Love or Loath No. 11: Kim Basinger in LA Confidential

[Sab227 Joined: Dec 29th, 2012 Topics: 115 Posts: 805 View Predictions]

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Welcom back to another round of love or loath. This time we have Kim Basinger in LA Confidential. I though she was ok in the movie nothing special. I have no idea how she got a nomination for this performance let alone a win so I personally loath this win. What do you all think.

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[Jazzy Joined: Dec 3rd, 2018 Topics: 3 Posts: 1234 View Predictions]

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Loathe. Her nomination took away a spot from a more deserving actress in this category. Charlotte Rampling in The Wings of the Dove and Glenn Close in Air Force One should’ve been nominated instead. Back in the day, it was said that Kim’s win was the Academy’s way of honoring the acting ensemble in LA Confidential.

FYC: Vanessa Kirby - Pieces of a Woman

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[ENGLAND Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 135 Posts: 4288 View Predictions]

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Love the performance. Hate the Oscar win. It was completely unnecessary to award her anything.

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[Monsoon 🌊 Joined: Aug 11th, 2020 Topics: 23 Posts: 2247 View Predictions]

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1997 was a phenomenal year for Supporting Actresses…and Basinger’s performance is what they thought was ‘the best’?! 😒

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[Bassett Joined: Dec 21st, 2016 Topics: 9 Posts: 4467 View Predictions]

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Loathe. She did nothing except looking pretty

FYC :

Best Actress - Viola Davis, Frances McDormand
Best Actor - Delroy Lindo, Chadwick Boseman
Best Supporting Actor - Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman
Best Picture - Nomadland
Best Director - Chloé Zhao
SAG Ensemble - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Cinematography - Nomadland

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[abelfenty Joined: Jul 14th, 2018 Topics: 10 Posts: 3398 View Predictions]

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Loathe. Julianne Moore was right there.

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[Vicki Leekx Joined: Aug 3rd, 2019 Topics: 3 Posts: 609 View Predictions]

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Jazzy wrote:

Loathe. Her nomination took away a spot from a more deserving actress in this category. Charlotte Rampling in The Wings of the Dove and Glenn Close in Air Force One should’ve been nominated instead. Back in the day, it was said that Kim’s win was the Academy’s way of honoring the acting ensemble in LA Confidential.

If anyone was snubbed for The Wings of the Dove for me it has to be Alison Elliott.

It’s been years since I’ve seen LA and tbh I can’t remember much about Kim’s performance, apart from she looked the part.

FYC:

Vitalina Varela, Vitalina Varela (Actress)
Andrea Riseborough, Karim Saleh, Possessor/Luxor (Actress, Actor)
Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, I Care a Lot (Actress, Supporting Actor)
Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, The Duke (Actor, Supporting Actress)
Sophia Loren, Abril Zamora, The Life Ahead (Actress, Supporting Actress)
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman (Actress)

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[ArtIsntEasy Joined: Dec 17th, 2011 Topics: 3 Posts: 1251 View Predictions]

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She did what she needed to do and did solid work but there was no reason to even nominate her for this performance let alone WIN for it.

I did vote Loathe because I certainly can’t say that I loved her in it.

Julianne Moore should’ve won with Joan Cusack as the runner up.

Other people who were snubbed: Debbi Morgan, EVE’S BAYOU; Sigourney Weaver, THE ICE STORM

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[Atypical Joined: Dec 1st, 2011 Topics: 360 Posts: 22136 View Predictions]

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LOATHE

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[Balthazar Joined: Apr 6th, 2012 Topics: 15 Posts: 131 View Predictions]

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LOVE!!!!

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[keithw Joined: Aug 17th, 2012 Topics: 37 Posts: 409 View Predictions]

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Gloria Stuart should have won for Titanic.

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[Keth Joined: Dec 2nd, 2011 Topics: 0 Posts: 706 View Predictions]

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Ahh, the 1998 Oscars where the Academy pick the wrong female acting winners.

Best Actress should have went to Judi Dench for Mrs. Brown.

Best Supporting Actress should have went to Julianne Moore for Boogie Nights.

I don’t loathe either Helen Hunt or Kim Basinger wins – both were really good. I just thought others were much better.

Of course, I also thought L.A. Confidential should have won best picture but didn’t stand a chance against Titanic.

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[ENGLAND Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 135 Posts: 4288 View Predictions]

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I think Bridget Fonda would have made a good nominee for Jackie Brown.

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[Eddy Q Joined: Oct 13th, 2012 Topics: 23 Posts: 5088 View Predictions]

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I don’t remember LA Confidential well enough to have a comprehensive opinion here, but one question I have is how on earth did Basinger tie for the SAG award with Gloria Stuart? With a voting bloc that size? What are the odds?

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[Keth Joined: Dec 2nd, 2011 Topics: 0 Posts: 706 View Predictions]

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Eddy Q wrote:

I don’t remember LA Confidential well enough to have a comprehensive opinion here, but one question I have is how on earth did Basinger tie for the SAG award with Gloria Stuart? With a voting bloc that size? What are the odds?

I didn’t realize there was a tie? I believe the SAG voting bloc is around 100,000. They must have ‘within a certain margin (maybe 1,000 votes)’ because an exact tie with that many voters – well like you said, what are the odds? Interesting.

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