tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post8680856627656099150..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: "The Actresses Are All Right". Best Actress Next Year?NATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-35481256510655756582010-03-28T11:50:12.942-04:002010-03-28T11:50:12.942-04:00i'd easily buy a reading of the film that says...i'd easily buy a reading of the film that says it's a dual lead (Watts & Bening) but i can't accept that Bening is supporting since she opens and closes the story and her actions entirely cause the story's existence. <br /><br />"billing" only means who they think will sell the movie. Not who the movie is actually about. <br /><br />i guess where our different opinions comes in is that i have never believed -- and i think it's a modern construct that convinces other people to believe it -- that movies only have one lead character.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-6456769628264198102010-03-28T10:23:09.068-04:002010-03-28T10:23:09.068-04:00I have seen Mother and Child too. Bening definitel...I have seen Mother and Child too. Bening definitely IS NOT lead. She is supporting, the official cast order says so as well. Besides, when the studio promoted the film at TIFF, SBIFF, Sundance....it was with Watts as head of cast and lead actress, sans Bening. The story is about 3 women as per offical synopsis and the film, not about Bening's character. All publicity for the film, website, poster, trailer...etc show Watts as heading the cast, with Bening and Washington supporting. It is very clear.steandricnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-74215612107148354982010-03-14T13:54:10.898-04:002010-03-14T13:54:10.898-04:00^^I thought Colin Farrell was the lead in The Way ...^^I thought Colin Farrell was the lead in <i>The Way Back</i>. I have him predicted in lead, with Jim Sturgess in supporting.ePastor Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07290312834835033519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-78500578652777079082010-03-12T17:21:23.232-05:002010-03-12T17:21:23.232-05:00My predictions:
Actor:
1. Ryan Gosling, Blue Val...My predictions:<br /><br />Actor: <br />1. Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine<br />2. Robert Duvall, Get Low<br />If there isn't a surprised nominee, I think the winner will be in one of both.<br />3. Jim Sturgess, The Way Back - Raves for his performance in test screeners.<br />4. Jake Gyllenhaal, Love and Other Drugs.<br />5. Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter<br />Alt: Sam Riley, Brighton Rock or Brad Pitt, The tree of Life -I think he will win the Oscar, maybe 2011 with this performance or 2012 for "moneyball", after Sandra Bullock's effect-<br /><br />Actress:<br />1. Hiam Abbass, Miral - Well an@n, I read the novel and after various reports, I think Abbass have more chances at leading. It's like Jane Fonda-Vanessa Redgrave in "julia".<br />2. Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone: I heard nothing but raves for her performance...<br />3. Annette Bening, Mother and Child<br />4. Natalie Portman, Black Swan<br />5. Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine<br />Alt: Helen Mirren, for one of her films or Carey Mulligan, Never Let Me Go<br />FYC: PLEASE not again Hilary Swank, one horrible nightmare is enough for damage!!.<br /><br />Supporting Actor:<br />1. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Inception: He really deserved it<br />2. Andrew Garfield, Never Let Me Go/The Social Network: Maybe this year's british revelation.<br />3. Colin Farrell, The Way Back<br />4. Sean Penn, The Tree of Life<br />5. Christian bale, The Fighter<br />Alt: Vincent Cassel, Black Swan or Oliver Platt, Love and Other Drugs<br /><br />Supporting Actress:<br />1. Anne Hathaway, Love and Other Drugs<br />2. Marion Cotillard, Inception: After the fluke of last season she deserves another nomination<br />3. Freida Pinto, Miral: Well, she's working with Schnabel and Allen<br />4. Saoirse Ronan, The Way Back<br />5. Naomi Watts, Mother and Child<br />Alt: Keira Knightley, Never Let Me Go or Julianne Moore, The Kids are AlrightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-44236348664425689402010-03-12T16:58:37.423-05:002010-03-12T16:58:37.423-05:00Guy... yeah, i think so too (about Streep being in...Guy... yeah, i think so too (about Streep being in#6 but i think it was a distant 6th. <br /><br />there is no such rule. And just recently one movie was brave enough to campaign both its two leads as leads and i respected them so much for it even if it wasn't going to happen, you know.<br /><br />double lead noms has happened MANY times in the past. but as soon as people figured out how to cheat the system ;) they stopped even trying to get double noms for movies.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-46731494778706541702010-03-12T15:15:53.131-05:002010-03-12T15:15:53.131-05:00There is no such rule, Faux. It may not happen oft...There is no such rule, Faux. It may not happen often, but there's nothing preventing it. (The last time we came close was in 2002, when I suspect Meryl Streep landed in the #6 Best Actress slot for "The Hours.")Guy Lodgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073912302467109996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-45098262907717278842010-03-12T12:28:04.702-05:002010-03-12T12:28:04.702-05:00Corrected: "OK, I'm NOT sure about the so...Corrected: "OK, I'm NOT sure about the source, but there's something TRUE about that fact."Fauxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-17647056277803973512010-03-12T12:25:58.377-05:002010-03-12T12:25:58.377-05:00I did three days ago my own list of candidates for...I did three days ago my own list of candidates for 2011. But I have to say I read somewhere few years ago (after double noms for Thelma & Louise) about an Academy rule on only one lead actor/actress for a motion picture. So, only one same sex actor/actress can be nominated in Leading, and the other one have to be located in Supporting. Brokeback Mountain is proof. Or The Hours (with the trifecta Streep-Kidman-Moore). Or Chicago. Or many others. OK, I'm sure about the source, but there's something about that fact.