Top 10 Oscar Wins I Love Everyone Hates!

[@tinas_hotdog_sophie]

I will never understand people who say Titanic is a bad movie. If they don't like it, fine, that's their opinon, but a bad movie? Like... have they seen actually badly made movies?

[@axr7149]

Totally agree. James Cameron’s direction really carries this movie (my all-time favorite Directing win), and it is extremely graceful too. Was reminded of classic epics like BEN-HUR, GONE WITH THE WIND etc. in terms of scope, and the fact that he was able to successfully recapture that feeling was amazing. TITANIC is one of my all-time favorite movies.

[@amr_12_]

Titanic is my all time favorite film. I think people think it’s cool to hate this film and just jump into the bandwagon lol… screw the haters

[@duanein3d]

Highly agree

[@TheNathanj2009]

Rubbish script, mediocre acting and it goes on FOREVER

[@darrensmith4932]

I’m not keen on the Kate and Leo love story but from the moment the ship hits the iceberg, it’s a remarkable feat of film making. Excellent direction and technical execution

[@ladybug4508]

Thank you for standing up for the Brendan Fraser win! Brendan gave a magnificent performance and ABSOLUTELY deserved that win. I agree his performance was not Oscar bait-y at all and seemed absolutely real and genuine. He really touched my heart, and I felt like I really deeply knew this character Charlie. Brendan slayed it both in the emotional moments, which were heart-wrenching, and in the quieter moments. Not many people comment on how he also perfected his body movements and voice, his struggling to breathe, coughing and moaning - I felt like I was really watching a dying person. I feel like honestly the voices screaming Butler should have won are just the loudest ones. Many, many of us were simply thrilled that Fraser won!

[@Dim4323]

He came along way since the mummy movies.

[@Surkpart]

I was surprised this was listed as a hated win. I was in a rom full of people at an Oscar watch party, and this was the one award that year that we all cheered - no one wanted Austin Butler to beat Brendan Fraser in that amazing performance. I do think everyone in Banshees was phenomenal, but I cannot do anything but cheer Fraser's win.

[@danielabussmann1902]

I will never come over with Colin Farrell didn't win.

[@rickyestevez4698]

Brenda Fraser was absolutely amazing in The Whale. His performance devastated me. It was raw, emotional and utterly convincing. His heartache and grief was almost palpable. The scene with Samantha Morton and the final interaction with Sadie Sink undid me. I don't cry often watching movies, but this reached deep into me and I let the tears flow. It was such an open and honest depiction of love lost and regret. He was awesome and very much deserved that statue.

[@doublehornsben]

You're not the only one who would've claimed Spacey as their favorite actor. That was me as well. Glad you stayed safe when you met him.

[@MarcioDAstrain]

Personally, I loved Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland and she deserved to win the Oscar. I thought her performance was strong and sublime and a true tribute to the great woman and star that Judy Garland was. And the fact that she sang the songs in the film extraordinarily - even getting a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. Simply incredible.

[@jaylouis8227]

I actually love Brendan Fraser winning as well. After his speech at the Critic's Choice awards, I said, "I hope he wins the Oscar," and then I watched The Whale and thought his performance was heart wrenching.

[@Tricki_Woo]

Ann Dowd should have won the Oscar for best supporting actress in “MASS”

[@jhhone]

💯 percent agree! That entire cast was a master class in acting! Especially Ann Dowd!

[@HaydenReviews5]

Jason Isaacs too!

[@jhhone]

@@HaydenReviews5 YES! The entire cast was on another level!

[@alexanderpatino]

She should've won BSA for the next 5 years for that role

[@merveben4753]

idk if forrest gump deserved best picture but tom hanks %100 deserved to win best actor and he's one of the best winners

[@TheCatIndeed]

Chicago is one of the most dazzling, electric, ridiculously entertaining films I’ve ever seen, and I roll my eyes when I see it on a “Worst Best Picture Winners” list. Yes, The Pianist is a beautiful holocaust drama, and if you feel it’s the best film of 2002, I can’t argue with you, but to completely denounce Chicago is being very unfair to a very good movie.

[@suarezguy]

I don't like most musicals in general but with Chicago most of the style felt way-overdone-annoying and the story pretty anticlimactic after (the one really good song) "We Both Reached for the Gun"

[@TheCatIndeed]

@@suarezguy so you think it was overdone but your favorite song was the most elaborate one? And the story is a little anticlimactic, but that’s the point. Violence will keep happening, and these women will keep getting away with their crimes. I think the final number does a great job ending the film on a high note.

[@leoprince691]

​@TheCatIndeed The problem with Chicago is that Renee Zellwegger's character is not really a character to root for. She's selfish, manipulative, deceives her husband and gets her way at the end even though she didn't deserve to. There's also a few other flaws as well. From an acting and musical standpoint, it's a good enough movie, but as a Best Picture winner, not really, in my opinion. The other nominees I felt were much better movies.

[@TheCatIndeed]

@@leoprince691 Roxie is supposed to be unlikable, the whole story is about how bad people win sometimes, but it’s told through an accessible and fun musical standpoint. It’s ok if you don’t like it, but many Best Picture winners have bad people getting away with their crimes.

[@davidpunzalan7354]

Crazy thing about "Chicago" is that it's my 4th out of that year's BP nominees, but I'm still OK with its win. That was one heck of a film!

[@samuelbarber6177]

I like Forrest Gump, don’t get me wrong, but it has some serious flaws I can’t get behind. It takes a very uninteresting approach to one of the most interesting historical periods, which can basically summed up as, “hey remember Watergate?” And “here’s Tom Hanks narrating over the Zapruder film”. And then Forrest is a character who feels like he has such little agency in any part of the story. Meanwhile Jenny tries to make the world a better place and is constantly punished for it. There are just parts of this film that I cannot get behind, and that’s a shame because there are other parts that are so good.

[@suarezguy]

Yeah really feel the movie was, felt overly harsh to Jenny, at the least too relatively uninterested in her.

[@robgronotte1]

Jenny was the villain of the film, and rightfully in my mind.

[@RodneyDollar]

Do feel the Renee wouldn’t be hated if she didn’t win over Scarlett in marriage story and saorise in the little women and Brendan Fraser’s best actor win is deserved

[@chiraagdaya]

Super glad you had Titanic on this list Brian. I'll never understand the backlash for it. I've adored Titanic all my life and definitely thought it was worthy of the best picture Oscar. I feel the same about Forrest Gump as well. One of my favourite movies of all time..it's just so watchable.

