CoolioD1 Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 It doesn't help that the movie is awful. Seriously, I know Meryl is supposed to be the Best Actress Ever, but she's always in the most mediocre shit.Out of 17 Oscar nominations maybe 3 of them were for truly great movies. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 IMO Bullock was good, but Streep was great. She deserved the award Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cochofles Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 It doesn't help that the movie is awful. Seriously, I know Meryl is supposed to be the Best Actress Ever, but she's always in the most mediocre shit. Out of 17 Oscar nominations maybe 3 of them were for truly great movies. Ugh. The Oscars that she's won are for Best Performance in a Leading Role and Best Performance in a Supporting Role. The films' quality or lack thereof should have no bearing in any assessment of her skills as an actress and her performances. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cochofles Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 It's funny to me when people think you need to be a tortured soul in order to be worthy of an oscar. I think that's rubbish. It's the same reason I think Hackman deserved best actor in 1988 for Mississippi Burning over Hoffman's performance in Rainman. Hoffman had the flashier performance, Hackman, imo, had the more complete one. That's how I look at Bullock's. Absolutely. That's why I hate when people diss Marisa Tomei's role in My Cousin Vinny. She was gloriously funny, and her performance was revelatory. I am happy she won over the four stuffy, overrated British grande dames that she was up against. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 The Iron Lady is such a bad movie, but Streep's performance is monumental. Same thing with La Vie En Rose; bad movie, amazing performance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted August 30, 2012 Author Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) Dp Edited August 30, 2012 by Jack Nevada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 The Oscars that she's won are for Best Performance in a Leading Role and Best Performance in a Supporting Role. The films' quality or lack thereof should have no bearing in any assessment of her skills as an actress and her performances. Wow! Thanks! I never realised that before! No, I knew that. I was just pointing something out. It's just funny how the Best Actress Ever always picks bad projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I usually love everything Streep does, but Iron Lady was just so bland, in every way, including her performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Could this be moved to "And the Winner is.."? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) Natalie Portman, Black Swan. Edited February 13, 2013 by dashrendar44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Hell fucking no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLK Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Carey Mulligan >>> Sandra Bullock An Education is so much better than The Blind Side that the competition isn't even fair and Mulligan completely nailed the role. Hell, Mulligan should've won the award for her delivery of the "I don't want to lose my virginity to a piece of fruit." quote. The Blind Side was just one of those feel-good pap movies that Academy wants to celebrate every 3-4 years and Bullock just got lucky that she was playing the leading role. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acsc1312 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Also Firth should've won for ASM over bridges, but bridges' performance wasn't bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 What about Sean Penn for Milk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 What about Sean Penn for Milk? Nah, I usually can't stand Sean Penn but he was pretty great there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acsc1312 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 What about Sean Penn for Milk?Don't you dare! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgenius90 Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Sean Connery The Untouchables 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 What about Sean Penn for Milk? lol Nope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Cuba Gooding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishstick Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Zelly in Cold Mountian and Blanchitto in The Aviator. Those caricatures were A Grade examples of Oscar whoring. They figured they couldn`t win without going way overboard with camp and overacting and turned it up 100 notches. Sean Penn in Mystic River. See above minus camp. He was good in Milk. Adrian Brody in The Pianist. he was doing what he always does - lifelessly gazing into camera until you are knocked out unconscious by the extreme boredom. That his career went downhill from there is no surprise. Watching a grass grow is more exciting than watching 10 minutes of Brody. Kate Winslet in The Reader. Another A Grade example of Oscar whoring role. Holocaust! Overacting! Fake German accent! She deserved many wins but not for that movie and performance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
