Anybody else think Kim Bassinger didn't deserve the Oscar?
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TMC-4 — 10 years ago(January 02, 2016 01:03 AM)
http://lebeauleblog.com/2012/02/05/what-the-hell-happened-to-kim-basinger/
Shes been a Bond girl, Batmans girlfriend and a corpse in a Tom Petty video. Most recently, she played Zac Effrons mom. What the hell happened? The easy answer is that Kim Basinger was a sex symbol who got old. But the story of Basingers career is far more interesting than the easy answer would lead you to believe.
http://lebeauleblog.com/2012/02/05/what-the-hell-happened-to-kim-basinger/6/
That could have been the end of the story. But Hollywood loves a comeback and Basinger was primed and ready for one. In 1997, Basinger had a hell of a comeback in Curtis Hansons gritty film noir, LA Confidential.
It was the role Basinger was born for. She played a glamorous, sexy femme fatale. But with enough vulnerability to win a slew of awards including an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Despite the overwhelming success of LA Confidential, Basinger didnt jump right back into starring roles. She didnt release another movie for three years. In 2000, she starred in two box office turkeys, I Dreamed of Africa and the supernatural thriller, Bless the Child. Both received bad reviews. -
vajta99 — 10 years ago(January 11, 2016 06:47 AM)
I'm afraid this is one of the best examples of how Oscars are rigged sometimes. One way you can figure it out is by looking at all those critics association awards that are handed out each year (Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago). Kim Basinger was hardly mentioned in any of them, and here she is, winning an Oscar and a Golden Globe (not BAFTA, though). Kevin Spacey had much more nominations for his role in L.A. Confidential than her and he didn't even get an Oscar nom.
Let's look how some of the most famous critics association voted that year in the supporting actress category:
Boston Society of Film Critics
Sarah Polley - The Sweet Hereafter
(she wasn't even nominated for Academy Award)
Joan Cusack - In & Out
Alison Elliott - The Wings of a Dove
Chicago Film Critics Association
Debbi Morgan - Eve's Bayou
(she wasn't even nominated for Academy Award)
Joan Cusack - In & Out
Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
Joan Allen - The Ice Storm
Sarah Polley - The Sweet Hereafter
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
Gloria Stuart - Titanic
National Society of Film Critics
Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
Sarah Polley - The Sweet Hereafter
Nathalie Richard - Irma Vep
New York Film Critics Circle Award
Joan Cusack - In & Out
Online Film & Television Association
Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
Kim Basinger - L.A. Confidential
Joan Cusack - In & Out
Christina Ricci - The Ice Storm
Gloria Stuart - Titanic
Online Film Critics Society Award
Gloria Stuart - Titanic
Julianne Moore - The Myths of Fingerprints
Joan Cusack - Grosse Pointe Blank
San Diego Film Critics Society Award
Jurnee Smollett-Bell - Eve's Bayou
(she wasn't nominated for Academy Award)
Satellite Awards
Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
Minnie Driver - Good Will Hunting
Sigourney Weaver - The Ice Storm
Ashley Judd - Kiss the Girls
Debbi Morgan - Eve's Bayou
Society of Texas Film Critics
Joan Cusack - In & Out
Kim Basinger - L.A. Confidential
Southeastern Film Critics Association
Kim Basinger - L.A. Confidential
Julianne Moore - Boogie Nights
So, if we are to judge by critics association - Kim Basinger did not deserve to win because that year there were far better supporting actress roles than hers. Although I personally think she's great in it, I would give the Oscar either to Julianne Moore or Gloria Stuart Hell, even Joan Cusack who was great in "In & Out".
L.A. Confidential is one of my favorite movies of all times and I love every character and every actor and actress in it - but if Kim Basinger didn't won an Oscar, I would've survived. -
freddie73 — 10 years ago(January 19, 2016 11:40 AM)
No because Juliane Moore should have won for "Boogie Nights". She won because the movie was great and she was the only woman in it they could give an award to. I mean, if anyone should have gotten something for this movie it should have been Russell Crowe.
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wylierichardson-966-922691 — 10 years ago(February 16, 2016 10:20 PM)
It seems odd to call this a make-up Oscar for Kim, as she had never been nominated before. And "Titanic" was largely a director's movie, with the spectacle overwhelming Stuart's performance. That might be why she lost the award.
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Bobtheawesome — 9 years ago(August 08, 2016 11:41 PM)
Yeah, Kim Basinger was well cast and gave a decent performance, but I wouldn't consider it Oscar worthy unless there was virtually zero competition in her category that year. That Oscar should've gone to Julianne Moore, who gave a great performance in Boogie Nights.
Honestly if it was up to me I wouldn't have even bothered giving her the nomination that year. Bridget Fonda in Jackie Brown or Heather Graham in Boogie Nights stood out to me more than Basinger did in LA confidential. And it really doesn't seem right that she received the only acting nomination in this cast when she gave by far the weakest performance. It seems 1998 was a crowded year at the Oscars. -
residentevil6901 — 9 years ago(January 24, 2017 09:14 PM)
Yeah well Annie Hall didn't deserve best picture so when you have a group of people deciding who wins these awards that other people are going to disagree with them than the awards really don't mean anything.