[@khongmaithikhog5624]

😮 8:20 hot

[@randomguy6695]

I LOVE Brendan Fraser’s win. I didn’t realize people hated that win. I like Renee Zellweger’s win for Judy too. She was quite uncanny in that movie and the ending was heartbreaking.

[@johnnolan5579]

Yes, all the fangirls were upset because Austin Butler didn't win for Elvis.

[@philofthefuture]

Brendan Fraser’s performance is third on my list of favourite Best Actor winning performances. I had no idea it was disliked and wasn’t surprised when it was won

[@ladybug4508]

Honestly, my impression has been that Brendan's performance was nearly universally loved and admired. Most critics who reviewed the film heaped praise onto him for it, (even if they didn't 100% like the film itself), and many everyday people who saw it were deeply moved by his performance (judging by people I've known who saw it, and many comments I've seen on the web.) Most people who express dislike for it seem to be fans of Austin Butler who are disgruntled that he did not win. I can understand their disappointment - I would have felt that way if Brendan hadn't won - but I don't understand why they have to trash Brendan so harshly. That's not necessary and I wonder if many of them actually saw Brendan's performance. In any case, they can still have their opinion that Austin should have won without having to annihilate the person who won instead.

[@AndresGomez-ct7qb]

10:36 I'm one of those people that thinks 'Forrest Gump' didn't deserve it. Not because I think it's bad, but because to see a film I view as more of a cheesy feel-good movie beat _Shawshank_ & _Pul Fiction_ is wild, and I even think 'Four Weddings and A Funeral' was a more interesting film. Not quite as bad as 'Green Book' winning over 'The Favourite' but, it's along those lines for my taste.

[@signeaarejrgensen61]

Agreed 👍

[@tabalaner4202]

It's a classic academy issue. Pulp Fiction was never gonna win because it's so politically incorrect. Sex, Drugs, Violence... Tarantino never won Best Director which is a crime in itself but they just try to avoid those (Best Director, Best Movie) if not totally unavoidable. Forrest Gump is the perfect Academy movie. An outsider (also disadvantaged) who lives the American Dream and enjoys the freedom of good ol' America. Exactly what you so fittingly describe as cheesy. Don't get me wrong, I adore the movie. Hanks is magnificent, the screenplay is good and so much more. It's just the context of who it won against, that I think (in hindsight) that someone else should have won. To me that would have been Shawshank Redemption. The movie is just perfect. Riddles me till today why this hasn't won a single Oscar.

[@stvk99]

isn't shawshank also a cheesy feel-good movie?

[@tabalaner4202]

@@stvk99 is it feeldgood? Yeah, sure. I just dont think its cheesy. Feel-good in movies is totally okay as long as its not provoked. Shawshank rewards the viewer a few times with happy moments for the MC. Forrest Gump just never looses. There is almost no up and down in his story. So it isnt rewarding for the viewer, it just tells you to be happy about it because you know thats what the writer intended. In Shawshank you are happy because you genuinely feel happy for the characters because they have been through bad times.

[@MrMcsia]

I always hated "Forrest Gump" and felt quite alone with it. Nice to read some others don't like it.

[@gui4816]

People from my generation, specially progressive people, see Forrest Gump as this conservative fantasy, about how we should be dumb and embrace authority. They see the things that happen to Jenny as a lesson like "don't challenge authority", "don'ttry to escape your enviroment". I would say that the movie is indeed a fairy tale-like story, but it isn't this reactionary propaganda people claim it is. What happens to Jenny is a tragedy, her erratic behavior is framed as a product of abuse and trying to escape her enviroment.

[@samuelbarber6177]

Honestly it just strikes me as if Zemeckis and Roth didn’t really consider the deeper message of that movie, so I think calling it any kind of propaganda is a bit much, but I still don’t like it because Forrest is just overall kind of a useless character. I’d much rather watch a movie actually about Jenny.

[@gui4816]

@samuelbarber6177 I think the movie shows different sides to the american experience, and the comedic tone (we shouldn't forget that) makes it a kind of satire at some points

[@suarezguy]

Maybe not outright direct blatant fantasy but it does too much feel like pro-following authority is best and as that the protesters/protesting was at best not really worthwhile, maybe more destructive.

[@gui4816]

@suarezguy the movie is pretty neutral on the protests. It doesn't show the war as a good thing since it killed Bubba and ruined Dan's life. Forrest is rewarded not for killing people but for saving people's lives and representing his country in Ping Pong. But the historical events are portrayed more as "stuff that happened" than good or bad things.

[@theorderofthebees7308]

@@gui4816 you made great points

[@PeterRabbit4Eva]

Mine: 1. Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant (Best Actor) 2. CODA (Best Picture) 3. Brendan Fraser for The Whale (Best Actor) 4. Frances McDorman for both Three Billboards …. and Nomadland (Best Actress) 5. Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club (Best Actor) 6. Rami Malek for Bohemian Rhapsody (Best Actor) 7. Gary Oldman for Darkest Hour (Best Actor) 8. Slumdog Millionaire (Best Picture) 9. The Last Emperor (Best Picture) 10. The Hurt Locker (Best Picture)

[@alexhopkins5559]

Thank you! Renee Zellweger gives such an incredible performance as Judy Garland. I think people are unfairly attacking her because there is more discourse against biopics and their exploitation nowadays and Judy is kinda the epitome of that. But let's not kid ourselves, Zellweger gives such a moving performance and really becomes Judy and she deserves to be recognized for that outstanding transformation.

[@oneAndyHicks]

For me it would be The English Patient winning best picture. I'd always heard it was a slog and hard to get through. Similarly to Out of Africa, it was a big hollywood studio epic romance, but when I got into the film I was completely swept away by the desert landscapes and Ralph Fiennes dazzling romantic performance. The film swept the oscars and in my opinion deserved all 9 of them, even director. I was swept off my feet with surprise by how much I was LOVING that movie. The same cannot be said for Out of Africa, which I despise with a passion.

[@MrPetoffi]

I agree on both counts

[@ChrisWilson-d8k]

That's funny. I KNEW English Patient was supposedly "slow" so I was prepared for it and I TOO LOVED the movie. Definitely Oscar worthy. And I also agree with you on Out of Africa though perhaps NOT as strongly as you but still. Certainly Redford (one of my all time faves) didn't do much of anything to engage an audience. Streep's scene with that other actor..GOD I can't recall his name. Was he Austrian? German? Whatever...he & Streep I thought played well together. I tried reading the book and found it boring. Out of Africa should more appropriately be called Out of this THEATER!

