Oscars 2018: Better performances than the nominated ones within the same movie

[MultipleOscarWinnerParticipant Joined: Mar 3rd, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 1397 View Predictions]

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So, indiferent from categories, what performances do you think were better than those that got nominated at this year’s Academy Awards? I’ve seen only a bunch of the twenty nominated performances, yet the number of non-nominated performances within the same movies of the nominees is pretty big:

Mudbound:
Jonathan Banks, Jason Mitchell and Rob Morgan > Mary J. Blige

Lady Bird:
Beanie Feldstein > Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf

Get Out:
Betty Gabriel, LilRel Howery > Daniel Kaluuya

I, Tonya:
Sebastian Stan and Paul Walter Hauser > Margot Robbie and Allison Janney

And The Post, The Florida Project and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri got the right ones.

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[Saulo Correa FerreiraParticipant Joined: Jan 9th, 2013 Topics: 5 Posts: 58 View Predictions]

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Michael Shannon and Michael Stuhlbarg in the Shape of Water -> better than the 3 nominated performances

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[jasonfaceParticipant Joined: Nov 13th, 2015 Topics: 5 Posts: 2615 View Predictions]

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Bria Vinaite > Willem Dafoe

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[LaChienneParticipant Joined: Jan 4th, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 7618 View Predictions]

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Michael Shannon over Richard Jenkins
Jason Mitchell/Garrett Hedlund/Carey Mulligan over Mary J. Blige
Vicky Krieps over Lesley Manville

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[Anonymous Joined: Jan 1st, 1970 Topics: 36 Posts: 3450 View Predictions]

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LaChienne wrote:

Vicky Krieps

she’s lead

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[LaChienneParticipant Joined: Jan 4th, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 7618 View Predictions]

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Anonymous wrote:

LaChienne wrote:

Vicky Krieps

she’s lead

OP asked for better performances irrespective of categories.

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[Ruby SparksParticipant Joined: Sep 26th, 2017 Topics: 1 Posts: 94 View Predictions]

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I preferred Michael Shannon’s performance to that of Richard Jenkins and Octavia Spencer.

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[NateParticipant Joined: Jun 5th, 2011 Topics: 5 Posts: 771 View Predictions]

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Michelle Williams > Christopher Plummer

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[Anonymous Joined: Jan 1st, 1970 Topics: 55 Posts: 2983 View Predictions]

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jasonface wrote:

Bria Vinaite > Willem Dafoe

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes!

Also the entire cast but specifically Garret Hedlund and Jason Mitchell over Mary J Blige.

Michael Stuhlbarg over Jenkins and Spencer.

Michelle Williams over Christopher Plummer.

Allison Williams over Daniel Kaluuya.

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[EmmyLoserParticipant Joined: Nov 12th, 2010 Topics: 120 Posts: 4466 View Predictions]

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Michael Shannon and Michael Stuhlbarg over Richard Jenkins and Octavia Spencer in The Shape of Water is an easy one. I think that’s the only example from the movies I’ve seen.

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[EmmyWinnerParticipant Joined: Apr 28th, 2016 Topics: 2 Posts: 1085 View Predictions]

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The glasses, the mud, the chocolate > Mary J. Blige

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[BebeParticipant Joined: Nov 10th, 2010 Topics: 5 Posts: 281 View Predictions]

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I’m not sure I’d swap out Leslie Manville (who was excellent), but Harriet Sansom Harris gave a scene-stealing 5 minute performance in “Phantom Thread.” Harris obviously knows how to chew the scenery (see her Tony winning/broadway performances, and TV work), but she completely stole her scenes from Daniel Day-Lewis in an utterly heartbreaking cameo.

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[BenitoDeliciasParticipant Joined: Nov 3rd, 2010 Topics: 8 Posts: 4714 View Predictions]

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Carey Mulligan instead of Mary J Blige

Michael Shannon instead of Richard Jenkins (Shannon is playing Shannon, but it’s still a better performance)

Not 2017, but it’s the first thing I thought about when I saw the thread’s title, because it never gets old:
Bryce Dallas Howard instead of Jessica Chastain (and her nomination for all her films that year)

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[Anonymous Joined: Jan 1st, 1970 Topics: 7 Posts: 531 View Predictions]

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This year Carey Mulligan takes the cake.

But one that absolutely breaks my heart will always be this one:

They both should have been nominated. You cannot nominate one and leave the other one out. You just cannot.

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[RileyKeymaster Joined: Oct 11th, 2010 Topics: 126 Posts: 15017 View Predictions]

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Michael Shannon > Richard Jenkins & Octavia Spencer

Brooklynn Kimberly Prince & Bria Vinaite > Willem Dafoe

Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Carey Mulligan, Jonathan Banks, Jason Clarke > Mary J. Blige

Have not seen Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Christopher Plummer or Denzel Washington.

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