October 21, 2007

Top 10: Oscar Flops!

Early hype can do wonders for small films with big aspirations like Little Miss Sunshine or Half Nelson but it can also be deadly for those big-budgeted, studio products made for awards attention in mind if they fail to live up to their massive buzz. The story of the Academy Awards is full of Oscar flops; films that generally sacrificed substance for (over-the-top) style and here's our overview of the ten most shameful attempts at awards attention in recent memory:

Dishonorable Mention: Kingdom of Heaven/Elizabethtown

It was recently reported that Orlando Bloom was taking acting lessons for his next film but would it have hurt the England-born heartthrob to take them back in 2004 before starting production of his prominent appearances in Elizabethtown and Kingdom of Heaven? The actor (at least partially responsible of both films’ financial and critical failures) proved to be an ineffective and inexperienced lead for heavyweight directors Cameron Crowe and Ridley Scott. Recently, Bloom has failed to land prominent roles in serious projects and both Elizabethtown and Kingdom of Heaven are still remembered as the weakest from both directors’ filmographies.

10. The Family Stone

At the start of the Oscar season in 2005, Diane Keaton was hyped as a lock in the Best Supporting Actress category by several online sources. The film was also touted as the next big holiday film and it was expected to emerge as the one to beat on the Comedy/Musical categories of the Golden Globe Awards. The film then opened to poor reviews and a forgettable box-office run. Writer/Director Thomas Bezucha (who basically disappeared from the face of the Earth after the film’s lousy debut) also made Diane Keaton look unsympathetic and I’m sure in everyone’s book, that’s unforgivable.

9. All the King’s Men

To be fair, nobody was expecting Oscar winner Steve Zaillian’s remake to the top the original but certainly; there was a bit of hope when it was announced that the writer of Schindler’s List had recruited an A-list ensemble to bring the classic novel/film back to life. It turned out to be one of the biggest flops in the careers of Sean Penn, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Patricia Clarkson and of course; Zaillian himself. All the King’s Men (2006) was such a flop that even the Razzies forgot to nominate it in any category.

8. Proof

It’s not a secret Gwyneth Paltrow’s post-Shakespeare in Love career has not been the most desirable and luck hasn’t been on director John Madden’s side for a while either. His first post-Shakespeare in Love project was the shameful fiasco Captain Corelli’s Mandolin; Paltrow’s string of disappointments included Bounce, View from the Top and Sky Captain. When it was announced they would team up again in the adaptation of the Tony-winning play Proof, every Oscar buzzer predicted big things for the Miramax project. By the time the film’s flaws were evidenced; all Oscar hopes were gone and as of today, we are still waiting for the project that will bring back some sense of dignity to Paltrow’s and Madden’s careers.

7. An Unfinished Life

Lasse Hallström was at his prime in the time of such shameless Oscar-vehicles as The Cider House Rules and Chocolat. He stumbled with The Shipping News and then, he collapsed with An Unfinished Life. Filmed in 2003 and delayed until 2005, the film was plagued by many production troubles and continuous rumors about disastrous test-screenings. In the end, the central character played by Jennifer Lopez was basically removed and the remaining storyline between the characters played by Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman was nothing special either.

6. Evening

I wouldn’t place a 2007 film on this Top 10 unless I was sure it didn’t stand a chance at the upcoming Academy Awards. This is the case of Evening; the summer Oscar flop by Hungarian director Lajos Koltai. Proving that even Meryl Streep can star in critical flop from time to time, Evening boasted by far the best ensemble of any film this year: Vanessa Redgrave, Toni Collette, Hugh Dancy, Patrick Wilson, Natasha Richardson, Glenn Close, Mamie Gummer (Streep’s daughter) and Claire Danes (as the lead and also weakest link). Written by unknown Susan Minot and released in the summer, it’s obvious the film didn’t have much going for it but still; it will be remembered as one of this year’s first and most notorious flops.

