tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post7316359721371381024..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Streep Nom #10: The Bridges of Madison CountyNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-11957838477125436132011-01-06T09:02:31.190-05:002011-01-06T09:02:31.190-05:00I still can't believe Meryl Streep DIDN'T ...I still can't believe Meryl Streep DIDN'T win an Oscar for her work in The Bridges of Madison County. <br />She has deserved the Oscar more often than only twice. Silkwood, Out of Africa, The Bridges, One true thing, The Devil wears Prada, Doubt, Julie & Julia -the most important ones, how she didn't win?Minervahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596552513696997498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-60690561437584599722010-07-13T22:54:42.892-04:002010-07-13T22:54:42.892-04:00As much as I love and admire Susan Sarandon's ...As much as I love and admire Susan Sarandon's performance in "Dead Man Walking," and as much as I routinely love Meryl Streep in just about all she does, and as much as I was rocked by Sharon Stone's work in "Casino" (the scene where she drives onto the lawn and goes toe to toe with DeNiro is stunning), I will never back down from my opinion that Elisabeth Shue delivered what was hands down, the best performance of any actor or actress in 1995 in "Leaving Las Vegas." I would actually put her performance in the same category as Robert DeNiro in "Raging Bull" and Charlize Theron in "Monster," because it was THAT good. Elisabeth Shue is an underrated and underused actress and based on her performance in "Vegas," Hollywood is idiotic for not giving her her pick of projects after the fact. She deserved that Oscar and hopefully one day, she'll get the chance to go for it again.P77noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-65008880157940206132010-06-18T16:49:40.725-04:002010-06-18T16:49:40.725-04:00Best Supporting Actors of the 60s:
Gregory Peck, ...Best Supporting Actors of the 60s:<br /><br />Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird<br />Sterling Hayden, Dr. Strangelove - winner<br />George C. Scott, The Hustler<br />John Cassavetes, Rosemary's Baby<br />Omar Sharif, Lawrence of ArabiaVolvagianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-91296349568692909652010-06-18T09:35:29.675-04:002010-06-18T09:35:29.675-04:00Of course, of all things, I count Mary Badham as t...Of course, of all things, I count Mary Badham as the lead (and not a great one) and Gregory Peck as just a support (a movement that would have secured O'Toole and Peck their Oscars) in To Kill a Mockingbird. (Cut Telly Savalas from Support, Cut Lancaster from Lead, add James Mason and Frank Sinatra. Now, I think you might just have the best possible list for Actor and Supporting Actor.)<br /><br />Lead Actor:<br /><br />Peter O'Toole, Lawrence of Arabia - winner<br />James Mason, Lolita<br />Frank Sinatra, The Manchurian Candidate<br />Jack Lemmon, The Days of Wine and Roses<br />Marcello Mastroianni, Divorce, Italian Style<br /><br />Supporting Actor:<br /><br />Ed Begley, Sweet Bird of Youth<br />Victor Buono, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?<br />Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird - winner<br />Omar Sharif, Lawrence of Arabia<br />Terrence Stamp, Billy BuddVolvagianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-23232630290386007622010-06-18T06:48:27.435-04:002010-06-18T06:48:27.435-04:00or Sandra Bullocks?or Sandra Bullocks?NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-20387362143589777232010-06-18T04:59:35.308-04:002010-06-18T04:59:35.308-04:00Stone's nomination is what keeps me hoping tha...Stone's nomination is what keeps me hoping that the likes of Drew Barrymore will eventually get nominated.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-24180185375124502652010-06-18T02:46:41.690-04:002010-06-18T02:46:41.690-04:00JC Valencia:
sharon stone´s career
went down hil...JC Valencia: <br />sharon stone´s career<br />went down hill cuz she had a reptuation as a bitchy pèrson (wicth was totally on fair) <br />and nobody wanted to worck with her<br />she doesnt take bad choices<br /> there is a boicot against her , and she doesnt ger hired by the big names in hollywood<br />well have to fidn out<br />what scorsesse told to all directors about sharonsarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-36677802668300678592010-06-18T02:13:38.329-04:002010-06-18T02:13:38.329-04:00among her 'almost-wins', this probably sti...among her 'almost-wins', this probably stings the most for me. adaptation comes a close second. give the woman her third oscar already!<br /><br />in as much as i loved sense and sensibilities' last scene (when elinor had her breakdown), nicole should have been nominated instead of emma.<br /><br />lastly, too bad sharon's career went down hill after 1995. with her recent choices, no one takes her seriously nowadays.jc valenciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01444836020581997931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-46924714754899701012010-06-17T22:29:09.171-04:002010-06-17T22:29:09.171-04:00Why do I cherish the Sarandon victory? Simple.
