tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post8852729262555585181..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: A Few of Oscar's BIGGEST Flub-A-Dubs From the PastYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-37901091154840041932011-05-25T17:33:47.115-04:002011-05-25T17:33:47.115-04:00A very funny film. We always try to watch it aroun...A very funny film. We always try to watch it around Thanksgiving. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-59335390374607185322011-05-24T22:43:05.719-04:002011-05-24T22:43:05.719-04:00Planes,Trains and Automobiles is never given enoug...Planes,Trains and Automobiles is never given enough credit,if at all. It is the funniest movie ever made yet is never mentioned in any list of comedies.Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490234718942083178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-39381721299984964992011-03-02T19:17:03.564-05:002011-03-02T19:17:03.564-05:00John: I've seen I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! Ma...John: I've seen I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! Many years ago, I watched this on television. Channel 13 (the pbs channel in NYC) before cable of course. I was a fan of Wendy Hiller. Don't remember much about the film, I'll have to watch it again one of these days. Criterion carries a lot of these wonderful older, lesser known films.<br /><br />Michael Powell...I'm thinking The RED SHOES? THIEF OF BAGHDAD?Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-25779242019923288442011-03-02T18:09:03.463-05:002011-03-02T18:09:03.463-05:00Once upon a time imdb.com used to have a great gam...Once upon a time imdb.com used to have a great game forum and there was a group of people who used to play a game where the Oscars were given to the movies, actors, directors and other movie people who deserved them instead of who the Academy gave them to. It was a blast! Very much like this post of yours, Yvette.<br /><br />In that game I remember learning of an amazing movie that was snubbed at the Oscars. It was <i>I Know Where I'm Going!</i> with Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey. It was directed by Michael Powell whose movie work is exemplary on all levels. You ought to find it on DVD. (Criterion Collection, I believe) It's remarkable.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-13696043935809928712011-02-27T16:26:37.387-05:002011-02-27T16:26:37.387-05:00Lisa: Yes, Peter O'Toole. What a disgrace that...Lisa: Yes, Peter O'Toole. What a disgrace that this most splendid of actors has never 'won' an Oscar. It just shows you the ridiculousness of it all. Ah, TITANIC. The sort of picture you see once and that's it. Not the kind of thing you want to keep on seeing as the years pass. To my mind, Best Picture winners should, theoretically, be pictures you never get tired of watching. Silly me.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-65911960745924304732011-02-27T14:14:31.492-05:002011-02-27T14:14:31.492-05:00Totally agree, especially about Peter O'Toole....Totally agree, especially about Peter O'Toole. I don't recall what was up against Titanic the year it won best picture but surely any one of them was robbed when a picture with dialogue that bad, a plot that predictable, and that ridiculous chase scene at the end won.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554217416500328610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-19422404222868259322011-02-27T13:34:41.759-05:002011-02-27T13:34:41.759-05:00Now that you mention it, mjoy, I tend to agree. Al...Now that you mention it, mjoy, I tend to agree. Although I loved Tom Hanks in GUMP.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-15230917942917535082011-02-27T11:39:02.470-05:002011-02-27T11:39:02.470-05:00I always thought The Shawshank Redemption should h...I always thought The Shawshank Redemption should have won the Oscar instead of Forrest Gump.<br /><br />mjoyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-70033210746699742142011-02-26T17:32:44.073-05:002011-02-26T17:32:44.073-05:00Oh, forgot that one, Patti. I was simply going off...Oh, forgot that one, Patti. I was simply going off the top of my head and from memory. Hitchcock should have won several Oscars, far as I'm concerned. Hard to believe. :(Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-42449687674130474932011-02-26T17:09:49.248-05:002011-02-26T17:09:49.248-05:00That Alfred Hitchcock never won an academy award f...That Alfred Hitchcock never won an academy award for REAR WINDOW, VERTIGO, THE LADY VANISHES, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, PSYCHO, etc. A travesty.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com