<br /><br />I can see some frontrunners for 2011. I list them:<br /><br />Leading Actor: DiCaprio (Inception, Shutter Island) vs Duvall (Get Low) vs Gosling (Blue Valentine)<br /><br />Supporting Actor: Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right) vs Rockwell (Betty Anne Waters)<br /><br />Leading Actress: Bening (Mother and Child) vs Swank (Betty Anne Waters)... (or what it means, THAT morbid battle, third round) vs Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)... spoilers: Kidman (Rabbit Hole), Lawrence (Winter's Bone), Seyfried (Chloe), Portman (Black Swan) or Zellweger (My Own Love Song). <br /><br />Supporting Actress: Moore (The Kids Are All Rigth, I think it's the correct choice to campaign) vs that terrific performance from Hathaway (Love and Other Drugs)... and then vs probably Watts (Mother and Child)... spoilers: Cotillard (Inception), Juliette Lewis (Betty Anne Waters), and both stars from Nowhere Boy, Kristin Scott-Thomas and Anne-Marie Duff. I'm not so sure about Melissa Leo and Amy Adam in The Fighter.<br /><br />In my list, actresses' champ looks stronger than actors'. But who knows?Fauxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-7570429125472629062010-03-12T07:43:00.616-05:002010-03-12T07:43:00.616-05:00Maybe they would put Julianne Moore as a lead cont...Maybe they would put Julianne Moore as a lead contender for "The Kids Are All Right", with Annette Bening as supporting for the same film. Just think to what Focus Features did with "Brokeback Mountain": Ledger and Gyllenhaal were clearly both lead characters, but they separeted them in two different categories (and they both were nominated). Plus, Bening will probably be considered lead for "Mother and Child".Stefanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-77626936031843020322010-03-12T00:42:36.364-05:002010-03-12T00:42:36.364-05:00Are we all forgetting that Swank, Bening AND Moore...Are we all forgetting that Swank, Bening AND Moore were all nominated for film year 1999?Cinesnatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00244752542602944093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-39355914540157742182010-03-11T20:57:54.307-05:002010-03-11T20:57:54.307-05:00Bryan -- Julianne has the most screentime in the f...Bryan -- Julianne has the most screentime in the film, I'd wager. (not that screentime is everything)NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-35703392669823102082010-03-11T19:41:11.799-05:002010-03-11T19:41:11.799-05:00Am I crazy for thinking that the Academy might com...Am I crazy for thinking that the Academy might completely shut out both Moore and Bening simply because they don't want to favor one over the other?<br /><br />I haven't seen <i>Winter's Bone</i> yet, but count me in the crowd who thinks that Jennifer Lawrence can call herself an Academy Award nominee if not winner a year from now. And a year without Meryl certainly spices things up. It means there are five Actress nominees to guesstimate about instead of fourAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05723441382492805800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-4313982171333700802010-03-11T16:50:20.827-05:002010-03-11T16:50:20.827-05:00No Meryl Streep this year????... BoringNo Meryl Streep this year????... BoringUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00431937285423027237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-91859933134136935812010-03-11T16:39:57.933-05:002010-03-11T16:39:57.933-05:00do you see mia nabbing a supporting nod for the ki...do you see mia nabbing a supporting nod for the kids are alright? is she "big" enough yet, or will they make her wait? is she worthy?Bryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-45172234857035414762010-03-11T16:37:54.619-05:002010-03-11T16:37:54.619-05:00If Julianne and Annette can both get in, I would b...If Julianne and Annette can both get in, I would be so happy. Add in Michelle Williams, and I'd be in heaven.<br /><br />If you had to bump one of them to supporting, Nathaniel, would it definitely be Julianne? I haven't seen it yet, and don't know what we're dealing with here in terms of screen time.<br /><br />Omg-- if it was a Swank vs. Bening re-(re?)match, I don't see HOW Annette could lose.Bryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-66925868794307438072010-03-11T14:54:14.742-05:002010-03-11T14:54:14.742-05:00Nate@
No I haven't seen it. But at this time ...Nate@<br /><br />No I haven't seen it. But at this time anything goes, right!? ;)<br /><br />But I'm really looking forward to see it. Awards worthy or not.Michael W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-28993919270960010802010-03-11T14:22:56.152-05:002010-03-11T14:22:56.152-05:00Michael W. - Dakota Fanning for The Runaways? I d...Michael W. - Dakota Fanning for The Runaways? I don't think so. I'm curious if you've seen the film or if you're just going off speculation. Having seen it, I don't think she gave a bad performance (or an especially good one), but I really don't see it getting any awards play. Dakota has an Oscar nom waiting for her, but not for this movie.Nate Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-36914852774563262962010-03-11T14:20:42.877-05:002010-03-11T14:20:42.877-05:00Oh, and this better be Kidman's year.
