What Was the Biggest Oscar Upset of All Time?
SodaHead Film
2012/02/23 21:09:04
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With "The Artist" monopolizing Oscar predictions this year, there's bound to be at least one upset. But hey, that's how it goes. The Academy Awards are usually pretty accurate, but with 83 years under its belt, it's bound to kick up dust now and again. That's not to say controversial wins are necessarily wrong choices, either. Sometimes they simply have to pick between two great films and risk the offense.
Take the 2002 battle for Best Picture and Best Director, for example: Roman Polanksi's "The Pianist" and Rob Marshall's "Chicago" were both excellent films by any standards. However, perhaps due to his past, Polanski's win for Best Director was considered an upset. Other upsets take some time to recognize. When "Citizen Kane" lost Best Picture in 1941 it wasn't a huge deal, but now that it's considered the greatest film of all time, the loss seems like an obscenity.
We couldn't possibly include all of the upsets that have occurred over the years, especially since so much of this is completely relative -- in fact you might disagree with some of the options -- but we put together a list of some well-known upsets and provided you with one of those coveted "Other" options. Tell us which Oscar win upset you the most!
Take the 2002 battle for Best Picture and Best Director, for example: Roman Polanksi's "The Pianist" and Rob Marshall's "Chicago" were both excellent films by any standards. However, perhaps due to his past, Polanski's win for Best Director was considered an upset. Other upsets take some time to recognize. When "Citizen Kane" lost Best Picture in 1941 it wasn't a huge deal, but now that it's considered the greatest film of all time, the loss seems like an obscenity.
We couldn't possibly include all of the upsets that have occurred over the years, especially since so much of this is completely relative -- in fact you might disagree with some of the options -- but we put together a list of some well-known upsets and provided you with one of those coveted "Other" options. Tell us which Oscar win upset you the most!
Top Opinion
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Jalex 2012/02/23 22:26:05Cate Blanchett ("Elizabeth") loses Best Actress (1999)
+9'Citizen Kane' obviously the biggest upset, but I remember being personally peeved when Gwyneth Paltrow won Best Actress over Cate Blanchett. I don't know what those dolts were thinking. Same thing with 'The Two Towers' losing Best Picture to freaking 'Chicago.' What a joke that was (and remains).
Marisa Tomei got best actress that year and really ticked off a lot of people. But I think she earned it.
One who didn't earn it was Halle Barry who won best actress for Monster's Ball. Now don't get me wrong I think she's a wonderful actress but this really was a nod to the black community, not for thespian skill.
Lost to Shakespeare in Love. Outstanding movie. I would have expected Munich to win over Brokeback and Crash.
----And Star Wars lost----
'Crash' and 'Brokeback Mountain' were more emotion-driven films (still good), while Spielberg defied the frequent criticism of his films being overly sentimental, and what does the Academy do? They give it to one of the sentimental films.
best screenplay.