Wednesday 3 October 2012

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2008: Results

5. Eddie Marsan in Happy-Go-Lucky- Marsan a good supporting performance through the film, and even helps Hawkins's performance come alive more in their scenes through the extreme differences of their characters.
4. Aaron Eckhart in The Dark Knight- I would not quite put his performance quite up there with Ledger and Oldman, but on his own he creates his character's journey effectively and gives a strong performance throughout the film.
3. Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading- This is a great performance from Pitt, and  it could not be a better comedic portrayal of an idiot.

2. Gary Oldman in The Dark Knight- Oldman gives a moving performance making Commissioner Gordon a truly three dimensional character.
1. Ralph Fiennes in In Bruges- Good Predictions Lezlie and Michael Patison, feel free to name a year and a performance. Fiennes easily wins this year, and I must say I really did consider giving him the overall. I love every aspect of this performance every one of his scenes are amazing as he is both an imposing villain but as well an always hilarious character.
Overall Rank:
  1. Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
  2. Ralph Fiennes in In Bruges
  3. Lee Byung-hun in The Good the Bad The Weird
  4. Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
  5. Jason Butler Harner in Changeling 
  6. Gary Oldman in The Dark Knight
  7. Brad Pitt in Burn After Reading
  8. Tsutomu Yamazaki in Departures 
  9. Josh Brolin in Milk
  10. Tom Noonan in Synecdoche, New York
  11. Mathieu Amalric in A Christmas Tale
  12. Aaron Eckhart in The Dark Knight
  13. Yoshio Harada in Still Walking
  14. Richard Jenkins in Step Brothers
  15. Liev Schrieber in Defiance  
  16. Peter O'Toole in Dean Spanley
  17. Eddie Marsan in Happy-Go-Lucky
  18. Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder 
  19. Damian Lews in The Escapist
  20. Richard Dreyfuss in W.
  21. John Malkovich in Burn After Reading
  22. Sam Neill in Dean Spanley
  23. Andreas Lust in Revanche
  24. Liam Cunningham in Hunger
  25. Anthony Mackie in The Hurt Locker 
  26. Takeshi Kaneshiro in Red Cliff Part I 
  27. James Cromwell in W.
  28. Viggo Mortensen in Appaloosa 
  29. Matthew McConaughey in Tropic Thunder 
  30. Frederic Lau in The Wave
  31. Richard Jenkins in Burn After Reading 
  32. Jean-Paul Roussillon in A Christmas Tale
  33. Jesper Christensen in Everlasting Moments
  34. Mark Strong in RocknRolla
  35. Jeff Bridges in Iron Man  
  36. Ralph Fiennes in The Duchess 
  37. Giancarlo Giannini in Quantum of Solace  
  38. Dennis Hopper in Elegy
  39. Christopher Evan Welch in Synecdoche, New York 
  40. Mark Rylance in The Other Boleyn Girl
  41. Hans Zilcher in Flame and Citron 
  42. Moni Moshonov in Two Lovers
  43. Gerard Depardieu in Mesrine: Killer Instinct
  44. Christian Berkel in Flame and Citron
  45. Per Ragnar in Let the Right One In
  46. J.K. Simmons in Burn After Reading  
  47. Alan Alda in Nothing But the Truth
  48. Peter Dinklage in Prince Caspian 
  49. Kevin Bacon in Frost/Nixon
  50. Ben Kingsley in Transsiberian
  51. Saul Rubinek in Julia
  52. Scott Glenn in W.
  53. Walter Dalton in Wendy and Lucy
  54. Anil Kapoor in Slumdog Millionaire 
  55. Eric Godon in In Bruges
  56. Mark Strong in Body of Lies 
  57. Ulrich Tukur in Seraphine
  58. Liam Cunningham in The Escapist
  59. Bill Irwin in Rachel Getting Married 
  60. Liu Kai-chi in Beast Stalker
  61. Tom Hardy in Rocknrolla
  62. Doug Jones in Hellboy 2
  63. Jeremie Renier in Lorna's Silence
  64. Dustin Hoffman in Kung Fu Panda
  65. Rip Torn in Turn the River
  66. Jordan Prentice in In Bruges
  67. Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road
  68. Jeremie Renier in In Bruges
  69. Matt Dillon in Nothing But the Truth 
  70. Moritz Bleibtreu in The Baader Meinhof Complex
  71. Mathieu Amalric in Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1
  72. Adam Scott in Step Brothers
  73. Michael Caine in The Dark Knight
  74. Nick Nolte in Tropic Thunder
  75. Morgan Freeman in The Dark Knight 
  76. Chin Han in The Dark Knight
  77. Ralph Fiennes in The Reader 
  78. Shohei Tanaka in Still Walking
  79. Jeffrey Wright in Quantum of Solace
  80. Russell Crowe in Body of Lies
  81. Haaz Sleiman in The Visitor 
  82. Zhang Fengyi in Red Cliff Part I
  83. Brian Geraghty in The Hurt Locker 
  84. Hannes Thanheiser in Revanche
  85. Jamie Bell in Defiance 
  86. Eric Roberts in The Dark Knight
  87. Tom Noonan in Snow Angels
  88. Ian McShane in Kung Fu Panda 
  89. Willem Dafoe in Adam Resurrected  
  90. Danny Mcbride in The Pineapple Express
  91. William Hurt in The Incredible Hulk
  92. Warwick Davis in Prince Caspian
  93. Melvil Poupaud in A Christmas Tale
  94. Jay Baruchel in Tropic Thunder 
  95. Jeffrey Wright in W. 
  96. Tom Wilkinson in RocknRolla
  97. David Harbour in Revolutionary Road 
  98. Danny Mcbride in Tropic Thunder
  99. Griffin Dunne in Snow Angels
  100. Laurent Capelluto in A Christmas Tale
  101. James Franco in Milk
  102. Toby Jones in W.
  103. Tim Roth in The Incredible Hulk 
  104. Idris Elba in RocknRolla
  105. Max Riemelt in The Wave
  106. Paul Rudd in Forgetting Sarah Marshall
  107. Sam Rockwell in Frost/Nixon 
  108. Toby Kebbell in RocknRolla
  109. John Malkovich in Changeling 
  110. Eduardo Noriega in Transsiberian
  111. Oliver Platt in Frost/Nixon 
  112. Terence Stamp in Wanted
  113. Mathieu Amalric in Quantum of Solace
  114. Jeremy Irons in Appaloosa   
  115. Greg Kinnear in Ghost Town 
  116. Peter Sarsgaard in Elegy
  117. Russell Brand in Forgetting Sarah Marshall 
  118. Morgan Freeman in Wanted
  119. Terrence Howard in Iron Man 
  120. Tim Allen in Redbelt
  121. Brandon T. Jackson in Tropic Thunder
  122. Emile Hirsch in Milk  
  123. David Thewlis in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
  124. Ricky Jay in Redbelt
  125. Jack Black in Tropic Thunder 
  126. Brad William Henke in Choke 
  127. John Leguizamo in The Happening  
  128. Gerard Butler in RocknRolla
  129. Joseph Fiennes in The Escapist 
  130. William Fichtner in The Pineapple Express
  131. Samuel L. Jackson in Spirit
  132. Eric Bana in The Other Boleyn Girl
  133. Joe Mantegna in Redbelt
  134. Rupert Friend in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
  135. Clark Gregg in Choke 
  136. Ray Winstone in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  137. Chris Messina in Vicky Christina Barcelona
  138. John Hurt in  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 
  139. Diego Luna in Milk
  140. Jeffrey Donovan in Changeling 
  141. Bee Vang in Gran Torino
  142. Shia Laboeuf in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  143. Jack O'Connell in Eden Lake
  144. Jeremy Strong in The Happening
  145. Frank Collison in The Happening
Next Year: 1985 Supporting

