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Welcome back to another round of love or loath. We have Meryl Streep this time for her oscar winning work in The Iron Lady. While I feel the film was ok at best I truly felt that Meryl deserves her win for this performance. She so thoroughly owned the role of Margaret Thatcher and was unbelievably excellent in the movie so I do love her oscar win. I still wish she would have won for some of her other performances, such as The Devil Wears Prada and Adaptation to name a few. Sp what do you think do you love or hate her win?
ReplyMy dislike of the film is one thing but I just did not take to Streep in this.
It also hurts that in her lineup she wasn’t even the best and, per usual, there were other performances that I found far better that were snubbed:
Tilda Swinton, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
Kirsten Dunst, MELANCHOLIA
Olivia Colman, TYRANNOSAUR
Elizabeth Olsen, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENEHaving said all of that, I still think it’s a shame Streep won her third for this and not for a much stronger earlier performance (particularly A CRY IN THE DARK although that year she had to contend with Glenn Close’s deliciously evil performance).
Who would I have given it to in her lineup? Probably Rooney Mara but I could’ve supported a Davis win quite easily. Despite the issues of that film and also Davis’ own reservations, she did a lovely job with what she was given.
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Of the nominees, Rooney Mara was my favorite. But from that year, its Tilda Swinton. Hands down!
ReplyCopy URL2023 Oscar
Best Picture: Holy Spider
Best Director: Decision to Leave
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett
Best Actor: Brendan Fraser
Best Supporting Actress: Olivia de Leon
Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy QuanShoulda been Kirsten Dunst for the win. But no matter which way you slice it, that year had some of the most fantastic and exciting performances in recent memory. Frankly, none of the actual nominees really deserved it, except Viola.
Shoulda been Davis, Dunst, Olsen, Swinton, Theron and that still leaves a ton of people out in the dust.
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Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Banshees of Inisherin
Women Talking
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Joyland
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AftersunI love Streep in it. I think it’s a brilliant performance.
However, that year I’d give the Oscar Gainsbourg or maybe Dunst. Also adored Yoon Jeong-hee in Poetry, which is not discussed nearly as much as it should be. Swinton, Theron, and Davis were all brilliant too.
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