[@oragamiowl5031]

Someone standing up for Goodbye Mr Chips. Good to see!

[@Gettingoffthestrugglebus]

I agree with most of these especially Titanic, Coda, Renee Zellweger, Brendan Fraser and even the Kevin Spacey performance and I love American Beauty the way you do! But yeah I’m kind of in the hate boat for “Forrest Gump” I never really liked it with the exception of the score and the Robin Wright performance.

[@Alex_DC413]

100% agree with Forrest Gump and Brendan Fraser I didn't even know CODA was hated. My brother doesn't even like "Oscar Bait" movies, and HE likes CODA.

[@markatto33]

Coda is a fine movie, People got mad because its not by any measure the best film of the year.

[@smann87]

@@markatto33 - Exactly, the same way this channel questions whether movies like American Beauty are actually great 20 years later (after having watched the retrospective video from earlier this year) makes me wonder how people will evaluate Coda a decade from now once they see it had no outstanding artistic quality to it to call it the most excellent work of 2021. It was a feel-good film for streaming at a time after the pandemic where people needed to feel some pick-me-up. The screenplay win was ridiculous as it was incredibly similar to the French film that inspired it, while Drive My Car that year was an emotional three hour film based on a short story. You could tell when Oscar voters vote by their feelings vs. the craft they're being asked to evaluate.

[@janecristinadeoliveira5075]

I absolutely adore CODA! It's a story about love and family that made me cry and smile. The acting, screenplay, soundtrack, cinematography... everything is beautiful in that movie and very much deserves all 3 oscars it has ❤

[@michelehamilton961]

My issue with CODA is the anti -intellectual hate from it’s fans towards Power of the Dog. The whole idea that POTD had no emotion and was just an intellectual exercise and that if you didn’t puddle all over CODA , you had no feelings. I also can’t stand the fact that to my knowledge Apple was fronting like they were this little underdog company and that they refused to release it on physical media, even to public libraries.

[@davidfilmexpert]

CODA is not only so problematic in the way it portrays deaf characters as stereotypes but it also offended deaf people by showing them being a burden on hearing people and mocks the disabled. One of the worst wins ever! 👎

[@Dim4323]

What about Dune part 1 it won Oscsrs as well

[@drdavid1963]

It's all about taste in the end and I agree with most of your picks - Kevin Spacey, How Was Green Was My Valley (though Citizen Kane deserved to win, it was too ahead of its time), Robert Donat (I would prefer James Stewart but he won the year after). But Coda and Forrest Gump are different. Coda is a good movie (Mass is better but too tough for the Academy) but you know where the movie is going very early on and though, it's well-acted and well written, we've seen this kind of movie so many times before. That's my issue with it. I would much prefer Licorice Pizza to win - PTA is way overdue. (I also love Alana Haim in that movie but I also love Jessica Chastain so I'm not complaining) Since you asked that you don't understand why people would hate Forrest Gump, I'll tell you. Not only are Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption and Quiz Show (my favourite) all-timers, Forrest Gump is once again, the safe Oscar choice against more challenging material. Forrest Gump is endearing, Forrest Gump is clever, Forrest Gump is a wild ride, Forrest Gump is moving. To borrow your phrase, 'I get it'. And to borrow Forrest Gump's phrase 'Stupid is as stupid does' sort of sums up the movie. Whilst most people seem to think that if we were all like Forrest Gump, we'd all be better off and (as the movie concludes) America would be better off and it wouldn't have had to go through all that social upheaval with all those ridiculous Vietnam protestors and all those sexual promiscuous youth who brought on AIDS in the 1980s. The movie seems to be saying if you're a young protestor and you live it up, you deserve to die (Ginny) but if you're Forrest and just never learn anything and go through life being blissfully unaware of anything, you're loveable and adorable, I don't get it. Not only do I not get it, I don't buy such a monumentally stupid message. Not only does it reduce major events of American history to postmodern jokes (which sits well with millenials who think that the world didn't exist before they were born), it suggests that Forrest is a sympathetic victim of fate, being blown about like a feather on the wind whilst, really, he should just get educated and so should we all. And man, he is such an annoying character. Along with Driving Miss Daisy, this would be up there in terms of worst Oscar wins and I guess in my top 10 picks for Oscar Wins I Hate That Everybody Loves

[@smann87]

I totally hear you about Coda in that it was just so formulaic to win an award like Best Picture. I was watching FYC or perhaps somewhere else, that they mentioned for every year you get a truly outstanding winner like Parasite that feels like an exceptional film, the Academy then moves back a step before they move forward again in actually honoring movies that truly stand out as exceptional movies. Think of how a hokey movie like the Green Book won the year before Parasite and after a family film like Coda wins, the next year sees a sweep by Everything Everywhere All at Once, quite a left-of-center film.

[@drdavid1963]

@@smann87 - Yes, it's been a constant feature of the Oscars but there are occasional surprises.

[@PasiniFilms]

I think Paul Mescal delivered one of the most devastating and heartbreaking performances of all time. In my opinion, it was the best performance of the year for a lead actor, and I still believe that Brendan Fraser deserved the Oscar that night. Sometimes, it's all about timing and place. Paul Mescal will win an Oscar one day, but that night belonged to Fraser.

[@foxosler]

Keep up the great work sir. Your videos are always top class. 🤞🏼

[@moronsmincemovies]

I think the hate for Forrest Gump is specifically within certain groups because the vast majority of the movie going population loves Forrest Gump, including myself. Pulp Fiction and Shawashank Redemption are great movies, but Forrest Gump is iconic.

[@drdavid1963]

Amongst millenials maybe but not amongst Gen-Xers who saw it at the time

[@moronsmincemovies]

@drdavid1963 I'm a millennial, and I love the movie. I was ten years old when Forrest Gump came out. I might have been too young to see it, but I loved it then, and I've loved it all the tens and tens of times I've seen it.

[@drdavid1963]

@@moronsmincemovies - It's a movie for ten year olds

[@moronsmincemovies]

@@drdavid1963 KZbin comments are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get.

