Grapes of Wrath was a terrific movie and Henry Fonda was outstanding!

Rating: 10/10 (24 March 2006)

Henry Fonda should have received the Best Actor Academy Award for Grapes of Wrath. He was outstanding. Instead they waited until late in his life and gave it to him for On Golden Pond. What was the academy thinking? Grapes of Wrath was one of the best movies I have ever seen. It shows just how bad the depression years were. It makes you think about how lucky we are to have as much as we have when they were deprived of what little they had. They did the same thing with John Wayne and Paul Newman. Skipped over them all of their lives and finally gave them Oscars for True Grit and The Color of Money. Sympathy Oscars don't cut it. Great performances should be honored as such and not overlooked. I realize that everyone cannot receive an Oscar. I love the People's Choice Awards. That means something. At least the people, who buy the tickets, get to vote for their favorites. Maybe the "academy" should take a lesson from the regular folks. At least we are fair with our voting.