So rig...Oh, and this better be Kidman's year. <br /><br />So right now I'd say:<br /><br />Lawrence<br />Bening<br />Williams<br />Kidman<br />MirrenDJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-78983433331336283992010-03-11T14:19:10.062-05:002010-03-11T14:19:10.062-05:00Looking at the past few years for examples, we can...Looking at the past few years for examples, we can't expect all of these young actresses to make the cut... and of the young actresses that DO get nominated (probably no more than 2), at least one will be the newby starlet of the year: i.e., Lawrence for Winter's Bone or Waskowski for Gus Van Sant's project (if released this year). I don't think Mulligan will be nominated back-to-back and I'd say Knightley has the more "Oscar friendly" role of the two. Hathaway and Williams seem more likely than Portman, etc. <br /><br />I think Bening will have a *very* good chance of being nominated for one of her two films as well as Mirren for one of her three.DJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-17918496657810989552010-03-11T14:05:07.781-05:002010-03-11T14:05:07.781-05:00I think Moore is considerably more deserving of an...I think Moore is considerably more deserving of an Oscar win than Bening, so I hope things work in her favor this year. I like Annette, but I think her three losses were justified, whereas Julianne should have easily taken BSA in '97 and BA in '03 (As well as additional nominations in 94', 95', and '09.)<br /><br />If they are both nominated in lead for Kids, they likely split the votes and both lose. I'm hoping they are kept in different categories, or Julianne gets in by herself.Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-89371596984066325952010-03-11T13:43:29.958-05:002010-03-11T13:43:29.958-05:00I've never meant Bening should be considered s...I've never meant Bening should be considered supporting in MOTHER AND CHILD...she's the leading...and Watts could be campaigned as supporting<br /><br />obviously it's too early to tell whether Watts could be consider a good bet as best supporting actress, since the Academy showed interest through her just once...<br /><br />anyway for Watts we have FAIR GAME (leading), MOTHER AND CHILD (supporting), WOODY ALLEN'S (supporting maybe)<br />we could say she has some chances next year<br /><br />mirkoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-71442458046767420892010-03-11T12:47:52.603-05:002010-03-11T12:47:52.603-05:00Mia Wasikowska is in The Kids Are Alright, too??? ...Mia Wasikowska is in The Kids Are Alright, too??? I've been amazed with her since "That Evening Sun." It's so irritating that one still has to wait for films to release. I want to just get it off Netflix RIGHT NOW. Or pay to download it from iTunes. Whichever.lizrizhttp://everydaygoddess.typepad.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-49034150384752299952010-03-11T11:29:59.826-05:002010-03-11T11:29:59.826-05:00Is Helen Mirren's The Tempest ever going to se...Is Helen Mirren's <i>The Tempest</i> ever going to see the light of day since the production company went under and had its assets purchased by another company? If it is, I have faith that her take on Prospero (Prospera?) could gain some traction. If not, oh well.OtherRoberthttp://skethydetails.tknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-20091475124129821542010-03-11T11:02:52.782-05:002010-03-11T11:02:52.782-05:00it's grown on me too.
i definitely need a sec...it's grown on me too.<br /><br />i definitely need a second time to firm up my opinion.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-51166169497888668442010-03-11T10:25:49.897-05:002010-03-11T10:25:49.897-05:00To Anonymous who asked about Ruffalo as Supporting...To Anonymous who asked about Ruffalo as Supporting Actor-- I definitely think it's possible if they flip over the movie in general. He's fantastic in it, and is assuredly a supporting role rather than lead, which could make it easier.<br /><br />I get to see this movie again on Monday and I'm so excited-- my love for it has only grown since Sundance.Kateyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602654660381174664noreply@blogger.com