Denzel Washington: Ridley Scott Is Long 'Overdue' for an Oscar
Denzel Washington Says Ridley Scott Is Long ‘Overdue’ for an Oscar: It ‘Doesn’t Even Make Sense’ Why He’s Been Snubbed
Denzel Washington explained why Ridley Scott not having an Oscar 'doesn't even make sense.'
Correct me if I'm wrong but Oscar's aren't backdated are they?
No. But you can get a lifetime achievement Oscar, which is as close as it gets to retroactive. But also, it's an industry award, they are more about connectivity than merit, and if you look at the data on a long scale, the academy is REALLY good at giving Oscar's to films that are very well made, but didn't quite blow up, to get a little extra juice to the bottomline.
Scott isn't exactly known as a schmoozer, so him not having an oscar makes perfect sense in a way. I doubt that Washington is naive enough to think these awards are completely about how good someone's directing is (or that such a thing can be meaningfully defined and compared).
He probably knows all to well, which is probably why he looks like he's campaigning for him.
Maybe I'm alone in this but I thought Gladiator 2 was horrible in comparison to the first. Like the first was a 10/10 and the second was a 4/10