Friday 2 May 2014

Alternate Best Actor 2009: Results

5. Nicolas Cage in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans - Nicolas Cage is at his mad best here giving a wildly entertaining depiction of the corrupt and drug addicted bad Lieutenant.

Best Scene: The Lieutenant watches the soul dance.
4. Sam Rockwell in Moon - Rockwell gives two great performances here and creates a genuine moving depiction of two men who have more in common than they would like.

Best Scene: Old Sam tells New Sam to go instead.
3. Tom Hardy in Bronson - Hardy gives an amazing and incredibly magnetic performance that brings to life his very strange and violent character in a compelling fashion.

Best Scene: Bronson's "performance" in regards to the sanitarium.
2. Sharlto Copley in District 9- Sharlto Copley gives one of the greatest feature debut performances of all time in his complex, poignant and surprisingly believable depiction of the transformation from a bureaucrat to a half alien freedom fighter.

Best Scene: Wickus is used as a guinea pig by his own company.
1. Viggo Mortensen in The Road- This was a great year for leading performances and it is real shame that the academy could not be bothered to drift out of traditional baity fair to recognize any of these performances. Although I loved all five of these performances the one that left the most lasting impact on me was Mortensen's performance. He gives his best performance with his heartbreaking and almost painfully realistic portrayal of a single man trying to save his son in the horrible conditions of a post-apocalyptic world.

Best Scene: The man says goodbye to the boy.
Overall Rank:
  1. Viggo Mortensen in The Road
  2. Sharlto Copley in District 9
  3. Tom Hardy in Bronson
  4. Ricardo Darin in The Secret in Their Eyes
  5. Tahar Rahim in A Prophet
  6. Sam Rockwell in Moon
  7. Michael Stuhlbarg in A Serious Man
  8. Nicolas Cage in Bad Lieutenant
  9. Ben Foster in The Messenger
  10. Stephen McHattie in Pontypool
  11. Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Nowhere Boy
  12. Michael Sheen in The Damned United 
  13. Philip Seymour Hoffman in Mary and Max
  14. Ben Whishaw in Bright Star
  15. Filippo Timi in Vincere
  16. Jean Dujardin in OSS 117: Lost in Rio
  17. Patton Oswalt in Big Fan
  18. Hal Holbrook in That Evening Sun
  19. Alex Descas in 35 Shots of Rum
  20. Colin Firth in A Single Man
  21. Paul Giamatti in Cold Souls
  22. Mark Ruffalo in The Brothers Bloom
  23. Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
  24. Matt Damon in The Informant!
  25. Vincent Gallo in Tetro
  26. Alden Ehrenreich in Tetro
  27. Luis Tosar in Cell 211
  28. Alberto Ammann in Cell 211
  29. Sébastien Huberdeau in Polytechnique
  30. Song Kang-ho in Thirst
  31. Aamir Khan in 3 Idiots
  32. Robin Williams in World's Greatest Dad
  33. Michael Caine in Harry Brown
  34. Maxim Gaudette in Polytechnique
  35. Adrien Brody in The Brothers Bloom
  36. Jake Gyllenhaal in Brothers
  37. Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Road
  38. Ranbir Kapoor in Wake Up Sid
  39. Jared Leto in Mr. Nobody
  40. Vincent Lindon in Mademoiselle Chambon
  41. Willem Dafoe in Antichrist
  42. Benno Fürmann in Jerichow 
  43. Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes
  44. Tony Leung Ka-fai in Bodyguards and Assassins
  45. Johnny Depp in Public Enemies 
  46. Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 500 Days of Summer
  47. Tony Leung Chiu-wai in Red Cliff Part 2
  48. Christopher Plummer in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
  49. Max Records in Where The Wild Things Are
  50. Barry Humphries in Mary and Max
  51. Bruno Campos in The Princess and the Frog
  52. Russell Crowe in State of Play
  53. Ed Asner in UP 
  54. Michael Nyqvist in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
  55. Wyatt Cenac in Medicine for Melancholy
  56. R. Madhavan in 3 Idiots
  57. Sharman Joshi in 3 Idiots
  58. Edgar Flores in Sin Nombre
  59. George Clooney in Fantastic Mr. Fox
  60. Zachary Quinto in Star Trek
  61. Evan McGuire in The Secret of Kells
  62. Jesse Eisenberg in Zombieland
  63. Chris Pine in Star Trek
  64. Chiwetel Ejiofor in 2012
  65. Lluís Homar in Broken Embraces
  66. Jason Palmer in Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
  67. Bill Hader in Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
  68. Daniel Day-Lewis in Nine
  69. Adam Sandler in Funny People
  70. Daniel Radcliffe in The Half-Blood Prince
  71. Hugh Jackman in X-Men Origins Wolverine
  72. Morgan Freeman in Invictus
  73. Rupert Friend in The Young Victoria
  74. James McAvoy in The Last Station
  75. Tobey Maguire in Brothers
  76. Colin Hanks in The Great Buck Howard
  77. Bradley Cooper in The Hangover
  78. Nicolas Cage in Knowing
  79. Jim Carrey in A Christmas Carol
  80. Mark Wahlberg in The Lovely Bones
  81. Seth Rogen in Funny People
  82. George Clooney in Up in The Air 
  83. John Cusack in 2012 
  84. Zac Efron in Me and Orson Welles
  85. Zach Galifianakis in The Hangover
  86. Ed Helms in The Hangover
  87. Sam Worthington in Avatar
  88. John Krasinski in Away We Go
  89. Quinton Aaron in The Blind Side
Next Year: 2009 Supporting