[@drdavid1963]

@@moronsmincemovies - Spoken like a ten year old

[@miguelsantos-cd9tu]

5:07 Sorry, but your argument that Grace Kelly deserves to win because she starred in two Alfred Hitchcock films is horrible. She wasn't nominated for Rear Window, she was nominated for her performance on The Country Girl.

[@MichaelofTheVillages]

I would rather have Grace Kelly as never winning an Oscar over Judy Garland being Oscar-less (her juvenile Oscar doesn’t count)

[@jherinstamps6874]

Ehh the Academy takes previous performances into account when selecting a winner, they do give out career wins and make-up awards. I don't like it but it's true, so his argument is valid.

[@jonathanlewis6798]

Judy should have won

[@ChrisWilson-d8k]

Here! Here!

[@robertmarginean164]

Yeah, that's in an ideal world. I wanted Leo to win Best Actor for Wolf of Wall Street because he deserved it. But considering he didn't, I still prefer him winning it for The Revenant than not winning it at all. I have the same thought process for Grace Kelly

[@robertmarginean164]

I'll die on the hill that 90% of people who hate How Green Was My Valley either never watched it or went into it with the mindset of wanting to dislike it. CODA sits comfortably at number 10/96 in my Best Picture ranking. If I were to rank it purely based on the impact it had on me, it would be in the top 3

[@tofansultani8472]

Who hates Kevin Spacey win for The American Beauty? He deserved that Oscar.

[@ashleighcalvert8937]

Never heard anyone say anything but good things about his performances they are near perfect and I’m glad that did not prevent people from condemning him for his awful behavior and actions no artist is too good to be punished for their crimes

[@dj71162]

The only popular other winner, from what I'm aware, would have been Denzel Washington in The Hurricane. He won at the Globes and had never won in the lead Actor category before, whereas Spacey was still new to the scene and had won only a few years prior.

[@PlusUltraAdrian]

I don't hate his win. But Denzel was the better choice IMO. He got robbed twice in the 90's.

[@tofansultani8472]

@@PlusUltraAdrian and then he robbed Russell Crowe two years later.

[@marquescausey7750]

Washington or the not-nominated Al Pacino would have gotten my vote.

[@genericyoutubecommentchann7418]

I like your list. Here’s my comments: 10. I do know people who are mixed on Titanic. Some people I know say it’s too long and they’re not into the love story, but generally I think there’s a good number of people who still love that win. 9. I don’t know too much about the performance, but I thought people enjoyed that movie. Although maybe I’m thinking of a later version. 8. If anything, I think that’s the case of an actress getting nominated for the wrong movie that year. That I think would be an interesting idea for a Top 10. (Top 10 nominees who had a better performance the same year.) 7. I enjoyed How Green Was My Valley. Personally I preferred 8 of the other 9 nominees that year over it, but I think that’s because that year was pretty stacked overall in Best Picture. I didn’t hate that win. 6. I actually really enjoyed A Touch of Class, largely because of Jackson. I didn’t think it was worthy of a Best Picture nomination, but it was solid, albeit very 70s, and it was largely because of her performance. 5. Generally speaking, people love Forrest Gump. I think it’s just when people look at the other nominees they have problems. 4. I have yet to see this one, so I can’t comment. 3. I think part of the reason is also because Judy Garland never won an Oscar, and yet someone won an Oscar for playing her, and that just doesn’t sit well with some. 2. I just saw CODA for the first time last month, and I really enjoyed it. I’m kind of surprised it won Best Picture since I thought it was kind of a formulaic teen vs the parents family drama, but it was well-executed. It wasn’t my favorite nominee that year, but I still loved it and I’m happy it won. 1. I have yet to see American Beauty (on my list), but I see what you mean.

[@duanein3d]

Haha my number one for a list like this would easily be Rami Malek. I’ve been fighting that battle for years now 😂

[@kellie-nd1yp]

Too much hate for that win . I think it’s better than it gets credit for .

[@wavesofwoodenlegs]

I agree!

[@jennifermcgee8621]

I thought he was phenomenal in Bohemian Rapsody

[@dannielleburrus6117]

It is a terrible win for a mediocre film that was not truthful at all. I hate this win so much.

[@BooksWithBenghisKahn]

Loved this vid, and I thought Fraser gave an absolutely spectacular performance that left the most impact for me that year. So Oscar worthy 💪

[@saradigiovacchino74]

I loved Coda and I am so glad that it won. A heartwarming story deserves to win every once in a while.

[@davidfilmexpert]

Bravo, you love a movie that mocks the disabled and portrays deaf people as a burden. I have two close friend who are deaf who are still appalled by this win.

[@knightterror2826]

I think Forrest Gump is in a very awkward situation that there was never any way to avoid. Pulp Fiction, Shawshank and FG are all amazing movies that in any other year would have stood head and shoulders above the competition. The problem always is that only one movie could win. I think whichever of the three had won would end up being resented today because the other two were snubbed. If Shawshank had won I could definitely see it being seen as unworthy today, and in the case of Pulp Fiction even more so, because Tarantino has had two other movies nominated for Best Picture since and fans would complain he didn't win for those because he got the trophy for PF instead. Of the three movies, I personally think FG takes the bronze because it is a bit too whimsical and charming for its own good, but it's still a fantastic film and definitely doesn't deserve the bitterness it receives, at least without the proper context, because it is a Best Picture worthy film. I can't really go all in with this opionion because I never saw The Whale, but I did see Banshees and Elvis and absolutely thought Farrell gave the best performance in a lead role that year.

[@alpe1987]

Titanic and Forrest Gump deserve their wins for Best Picture. Politics definitely played a role in Citizen Kane not winning considering who the character was loosely based on. The Brendan Fraser win is not a bad win but had it not been the presence of social media and the undying love he gets from it maybe the outcome would’ve been different. I remember that everyone was wanting to come down between Colin Farrell and Brendan Fraser but everyone written off Austin Butler but once Butler won GG and BAFTA then the Fraser fans were in a panic because the possibility of Brendan not winning. And both ELVIS and THE WHALE shared a category in Best Makeup and once Whale won I knew Brendan was gonna win.

[@Gettingoffthestrugglebus]

I feel like people hate “The English Patient” win for Best Picture but I love this film so much.

[@kelleyceccato7025]

You're not alone.

[@luisrizo8813]

Elaine Benes

[@johnnolan5579]

Loved the movie.

[@lopezfan24]

Elaine?

