Did Not Deserve Oscar


I am a big Paul Newman fan, but sorry guys, Bob Hoskins deserved the academy award for his performance in Mona Lisa. Paul Newman gave a good Paul Newman performance, but it was not in the same clas as Bob Hoskins who gave a tour de force performance, in a film which was also much better than Color of Money. Fair is fair and although Paul Newman gave a good performance, it could be argued that it did not even warrant a nomination. I can only guess that in Hollywood they believed that his performance was good enough to get the nod and they felt it would be his last best chance of winning. They probably also gave the oscar to Paul Newman, not just for that performance but for the complete body of his work. Paul Newman should have won the oscar for The Verdict. However, as a big Bob Hoskins fan also, Bob Hoskins deserved the oscar that night, just like he had won just about every other acting award that year for his performance. Now, who makes it right for Bob Hoskins.

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Yep, he should've won for the Verdict but they gave it to him for this one instead. Bothers me. Just like Jane Fonda in They Shoot Horses Don't They? A friend of mine says she deserved it for that, but instead they gave it to her for Klute, but I think she's effing GREAT in that one too.

P.S. Let's not forget Glenn Close who should've won for Fatal Attraction. Instead they give to Cher (?) for stupid Moonstruck, because she had the audacity to complain about not being nominated for Mask. Sick!

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Totally agree. Can't wait to see who gets snubbed in future years so that the following actors can get their "overdue" Oscars:

Harrison Ford
Sigourney Weaver
Ian McKellen
Glenn Close
Gary Oldman
Annette Bening
Ed Harris
John Malkovich
Bill Murray

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To me, Paul Newman ended up with the Oscar that should have gone to Jeff Golblum (The Fly).

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