Inception winning over Tron Legacy in the same category.

Daft Punk not even getting a nomination for their score for Tron Legacy.

TRON: Legacy was very hard done by that year in the technical categories. Just one nomination in bloody Sound Editing? What a joke.

[dee123]

Originally Posted by JCR

Was stunned they gave Roman Polanski best director for The Pianist, you'd think the whole he raped a 13 year old thing may have been an issue.

But that was because of not awarding his previously. Like so many others before him. Hence why Al Pacino won for crap like Scent of a Woman.

[dee123]

Originally Posted by allthatyouwant

Even though I loved Bridesmaids and Melissa McCarthy I was a little bit surprised to see her get an Oscar nomination, she was very good in the film but would you call it Oscar worthy?

Yep. People seem to forget too that Depp was nominated for the 1st Pirates movie.

However i think the Oscars bring this on themselves. They usually completely ignore Sci Fi, Comedy & Horror no matter how good it is. So it comes as a surprise when someone is nominated.

[gashead]

Jim Carrey not even being nominated for The Truman Show. Mind you, 1999 was a very tough year in the Actors category.

Not exactly a shock as such, but I've always thought that if Tarantino released Reservoir Dogs these days, Tim Roth's performance would be praised and possibly nominated. I can only think it was because the film and director were relatively, if not completely, un-known back in 1992 that the film was ignored.

[Trsvis_Bickle]

Originally Posted by Matt D

I've always hated that Titanic beat LA Confidential, which IMO was far more deserving of the big awards. Never considered it a shock, though.

No, not a shock - there was so much hype around Titanic that people seemd to overlook the fact that it was a cliched love story with a CGI-fest at the end. LA Confidential was a brilliant revival of the 1940s cop genre yet got only a token Oscar for Kim Basinger IIRC. I think that the recent release of Gangster Squad has reminded eveyone just how good LA Confidential is.