Fair enough. I added another bit to my previous post about Jessica Lange, in case you are interested.

Sexuality isn’t about looks. It’s deeply personal. Playing that side of yourself is exposing. It’s risky, particularly if you are a “serious” actress with a reputation to protect (Sharon Stone was forever tainted with the titillating aspect of Basic Instinct. Demi Moore could not quite get over her “sexy” persona in things like…[Read more]

That’s not even remotely true. As another poster pointed out, Streep doesn’t have sexy/risque in her arsenal/toolbox. Kidman does

I can’t see. Streep in Moulin Rouge, Eyes Wide Shut, The Paperboy…the idea of Streep trying to play a sexpot at any age seems ludicrous. It’s probably just not something she’s comfortable with. For all her…[Read more]

I think Kidman has demonstrated far more range over her career than you suggest (or have maybe seen). And while her default mode may be classy, regal etc, she’s easily broken out of that mode many times at will.

For her SAG nominated role in The Paperboy, Kidman played a loud trampy Southern tart with a fetish for convicts and a porn star…[Read more]

Huh?

How is “range” even a question for Kidman at this point? Especially this year. She’s got 3 different movies out this winter alone (Boy Erased, Destroyer Aquaman), and none of her characters in them look, sound or act remotely similar.

To Die For, The Hours, The Others, Moulin Rouge. Four completely different characters.

I think Kidman…[Read more]

Bullshit.

Meryl is a truly great actress, but getting nominated every time she takes a shit for her entire career has made her fundamentally overrated (not her fault though). And it allows some non-critical thinkers to fall for the propaganda that she invented acting. Repeat after me: Streep is not God.There are probably at least 15 or more…[Read more]

How is this even a serious discussion? I had no idea anyone who knew anything about films or acting could regard Julia Roberts as a better actress than Nicole Kidman. I think even Julia Roberts would tell anyone that Nicole Kidman is a far more gifted actress than her.

There are levels to this shit. Julia Roberts is a movie star with very limited…[Read more]

So far Annapurna seems to have been doing more to promote Destroyer than Vice. They are doing a tonne of Guild screenings and Q & A’s, Kidman has been booked for an AFI Gala event just to discuss Destroyer. Kidman will have BAFTA event dedicated to her a few days later where she can promote Destroyer some more.

They even had Sebastian Stan on…[Read more]

There’s always someone on these roundtables with zero chance of being nominated, so it’s sort of to be expected. Lupita is that person (though I think Ronan probably hasnt got much chance either the way her studio avoided the early fall festival circuit like they were afraid of catching herpes).

All Lupita’s presence shows us that Disney/Marvel…[Read more]

Yeah, I just posted some other reactions from industry screenings on the Destroyer thread, and they seem to be along the line of yours.

Think people may be underestimating Kidman’s potential to be our Best Actress winner. She hasn’t got the top 5 BP contender film like Gaga or Colman, but she’s apparently got the performance (which should still…[Read more]

Destroyer seems to be playing well among actors and industry types at SAG-AFTRA and other industry screenings, which should bode well for Kidman’s chances. Rafael Agustin, an actor and staff writer on Jane The Virgin tweeted that he thinks Destroyer will be Kidman’s Training Day (ie her likely Oscar winner). A comparison I alluded to some months…[Read more]

Thought as much (that it would be Close). Thanks for the confirmation.

The point is the metacritic score is too incomplete to use against the movie right now, because you won’t get the majority of reviews on metacritic till it’s close to release. Rotten Tomatoes is a more accurate representation of it’s critical reception, as far more RT eligible critics have reviewed the movie than metacritic critics. It’s not…[Read more]

Why do people keep spreading this urban myth that critics didn’t like Destroyer?

It’s pushing 90% on Rotten Tomatoes with over 50 reviews counted. It was certified fresh months before it’s actual release.Only in the land of ‘hysterical Oscar prognosticators” can a critical reception that strong be turned into, “critics thought it was…[Read more]

Hmmm…Pete Hammond of Deadline tweeted that Kidman got a “giant standing ovation” at the Hollywood Film awards, and he thinks that bodes well for double nominations.

Hammond said only one other person got a standing ovation, but didn’t specify whom. Wonder if it was Close…

Why are you shocked? This is a movie that’s been remade 4 times because it works and audiences love the story. The only hurdle it needed to pass to get was to get good reviews, which it did. When the next A Star Is Born remake is trotted out in 15-20 years, as long as the reviews are good, it’ll make mad loot as well.

Yeah, I really do feel she can pull off the double nods, mainly because as you’ve pointed out, she’s such a tireless campaigner and advocate for her films. She’s everywhere promoting both films, turning up to every SAG screening, etc. Incredible work ethic for a star who doesn’t need to work that hard.

Also she’s the best actress of her…[Read more]

Welp!

Put a fork in him, he’s probably done.

Kidman already has the reviews though.”Career Best Performance” and all that jazz. The trailer just put to rest doubts that may have existed even with reviews. 2 minutes of footage with Kidman looking intense, transformed, committed and acting her ass off can be the deal breaker for some.

I agree, you can’t always judge a trailer performance in…[Read more]