-...Why do I cherish the Sarandon victory? Simple.<br /><br />--It's a great performance (so not simply a career honor - the work merited it on it's own)<br /><br />--...in a great movie (none of this "she stands out" or makes the material rise to her stature. Everything about this movie, the performances, the writing, the directing is amazing)<br /><br />--... in a great category (Streep, Shue and Sarandon would make worthy winners in ANY year of the 90's<br /><br />--in a great year (the nominees, plus Moore, Delpy, Kidman, Gong Li, Isabelle Huppert, more and more and more)Arkaannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-2442342001763713442010-06-17T19:54:42.618-04:002010-06-17T19:54:42.618-04:00teh truth is
all the people from the film industry...teh truth is<br />all the people from the film industry hate sharon stone<br />thats why sharon didnt win the oscar<br /><br />sadly truth of false<br /><br />she got a bitchy rep....(witch i think is unfair)<br />thats the reason we havent seen her in big movies lately<br />she would have been the perfect leading lady for <br />unfaithful<br />notes of a scandal<br />revolutinary Road<br />elizabeth <br />and why she didnt get these rolls????<br />i suposse the reason is Martin Scorsesse<br /> he told all important directors not to worck with stone<br />ahhhh there is ahuge boicott against my favorite actress sharon <br />witch i hope ends this yearrrrrrsarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-14090336518139281432010-06-17T19:28:12.940-04:002010-06-17T19:28:12.940-04:00Why don't I just say Supporting Actor and Pict...Why don't I just say Supporting Actor and Picture for the sake of it?<br /><br />Supporting Actor:<br /><br />Kevin Spacey, Seven<br />Val Kilmer, Heat<br />Brad Pitt, 12 Monkeys<br />Christopher Walken, The Addiction<br />(placeholder) James Cromwell, Babe<br /><br />Picture:<br /><br />Heat - winner (I can't argue with this hard edged, intelligent cop picture)<br />The Addiction - Silver (An inscrutable piece of A/V literature that milks it's metaphor (vampires are heroin addicts) until it's absolutely bone dry. Note: Sizeable influence from George A. Romero's Martin)<br />12 Monkeys - Bronze<br />Seven (Very good, but not, as the Empire list says, the third best of the year)<br />The Usual Suspects (Again, a great showcase lead role, and an outstanding movie but not the second best of the year.)<br /><br />Lead Actor Winner: Spacey<br />Supporting Actor Winner: WalkenVolvagianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-6394584476093616362010-06-17T19:17:38.619-04:002010-06-17T19:17:38.619-04:00Of course, casting Jeff Bridges could have led to ...Of course, casting Jeff Bridges could have led to to a groan worthy tag-line. "Watch a man make love on his namesake:<br /><br />The Bridges (Bridges is bolded) of Madison County.Volvagianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-72493642245272427892010-06-17T19:11:36.865-04:002010-06-17T19:11:36.865-04:00Nicky's in 45-55%, depending on whether you co...Nicky's in 45-55%, depending on whether you count voice over as being "on-screen." (DeNiro is in half of the scenes with Nicky.) DeNiro is in 40-45%, again if you consider voiceover as being an "on-screen" presence. (Stone is in roughly half the scenes with DeNiro, so around 20-25%.). The remaining 15% of unaffiliated time deals with the handling of a Mafia Casino. (DeNiro + Pesci = Co-Leads)<br /><br />Lead Actor:<br /><br />Joe Pesci, Casino<br />Robert DeNiro, Heat<br />Kevin Spacey, The Usual Suspects<br />Bruce Willis, 12 Monkeys<br />Al Pacino, HeatVolvagianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-49024360341333950592010-06-17T18:56:24.340-04:002010-06-17T18:56:24.340-04:00Actually Sharon Stone's screen time proportion...Actually Sharon Stone's screen time proportion in Casino is closer to 15-20%. I do pay attention to run time vs. screentime as I watch movies. If only her proportion was 60%, a screen time amount I would count as lead. Both Winslet and Thompson were in approximately 40-45% (lead range is 40-100% for me) of Sense and Sensibility, as a comparison.Volvagianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-62432768713995037512010-06-17T18:42:22.408-04:002010-06-17T18:42:22.408-04:00YEAR 1995
Actress:
