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Our own private Oscar race >> Mirror readers sound off about what the Academy did and didn't do right this year When Oscar speaks, people listen--or so it would seem, in light of the results of our second annual extremely popular Alternative Academy Awards race. Several hundred Montrealers responded to our 11 Alternate Academy questions. Here are the results (drum roll, please):
And finally, The movie that never should have happened: The Postman (gets our vote too), 31%; G.I. Jane, 26%; An American Werewolf in Paris, 23%; Spawn, 9%; Titanic, 7%; Contact, 3%. Stay tuned: next week we'll announce the two winners of our contest to see who can predict the top six winners of the actual Oscar race. Winners will get either a Chapters gift certificate or dinner for two at Casa Tapas. Thanks for all your entries! Results compiled and tabulated by Matthew Hays, Sophie Sheikh and Ryhna Thompson
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Most overlooked performance: Gay actor Rupert Everett (My Best Friend's Wedding), perceived as slighted by the Academy this year in lieu of straight actor Greg Kinnear's nomination for his minstrel performance in As Good As it Gets, earned him a whopping 33% of the vote. Following up were '70s icon Pam Grier (Jackie Brown), 26%; Mark Wahlberg (Boogie Nights), 19%; Sigourney Weaver (The Ice Storm), 14%; Jennifer Jason Leigh (Washington Square), 8%. Most overlooked film was a tight race, with Boogie Nights leading with 22% and The Sweet Hereafter a close second with 21%, followed by: The Ice Storm, 18%; Jackie Brown, 13%; Rosewood, 12%; In the Company of Men, 11%; A Gun for Jennifer, 1%. Best Soundtrack wasn't really a surprise to anyone who'd listened to the entries: Boogie Nights won 39%; Jackie Brown, 23%; Spawn, 18%; Spice World, 15%; City of Industry, 1%. And Mirror readers have a good sense of the cynically commercial: Most Blatantly Commercial Movie was Spice World by a landslide 43%, followed by Batman & Robin, 13%; Star Wars trilogy reissue, 13%, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, 12%; Private Parts tied with Speed 2 at 10%. Worst Comedy: The Beautician and the Beast, 37%; Leave it to Beaver, 28%; Liar Liar, 13%; Flubber, 12%;
Bean, 10%. Best aliens or monsters: The Men in Black will undoubtedly be followed by a sequel if 43% of our readers have any say. Runners up: Alien Resurrection, 27%; Starship Troopers, 19%; The Lost World: Jurassic Park, 9%; Mimic, 2%. Best comeback: Forget the '60s and '70s icons on our list, Mike Myers won 35% of the vote by playing a '60s icon in Austin Powers. He's followed by Burt Reynolds (Boogie Nights), 22%; Pam Grier (Jackie Brown), 20%; Peter Fonda (Ulee's Gold), 18%; Julie Christie (Afterglow), 5%. Best Male Bod: Size does count, after all: Mark Wahlberg (Boogie Nights) tops with 29%; The Full Monty's entire troupe, 23%; Ewan McGregor (The Pillow Book), 21%; Howard Stern (Private Parts), 15%; Chow Yun-Fat (The Replacement Killers), 6%. But the runners-up in this category are truly golden: Mike Myers, Demi Moore, Dustin Hoffman, Patrick Stewart and Woody Allen in Deconstructing Harry! Best Female Bod: Elizabeth Hurley (Austin Powers) wins with 29%, followed by
Kim Basinger (L.A. Confidential), 22%; Sigourney Weaver (Alien Resurrection), 16%; Julianne Moore (Boogie Nights), 12%; Michelle Yeoh (Tomorrow Never Dies), 10%; Sporty Spice (Spice World), 5%. Additional suggestions included Julia Roberts (My Best Friend's Wedding), The Lady Chablis (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil), Heather Graham (Boogie Nights), Divine (Pink Flamingos rerelease), Pam Grier (Jackie Brown) and Teri Hatcher (Tomorrow Never Dies). Worst performance: Alicia Silverstone may not return as Batgirl after netting 38% of our voters' tallies. All the Spice Girls, 37%; Julia Roberts (My Best Friend's Wedding), 14%; Matthew McConaughey (Amistad), 7%; Pierce Brosnan (Tomorrow Never Dies), 5%.