Far More Perceptive IRA Awards?
Well, you have a lot more respect for the organization where you actually happen to vote than for the Academy... may I say I'm not surprised?
The Academy might not be the smartest of the organization, but this year, when you compare it with some others, the choices doesn't look as bad. Can we really deffend all the winners from previous years? Cotillard's choice seems far more deserving than let's say Halle Berry's. Usually, I don't get at least one of the four acting winners. This year I can live with all of them (Still have to see Away from her, but even if cotillard is second to best, she's still better than other previous winners).
Day-Lewis film and performance might not be a piece of candy for everyone, but for my money he did a wonderful job. Guess, as alway, it's just a matter of taste...
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I couldn't disagree with you more, Harry. Not a single one of these people gave anything approaching an award-worthy performance, and Day-Lewis was ridiculously bad.HarryGoldfarb wrote:Man, what a fine year for performer's award... not a single shame (Come on you guys, I know your love and devotion to Christie but Cotillard is a far better winner than some other recent choices). Bardem was great, Day-Lewis was superb, Swinton gave a terrific supporting performance and Cotillard took a big role and created a charming/aching performance on screen... great great year (this makes more nonsense the utterly shameful ceremony)
I'm proud to say that in the far more perceptive IRA awards, none of them got even one vote.
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Actually I didn't get that, I was wondering the same thing that night. I had forgot that but now that you mentioned it, I can clearly recall her wide open mouth. She looked great though, as a whole, but her face was quite awkward...
By the way, I've just seen I'm not there and Michael Clayton... even though I feel Blanchet was superior we can't regret Swinton's win... Man, what a fine year for performer's award... not a single shame (Come on you guys, I know your love and devotion to Christie but Cotillard is a far better winner than some other recent choices). Bardem was great, Day-Lewis was superb, Swinton gave a terrific supporting performance and Cotillard took a big role and created a charming/aching performance on screen... great great year (this makes more nonsense the utterly shameful ceremony)
By the way, I've just seen I'm not there and Michael Clayton... even though I feel Blanchet was superior we can't regret Swinton's win... Man, what a fine year for performer's award... not a single shame (Come on you guys, I know your love and devotion to Christie but Cotillard is a far better winner than some other recent choices). Bardem was great, Day-Lewis was superb, Swinton gave a terrific supporting performance and Cotillard took a big role and created a charming/aching performance on screen... great great year (this makes more nonsense the utterly shameful ceremony)
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I was just thinking about his past year's awards (okay, okay, I was re-watching some of the keys races last night before I finally deleted the thing off of my TiVo) and I have to ask: What was up with the bizarre look of astonishment on Ruby Dee's face after her clip was shown? Honestly, I could not read what that was about. Yes, dear, you ARE nominated for an Oscar. And, yes, they JUST showed your big slap scene. What are you so incredulous about? Maybe that's just her default look because I remember her doing something similar at the SAG Awards.
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Tilda Swinton lets her fans hold her Oscar.
Very cool lady.
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While I'm a little shocked she even watched Zoolander, I thought the last sentence here is quite funny.
Swinton Prepared for Oscar Loss
Actress Tilda Swinton was so convinced she would not win an Academy Award on Sunday, she didn't hear her name when it was announced. The 47-year-old Brit, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Michael Clayton, has dubbed the seconds following her win a "reverse Zoolander moment," in a reference to Ben Stiller's 2001 comedy in which a dim-witted male model tries to accept an award given to his rival. After her big win, she told reporters, "I really just had a reverse Zoolander moment when I think I heard someone else's name and suddenly slowly heard my own. I'm still recovering from that moment, and I have absolutely no idea what happened after that. So, you know, you can tell me my dress fell off and I'd believe you, so don't be cruel."
Swinton Prepared for Oscar Loss
Actress Tilda Swinton was so convinced she would not win an Academy Award on Sunday, she didn't hear her name when it was announced. The 47-year-old Brit, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Michael Clayton, has dubbed the seconds following her win a "reverse Zoolander moment," in a reference to Ben Stiller's 2001 comedy in which a dim-witted male model tries to accept an award given to his rival. After her big win, she told reporters, "I really just had a reverse Zoolander moment when I think I heard someone else's name and suddenly slowly heard my own. I'm still recovering from that moment, and I have absolutely no idea what happened after that. So, you know, you can tell me my dress fell off and I'd believe you, so don't be cruel."
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This was not a surprise. Swinton, Dee and Ryan were all equally poised to take this award and were evenly-matched. People who were predicting Blanchett just don't understand the mind set of the Academy.
I said it before and I said it again, a Todd Haynes film is not going to receib=ve Academy recognition. In fact, Weinstein put an I'm Not There DVD in copies of Variety containing just Blanchett's scenes because he knew most Academy members wouldn't have the patience to sit through the entire picture.
I said it before and I said it again, a Todd Haynes film is not going to receib=ve Academy recognition. In fact, Weinstein put an I'm Not There DVD in copies of Variety containing just Blanchett's scenes because he knew most Academy members wouldn't have the patience to sit through the entire picture.
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the double nomination has become officially a curse! Holly Hunter the last to win with a double nomination but weaver, thompson, Julianne Moore and now Blanchett are a "selected" group of loosers despite double nods...
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