5. Spanglish

With Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News and As Good as It Gets on his resume, James L. Brooks is one of the directors that today’s award-buzzers can easily tag as a serious Oscar threat for practically any project. That was the dooming factor for Brooks’ last film, the mildly reviewed Spanglish starring Adam Sandler and Tea Leoni. On paper, Spanglish had all the elements to become an awards magnet: a relevant and contemporary concept, likeable (if unproven) leads and a very successful director on the helm. Despite being released in December and being buzzed about since production started; the bi-cultural dramedy became a financial and critical disappointment. While the Screen Actors Guild honored Cloris Leachman for her portrayal of an empathic alcoholic; Adam Sandler’s follow-up performance to the critically-praised Punch Drunk Love lacked depth and Tea Leoni was panned for her schizophrenic and annoying turn.

4. Cold Mountain

To me, the film was doomed when it was compared to Gone with the Wind on early reviews. By the time Cold Mountain opened, expectations were already unmatchable and that created a notorious gap between the people who loved it and those who didn’t. While the film did relatively well with 7 Oscar nominations and 1 win for Zellweger as the loud-mouthed Ruby; it failed to receive a Best Picture nomination (AMPAS’s not-so-subtle way to bitch-slap the Weinstein brothers and Miramax for their beautiful but shallow work).

3. The Phantom of the Opera

Was eccentric director Joel Schumacher on his way to redemption with the 2004’s adaptation of Broadway’s Phantom of the Opera? That’s what top Oscar buzzers were predicting back then. Early hype was encouraging and there were some influential names backing up the film and calling it the one to beat. Yet, when the film was finally screened and everyone realized it was basically a cheesy reenactment of the Tony-winning musical where nipples are shown everywhere and candle lights turn on automatically; the buzz faded quickly. The film bombed at the box-office and it failed to make stars of Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler. Worst of all, it confirmed Schumacher’s inability to innovate or at least, to stay away from his usual fetishes.

2. Memoirs of a Geisha

Right after triumphing with Chicago at the 2003 Oscars, Rob Marshall took the challenge of proving the world he was more than jazz fingers and beautiful costumes with the ambitious adaptation of the worldwide famous novel: Memoirs of a Geisha. Marshall chose rising Chinese star Ziyi Zhang to play the iconic Japanese heroine and obviously, that generated a controversy that haunted the film till its release. Although the film was visually stunning (and it has 3 Academy Awards to prove it), Marshall failed (like many others) to bring new depth to the source material. Instead, Memoirs of a Geisha became a stereotypical Asian version of Valley of the Dolls and it is still remembered as one of the most unashamed attempts at Oscar attention (with gorgeous sequences though).

1. Dreamgirls

The marketing department at DreamWorks did an outstanding job promoting the Broadway adaptation a year in advance and economically, this was enough to help the musical succeed were very few musicals had recently. Hype was strong enough to make American Idol’s Jennifer Hudson a top contender throughout 2006 (In our case, she never left the frontrunner position since our first update) and the film itself was launched as the Oscar-vehicle of the year before production was even finished.

Like its predecessors, Dreamgirls was hyped to the extreme by both the studio and the online community and right when the film’s trailer debuted; there was no doubt about the film’s artistic and technical aspects.

But what about the substance? While Dreamgirls didn’t get the treatment of Memoirs of a Geisha or Cold Mountain, it opened to mostly good but not great reviews; a consensus that was tough enough to kill its chances. Critics didn’t love leads Beyoncé Knowles and Jamie Foxx but Jennifer Hudson and Eddie Murphy were unanimously praised as predicted. However, a film that was promoted as a masterpiece couldn’t afford to get just good reviews and by the time Oscar nods were announced, the Golden Globe champ was missing on the most important category. (Once again, AMPAS opted to punish a studio for their shameful attempts).

To further humiliation, Dreamgirls received 8 Oscar nominations (more than any other film last year), although 3 of these nods belonged to the same category: Best Original Song. The film ended up winning Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Hudson, set to star in Sex and the City: The Movie) and Best Sound Mixing.

As you can see, money and good marketing can't buy an Oscar (at least, not as easily as we could think) and this year won't probably be any different for one of the big movies coming out in December? Will it be Charlie Wilson's War, Sweeney Todd or Atonement? Share your thoughts.