24 comments:

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Ratings & Thoughts on
Michael Caine in Harry Brown
Russell Crowe in State of Play
Ed Asner in UP
Pine & Quinto in Star Trek
Jesse Eisenberg in Zombieland
Ejiofor & Cusack in 2012
Hugh Jackman in Origins: Wolverine
Jim Carrey in A Christmas Carol
Mark Wahlberg in The Lovely Bones

Suggestions for 09' Supporting
Michael Fassbender in Inglourious Basterds & Fish Tank ( Please review both)
Peter Capaldi in In The Loop
Jackie Earle Haley & Jeffrey Dean Morgan in Watchmen ( Both Reviewed in One Post)
Nicholas Tse in Bodyguards & Assassins
Woody Harrelson in Zombieland

Luke Higham said...

Louis: In the My nominations page, You accidentally put Rockwell at 3 instead of 4.

Matt Mustin said...
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RatedRStar said...

Nicholas Tse - Bodyguards And Assassins (One Of My Winning Requests)
Michael Fassbender - Inglorious Basterds
Michael Fassbender - Fish Tank
Christian Mckay - Me And Orson Welles
Peter Capaldi - In The Loop

Anonymous said...

In the My Nominations page, you left out Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker

Suggestions for '09 Supporting

Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker
Christian McKay, Me And Orson Welles
Alfred Molina, An Education
Kodi-Smitt McPhee, The Road
Stanley Tucci, Julie & Julia

Anonymous said...

What did you make to The Damned United, Louis?.

Luke Higham said...

Connor: Jeremy Renner has only been in one top ten, which was for The Hurt Locker in the Overall Rankings for '08.

Kevin said...

Michael Fassbender - Inglorious Basterds
Michael Fassbender - Fish Tank
Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles
Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Watchmen
Peter Capaldi - In The Loop
James Gandolfini - In The Loop
Jackie Earle Haley - Watchmen

Psifonian said...

It's Viggo! You are like the buzzing of flies to him!

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Watchmen. All I gotta say.

Robert MacFarlane said...

Peter Capaldi in In the Loop
James Gandolfini in Where the Wild Things Are
Jackie Earle Haley in Watchmen
Jeffrey Dean Morgan in Watchmen
Michael Fassbender in Fish Tank

Michael McCarthy said...

Michael Fassbender-Fish Tank & Inglourious Basterds
Jackie Earle Haley & Jeffrey Dean Morgan-Watchmen
Peter Capaldi & Tom Hollander- In the Loop (Really liked Capaldi but personally thought Hollander was funnier)
Peter Sarsgaard-An Education
Zach Galifianakis-The Hangover (Say what you want but in the first movie I think he created a very entertaining, likable and unique character. I think he deserves a review just as much as John Candy did for PT&A.)

Maciej said...

Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles
Jeff Bridges - The Men who Stare at Goats
Kevin Spacey - The Men who Stare at Goats
Jackie Earle Haley - Watchmen
Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Watchmen

Robert MacFarlane said...

I just want to say I'd rank Wahlberg last. I like him, but he was awful in the already awful Lovely Bones.

Lezlie said...

Please, review Woody Harrelson in Zombieland, if possible :D Dnag I should've had requested it last time.

Michael Patison said...

Peter Capaldi in In the Loop
Michael Fassbender in Fish Tank
Michael Fassbender in Inglourious Basterds
Leonard Proxauf in The White Ribbon
Peter Sarsgaard in An Education
Nicholas Tse in Bodyguards and Assassins

Others:
Zack Galifianakis in The Hangover
James Gandolfini in In the Loop
Jackie Earle Haley in Watchmen
Woody Harrelson in Zombieland
Tom Hollander in In the Loop
Christian McKay in Me and Orson Welles
Jeffrey Dean Morgan in Watchmen
David O'Hara in Jack Said
Stanley Tucci in Julie & Julia

Luke Higham said...

Michael Patison: What were your thoughts on
Un Prophete
The White Ribbon

Robert MacFarlane said...

So, anyone else see and hate Amazing Spider-Man 2 as much as me?

Luke Higham said...

Koook160: What were your thoughts on it.

Robert MacFarlane said...

It's fucking awful. At least Spider-Man 3 was laughably bad. This one is infuriating. I actually feel like it wasted my time. The plot is nonsensical, characters are horribly written, and the acting outside of Garfield, Stone, and (to a lesser extent) Scott and Field are pretty bad.

Michael Patison said...

Luke: I actually have seen neither. I've heard great things about Proxauf which is why I recommended him. The White Ribbon is pretty much at the top of my foreign language films to watch list if Kurosawa and Bergman movies are removed. I do want to see The Prophet, but I'm not nearly as intent upon seeing it.

Michael Patison said...

Louis, I'm trying to watch The Entertainer for a class of mine. Where have you watched it in the past?

Louis Morgan said...

Caine - 4(Caine carries the film more than admirably showing that he's still got plenty of that intensity he used so well in Get Carter)

Crowe - 3(He does a solid enough job here, it's not one of his very best but he's good)

Asner - 3(A good bit of voice work balancing well the heavy drama involving the oldman's past and the more comedic moments that follow)

Quinto - 3(What made Leonard Nimoy performance work so well in the original Star Trek was that he actually played the unemotional character in honestly a dead pan comedic fashion. Quinto takes the more standard approach in this regard but he still does a far more than adequate job in following Nimoy's footsteps)

Pine - 3(Shatner is a bit tricky to follow for obvious reasons, and Pine probably did well not to really try to copy him in any way. He's good though bringing the right energy and charisma needed for Kirk)

Eisenberg - 3(He's enjoyable enough here even though I definitely feel that he was overshadowed by his co-star throughout)

Cusack - 2(Cusack's got some bad material to begin with, but I honestly I really don't care for him in roles like this)

Ejiofor - 3(In terms of the material Ejiofor's in the same boat as Cusack, but though he's far from great he does his best to try to add some weight to the proceeding)

Jackman - 2.5(The film is extra terrible but one thing I'll give Jackman's Wolverine is that's he's very consistent in the part)

Carrey - 2(The two ghosts that speak come off as terribly annoying and really damage the power of the story. I really hated his Scrooge which was far too over the top. Also when you get right down to it is just a bad Alastair Sim imitation, and if you're going to imitate a Scrooge don't imitate the master)

Wahlberg - 2(He does try but unfortunately he fails to overcome the shortcomings of the film making his character's grief never achieve the right poignancy, and the attempts at humor, so poorly place by Jackson, are embarrassing)

Anonymous: I thought the Damned United was a pretty good subversion of the usual sports movie, and Hooper does a better job of directing than with either of his Oscar nominated works.

Michael Patison: A local station where I live actually plays it it every so often.

Anonymous said...

Didn't understand how you could rank Tobey Maguire below Jake Gyllenhaal in Brothers! Maguire gave such a brilliant performance, whereas Gyllenhaal did nothing!

Louis Morgan said...

Gyllenhaal has far less of a character, but I thought he did more with it.