Oscars: The Best and Worst Moments.

[Sigmund]

Hi!

What do you think are the best and worst moments of the The Academy Awards?

Two of mine:





Share your favorite moments.

Peace.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

In 1998, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were not well known in the film industry. After their film Goodwill Hunting became a hit they were shocked to get an Oscar win.

 

[AnnaMarie]

Nothing will ever beat Sally Field's "you like me"

 

[KingAHolic]

 

[GNTLGNT]

...David Niven-best, Marlon Brando-worst....

 

[TrueGeneration]

There are so many, lol.

I always liked Cuba Gooding Jr's speech. It was a "feel-good" moment. And he was so happy! LOL.

 

[Grandpa]

...David Niven-best, Marlon Brando-worst....

Yup yup. Although David Niven being so smooth and clever with the delivery, and with the man running through just happening to have the goodies out of the camera frame, in the back of my mind was the word, "Setup."

Marlon Brando was a facepalm moment.

I remember when Dustin Hoffman won, he gave a very nice speech.

Going back with Sigmund, Jack Palance was sure entertaining, and the way that Billy Crystal riffed off of it for the rest of the night was great.

And I like George C. Scott a lot, but I wasn't impressed with his posturing. Great acting in that movie, though.

 

[hossenpepper]

Best moment? This... hands down.

The worst? "The English Patient" winning Best Picture. Dreadful movie, IMO.

 

[AnnaMarie]

Loved this moment.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

This was an awesome moment.

 

[blunthead]

I've always remembered Dustin Hoffman's acceptance speech for Kramer vs Kramer as a special moment for me...

 

[Grandpa]

I've always remembered Dustin Hoffman's acceptance speech for Kramer vs Kramer as a special moment for me...

This is what I was referring to above, and this is such a great moment.

Everyone in the field was hugely accomplished, the nomination speech acknowledged that graciously in spades, and every person nominated deserved the accolades of their peers. Hoffman got it for as much of his impressive body of work as his singular role in that movie. And then Hoffman sailed it over the fence in his speech. Did anyone notice how he got through it without cards, without stumbling, and without a teleprompter?

Thanks for posting that in its entirely. It truly was a shining moment for the program.

 

[blunthead]

This is what I was referring to above, and this is such a great moment.

Everyone in the field was hugely accomplished, the nomination speech acknowledged that graciously in spades, and every person nominated deserved the accolades of their peers. Hoffman got it for as much of his impressive body of work as his singular role in that movie. And then Hoffman sailed it over the fence in his speech.

Thanks for posting that in its entirely. It truly was a shining moment for the program.

I'd seen the movie and was very impressed with Hoffman's performance, but I'd always been impressed with him and he was already one of my favorite actors, so it was difficult for me to know if he was likely to win the Oscar. In those days I watched the award ceremony each year so was lucky to see that part of it live, and was blown away by Hoffman's attitude and speech. I especially loved when he gave Jack Lemmon that big ole kiss (men kissing on TV or otherwise publicly wasn't common back then). Of course, Hoffman knew Lemmon's greatness and might himself well have felt Lemmon deserved to win that year. So, when I think of great Oscar moments that's the one I always think of. You're welcome. I'm happy Youtube had it.

 

[blunthead]

This was an awesome moment.

What I really didn't appreciate about this song was when the rapper gestured "Hands Up" and referred to Ferguson MO. The truth about what happened to the young man who was shot that night is that at no time did he have his hands raised, nor did he ever walk away from the officer. Only one person said he'd witnessed that and then changed his story when he found out he could get in serious trouble for lying. Meanwhile, eventually the grand jury heard from no fewer than 16 African-American witnesses who said that the police officer's story was what they had witnessed. One of them said that the "victim" had charged the officer like a "football running back". Others stated they saw the victim grab the officer's gun, just as the officer had stated. So imho, this song promotes racial division via a lie. There's no excuse for ignorance of things. If I can know them, people writing songs for movies can, too.

 

[hossenpepper]

What I really didn't appreciate about this song was when the rapper gestured "Hands Up" and referred to Ferguson MO. The truth about what happened to the young man who was shot that night is that at no time did he have his hands raised, nor did he ever walk away from the officer. Only one person said he'd witnessed that and then changed his story when he found out he could get in serious trouble for lying. Meanwhile, eventually the grand jury heard from no fewer than 16 African-American witnesses who said that the police officer's story was what they had witnessed. One of them said that the "victim" had charged the officer like a "football running back". Others stated they saw the victim grab the officer's gun, just as the officer had stated. So imho, this song promotes racial division via a lie. There's no excuse for ignorance of things. If I can know them, people writing songs for movies can, too.

It's from the movie Selma. Events which the official story also said were "overblown" and didn't happen. All of which we know now to be lies. I can't imagine why anyone would question the official story of Ferguson. I'd say centuries of slavery followed by dis-inclusion and mistreatment of blacks may have caused the divisiveness, but maybe not.

If only they'd all just get over it and realize that just doesn't happen anymore, right? Bunch of drama queens!

 

[SharonC]

Best moment? This... hands down.

The worst? "The English Patient" winning Best Picture. Dreadful movie, IMO.

Tripe! Pure tripe. My personal award for most boring movie ever. My favourite Seinfeld episode was where Elaine and her boss were at the theatre watching the movie and everyone in the theatre were crying. Elaine was bored silly and squirming in her seat then jumped up and yelled "Die, will you? Just die already", or words to that effect.

 

[hossenpepper]

Tripe! Pure tripe. My personal award for most boring movie ever. My favourite Seinfeld episode was where Elaine and her boss were at the theatre watching the movie and everyone in the theatre were crying. Elaine was bored silly and squirming in her seat then jumped up and yelled "Die, will you? Just die already", or words to that effect.

Yeah, my wife loved this movie too. I gleefully try to make her watch that episode of Seinfeld whenever it comes on. Hilarious.

And yes, terrible movie. Painfully boring and long-winded.

 

[SharonC]

Yeah, my wife loved this movie too. I gleefully try to make her watch that episode of Seinfeld whenever it comes on. Hilarious.

And yes, terrible movie. Painfully boring and long-winded.

You are evil. I knew I liked you.

 

[Grandpa]

Younger son is quite the movie aficionado. For him, I bet, based on our conversations, the worst was Titanic beating out LA Confidential and then, even worse, Shakespeare in Love winning over Saving Private Ryan. For him, that rendered the Oscars worthless and weak (cue in Animal House clip), not to mention irrelevant to his movie enjoyment, and he hasn't paid attention to the awards ever since.