50 comments:

  1. Come on! Being Julia was directed by István Szabó, not Lajos Kotai.

    Another thing: unlike all those films you've mentioned, Atonement has already been shown in many festivals worldwide, has opened to great reviews in UK and nearly everybody who've seen it (including me) thinks it's a really great film. It won't flop (at least critically, it won't).

    When you watch it, you'll see it's not exactly a shameless Oscar-baity movie. Despite being an incredibly emotional film, it's far, far from a cliché-feast - in fact, it is kind of unusual, narratively and visually speaking.
    That is, Atonement is definetely NOT 2007's Cold Mountain! That I can guarantee.

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  2. Monica,

    Thanks for the observation on Kotai, we just fixed it.

    Also, we mentioned the three potential, big December films to avoid any direct comparisons with previous flops.

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  3. With "Dreamgirls", I also think the studio flopped by promoting the movie as if it were a Beyonce vehicle.

    Not only did Beyonce fail to garner a Best Actress nomination but she also failed to garner a Best Original Song nomination for "Listen", which she co-wrote.

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  4. I think "Lions for Lambs" will flop magnificently (yes...I think those two words go well together :P). That same fate will happen to Charlie Wilson's War. And while I think they'll open to good reviews, The Kite Runner and Sweeney Todd (besides Arts and Techs) won't be too popular with AMPAS

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  5. I agree with Monica that Atonement will definitely not be a flop, at least critically.

    With Sweeney Todd, they are being very, very careful to not make the same mistakes that were made with Dreamgirls. They've been slowly building curiosity and hype, so it will be interesting to see how the film does. Right now people are guessing that the movie will either sweep everything or only garner Arts & Techs wins. Still others are talking about Depp being the first actor in many, many years to garner a Best Actor Win in a musical.

    Charlie Wilson's War has a good chance of flopping, just because everyone has such high expectations of it, given the cast. I also think they're being way too optimistic opening on Christmas Day.

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  6. I'm not sure how you're defining a flop here. Winning three Oscars isn't an Oscar flop. Getting nominated for eight Oscars isn't an Oscar flop. I wouldn't call Dreamgirls, Geisha, or Cold Mountain flops, just disappointments.
    I would consider a film like The Last Samurai to be a flop, or Big Fish. Flags of Our Fathers definitely. These are just a few off the top of my head.

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  7. I think you guys left out one big recent Oscar flop..."Running With Scissors"!

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  8. 3 words: the golden age...

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  9. Elizabethtown weaker than "Vanilla Sky"? Surely you jest.
    I can also thing of a couple of things that Ridley Scott did that were weaker than "Kingdom of Heaven" in my opinion: American Gangster, for one. With Kingdom of Heaven, I think that you are influenced by the typical American dislike of history that isn't your own. Or maybe it's movies that show Moslems as better than Christians.
    Also, I think it's a little unfair to blame one actor (in this case Bloom) for bad scripts and casting choices. The Susan Sarandon dance sequence in Elizabethtown was truly cringe-inducing and Kirsten Dunst's overly quirky stewardess was just annoying. Bloom can hardly be held responsible for those - or for some of the lines given to Alec Baldwin.

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  10. I wonder if "A Mighty Heart" won't be this year's biggest Oscar Flop?

    Why else would they have given Angelina Jolie a role where all she had to do was to speak snippily and occasionally rub her pregnant belly?

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  11. I don't see how Dreamgirls was an Oscar flop at all. It was good not great and it won an award in the acting category. People talk like Dreamgirls is equivalent to Daddy Day Camp or something.

    My Prediction: Charlie Wilson's War. When I first heard about this it sounded like a flop.

    BTW Beyonce didn't co-write Listen ( she barely writes any of her own music, her father likes to make people think she does)

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  12. Alexander is missing; it is definitely a bigger flop than Cold Mountain although I dont know for sure if Stone actually thought he was making an awardworthy movie or just an homoerotic sandals epic?

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  13. Personally, I actually rhink Alexander is vastly underrated, but I would say that, considering it's considerable early buzz, it was definitely a major Oscar flop.

    Also, Marie-Antoinette was a pretty major flop, although I guess that was kind of predicted after it's reception at Cannes.

