Oscars Playback: When 'The Last Emperor' swept and Cher struck gold

[@SleepFan771]

I adore The Last Emperor. I wish John Lone & Joan Chen had won Oscars too!

[@slc2466]

Joan Chen's in the conversation this year for "Didi"- rooting for her!

[@timgriffin3368]

Joyce, you really Love The Princess Bride; don't deny it. 😅

[@timgriffin3368]

Trick to how darn good Hunter is: Watch Raising Arizona followed by Broadcast News- Incredibly over the top and then sublime like passive inward acting. In that one year, Siskel and Ebert wanted her to win and went crazy about her performance.

[@slc2466]

I'm glad Cher has an Oscar, but IMO everyone stating Glenn Close should have won, no contest, are underrating how awesome Hunter is in "Broadcast."

[@rodrickheffley8794]

Love Moonstruck. Cher deserved her Oscar. Iconic performance. Although her competition that year was fierce.

[@sreyangovender3404]

No love for No Way Out? Pitch perfect duplicitous thriller with Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman

[@davedavis8786]

Three points. 1.) I wish Holly Hunter had won Best Actress. I think she deserved it, and then Broadcast News would have won something and maybe maybe a few years later Angela Bassett would have won for WLGTDWI. Cher's moment was enjoyable though. 2.) Steve Martin should have gotten a Best Actor nom for Roxanne, he was much more deserving than Williams or Nicholson. 3.) Babette's Feast and Au Revoir Les Enfants have become classics and are still watched by many people outside of Europe. In fact, Pope Francis has said that Babette's Feast is his favorite film.

[@timgriffin3368]

Babettes Feast = Great

[@timgriffin3368]

5 nominated films were fine. Lot of talk on Empire of the Sun being messy; i still loved it so id take out Fatal Attraction tho i get it. Second place should've been Broadcast News. The Last Emperor = GORGEOUS. SO GLAD IT WON!!!!!

[@SoulKnightKing]

Controversial opinion. Cher shoukda won for 1985 The Mask, Then Holly Hunter could've won for Broadcast News and then Angela Bassett couldve won for WLGTDWI.

[@timgriffin3368]

I feel that. It's a wish wish wish kind of thing. No for Mask. My wish would be Moonstruck another year and still with her win for that. Gorgeous, funny, real movie. Hunter and Bassett the other 2 you mention; Yes.

[@rodrickheffley8794]

Holly Hunter is better in Broadcast News than she is in The Piano. The Piano is HIGHLY overrated. So is her performance. That film is a slog to get through.

[@JoshFriedman786]

You're TOTALLY wrong about The Piano, it's an exquisite timeless masterpiece but I do agree that Holly Hunter gives a stronger performance in Broadcast News because of the screenplay.

[@rodrickheffley8794]

@@JoshFriedman786 Just my opinion on the Piano lol. I don’t like it. An overrated movie. Get over it.