Meryl Streep BRIDGES OF MADISON...YEAR 1995<br />Actress:<br />Meryl Streep BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (winner)<br />Jennifer Jason Leigh GEORGIA (runner-up)<br />Elizabeth Shue LEAVING LAS VEGAS<br />Sandrine Bonnaire LA CEREMONIE<br />Susan Sarandon DEAD MAN WALKING<br /><br />Supporting Actress:<br />Kate Winslet SENSE and SENSIBILITY<br /><br />Actor:<br />Sean Penn DEAD MAN WALKING and Nicolas Cage LEAVING LAS VEGAS (tie)<br /><br />Supporting Actor:<br />Kevin Spacey SE7EN<br /><br />Picture: BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTYShtajnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13710859210123004654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-59811029398806141522010-06-17T18:19:37.610-04:002010-06-17T18:19:37.610-04:00I agree with Volvagia about Stone... Sharon has my...I agree with Volvagia about Stone... Sharon has my favorite performance of the nominees, but she really is more Supporting in Casino. It's not her story and she doesn't have the screentime (she appears in maybe half to 60% of the film) for Lead status in my book.<br /><br />I would have voted for eventual winner Susan Sarandon myself... And while Nat's article has the "Streep's Third Oscar" angle to it, let's not forget that Sarandon was on her fifth nomination at this point and had pretty much hit the "she's got to win sometime" status that recent winners like Kate Winslet and Sean Penn (for Mystic River) have. While 1995 wasn't exactly Sarandon's year to lose, she had a LOT going for her (clearly.)<br /><br />All of that said, it is interesting that Streep had already gotten to the point where people were asking "Where's her third Oscar?" and 15 years later, we're STILL asking that question. (BTW, I say 2008 for Doubt, since Kate Winslet should have won for Revolutionary Road instead of The Reader.)Graham Greenleenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-43133901911668821492010-06-17T17:33:23.293-04:002010-06-17T17:33:23.293-04:00Nathaniel - That's why La Streizand exists. Sh...Nathaniel - That's why La Streizand exists. She did a movie only to be a pair with Bridges. She can do one for Meryl :pJames Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16055933146552583102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-45345901981556593642010-06-17T14:54:31.346-04:002010-06-17T14:54:31.346-04:00Something else I have to say: I just found out the...Something else I have to say: I just found out the next post in this series will be about the year the skinny blonde skeleton who can't act won her Oscar. *Eww*Dominiknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-48057471293272079452010-06-17T14:47:24.760-04:002010-06-17T14:47:24.760-04:00Oh, right, forgot Bergman. She has three, too.
&q...Oh, right, forgot Bergman. She has three, too.<br /><br />"Streep (...) continuously being nominated whether she deserved it or not and she has not always deserved her nominations" <br /><br />- and even more continuously being nominated for a Golden Globe. I remember she didn't attend the 1995 GG ceremony, and I think it happened again and again in the following years, feeling to me like she wanted to say to them something like: "What is this sh*t all about, why do you nominate me every f**king year if you don't have the slightest intention to actually give me an award?" (she probably wouldn't use these exact words but more classy ones, unless it would be totally crucial and true to the character she plays) Anyway, her repeated absence from the GG ceremonies also nourished my belief a threesome is quite impossible. But I think I recently found out she has won 6 GG, so again here my impression is probably not so right. (Though some were for TV work I believe...)Dominiknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-29300723003642444392010-06-17T14:45:27.880-04:002010-06-17T14:45:27.880-04:00fuzzbuzz -- wow. i had never realized that Streep ...fuzzbuzz -- wow. i had never realized that Streep and Bridges are the same age but they are. That would make an interesting screen pairing. Although Hollywood is usually averse to same age pairings for romantic co-stars. They always want the woman younger. But at least it's improved a little and they don't always need the woman 20 years younger anymore ;)NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-1399314864298523632010-06-17T14:43:27.487-04:002010-06-17T14:43:27.487-04:00yeah, Ingrid and Jack both have 3 so a 3rd is not ...yeah, Ingrid and Jack both have 3 so a 3rd is not out of the question for Meryl.<br /><br />she just needs a year like 1982 or a year like 1994 again: the first, a performance that they simply cannot die or second, a year where noone excites them so they think, "hell another for a beloved veteran. why not?"NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-43192987241320295762010-06-17T14:17:18.278-04:002010-06-17T14:17:18.278-04:004. No actor wins more than 2 Oscars. Katharine Hep...