    I agree with the people who are saying that Dreamgirls doesn't count as a flop.

    Writing from the UK, I have benefited from being able to see Atonement when it was released and it is absolutely stunning, and it's a shame people are writing Keira Knightley off because she really does give her best performance to date and I don't think she is in any way 'overshadowed by her co-stars'.

    And I definitely wouldn't count out Sweeney Todd or Angelina Jolie in A Mighty Heart yet either. Instead the most likely to fail in my opinion really seems to be Charlie Wilson's War, regardless of the heavyweight talent behind it.

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  14. Um... Cold Mountain and Memoirs of a Geisha were great.

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  15. I 've got a feeling Charlie Wilson's War is going to crash and burn.

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  16. I've got a feeling Charlie Wilson's War is going to crash and burn...

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  17. I would suggest you immediately consult the Director's Cut of KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. It's a masterpiece. Even the theatrical cut is head and shoulders above SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME or WHITE SQUALL. Calling it his worst film ever is just silly hyperbole.

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  18. I think "Charlie's willson war" will flop....
    And about your ranking: Dreamgirls failed it because it looks to me like an unfinished and unheartly movie... I didn't like it...

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  19. First reviews of Sweeney Todd: "just terrific. the best Burton's film since years, Johnny Depp is almost close to the Oscar..." If this tendency is true, the best picture category will be a fight between atonement and sweeney todd...

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  20. Personally, I felt Claire Danes was perhaps the strongest thing about "Evening." Other than Hugh Dancy, she was essentially the only actor in the film given an ample amount of interesting things to do and say, and I thought she did the finest job at piquing your interest within this jumbled mess. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that "Evening" showcases this actress' talent and growth moreso than anything she's done prior (save "Shopgirl"). I thought she was luminous in this movie, and other than a handful of key moments involving other paired members of this criminally wasted dream cast, she's pretty much the only thing I liked about it.

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  21. You said of Lasse Hallstrom:
    "He stumbled with The Shipping News" and I guess that's true in some ways (money, awards) but I think it's one of my favorite movies and I could watch it once a month. Who knows why some things just don't catch on?

    Many of these movies, numbers 5 through 9 particularly just seem like bad ideas.

    If I could give one award here it would be to Phantom of the Opera for being the best movie to nap to EVER! (I'm not being facetious - it really is a great movie to nap to.)

    I liked this list.

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  22. Elizabethtown was dreadful on so many levels. Bloom's performance was only one.

    Kingdom of Heaven also had big problems plot-wise (both versions), and US audiences just didn't want to hear its message. (Did fine in Europe, thanks.) Bloom didn't give a bad performance, just not the muscular one that most were expecting.

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  23. 'Elizabeth: The Golden Age' screamed Oscar bait. I liked it but it has no chance of any big awards. Blame Clive Owen and the overcrowded script.

    I want to see 'Sweeney Todd', but I have a feeling its going to be average. Johnny Depp isn't a very good actor. Sure, everyone says he is, but I have a feeling this is going to be a disapointment. Helena Bonham Carter may get a nomination though, because her character is probably the most interesting one in the story. I hope she pulls it off.

    'Alexander' was a great film, and I get miffed when people say it was worse than 'Troy.' Now that was an Oscar baiting piece of garbage. The only reason to watch is to marvel at Brad Pitt's body.

    I think 'Bug' deserves awards attention in all major categories.

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  24. I agree that Alexander was underrated considerably, and I marvel that "Troy" was left off the list entirely. This movie was the sorriest excuse for Oscar bait in years, and not one person in the cast gave even as passable performance. Not to mention wasting the talent of legend Peter O'Toole.
    I hope Sweeney fares much better, but I think the flop will be "Charlie Wilson's War"...

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  25. I agree with the above poster. Brad Pitt in Troy was, in a word, LAUGHABLE!

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  26. You forgot one of the biggest wannabe Oscar contenders: CINDERELLA MAN. From day one it was touted as Ron Howard's next big Oscar winner. They even re-released the damn thing in theatres! But when it came to statue time, no go at all!

