Saturday, 20 March 2021

Best Actor 2020

And the Nominees Are:

Riz Ahmed in Sound of Metal

Steven Yeun in Minari
 
Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Gary Oldman in Mank
 
Anthony Hopkins in The Father

49 comments:

Jack Narrator said...

1. Chadwick Boseman
2. Anthony Hopkins
3. Riz Ahmed
4. Steven Yeun
5. Gary Oldman

Anonymous said...

1. Hopkins
2. Boseman
3. Ahmed
4. Yeun
5. Oldman

Matt Mustin said...

1. Hopkins
2. Boseman (Going with my heart instead of my head here)
3. Yeun
4. Ahmed
5. Oldman

Michael McCarthy said...

1. Anthony Hopkins
2. Chadwick Boseman
3. Riz Ahmed
4. Steven Yeun
5. Gary Oldman

Side note, I love that Boseman, Hopkins and Ahmed were more or less the only locks in the category this year, since they’re all solid 5’s for just about everyone.

Aidan Pittman said...

1. Hopkins
2. Ahmed
3. Yeun
4. Boseman
5. Oldman

Also decided on my request, Danny Glover in To Sleep With Anger (1990 Lead).

Razor said...

1. Hopkins
2. Boseman
3. Ahmed
4. Yeun
5. Oldman

A Brazilian Here said...

1. Anthony Hopkins
2. Steven Yeun
3. Chadwick Boseman
4. Riz Ahmed
5. Gary Oldman

Emi Grant said...

I'm just gonna go ahead and take pride on having gotten the previous prediction wrong from the very beginning and never changing it. I go down with my ship.

Also, to the commenter formerly known as Anonymous: Nice to meet you, Glenn.

1. Hopkins
2. Boseman
3. Ahmed
4. Yeun
5. Oldman

Emi Grant said...

Also also, may I suggest to write "FINAL PREDICTION" in case anyone wants to switch or make a small change after the first review? I think that could help out Louis figure out who won the thing at the end.

Calvin Law said...

Four of my favourite performances of the last year and Oldman!

1. Hopkins
2. Ahmed
3. Boseman
4. Yeun
5. Oldman (who would still be a 4 for me)

Calvin Law said...

And once again can I say just how satisfying it is to say, Oscar nominee Riz Ahmed, and Oscar nominee Steven Yeun.

Louis Morgan said...

Emi:

Actually I'm going to ask that if anyone changes predictions in the same post, that they delete their earlier predictions.

Calvin Law said...

And how bittersweet it will be to say Oscar winner Chadwick Boseman.

Robert MacFarlane said...

Uhhhh

1. Hopkins
2. Ahmed
3. Yeun
4. Boseman
5. Oldman

Outside knowing who’ll be first and last, the middle three could be in any order. I’m just rolling the die with no opinions or intuition as factors.

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

Have to agree with Robert that ranking 2nd to 4th will be tricky in this lineup.

1. Hopkins
2. Boseman
3. Ahmed
4. Yeun
5. Oldman

Luke Higham said...

1. Hopkins
2. Boseman
3. Ahmed
4. Yeun
5. Oldman

Louis: Amalric and MacLachlan are yet to be listed on the winning requests page.

Luke Higham said...

And if Ahmed is incredibly strong as he's most likely the first review then I'm putting him in 2nd.

Stephen Patterson said...

1. Hopkins
2. Ahmed
3. Boseman
4. Yeun
5. Oldman

Louis, have decided on my first request and it's Ben Whishaw in Bright Star (2009 Lead Actor). Was initially going with Perfume where he's amazing but I'm taking Luke's word that he's a lock for 2006 Lead Actor.

Anonymous said...

1. Hopkins
2. Boseman
3. Ahmed
4. Yeun
5. Oldman

Glenn said...

1. Hopkins
2. Boseman
3. Ahmed
4. Yeun
5. Oldman

Glenn said...

Emi, thank you.

Anonymous said...

My rating predictions:
Hopkins: 5
Boseman: 5
Ahmed: 5
Yeun: 5
Oldman: 4.5/5

Thomas said...

1. Hopkins
2. Ahmed
3. Boseman
4. Yeun
5. Oldman

I use to be Anonymous2.

Louis: I'm looking forward to your thoughts on Mank's Screenplay and Editing.

Emi Grant said...

Good to meet you too, Thomas.

Thomas said...

Thanks Emi.

John Smith said...

1.Hopkins
2.Ahmed
3.Yeun
4.Boseman
5.Oldman

Omar Franini said...

1. Hopkins
2. Boseman
3. Ahmed
4. Yeun
5. Oldman

Tahmeed Chowdhury said...

Louis: It's understandable if you haven't finished it due to being busy with the reviews, but could I get your brief thoughts on Erased in case you have.

moviefilm said...

1) Ahmed
2) Hopkins
3) Boseman
4) Yeun
5) Oldman

Tim said...

1. Hopkins
2. Ahmed
3. Boseman
4. Yeun
5. Oldman

Mitchell Murray said...

1) Hopkins
2) Ahmed
3) Yeun
4) Boseman
5) Oldman

Maciej said...

1.Hopkins
2.Yeun
3.Ahmed
4.Boseman
5.Oldman

David Jones said...

1. Hopkins
2. Boseman
3. Ahmed
4. Yeun
5. Oldman

I Have Balls said...

Life is short.
I'll be as bold as Louis when he gave Philip Seymour Hoffman a win for Along Came Polly

1. Oldman
2. Yeun
3. Boseman
4. Ahmed
5. Hopkins

RatedRStar said...

1. Hopkins
2. Ahmed
3. Boseman
4. Yeun
5. Oldman

Psifonian said...

1. Hopkins
2. Ahmed
3. Boseman
4. Yeun
5. Oldman

Matthew Brown said...

1. Hopkins
2. Ahmed
3. Boseman
4. Yeun
5. Oldman

BRAZINTERMA said...

1º Anthony Hopkins
2º Riz Ahmed
3º Chadwick Boseman
4º Steven Yeun
5º Gary Oldman

Gus B. said...

1. Anthony Hopkins
2. Riz Ahmed
3. Steven Yeun
4. Chadwick Boseman
5. Gary Oldman

Luke Higham said...

Louis: If the requests for any particular lineup goes up to 10 and an 11th is made, will that request be saved for after the bonus rounds. For instance say if Ben Foster in The Messenger isn't one of the first 10 for 2009 though I think you might be reviewing him at some point since you mentioned previously that he was a possible upgraded performance.

P245RS said...

1. Hopkins
2. Ahmed
3. Boseman
4. Yeun
5. Oldman

Michael McCarthy said...

Maybe we should just check the winning requests before we make one to make sure we’re not overpacking a lineup?

Luke Higham said...

Michael: I'm fine if Louis puts in a cut off point before the year comes along then removed once finished so extra requests can be made.

Calvin Law said...

Yeah I try to avoid recommending performances for years that are already packed to the brim.

Luke Higham said...

Michael: And yeah, I'm still pissed from making the mistake of picking Sam Claflin in The Riot Club.

Shaggy Rogers said...

1. Hopkins
2. Boseman
3. Ahmed
4. Yeun
5. Oldman

Luke Higham said...
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Louis Morgan said...

Luke:

Will not be actively saving any extra reviews, whatever is requested will be covered, though I may put a limit on categories, so if in a given year there is already 10 in lead, there can be no further requests for that year.

Michael Patison said...

1. Anthony Hopkins
2. Chadwick Boseman
3. Riz Ahmed
4. Steven Yeun
5. Gary Oldman