Who Actually Won? Al Pacino for Scent Of A Woman See, because of that earlier snub for Pacino (not to mention two prior incidents of snubbery), his nomination for the mediocre Scent Of A Woman was more of a recognition of all his past works, rather than just that one sub-par effort. It's for that reason that Denzel Washington's intense performance as Malcolm X got left by the wayside. It's like a domino effect that began with Pacino not being duly recognised for his work in The Godfather Part Two, leading to the Academy deigning to give Pacino an award for any old film to make up for it. It's the same reason that Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King cleaned up in 2003; it was an award for the entire trilogy rather than the merits of that one film, and in that instance Lost in Translation suffered because of it.
Cinephile since 1993, aged 4, when he saw his very first film in the cinema - Jurassic Park - which is also evidence of damn fine parenting. World champion at Six Degrees of Separation. Lender of DVDs to cheap mates. Connoisseur of Marvel Comics and its Cinematic Universe.