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  27. First of all,you are wrong in many terms!Kingdom of Heaven isn't considered Ridley's worst movie at all!It also wasn't flop (budget $130 m. - gross $210 m.)
    -I don't know who thought that Spanglish could be Oscar winner.Just beacuse of the director.The screenplay wasn't Oscar-baity in my opinion.
    -The Family Stone was commercial success-with $18 m. budget it grossed more than $90 million!
    -The Phantom of the Opera was also success worldwide!
    I agree that Lions for Lambs and Charlie Wilson's War will probably flop.Actually,I'm sure about Lions for Lambs.Tom Cruise and movies about politics are not popular right now in the U.S.
    Then I could imagine In the Valley of Elah,Reservation Road,We Own the Night,Things we lost in fire and The Golden Age...
    Atonement got great reviews and the only "problem" is cause it's British with British actors in leading roles...

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  28. I'm getting a Brokeback Mountain vibe from Atonement...seems like one of those movies everybody will love, and it'll be a surefire cinch to win...and then the Best Picture presenter will look just as confused as Nicholson did when he announced that Crash had beaten Brokeback. Maybe it's just me, but I'm thinking that American Gangster will be the upset victor of the night.
    And I think Charlie Wilson's War is going to crash and burn. The studio is just trying way, way, waaaaaaaay too hard to beef it up as a surefire winner.

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  29. If you're going to include movies that got nominated but didn't win, then surely Gangs of New York is the biggest Oscar flop around. 10 nominations and not a single victory. While matching the record of The Color Purple in 1985, I would give the edge to GoNY because that was supposed to be Scorsese's year. That movie was his baby, upon which he had been working for 25 years. Even U2 couldn't beat Eminem in the Best Original Song category that year because of their association with that movie!

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  30. Even tho PHANTOM didn't get the expected Oscar noms, it should have had a better run at the box office.
    people who saw it liked it a lot, but it was released like an art house flick. it never even got a wide release. by the time people were aware of it, screen numbers were yanked to make way for other pics. unfortunately Warner Bros. didn't know what the hell to do with it. it wasn't really their film anyway. Sir Webber financed it all himself and turned it over to Warners marketing dept.
    however, it grossed more than $154 million worldwide, making it more than profitable.

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  31. I don't know...ALL THE KING'S MEN was probably one of the biggest prestige projects of 2005 before being released in 2006 to a mixture of BOOS and MORE BOOS! It's the worst film I've seen this decade thus far!

    Also (though I think it's the best film of this decade): Martin Scorsese's GANGS OF NEW YORK got 10 Oscar Nominations the same year as CHICAGO and didn't win a one, as I recall, and certainly not the ones you expected. Same goes for his 2004 film THE AVIATOR...

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  32. There is a movie that isn't getting a lot of hype in major press yet, but it's possible it might take everyone by surprise come Oscar time. What movie is it? Let me give you a hint: There will be blood...

    Actually, that's not a hint, that's the title!

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  33. I would categorize a flop as a movie billed as a "prestige film" that fails to earn even one Oscar nomination. In that category this year may fall "Hoax," "Eastern Promises" and "The Assassination of Jesse James ..."

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  34. Kingdom of Heaven is NOT Scott's weakest effort. That would probably be either A Good Year, or possibly a film that overreached, like 1492. The director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven might actually be Ridley Scott's finest achievement. It's an absolute jewel of a film, and if you read across the internet, most people who have seen it, would agree.

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  35. In a way the biggest flop of this year has already come and gone and it's none other then "Reservation Road." It's a good premise, from a good book but it was just trashed by the director and writer. I also think "American Gangster" will struggle to gain accolades due to the fact that "The Departed" won best picture last year. My true hope is that the academy will nominate "No Country for Old Men", "Juno" and also a movie from earlier in the year. Maybe a film called, "The Lookout" which is truly one of the hidden gems of the year and the most overlooked film I think.

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  36. "The Family Stone"
    Box office Flop !!! Are you kidding , the movie cost 18 million and made 59 million dollars at the box office . Where is the so called forgettable box office ?