6 comments:

Michael Patison said...

What kinds of scores would you give to Jason Butler Harner and Liev Schreiber?

As for 1985:
Wilford Brimley in Cocoon
Crispin Glover in Back to the Future
Danny Glover in The Color Purple
Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future
M. Emmet Walsh in Blood Simple

As for my request, there are just so many years with great alternate supporting performances, but I guess I have to start somewhere. So I'll go with 1988 Supporting and go with Tim Robbins for Bull Durham.

JamDenTel said...

When you do alternate 2011 Supporting Actors, I suggest Kiefer Sutherland or Johnn Hurt in Melancholia, Seth Rogen in 50/50, Patton Oswalt in Young Adult, or one of the many fine supporting performers from Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Anonymous said...

When you do 1993 Louis can I reccomend

Gene Hackman- The Firm
Sean Penn- Carlito's Way
Val Kilmer- Tombstone
Ben Kingsley- Schindler's List
Harvey Keitel or Sam Neil- The Piano

Lezlie said...

This really is a great year, with many worthy performances. Congrats Michael for you predictions :)
As for my request, when you get to supporting performances in the 2000s again, would you please do 2001, and review Sean Bean in The Fellowship of the Ring?

RatedRStar said...

Eric Stoltz - Mask
Daniel Day Lewis - My Beautiful Laudrette
M. Emmet Walsh - Blood Simple
Christopher Lloyd - Back To The Future
Chrispin Glover - Back To The Future

moviefilm said...

I loved Emile Hirsch in Milk! He was the best in show! What didn't you like about him? :)