I don’t think anyone chooses to play Megyn Kelly because they think they’ll win an Oscar lol.

Also when was she ever pissed?

I didn’t feel a particularly strong emotion. Rabbit Hole had me sobbing. The Farewell had me feeling extremely grateful for my family. The Iron Lady didn’t stir me emotionally in any particular direction; it kind of just was. That being said, it did affect me because it was very compelling.

Okay, this is why I was asking what you meant because that’s not what Meisner technique is about. I’m Meisner-trained. My teacher studied at Bill Esper’s school. Bill Esper was, as you probably know, Meisner’s most renowned student who went on to write about the technique and teach at his own school of the technique.

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Portman’s filmography is telling.

This seems like a Portman-praise thread, but this comparison stings my eyes.

I disagree completely. Carrie is a spectacular horror movie. It’s not scary. It’s horrific. Unsettling, upsetting, perhaps stomach-churning. It’s horrific because her mom’s abuse is so grounded in reality and it’s not even frightening, it’s just so bizarre and off. That makes the movie horrific.

So you measure a deeper impact as having “emotional resonance”? I had very little emotional resonance with Streep’s Thatcher in The Iron Lady, but her performance definitely left me sitting with it, affected.

I still wanna know what you mean by this, @Brayden Fitzsimmons

I agree with the original post and the one following. The story revolved around Woolf, and Kidman transcended in her scenes. She became her malady.

Take a moment to picture her acting as Woolf. Now switch and think about her as Celeste. The RANGE!

This was the best supporting performance this year. It was an excellent performance. She elevated that text.

^Desert.

Song deserved a win. They all had perfect performances.

You didn’t watch Bombshell.

Could not disagree more.

First of all, how condescending to suggest he has “an incredible amount to learn about the profession.” Would you say that about others who burst onto the scene like Chazelle? Or Gerwig? Why Peele? Methinks I smell some implicit bias…

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No one has said Kidman yet. So, Kidman.

I feel like his performance definitely wasn’t nothing.

Meryl’s work in The Iron Lady is in her top three.

No actor has ever captivated an audience without dialogue for as long as Taylor did in the scene in which she worships herself as she gets ready for the day.

Not gonna lie, every time I read someone predict Amanda Seyfried for a nomination, I immediately have to stop reading the post.

Rooney Mara is right there.