[@kellie-nd1yp]

I liked The English Patient too. Fargo did grow on me just not on the first watch.

[@axr7149]

The win that tops this particular list for me is SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE for Best Picture. I saw it again last night, and it’s actually an extremely well executed film with a great script and top notch filmmaking, with strong performances across the board. Was reminded a little of AMADEUS in terms of story structure. I do think that it deserved it more than SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, which I found to start strong but lose momentum as the story dragged on and also emotionally manipulative at times.

[@TJThomas116]

A fellow Shakespeare in Love apologist! There are dozens of us! Dozens! I went into Shakespeare in Love expecting to absolutely hate it but could not agree more that it's a wonderful film.

[@kellie-nd1yp]

I love it too!

[@samuelbarber6177]

I don’t know if anyone hates this, but Sean Connery winning Best Supporting Actor for The Untouchables is one I like. I just love that a James Bond actor got an Oscar, and I think he is quite good in The Untouchables. Also, as much as I love Raging Bull, I’m cool with Ordinary People winning Best Picture. Redford winning Best Director over Marty though…

[@nuntiuso7347]

Ordinary People gets sooo much hate because of the Oscars, but I watched it and ended up loving it, actually almost as much as Raging Bull! Hutton deserved his win, and personally I’m also ok with Redford winning Director, but I do think Scorsese would’ve been a mighty deserving winner for Director (more so than for his Departed win, imo).

[@ChrisWilson-d8k]

I agree. I loved Ordinary People. It was so not the standard "TONE" movies generally have. I thought it was perfect. Don't get me wrong Raging Bull is a good movie...but almost like Citizen Kane for all its rage it has no heart. Scorsese SHOULD have won for GOOD FELLAS. One of the biggest travesties EVER...I mean NOT WINNING THE OSCAR is the travesty! HA!

[@luisnelas1747]

Really like your videos! Coda is fantastic!

[@jensmucha1339]

Citizen Kane (or Maltese Falcon) should have made it in '42, just like Pulp Fiction (or Shawshank) should have made it in '95. Hollywood was just celebrating itself in those years, that's the simple truth. Coda on the other hand was a well deserved winner, although I don't think that it was a particularly strong year. Gotta watch Mass some day, so thanks for reminding me.

[@vanessaheine8093]

Thank you for saying that about Forrest Gump. I love that film and I’ll watch it whenever it’s on.

[@oscarman42]

I don't believe everyone "hates" my choice, but I know there is a good amount of disagreement about my opinion that Elizabeth Taylor's performance in Butterfield 8 has some moments where she is quite good (the "confession" scene stands out). Was the film or her work Oscar-worthy? No, but I think she did pretty well with what she was given.

[@ChrisWilson-d8k]

Deborah Kerr or Melina Mercouri could have won the award easily and probably should have..BUT...I agree with you. I think Taylor was fine and dandy. The movie itself is actually VERY watchable and enjoyable. It's one of those movies you watch on a winter afternoon with coffee, maybe a danish...and it's totally enjoyable. It's an easy watch.

[@alucinado1021]

Titanic is a masterpiece ! You can hate the love story all you want, but this movie was extremely well made !!!!

[@robertqld]

Thank you for mentioning Glenda Jackson! I will always defend her win there! Granted I was the 12 year old, instead of obsessing about Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder (soooo dating myself there lol!), I was obsessing about Glenda Jackson and Vanessa Redgrave! Lol

[@highwind1991]

Titanic is one of the greatest movies ever made. And it's one of those films from the late '90s and early 2000s that became popular and people thought was cool to hate. But history and time has been kind to it and has shown that it's actually incredible. It's James Cameron's best movie in my opinion. Titanic IS pop culture

[@marshawarner4325]

Hi Brian, I feel the same way about American Beauty and Kevin Spacey. It was my favorite movie and his performance also a favorite for years. Now, we've learned about the private life of Spacey and I wrestle with how we think about the artist's product and the artist's private life. How do we weigh and consider what an artist creates (Woody Allen comes to mind) against their alleged crimes or misdeeds? I would love to see you make a KZbin video about this subject and hear your thoughts. How do YOU judge or weigh the art against the private life of the artist? Tell my your thoughts...

[@janecristinadeoliveira5075]

Don't you know he's been cleared of all allegations? The man had his life ruined by lies

[@lregwoc2]

I have a deaf ministry at my church, and I like that the deaf community was represented in the Academy and the world.

[@Manuelcolon24]

Not you taking the moment to say Kevin Spacey would have tried to abuse you☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️ what the hell.

[@alberty7865]

CODA was meh! I can’t believe it won, while Tick, Tick… Boom! wasn’t even nominated for Best Picture!

[@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719]

Exactly!

[@davidfilmexpert]

Not only is it meh but CODA also got backlash from the deaf community for it's stereotypes and the portrayal of them being a burden. The fact it also won for the problematic screenplay is just heinous. 😒

[@badluckboy1]

I agree with CODA because I watched the movie and I love it so much. It was funny, charming, and emotional. And I was also confused that people hated the win and even calling it worst best picture winner... like over Crash? over Cimarron? over The Great Zigfield? I don't think so. CODA deserved the win. I said what I said.

[@kellie-nd1yp]

I feel like some haven't seen enough of the best picture winners or they wouldn't say that about CODA.

[@kellie-nd1yp]

I agree maybe it Seems like many have not seen that many best picture winners or they wouldn't say that about CODA .

[@jacquesboyadjian9449]

Titanic hmm… there’s at least three movies that year that i think are way better: good will hunting, boogie nights, and wag the dog. Two of which did not get nominated for best picture

[@jaidynr87]

Love to see the Forrest Gump praise! Shawshank and Pulp are both masterpieces yes, but I will forever believe that Gump is a masterpiece as well. Though I do have to say, I didn’t love Fraser’s win for the whale. I thought Butler wholeheartedly deserved it, with Farrell and mescal being close behind him. Thought Fraser was alright, was happy to see him as a person winning an Oscar, but yeah not for that performance lol

[@nuntiuso7347]

