Page 1 of The Best Films that never got an Oscar! (And the winner is??)

What gets my goat with the ocsars, is that some great films never get oscars just because of all these people who just follow what some low rated film reviewer says about these really average films. And the next thing you know, some minor celeb is giving the director an award.
Don`t get me wrong, some ocsars have been awarded correctly but the last few years their getting it all wrong.

I am sorry if affending anybody but thats how i see it.

Here are a list of great Films that never got a crappy ocsar and what they should have been awarded:

1. Bad Boys (Best actor, Best supporting actor, Best Cinematography)
2. The Great Escape (Best Storyline)
3. Senseless (Best Comedy "by far")
4. Face Off (Best Special Effects, Best Stunts)
5. American Pie (Best Comedy)

Feel free to have your say on the matter.

Armageddon(best screenplay, best film, best actor, best supporting actor)
Taxi(best foreign film)
Independence day(best SFX)
American Pie(best comedy is this a category? but agree it should be up there)
Anyone of sergio leones clint movies deserve best film and best actor and soundtrack
Jurassic park best film

The Oscars are bullshit, they never have been a true reflection of the best films in any given year. As Sean Penn so rightly says, how can you rate an actors` performance against another when they are playing different roles?!

When I think of the Oscars I automatically remember the films that were denied recognition rather than the films that actually won ! Its amazing how many times they pick the most banal films for the prize. I feel sorry for directors like Martin Scorsese for example, he must feel he cant win with the academy. It was bad enough that Raging Bull lost out to the very ordinary Ordinary People in 1980, but the ultimate sin was Goodfellas losing out to Dances With Wolves in 1990. Thats the trouble with Hollywood though, they tend to jump on a moral crusade every so often, and if they see a film that conveys a `message` as they see it, anything associated with it gets the accolade no matter how badly made it was. With Dances with Wolves it was the plight of the Native American Indians (very noble of course) but not followed through and soon forgotten because they soon find a new cause to replace it. Hopefully one day we will see a selection committee with real dedicated people interested in the craft of film making who can make a rational and objective choice.

This item was edited on Monday, 30th April 2001, 20:37

THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

Five or seven nominations, no wins!

Forest Gump and Tom Hanks beat it for best movie and actor, surely the biggest case of movie injustice of all time!