<i>4. No actor wins more than 2 Oscars. Katharine Hepburn is the exception that proves the rule right, probably due to some supernatural special "Great Kate" superpower.<br /><br />I dropped rule no. 4 after Jack won for "As Good as it Gets", and I read about a certain supporting performer of the 1930s and 40s named Walter Brennan.</i><br /><br />The character actor whom won 3 Oscars won them for three reasons – one Oscars didn’t mean much in the beginning it wasn’t as important and political as it is now – two he’s a damn fine character actor so no one begrudges his wins – three most important in the beginning everyone including the extra’s union could vote for the Oscars – all of his Oscars are plaques not actual statuettes.<br /><br />Jack Nicholson is an Academy untouchable just like Clint Eastwood<br /><br />Hepburn was old – so awarding her and re-awarding her was the thing to do<br /><br />Streep still being a young’in and an untouchable – continuously being nominated whether she deserved it or not and she has not always deserved her nominations. <br /><br />They also loved Ingrid Bergman and had she lived – she might have earned another Oscar whether it’s competitive or honorary./3rtfu11noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-34495903944142717472010-06-17T14:12:17.286-04:002010-06-17T14:12:17.286-04:00How miscast Eastwood was in this film. He pulled d...How miscast Eastwood was in this film. He pulled down Meryl's performance. This was the flick that finally showed Clint as an old, tired man that he is.<br /><br />If only Jeff Bridges had been her leading man, this flick would have been oh so believable. Meryl might have pulled out her third Oscar win, but it wasn't to be.fuzzbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006101622994504150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-64053433398706381422010-06-17T13:38:43.936-04:002010-06-17T13:38:43.936-04:001995 was the first year I watched the Oscars. I do...1995 was the first year I watched the Oscars. I don't remember who I was rooting for, or which performance I found the best (never the same thing, I actually very seldom see any nominated pic before Oscar night). It's a long time since I saw the three out of the five I have seen (haven't seen "Casino" or "Sense"), so I really don't know. <br /><br />I guess though I expected Stone to win. The media coverage that I had access to strongly suggested that. Never liked her much, so I was pleasently surprised to see Sarandon win. Btw I don't remember seeing it, but I heard that when Sarandon won, Sharon Stone stood up and left. Anyone know about this?<br /><br />My 1995 experience also defined most of my few own theories about how Oscar works which I'd like to share, for better or worse(these are only applying to the four acting categories):<br />1. Oscar copies the Golden Globes when it comes to nominations, disguises this fact a little<br />2. a) Everybody expects to see the GG winners for supporting and lead in Drama win. Especially those mainstreamist commentators who say what everyone says and try to sell it as their own unique carefully contemplated opinion.<br />b) However, there is always at least one, but not more than two surprises when it comes to the winners. <br />c) Performances that were not also nominated for a GG don't win.<br />3. People like Sharon Stone and Brad Pitt always win Golden Globes but never win Oscars.<br />4. No actor wins more than 2 Oscars. Katharine Hepburn is the exception that proves the rule right, probably due to some supernatural special "Great Kate" superpower.<br /><br />I dropped rule no. 4 after Jack won for "As Good as it Gets", and I read about a certain supporting performer of the 1930s and 40s named Walter Brennan.<br /><br />The last Oscar season prooved my rules no. 1 and no. 2a even better than 1995 did, however it let my rules no. 2b and 3 fall to pieces after so many years when they seemed to be so true.Dominiknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-48693926526773427062010-06-17T13:30:58.406-04:002010-06-17T13:30:58.406-04:00sharon stone
such an under valued actress
im talk...sharon stone <br />such an under valued actress<br />im talking generally.<br />charismatic, talented, beautyfull, sexy<br />the most of the times she gets the bad girl role<br />but she does her bad girls like nobody<br />i love her villians<br />even Laurel from catwoman <br /> <br />sharon stone she is my favorite actress in whole world since basic instinctsarnoreply@blogger.com