10. Personally not my favorite nominee, but I’ve grown to like it more over the years. 7. That’s a cool pick! Having also seen it twice, I agree it gets way too much hate (although I’m also a fan of Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon, and Suspicion). 5. Yeah, I’m on the side that says this shouldn’t have won. As a movie by itself, it’s good; I respect Tom Hanks, and most of the other actors, but I don’t think I’ll ever have the same emotional reaction to it like others do for its emotionally manipulative story. I prefer Shawshank, then Pulp Fiction. 4. Lots of mixed thoughts on the movie, for sure, but I do think Fraser acts really well, even though I still put him below Butler. 3. Yes! I was impressed by her with the movie, I thought she would’ve been a worthy winner as she really embodied Judy Garland, and then I see so many people just trash her win. Like, I get if people aren’t fans of her, but c’mon, she does at least give a really good performance. 2. YES! I got really emotional watching this movie (close to crying but not quite, just because I don’t like letting movies get me that way), and I got so excited to see a positive-vibe movie done well and get Oscars attention despite its streaming origins. Dune would’ve been cool too, but the people who call it the worst BP winner need to watch some older winners that were actually slogs like The Great Ziegfeld, Out of Africa and Cavalcade! 1. I can see that. I have a lot of mixed thoughts about the movie’s theme, but there are still a lot scenes I admire and respect, and a lot of it is due to the writing and Spacey’s acting. (Have not seen the others)

[@rubytuesdayphoenix]

Great list, Brian! I appreciated you standing up for How Green Was My Valley. I'm a HUGE Orson Welles fan and adore Citizen Kane, but HWAMV was the first black and white movie I ever saw, when I was like six, and I've unabashedly loved it ever since. I still cry like a baby at the end (that damn Welsh singing!).

[@ChrisWilson-d8k]

There you go! HGWMV is such a great movie. When John Ford is on his game, there's no one who can touch him? THE QUIET MAN? HELLO!!!! LOL

[@crystalshaw8744]

I disagree about Brendan Frasier. He deserved that award.

[@frankmorelli9366]

Yes! Thank you, sir, for defending Titanic and Forrest Gump! Could not agree more. Both unarguable masterpieces! I also agree with you on CODA. I was thrilled when that won. Power of the Dog was good but CODA was superior to me without question. As for Kevin Spacey, it’s a shame that he turned out to be who he is, but that performance was definitely great.

[@NickRoosa]

Here's my 2 wins I like that no one else does: 1980 Best Picture- "Ordinary People" over "Raging Bull" and 1992 Best Supporting Actress- Marisa Tomei over Vanessa Redgrave

[@willroberts336]

I certainly agree that Tomei deserved to win. She was extraordinary in My Cousin Vinny.

[@ChrisWilson-d8k]

I agree.

[@christianaguilera1469]

I will always die on the hill that the Oscar for Forrest Gump was well deserved. Brendan Fraser deserved his Oscar.

[@jasonhull9154]

You're not an anomaly. CODA is a truly outstanding movie! I was pleasantly surprised when it won because I figured most Oscar voters would simply be too dull-witted to appreciate what an extraordinary film it is on so many levels. It absolutely deserved each of its wins! (Oh, and I agree with you about Titanic as well.)

[@kylejohnson6867]

Renee Zellweger in Judy, was absolutely magnificent. She deserved to sweep the season. She did more than just mimic Garland’s mannerisms, Renee created a character that came alive for us to witness. Renee was robbed of the Oscar for Chicago, and Cold Mountain was the, “We’re sorry for what we did” award. I wish they wouldn’t do that because it always ends up giving someone the shaft. Spacey in American Beauty was terrific. Annette Bening was flipping fabulous, damn her luck of having some of her best work run up against Hillary Swank. Annette’s breakdown as she is getting the open house ready is so authentic it is scary.

[@marcyspann4388]

It took a minute, but these are mine: (1) The Deer Hunter (2) Cher - Moonstruck (3) Humphrey Bogart - The African Queen (4) The Hurt Locker (5) Ingrid Bergman - Anastasia (6) Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody (7) CODA (8) Joan Fontaine - Suspicion (9) Gladiator (10) Sean Penn - Milk fight me in the comments

[@navidhudson7065]

I absolutely love the wins for Brendan Fraser and Renee Zellweger. Both had their comeback narratives but were also the rare breed of highly humble and nice Hollywood actors. Renee truly became Judy Garland and I love that in her speeches, she always made sure to pay tribute to Judy and dedicate the award to her. As for Brendan, what else can I say? Seeing my childhood hero winning that Oscar meant the world to me. Titanic is an absolute masterpiece of an EPIC, it deserved every award it won. I saw it in Imax 3D when it was re-released twice in my country, first in 2012 and second in 2023. Now the thing about CODA, sure it's a safe, heartwarming and feel good movie that reflected in the votes. But comparing it to Forrest Gump is pointless considering Forrest Gump continues to be a highly popular and beloved film that people still talk about. Can't say the same thing about CODA and it's a fact.

[@maggiepanko7953]

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving Mr Rowe!!

[@moronsmincemovies]

This has been your best video. I still think American Beauty is a wonderful film. Good for you for being able to separate the man from the artist. Spacey may be a creep, but he was one hell of an actor.

[@mattpaul5441]

Coda was a great movie. It just felt like it belonged on the hallmark channel

[@marie-juliecharpentier7000]

It's a remake of a french film " la famille Bélier"

[@mattpaul5441]

@marie-juliecharpentier7000 then it felt like hallmark make a remake.

[@Zainsings]

@@mattpaul5441loll 😂

[@smann87]

@@mattpaul5441 - If you watch the French film, you'll then roll your eyes even more about how Coda won Best Adapted Screenplay. I literally felt like I was watching the same movie except instead of the girl having farmer parents in France, they were fishermen/fisherwomen in New England, nothing else was different which made the screenplay win feel so uninspired.

[@HathiFan]

Brian, I completely agree with your opinion on No. 1. And especially the way you talked about Kevin Spacey in that regard. I ike a lot of his performances, he was a great entertainer (singing, his impersinations), but besides that you can't say anything good about him. That being said - I think he deserved both his Oscars. But I absolutely get why people would hate these wins.

[@BryCrowell]

I Feel like the Will Smith "Slap" kind of overstaffed CODA Best Picture win being memorable, it is a great movie.

[@soumyodipbandyopadhyay9988]

Will Smith's slap >>>>> CODA (mid)

[@Nishanth_mementomori]

It absolutely isn't it's a mid movie and it isn't even a new premise there's an Indian movie from the 90s with the exact same premise

[@janecristinadeoliveira5075]

About Kevin Spacey, don't you know he has been cleared of all allegations? You should put a disclaimer up, man!

