Well, maybe Kelly Clarkson felt ripped-off when fellow American Idol (actually, Idol wannabe) Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar for Dream Girls when all she got to star in were a couple of skanky goth videos and From Justin to Kelly. But me, I don't really care. Nope, didn't feel particularly ripped off by Hollywood politics this year. (The gratuitous Celine Dion performance came close though... 5 minutes I'll never get back, and in which I didn't even score any points on my Oscar pool.)So what are the Top 3 Oscar rip-offs in my viewing career (dating back to 1988)?
3. Sin City not in the running at all, not even Art Direction or Cinematography, when clearly, it has a completely different look than any feature ever made. And why? Because it didn't adhere to the Union rules 'cuz Rodriguez absolutely wanted to credit Frank Miller as co-director. Personally, I think trade unions have had their day and are currently the work of the devil (or lawyers, whichever term you prefer). Cuz really, how cool would it have been to see Frank Miller get up on the Academy stage, huh?
2. Waking Life excluded from the first Animated Feature category. I've got nothing against the usual Dreamworks and Pixar stuff, but something as groundbreaking for animation as Waking Life really should have gotten some kind of nod in 2002. Similarly, Linklater's A Scanner Darkly, didn't figure in this year's crop of candidates, which did include such animation classics as Cars and Monster House. Are Linklater's movies just not submitted? Or are Academy members just letting their kids vote for them?
1. The biggest rip-off of all though occured in the 2000 edition of the Academy Awards' RIP reel. In 1999, we lost DeForest Kelley, but he didn't make the reel. What gives?!? Even if they decided to poo-poo the Star Trek movies, the man was in a ton of westerns as well. Major rip-off. Happy to see James Doohan properly honored this year.So there you have it. So what are YOUR Oscar highs and lows?
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