Time to update the predictions. It's probably a little soon since the NYFCC and the Golden Globe announcements come next week but what the hell. Tis the season. See new rankings on Best ACTOR, Best SUPPORTING ACTOR, and Best DIRECTOR. More categories to come.
and while you're thinking Oscar vote in the new poll.
Friday, December 08, 2006
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no need to go all the way back to tom jones for three supporting nominees in the one category - the godfather and the godfather part 2 both managed to score three supporting actor nominees
You're not crazy to think Brad could get snubbed, but I'd still have him above Michael Sheen.
I'd say Jack/Eddie/Brad/Alan/Sheen still, but then I haven't seen Notes...
I won't be happy if Brad is snubbed.
Brad Pitt is a lock in my opinion, Oscar loves to have a star or two in their supporting categories, so why not have a few of them? Brad is said to be the emotional core of Babel, and the film is bound to hit big with Oscar, so I say Brad is in.
I do kind of think that Pitt's would be the LAST nomination to drop if Babel really falls hard. Even if the script and supporting actresses were all snubbed, he'd probably still be in (like Clooney being the only major nod for Syriana).
Hmm...Syriana also received an Original Screenplay nod...
I'm kinda feeling the Pitt snub. At this point of the race, anyway. He just feels like the type of contender who we all put on the list cos he seemed like a sure bet earlier in the year.
At least he does now, who the hell knows what can happen? If I remember correctly, this time last year we all thought Bob Hoskins was a lock for Best Supporting Actor (as we did with Finney in '03)
This only has to do with the poll: what a bunch of ass the Best Actor catergory has been for 20 years! There are really only 3 or 4 of those winner's performances that I admire and could ever think of as being te best male performance in any given year. Looking at them in order like that really makes one depressed.
I agree with JA. The only name there that I could ever even think of calling the best male performance of the year is Kevin Spacey's. So I voted for him.
I went with Hopkins, even though he's barely onscreen (in his peformance, though, he's more memorable than most of the other nineteen combined, so I'm glad with my choice).
By the way, the Best Song finalists are out (Dreamgirls has three contenders)-
http://www.oscarwatch.com/2006/12/56_songs_eligible_3_from_dream.html#more
It was between Hopkins and Spacey for me too. That list sucks more than I expected it would.
I went with Spacey because as much as I think Hopkins' is an "all time" performance, it bugs the shit out of me that it wasn't a supporting win. Spacey's win was the only remaining one I don't have some kind of a problem with - wanted him to win, thought he deserved it, still do.
Rob
A Brad Pitt snub wouldn't surprise me in the least.
I agree, Nighy is perfectly poised to sneak into this race: he's supporting two acclaimed performances (both leads, but whatever), has been around for quite a while doing solid work, has the best in show reviews from The Vertical Hour.... seems very much like a perfect storm of buzz, quality and bait. I'm actually more curious about Sheen. I'm curious how he's going to do in this precursor race.
As for leading men - everytime I see Smith's vehicle with the incorrect spelling I feel like dry heaving. I'm really hoping that it doesn't make an impact (though it probably will). Wouldn't it be awesome, though, if Watanabe could sneak in, replacing say Dicpario? We could have a majority minority line-up for the first time... ever? Or at least since 2003 (how short my memory is.
"Happyness" is not some cutesy name people made up, although everybody assumes so. I think it was a San Francisco Chronicle article mentioned that "Happyness" was the actual spelling of something significant to Christopher Gardner, the man whose true story the biopic is based on. "Happyness"'s significance can be found in Gardner's biography, too.
It's basis in truth does not make it any less cutesy or nauseating.
1. I voted Anthony Hopkins for the same reasons as Nick
2. I keep going back and forth with Pitt. Sometimes I say he's in, sometimes I say he's not. I just get a feeling that if this movie only gets one or two nominations, the acting that's gonna be recognised is by the unknowns (Barraza and Kikuchi). But... i dunno. I haven't seen the movie anyway.
I didn't see WTC, and probably won't anytime soon, but Nicholas Cage needs to be disqualifed if only for the fact that I had to sit through The Wicker Man. And pay $10.75 for it. Truly painful to endure. PAINFUL.
I guess Brad should get a supporting nomination. It's probably the best performance I've seen this guy give. He's never been a fav of mine and I didn't find him to be the "emotional center of the film" as Newland heard he was. That kind of praise is a bit heavy for an actor of Brad's caliber to carry on his shoulders - no matter what movie he's in. Nevertheless, I did think he delivered a pretty good performance here.
Well, I voted for Brody in the poll.
Hopkins and Spacey were good and deserving, but Brody was REALLY deserving, and an underdog, and the actual win and speech were so much fun. The poll is for "favorite best actor win" and I assume that means the whole package: the perf, the upset, the kiss, the speech, the crush everyone got on him afterward... so yeah, Brody gets my vote hands down.
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