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RDJ DESERVED AN ACADEMY AWARD!!

posted 15 years ago by Jaymesdaniel
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Does anyone have a valid reason as to why RDJ did NOT win this award? Was it up against some blockbu$ter movie? I feel he was robbed and they need to apologise and give him one! <yeah, that'll happen>

[–] KrazeeforKittiez 11 years ago

His portrayal was pure genius and he should have received the award but the same could be said of others who have not won

Maybe someday he will win the award for a lesser performance to make up for not winning for Chaplin. IMO....the Academy does stuff like that.

For example: Elizabeth Taylor almost died and the she won a award for Butterfied 8 (phew) when she really should have won for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Brad...Whatcha gonna do? What are you gonna do?

[–] mrmathexpert4 10 years ago

No, he doesn't deserve one. Daniel Day-Lewis was robbed of it in The Last of the Mohicans. But in all fairness, Benoît Poelvoorde should have won it for Man Bites Dog.

[–] RazzberryBeret 10 years ago

If Peter O'Toole couldn't nail an Oscar for Lawrence of Arabia, Beckett or Goodbye Mr. Chips (or his 5 other nominations) then there's a fair chance Robert Downey, jr wont get one either. Donald Sutherland has never even garnered a nomination... the mind boggles. I'd say the non-winners club is a pretty cool one.

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[–] Felixthecat34213 10 years ago

Yeah I personally don't think Al pacino's performance holds up today as well as Downey's in Chaplin.

Of course this was also the year The Crying Game lost to Unforgiven (the darling of the academy that year.) I'll admit that Clint Eastwood has made some really terrific films, but Unforgiven is basically just a rehash of The Searchers. Mystic River is certainly a much better example of his directing skills and that didn't win.

[–] Felixthecat34213 10 years ago

I agree about Denzel, but and Stephen Rea was also really fantastic in The Crying Game.

Al Pacino was such a sympathy vote.

[–] SN51431 10 years ago

I agree. I so love this film....

[–] mnorthco-1 10 years ago

I just watched this movie(thanks Netflix). I think he did great..and I'm not the only one so maybe that is good enough and better than a litlle tin trophy.
Much better then the reverse I would think.

[–] boogles 9 years ago

I agree - I think it's the best performance that RDJ has ever given. Unfortunately, he was up against good old Al - and well, Al had been passed over a couple of times before(think Godfather Parts 1 and 2, Dog Day Afternoon and Serpico, there's more as well).

I think if Scent of a Woman hadn't had Al in it - then the Oscar fight would have been RDJ versus Clint Eastwood, for his superb performance in Unforgiven. Then, I think RDJ might have won it. Good though I thought Eastwood was(and I love Unforgiven as a film - it's great he won Best Picture and Director) - I think RDJ would have won the Best Actor Oscar.

[–] rockincrocodile 9 years ago

Absolutely. As you can see from my profile pic, I love him in "Chaplin". The physical comedy he got so absolutely spot on, and most of all: The eyes of a man in his 20s that looked so old and weary in the last scenes... Wow. Breathtaking. He was again snubbed for "Tropic Thunder". It would be such a shame if Robert shouldn't get an Oscar at one point, or posthumous, which is hopefully hundreds of years away. It's just that easy tasks like Iron Man or Sherlock Holmes won't get him one. C'mon movie makers: Challenge that man, you know he can!

[–] sage2112 9 years ago

Regardless - my gosh what a fantastic performance!