Academy Awards – Some of Oscars Best and Worst Moments

Each year I look forward to the Academy Award ceremonies. I like to think I know a thing or two about films, so I make my own picks of who I think will win the coveted Oscar. I’ve gotten better over the years as I’ve kind of figured out some of the politics that go on in Hollywood. For the most part the ceremony isn’t that memorable on the whole, but occasionally an award is given, or sometimes not given, and these are the things that stick with me for years.

I was particularly incensed when Brokeback Mountain was snubbed for the Best Film Oscar in 2006. I saw all of the other films in the category, which included Capote, Good Night, and Good Luck, Munich, and eventual winner Crash.

Say what you will about the movie – I won’t pretend it didn’t polarize audiences and critics alike – but it won virtually every top honor at film festivals around the world, from industry peers, and other award ceremonies like the Golden Globe, Independent Spirit Award, and the BAFTA Film Award. I was so mad when it was snubbed by the Academy for the Best Picture Oscar that I swore I’d never watch the Academy Awards again. You’ll see soon enough that the heat of the moment wore off.

In 2001 I was also sorely disappointed at a particular snub. I honestly have nothing against Julia Roberts or the fine job she did in Erin Brockovich, but when she won the Best Actress in a Leading Role award over Ellen Burstyn, who was hands down marvelous beyond words as a deteriorating suburban diet pill drug addict in Requiem for a Dream, I was certain there was something rotten in Denmark, as they say.

Again, I’d seen all five nominated performances that year, and only two were even worthy of the nomination. I figured Laura Linney in You Can Count on Me was the only actress with even an outside shot at beating Burstyn. Shows ya what I know, doesn’t it?

But the Academy Awards aren’t just a collection of disappointments for me. I reveled in the glory of Halle Berry winning the Best Actress Oscar in 2002 for her very brave and bold role in Monster’s Ball. I thought it inspired when the Oscar for Best Actress went to Marion Cotillard for her moving role in La Vie en Rose as she became the first person from France to win an Academy Award for a French language performance.

I also thought it was fantastic when Jeff Bridges finally won an Oscar. He did it just this year for his role as hard-luck country singer, Bad Blake, in the box office hit Crazy Heart. Nominated four previous times for various acting roles, most notably in 1972 for The Last Picture Show, and again in 1985 for Starman, it was high time he won a Best Acting Oscar in a legitimate role, and not just some thanks-for-all-the-hard-work-here’s-a-complimentary-lifetime-achievement Oscar. This one was the real deal, which almost made me feel sorry for all the other nominees. It was a battle for 2nd place, which isn’t really a place at all at the Academy Awards.

You can catch these and all the other great Oscar-nominated performances every day on Cox Cable Television and see what separates great films, and great acting, from the rest of pack.

Lincoln Wilder loves all things entertainment. His weekly music blog is a compilation of celebrity madness, album reviews, concert news, & sleezy celebrity drama; always written with absolute honesty and irresistible hints of sarcasm. Armed with only a laptop and Cox high-speed Internet, Wilder surfs the streams for the latest and not always greatest of the music world. If it involves music and is notable, it’s on his blog. While some call it madness, he calls it living, (not “a living,” as that would suggest compensation of some kind). Wilder does what he does purely for the joy of it, and is always open to the suggestions of his followers.

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