[@cherylhulting1301]

Here's the problem. People don't necessarily believe it. Sexual assault charges are some of the hardest to prove. Many people get off not because they are innocent, but because cases against them found it hard to meet the full burden of proof. I'm a rape crisis counselor and in my experience, multiple allegations are usually rather incriminating as well.

[@ryannijakowski01]

Renee Zellweger’s acceptance speech for ‘Judy’ was really outstanding, too. I think it was the best acceptance speech I’ve ever heard.

[@kelleyceccato7025]

[Mentions Robert Donat in Goodbye, Mr. Chips] I have never clicked LIKE so fast in all my KZbin life. The movie itself deserves a lot more love than it generally gets. If it's dated, I would argue that Gone With the Wind is far more so. I also love How Green Was My Valley. Citizen Kane may be a better film objectively, and it certainly holds up better in our own jaded, irony-saturated age. But Valley, like Mr. Chips, comes to us from a time when Hollywood excelled at combining Art and Heart, and I love films of this time even though I also think the Hays Code was a black mark on Hollywood's history. One of the things that got on my nerves the most after CODA's win was hearing people say it didn't deserve it because "it's just a 'feel-good movie.'" What? The movies that touch our hearts are automatically less deserving, less artistic, less compelling? A movie is only truly great if it makes its audience feel terrible? I can't help but shake my head. If It Happened One Night were released today and won the same Oscars it did in 1934, people would shout that the Academy must have lost its mind.

[@moviedetective7147]

I completely agree with the choices of Titanic and Forrest Gump. What is up with the hate for those wins? Titanic is my second favorite movie while Forrest Gump is my third favorite movie of all time

[@patrickfloresenciso526]

Both are GREAT MOVIES, but Titanic is AWESOME than Forrest Gump for me.

[@moviedetective7147]

@patrickfloresenciso526 You do you. I personally think Pulp Fiction is highly overrated. I don't hate that movie or dislike it. I think that movie has a fantastic script, brilliant acting, stunning cinematography and even the soundtrack is great, but I just don't think it's the flawless masterpiece that everyone declares it to be.

[@oscarman42]

Massive audience-pleasing films like Titanic are not considered "Oscar worthy" by some, which is why I believe the Academy has gone for smaller, independent films over the past few years (and tried to please everyone with a "Best Popular Film" category which thankfully was quickly rescinded).

[@Chubbytoad12]

​@@moviedetective7147idk I haven't gotten around to Titanic but Forrest Gump I've always loved since I was very young but now i still quiet like it I'd give it a 4/5 but I do think that it's more of a oscar ee movie shawshank I think should have won but I prefer Pulp fiction but I do think it's overrated but my personal favorite movie which would never win the best picture oscar 1994 which is in the mouth of madness easily my favorite of that year

[@moviedetective7147]

@@Chubbytoad12 Well, I think Titanic is really worth checking out. At least that movie stuck very closely to the tragedy of all the 1,500 who lost their lives during the sinking of the ship. Unlike some historical movies that were inaccurate or even poorly made.

[@dustymuniz]

Titanic is still my favorite film of all time! They just don't make movies like this anymore. Incredible film! It absolutely deserved all the recognition!

[@Ebelg-v7h]

Yes to Glenda Jackson for a crisp and funny performance. Who knew she could do comedy? People knew her for WOMEN IN LOVE and ELIZABETH R. She's great in A TOUCH OF CLASS.

[@ShogunZIlla]

Preach. Forrest Gump is a masterpiece. Get over it people.

[@shadysorkin9214]

Any other year it's a great movie and it would have been a good win, but over Pulp Fiction and Shawshank? Hell no. Those movies are some of the best ever made.

[@suarezguy]

@@shadysorkin9214 Quiz Show was at least also great.

[@ChrisWilson-d8k]

Oh that made me giggle. I wish GUMP had been edited. I think it would have turned the movie around for a lot of people. But your saying GET OVER IT...made me laugh and think...yea..they're right.

[@AndresGomez-ct7qb]

Personally, I love Michelle Yeoh's win for 'Everything Everywhere'. The absurd range of emotions displayed by Yeoh was just incredible and I feel the cult of personality around Cate Blachett were in denial about that. From the muffled love for her daughter to learning to express it, from desperately overwhelmed to confident and on a mission, from filled with regrets at her life to fighting to keep her life... and while keeping it funny. I feel people refused to give that performance the respect it deserved.

[@Seresu1]

Cate displayed a way broader range of emotions, states and extra abilities (playing the piano, conducting, speaking in german) in her role and nailed every one of them.

[@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719]

🤔

[@oscarman42]

Agreed. I voted for her at the SAG awards and was happy she won the Oscar.

[@kellie-nd1yp]

I agree if Blanchett gets nominated for anything no one else is allowed to win it seems. There is definitely something to that for many. But I barely made it through Tar . I have watched Everything Everywhere All At Once four or five times Michelle is a big part of the reason although I also love the film as a whole.

[@randomguy6695]

I personally find Tár an absolute slog. I really don’t understand how that movie is so beloved aside from Cate Blanchett’s performance. I’ve seen Everything Everywhere All at Once so many times and Michelle Yeoh is absolutely worthy of her academy award for it. She goes through so many emotions in that movie and it’s just a character who is very relatable. Cate Blanchett was great in Tár but it felt like Blue Jasmine 2.0 to me. Plus her character wasn’t very likable which obviously is the point, but it may have turned off just enough voters to give Yeoh the oscar. Now Jamie Lee Curtis winning for that movie? That’s another story…

[@Ebelg-v7h]

Can't stand Grace Kelly and her over-enunciation. Judy Garland was robbed.

[@warrenguy76]

Grace Kelly totally deserved her Oscar and I agree with all the points you mentioned for it. It wasn’t her best role but 1954 was her year. I also loved her in ‘Rear Window’, especially the last scene of the film with her lounging and reading the outdoor magazine.

[@andyromano5837]

If Ellen Burstyn would have won for “The Exorcist” AS SHE SHOULD HAVE, that would have meant Gena Rowlands would have won the following year for “A Woman Under The Influence” AS SHE SHOULD HAVE. Glenda Jackson winning in ‘73 was a complete joke and makes the Academy lose all credibility HARD. Certainly not the first time and certainly not the last. People still talk about Barbra Streisand in “The Way We Were” and obviously “The Exorcist” and Ellen Burstyn’s performance has never been out of the zeitgeist since it premiered in 1973.

