Most Political Oscar Noms & Wins

[braydenfitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 70 Posts: 4947 View Predictions]

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Diamond Tier wrote:

Anything Harvey Weinstein’s thirsty a** did to secure wins for his films. I’m so glad that vile & sneaky S.O.B got kicked out of the Academy.

Never forget

Emmys FYC | Alan Tudyk in “Resident Alien” | Billie Piper in “I Hate Suzie” | Ego Nwodim in “Saturday Night Live” | Kaley Cuoco in “Harley Quinn” | “Dickinson” | “P-Valley” | “Pose” | “Superstore”

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[Butz Joined: Oct 15th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 825 View Predictions]

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braydenfitzsimmons wrote:

Never forget

I, certified idiot, thought for a moment that this was only one picture and was absolutely puzzled how the headline was supposed to fit the photo.

FYC - Oscars 2022:
NINE DAYS in all categories, including:
- Best Picture
- Best Director
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Actor (Winston Duke)
- Best Supporting Actress (Zazie Beetz)
- Best Supporting Actor (Benedict Wong)

Letterboxd: Ray_In_Bruges

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[Luke Dias Joined: Aug 15th, 2017 Topics: 5 Posts: 59 View Predictions]

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Woody wrote:

Christopher Plummer in All the Money in the World

I do agree that this nomination was really just the Academy giving the finger to Kevin Spacey. That said, what Spacey did isn’t political, it’s criminal.

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[JGibson Joined: Jul 8th, 2012 Topics: 0 Posts: 876 View Predictions]

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Diamond Tier wrote:

Anything Harvey Weinstein’s thirsty a** did to secure wins for his films. I’m so glad that vile & sneaky S.O.B got kicked out of the Academy.

why do you talk like those politics and campaign schemes stopped? nothing changed from when harvey or any studio distributor was up since the dawn of time

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[Pablo J Garcia Joined: Jan 11th, 2016 Topics: 0 Posts: 103 View Predictions]

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Ingrid Bergman in Anastasia. When she married to comunist Rossellini, Hollywood dumped her. Once she divorced him, they quickly welcome her back with an underserving win.

Dont let me starting with “On the waterfront”. That was very political take imho

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[Woody Joined: Feb 9th, 2020 Topics: 8 Posts: 246 View Predictions]

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Luke_Dias wrote:

I do agree that this nomination was really just the Academy giving the finger to Kevin Spacey. That said, what Spacey did isn’t political, it’s criminal.

Yeah what Kevin Spacey did wasn’t political, but the Academy nominating Christopher Plummer for the role he replaced Kevin Spacey in was. It was like you said them giving the middle finger to Spacey and showing how they wanted to look like they were taking a stand against the issues in the industry.

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[Woody Joined: Feb 9th, 2020 Topics: 8 Posts: 246 View Predictions]

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pablojgarcia wrote:

Ingrid Bergman in Anastasia. When she married to comunist Rossellini, Hollywood dumped her. Once she divorced him, they quickly welcome her back with an underserving win. Dont let me starting with “On the waterfront”. That was very political take imho

People always say that Ingrid was undeserving of her win for Anastasia but who else in that group of nominees deserved it more? I agree that it was a political move to welcome her back to Hollywood but I think she also deserved the award too.

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[Diamond Tier Joined: Aug 14th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 1915 View Predictions]

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JGibson wrote:

why do you talk like those politics and campaign schemes stopped? nothing changed from when harvey or any studio distributor was up since the dawn of time

Did I say they stopped? I specifically called out Harvey Weinstein for his political moves within the Academy. Why do you talk like you’re defending him?

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[Miles Joined: Oct 22nd, 2016 Topics: 7 Posts: 1095 View Predictions]

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The Salesman and Christopher Plummer in All the Money in the World come to mind first

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[Frank2803 Joined: Apr 5th, 2021 Topics: 5 Posts: 66 View Predictions]

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Woody wrote:

Christopher Plummer in All the Money in the World

in an alternate universe I wonder if Kevin Spacey had a better performance

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[Woody Joined: Feb 9th, 2020 Topics: 8 Posts: 246 View Predictions]

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Frank2803 wrote:

in an alternate universe I wonder if Kevin Spacey had a better performance

We’ll never know, I also wonder if Kevin Spacey would have been nominated if his performance was better? Probably not

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[Frank2803 Joined: Apr 5th, 2021 Topics: 5 Posts: 66 View Predictions]

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Argo winning best picture

If Ben Affleck wasn’t snubbed for best director it’s no way in hell that movie was winning best picture

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[Aimerarrow Joined: Feb 11th, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 384 View Predictions]

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Frank2803 wrote:

Argo winning best picture

If Ben Affleck wasn’t snubbed for best director it’s no way in hell that movie was winning best picture

Lmao no. It was going to win Best Picture regardless, the snub was simply that because the Directors Branch does not take kindly to well known actors turned directors. It was probably the most popular film in the GP out of that lineup, and the critics even went for it. Don’t forget it also won the Globe, SAG ENSEMBLE (with no individual nominations) and BAFTA with even Affleck getting a Best Actor nom there. No other movie had a chance of winning BP Affleck snub or not.

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[Rachel615 Joined: Sep 20th, 2018 Topics: 2 Posts: 329 View Predictions]

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Aimerarrow wrote:

the Directors Branch does not take kindly to well known actors turned directors.

While this may have been true for the past 25 years or so, Robert Redford, Warren Beatty, Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood and Mel Gibson have all won Best Director Oscars. Maybe members of the Directors’ Branch really didn’t think Ben Affleck (and George Clooney) deserved the award.

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[RIDLEY SCOTT Joined: Dec 12th, 2020 Topics: 14 Posts: 402 View Predictions]

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I suppose Iñarritu and Lubezki Oscar Wins

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