7 Oscar Winners Turned Losers - Can We Get That Award Back? By DaveHoward  [10 more lists]

In 1998, Roberto Benigni's overly enthusiastic chair dancing victory was cute when he won Best Foreign film for "Life is Beautiful." It was tired by the time he won Best Actor, beating Tom Hanks, Ed Norton, Ian McKellan and Nick Nolte. Then he was just kind of loud and the under dog nobody wanted to win.


Since then, he bombed in "Pinnochio" and in a re-release of "Son of the Pink Panther" (which tanked the first time it came out too).

All told, the cutesy little Italian man has made two pictures since his 1997 Oscar win.

2005 had an above average mix of best flicks to choose from in a very long time.

We had: "Brokeback Mountain," "Capote," "Good Night and Good Luck," and "Munich."

However, the long shot "Crash" won the hearts of the Academy voters. Perhaps they just identified with the mean streets of Los Angeles while watching the DVD screener, nestled away in their Bel-Air mansions, looking out the windows (and into their souls) in fear.

While some may say 16 episodes of “The Black Donnoleys” was a success, this article is about BIG SCREEN success. Director and writer Paul Haggis has flailed ever since. He wrote the most underwhelming part in the Bond reboot "Quantum of Solace" and his only directorial effort since has been the forgettable "In the Valley of Elah"; an easy heart-strings-puller melodrama starring Charlize Theron.

I think everyone has finally caught on to his melodramatic lines, stories and tonality to the point where he's either going to have to change his tune or fall the way of Sorvino. I think we have more than enough movies about caricatures, Mr. Haggis, they're called cartoons.