That's number one.
“Raging Bull lost the Best Picture to Ordinary People.”
That could bump Gump!
I really always thought “Ordinary People” was a TV movie.
That shows how much attention I pay.
Raging Bull probably lost because all of the characters were unlikeable-—there was no one to root for. None of the characters had any good traits. Can you name one character you liked? And boxing is REPULSIVE. Ordinary People, on the other hand, had likeable characters—even though they had flaws. DeNiro or Donald Sutherland? Not even close. Sutherland had the more difficult role and couldn’t rely on make-up and added weight to help his performance like DeNiro. Oscar always rewards the actors that play famous people and change their appearance (hello Charlize Theron) and overlooks the ones that just act with what they got. I will always choose movies about people and relationships over action movies, which BORE me.