Re: Categories One-by-One: Supporting Actor
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2024 6:54 pm
I would go with Sterling K. Brown. The performance isn't a co-lead, and he brings a range of comedy and pathos during his screen time that makes an impact on the film. His character makes us see the main character's many facets in a slightly different light than we might have at the beginning of the film, and that offers some forward momentum for the character development.
My second choice would probably be Ryan Gosling, who was my choice before I saw American Fiction. I think comic performances should be recognized more often by the Academy, but I also think Gosling is more of a co-lead than a really supporting character. It makes sense he's in the support category because the movie is called Barbie, but we see too much of that in this category.
And Robert De Niro would be next, giving what is his best performances in many years.
It's not that I think Robert Downey, Jr. is undeserving but I am I little surprised by how he's steamrolled the competition this year. Mark Ruffalo is fine in Poor Things, but I think Willem Dafoe would have been a better choice from that film.
I kind of wish the Academy had looked outside the box a bit to find some surprises like Alan Ruck in The Burial, Milo Machado-Graner in Anatomy of a Fall or Jamie Bell in All of Us Strangers
My second choice would probably be Ryan Gosling, who was my choice before I saw American Fiction. I think comic performances should be recognized more often by the Academy, but I also think Gosling is more of a co-lead than a really supporting character. It makes sense he's in the support category because the movie is called Barbie, but we see too much of that in this category.
And Robert De Niro would be next, giving what is his best performances in many years.
It's not that I think Robert Downey, Jr. is undeserving but I am I little surprised by how he's steamrolled the competition this year. Mark Ruffalo is fine in Poor Things, but I think Willem Dafoe would have been a better choice from that film.
I kind of wish the Academy had looked outside the box a bit to find some surprises like Alan Ruck in The Burial, Milo Machado-Graner in Anatomy of a Fall or Jamie Bell in All of Us Strangers