Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Glad you agree Reza, my friends are big Davidson supporters, im the only one that roots for Hackman lol

I apologise if this wasnt the right place to put this topic I wasnt sure, but it relates to an Oscar discussion. Just wanted to catch youe guys thoughts on Jaye Davidson in The Crying Game. I just watched this recently with a lot of expectation because I heard people build this film up, especially D...

Its a close one between Pacino and Brando for me, but I think Pacino had the more consistent characterisation. Im suprised so many disliked Lemmon, I agree he should never had won it, but I didnt think he was bad, he did tend to go overboard. Gene Hackman should have been nominated for his brilliant...

Olivier gets my vote. Brando was undoudtedly iconic but I always preferred Al Pacino

Im going with Gene Hackman. The reason is Finch undoudtedly had a better and more dramatic performance on paper, but Hackman simply elevated his role into iconic status. I feel he added much more shine to his role of Popeye, and gave him more complexity than was written and there is never a false mo...

George C. Scott gets my vote. Outstanding work from this great actor