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Most undeserving actor Oscar win


Which actors and/or actresses didn't deserve to win? For me, it's got to be Natalie Portman. In Black Swan, the most compelling part of her performance was the dancing and they used a double.

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I have a couple:
Nicholas Cage for "Leaving Las Vegas," definitely didn't feel that his acting was amazing enough to win. I saw the movie, and quickly grew bored with his performance. Nicholas Cage's had no really shining moments. Plus, I thought his range in emotions was severely limited.
Dianne Wiest for "Hannah and Her Sisters," she didn't have enough character development of Holly. She played the character like she plays every other character: naïve, indecisive, and lost as to what she should do with her life. That was pretty much the same character in "The Lost Boys." Plus, her performance was easily forgettable, hardly anyone I know whose seen the movie remembers the name of her character.

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Wow what a fucking idiot. You’re clearly a Nic Cage hater who knows nothing about movies.

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That escalated quickly.

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That's what I thought, also.

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Grow up. Someone is a hater because they don't agree with your opinion.

Go sit at the kiddie table would ya

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Grow up and watch real movies

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Grow up and behave like an adult, if you are one

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Cliff Robertson in CHARLY.

Its just a bad performance - maybe at the time it was "groundbreaking" but today just looks like a college amateur.

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Totally agree, and the fact that he won over Peter O'Toole for "The Lion in Winter" was a travesty. It was O'Toole's best performance in my opinion

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Sean Connery in the Untouchables, Jack Palance in City Slickers, and Tommy Lee Jones in the Fugitive. Also I really don't get why Al Pacino was nominated for Dick Tracy. He didn't do anything unique in that.

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rex Harrison in "my fair lady."

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Lee Jones in Fugitive

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I was about to mention that one. The award should have been given to Ralph Fiennes

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Really, used a double. How do you win for that?

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Sandra Bullock by a mile

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Bale in The Fighter

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