[@AnimalClans]

Kevin Spacey's situation feels ai.ilar to Will Smith's in a way. A very deserving Oscar tainted only by the person themselves.

[@aweberf2225]

Great list! Thinking about the movie “Judy”-have you ever done a countdown of the best Oscar wins for playing a real person? Would love to see where RZ would land.

[@bruh_hahaha]

Titanic is one of the most memorable movies of all time and one of the most memorable Best Picture winners of all time. of all time. It’s only “hated” for how awesomely successful it is.

[@willnoiles2001]

I agree with many of your choices here, Brian, especially ‘Titanic’ as Best Picture,’ Branden Fraser for ‘The Whale,’ Kevin Spacey for ‘American Beauty,’ Glenda Jackson’s performances and Best Picture for ‘CODA.’ But where I do depart is the movie for which Ellen Burstyn won her Best Actress Oscar for. I still think her performance in ‘The Exorcist’ was much more worthy of an Oscar win than the one she got for ‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.’ When it came to the 1974 Best Actress nominations, the one who gave the best performance was Gena Rowlands in ‘A Woman Under the Influence.’ For second place, I would have gone with Faye Dunaway for ‘Chinatown.’ I would’ve had Ellen Burstyn. Ellen’s performance is good and strong, but it pales in comparison to Gena Rowlands’ incredible performance of a woman having a nervous breakdown. And in ‘Chinatown,’ Faye Dunaway has to portray a woman hiding her true identity while pretending to be someone else. Ellen Burstyn simply didn’t have these challenges with her character to challenge her as much.

[@AsherTua]

Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side!! Not sure if people hated her performance or the politics around the film, but she was phenomenal there.

[@MegaGo68]

I agree completely that "How Green Was My Valley" is perfectly deserving of the win. Yes, so is "Citizen Kane," but too often John Ford's beautifully filmed and emotionally affecting picture is overlooked as a classic in its own right.

[@trinipoveda7520]

The Bélier Family is a much, much, much better film than CODA

[@rosemaramgio7284]

The Color Purple not winning one Oscar was ridiculous. Amazing movie.

[@dannielleburrus6117]

Whoopi should have won for The Color Purple.

[@edwardmitchell7639]

The Color Purple was the best in that category.

[@tucucciolo1]

You can partly blame the NAACP for The Color Purple losing. They went to town ripping apart this film 🎥, which made no sense to me.

[@henryhoneyman1535]

9:20 “but then she doesn’t win a year later for Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore…” Actually, she did win the Oscar for that movie, but wasn’t there to accept it so director Martin Scorsese did.

[@andymorley2620]

This is true. Im somewhat surprised that someone who seems to know the Oscars so well would make such a simple mistake.

[@jensmucha1339]

@@andymorley2620 It was no mistake, you two just got him wrong.

[@henryhoneyman1535]

@@andymorley2620 I agree. Knowing Ellen Burstyn won in ‘75 is probably pretty easy for him. However, I’m sure he’ll realize that inaccuracy.

[@henryhoneyman1535]

@@jensmucha1339 I can understand that

[@MichaelLoomis-r9j]

You misunderstood him. He was saying that if she won for the Exorcist then she doesn't win again the next year for Alice. He knows she won.

[@jeaneugeneguan11]

I wasn't expecting Coda to win Best Picture. It was a shocker. It's not your typical Best Picture film. It's not grand and chock full of VFX and big moments. But it was my favourite of the year. And I am happy, it won.

[@vastariner]

I will also defend The Artist. It's as if they deliberately made it as hard as possible to make a film - take away the sound and the colour - yet I was glued for the entire length. So many winning performances, even without the mutt.

[@huguihugh9803]

It wasn't the only GKelly Oscar chance she was previously nominated for Mogambo and was involve for a documentary later

[@jennifermcgee8621]

I’m with you on CODA. It was a beautiful film. America needed a feel good family drama at that time when we were still recovering from the pandemic. It was refreshing.

[@sarahnadespeaks5047]

I love CODA. I was so happy it won best picture. It was my top choice for that year.

[@Pastyovercoat]

I have watched FG once and I still want my hours wasted back. Pulp fiction should’ve won.

[@Starman75-o1z]

Really good video can I give you a suggestion for a video you should do the 1994 Oscar’s and if they were deserved or how you would change it

[@oscarman42]

Specifically Jessica Lange's win...

[@Starman75-o1z]

Yes I apologize on this post I meant the 1994 and 1995 Oscar’s

[@kellie-nd1yp]

@@oscarman42 Who would you give it to that year instead of Lange ?

[@oscarman42]

@@kellie-nd1yp Jodie Foster. You?

[@oscarman42]

@@kellie-nd1yp Jodie Foster.

[@Bobmacca64]

The thing about Spacey is that in early 2000, Russell Crowe should have won for The Insider. He's fantastic in it. That way, you don't give him the trophy for Gladiator the year after and you give it to the wonderful Ed Harris in Pollock:) And back to Crowe in 2002 for A Beautiful Mind if you want:)

[@tyrellf1579]

Omg the Coda one was tough. And I'm so glad you know it. I can't stand Coda winning Best Picture.

[@cmselby72]

This is why I really enjoy this channel. I don't always agree with your opinions, but often we line up pretty closely. And in this case, I couldn't disagree with you more about How Green Was My Valley, Titanic, Forrest Gump and Coda. Man oh man, those are truly awful scripts! 😂 But I'll keep enjoying these videos all the same!

[@jamielee7943]

I can’t imagine anyone hating Forrest Gump or Titanic. To me, two of the greatest films ever made. Deserved their Best Picture wins hands down. Although I wouldn’t have been sad if The Shawshank Redemption won either. It’s a masterpiece too. I love Coda winning too Brian. I think it’s nice that a sweet, moving family picture won Best Picture. It doesn’t always have to be the blockbuster hit or the box office mash or the biopic or the most dramatic film in the bunch predictably winning the big prize. Coda was just an adorable surprise. I’m thrilled Brendan Fraser is an Oscar winner. He has an incredible body of work. But if could give him an Oscar for any of his performances I would have for The Mummy instead of The Whale only because that year if I could have a vote I would have voted for Paul Mescal for Aftersun to win, a movie that emotionally destroyed me. Paul’s performance absolutely floored me. An unbelievably stacked Best Actor category that year.