Going by the trailer, this has the same problem as The Other Boelyn Girl. It’s cast actresses in central roles who don’t have the gravitas to be playing these roles. Ronan is a gifted actress in other things, but looks like a lightweight here. Compare Glenda Jackson and Vanessa Redgrave playing these roles in the 70’s film, and it feels like a…[Read more]

Abbie Cornish kind of blew it. She was hyped as the new Kidman/Blanchett over 14 years ago when she hit the scene in Australian indies like Somersault and Candy, and she simply never delivered like those two, who are generally considered to be Australia’s foremost world beating acting talents. Poor choices and underwhelming performances have put…[Read more]

Anyway, the answer to this thread is probably Christoph Waltz for me. Not sure how he’s a two-time winner at all. His film career doesn’t merit it, and his second individual win was ridiculous, considering there were two stronger supporting actor performances in his movie alone from Leonardo Dicapro and Samuel L Jackson.

Word.

I truly love winding up some of the more blatant racists around here about Washington’s indelible stature, because it so eats them up inside that so many consider him not only America’s greatest living actor, but the best actor on the planet. It’s like, “why everybody gotta LOVE this Negro so much?”.LOL! He jumped straight from his 8th…[Read more]

I’m not sure Streep and Blanchett would actually gel that well, as they are inherently similar performers imho. Both go “big” as often as they can. It may end up like watching two people just trying to chew scenery off each other.

Kidman doesn’t go big unless she has to, or the character really calls for it. It’s not her default setting like it…[Read more]

No. In terms of technical ability, Gary Oldman is hard to beat.

And frankly, Phoenix (whom I think is terrific) is just a movie actor. You need to use that disclaimer, imho. There’s no way on earth I can consider people like Phoenix or Christian Bale, who have never done professional theatre in their entire careers, to be the most skilled actors…[Read more]

Kidman has a very good chance at winning at the next Oscars, for either supporting or lead. Two baity projects (Boy Erased and Destroyer), with the latter project just being picked up by a quality distributor (Annapurna) for an awards season berth. Kidman has the roles, but she also has the narrative. An incredible “comeback” that’s seen her…[Read more]

Absolutely. Mitchum’s lack of more consistent Academy acknowledgement was strange, because he was a huge star for decades as well as an excellent actor. Not sure why the Academy never took to him. Maybe he never “played” the game, or they thought he did too many genre films.

It might have been an honorable attempt to do something different by Hanks, but it was a divisive performance (not just film) that was never going to get him near Oscar in any circumstance. Too many critics found the whole conciet of the entire cast being caked in make-up to play all these characters silly and unconvincing. I recall one review…[Read more]

Hanks has just played it too safe as an actor over the course of his career, and I feel that’s lost him some clout/respect within the Actors Branch of the Academy. Even the other Tom (Cruise) who is sometimes maligned and maybe not as talented as Hanks, took more risks with his screen image, before he settled into action man mode.

Hanks doesn’t…[Read more]

Lawrence is a bigger star than Mason ever was. I think she’ll still find herself in films and positions to get herself nominated again. But the possibility of nothing further exists with her.

Agreed that Get Out guy wasn’t getting much online thirst or lust, compared to the other Wakanda dudes.Though it didn’t help that his character was so unlikable (and not in a charasmatic way, though Kaalua’s acting was good), and his styling was pretty dorky.

Disagree about Chadwick Boseman. He is generating a lot of “enthusiasm” from what I’ve…[Read more]

Judging the trailer and reviews, it’s seems like he’s a good actor and at least got some of his dad’s talent. He’ll probably have a decent career.

The more succesful JDW gets, the more “good looking” he’ll become in the eyes of many people. Fame has a weird magnifying effect like that.There are people out there who think Adam Driver is sexy…[Read more]

It’s a hard call with Lawrence. Some people remain Academy favorites more or less for life (ie Streep), while other have a few years of heat with the Academy before the love affair really cools off. Who would have thought Tom Hanks of all people couldn’t even score an Oscar nod in nearly 20 years (and still appearing in films the Academy loves),…[Read more]

Extreme praise from Bradley Cooper’s friends (Sean Penn is a buddy of his, and they spend time together) doesn’t mean anything. Penn is doing his job as a friend, which is hyping his buddy’s passion project.

It could be good, but you need to wait for more objective sources to read anything into it.

You haven’t paid much attention then. Guess you missed my Winslet/Kidman 2nd Oscar thread (for example), which went 8 pages or something. I admit I do enjoy winding this forum up about Denzel since so many people here are so blatantly salty and racist (amazing combo) about him being so beloved by the Academy and his peers and it’s fun to see so…[Read more]

Isn’t Nicole Kidman the obvious answer this question?

Keep in mind 2020 is only 2 years away. Kidman has the goodwill, career momentum and the actual slate of upcoming roles to get it done. Destroyer, Boy Erased and The Goldfinch all seem baity to one degree or another. If there’s no one undeniable in her way, and one of the projects get a good…[Read more]

C’mon. Fisher is 42 year old actress that’s been a B-List comic actress in Hollywood for 14 years. I happen to think Adams is overrated and over-nominated, but the window for Fisher to have a career like Adams is firmly shut. So many factors are against her….her age, that she’s been a known quantity for so long (Hollywood prefers to mint new…[Read more]

You are either not very smart, or playing dumb. Neither is a major achievement.

Whatever “parrallels” you see in Denzel’s and Oldman’s performance is irrelevant to the actual point that was being made. A technically showy impersonation of an important, recognisable real life person often has particular advantadges with the academy that an…[Read more]

Yes, because Denzel in Fences played an important real life historical figure, just like my examples of Hoffman and Oldman….

Oh, that’s right….he didn’t. He played a fictional garbageman from a play adaptation. Fictional Troy from Pittsburgh and Truman Capote and Winston Churchill are not the same thing. It’s dumb to even go there,

I…[Read more]