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  37. One thing I've noticed about the trailer for Sweeney Todd is that there is no mention of its pedigree: based on a Tony-Award winning musical, written by Stephen Sondhiem, Broadway's premiere composer/lyricist, and considered by many to be his masterpiece.

    It's smarter marketing to advertise it as a Tim Burton/Johnny Depp collaboration, but your blog makes me wonder if they learned something from Dreamgirls prestige-based attack.

    Also, neither Dreamgirls, Hairspray nor Sweeney have come right out and advertised themselves as musicals - although the latter does feature singing.

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  38. I don't know why you are picking on Orlando Bloom...the problem with "Kingdom of Heaven" was that the story just didn't hang together that well...

    You also ignore the factor of racism in the poor treatment of "Dreamgirls."

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  39. Elizabeth said: You also ignore the factor of racism in the poor treatment of "Dreamgirls."

    People didn't like Dreamgirls because it was a weak movie that failed to live up to its hype, not because it was about black people.

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  40. "it was a weak movie that failed to live up to its hype"

    That's your opinion. Please let's not pretend that opinions constitute some type of objective analysis.

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  41. Dreamgirls wasn't treated poorly because of racism, it was was treated poorly because it was poor

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  42. The fact that Julie Christie is not mentioned among the potential Best Actress nominees, despite the fact that she has been considered a shoo-in for a nomination for months now, helps to point up the overall cluelessness of this website, along with the fact that nobody who has actually seen American Gangster can possibly take it seriously as a nominee in any major categories, let alone a winner.

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  43. Elizabeth said: You also ignore the factor of racism in the poor treatment of "Dreamgirls."

    Anonymous said: People didn't like Dreamgirls because it was a weak movie that failed to live up to its hype, not because it was about black people.

    Elizabeth said: "That's your opinion. Please let's not pretend that opinions constitute some type of objective analysis."

    It seems to me that BOTH of you are dealing within opinions. Anonymous's opinion is that the movie bit, Elizabeth's is that racism factored into it. There's plenty of room for both sides.

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  44. Half the people in this discussion are just going with the typical oscar bait movies, no wonder. There Will Be Blood, are people forgetting about this film? Atonement will flop, Sweeney Todd might not, but I have a feeling the academy may be sick of musicals. And Kindom of Heaven DC is amazing, Cold Mountain was definitely a good pick.

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  45. It's funny how everyone gets in a tizzy over this stuff. Seriously. This includes the bloggers themselves. The way I see it, there are always going to be movies that scream Oscar contender yet flop. It all boils down to one thing: a fickle audience with an attention span shorter than that of a five year old.

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  46. I would include even a foreign film to the list of Oscar flops, and you'll see why: I'm talking about Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio.
    Following the success of Life Is Beautiful, Benigni, backed by Miramax, embarked on a project that started to sound ill-fated as long as it was clear that HE, a middle-aged man, was going to star as Pinocchio. The result? Great costumes, lavish production, and a sense of deep embarassement by all the audience. It was clearly a project made to bank on Life Is Beautiful's success at the Oscars. It ended up being a respectable (and nothing more) b.o. success only in Italy, and winning Razzies instead of Oscars

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  47. Proof was good. That it didn't win an Oscar proves nothing, as the Oscars consistently fail to reward worthy films.

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  48. Brad Pitt gave a really good performance in Troy. He did it entirely over the top, as he should have, and as the entire movie was done, and it came out enjoyable.

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  49. The Human Stain should have been on your list, and In the Cut with Meg Ryan-otherwise,good list...

    Oh yeah, and The Missing, with Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones!

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  50. OK, so "The Family Stone" wasn't a box-office flop. But it certainly stunk. It's bearable though compared to the AWFUL "Dan in Real Life". Back to the list. I'm sure Universal was hoping for some major Oscar nominations for, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age". In addition to mediocre reviews, the U.S. box-office suffered a HUGE drought for six straight weeks. It wasn't until "American Gangster" opened that re-ignited ticket sales. So many Oscar hopefuls didn't make 1/2 of what the studios were hoping. Hell, Ben Still had his lowest money making movie in YEARS during this time. I thought "The Golden Age" was outstanding. And hope Cate can still squeeze out an nomination at the very least for her work in it.

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