Monday, 16 March 2026

Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2004

 And the Nominees Were Not:

Al Pacino in The Merchant of Venice

Peter O'Toole in Troy

William Hurt in The Village

Nick Nolte in Clean

Billy Bob Thornton in The Alamo

Predict These Five, Those Five Or Both.

Tim Meadows in Mean Girls

Daniel Wu in New Police Story

Cameron Bright in Birth

Alfred Molina in Spider-Man 2

Bud Cort in The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

19 comments:

Tony Kim said...

1. Molina
2. Cort
3. Bright
4. Meadows
5. Wu

Luke Higham said...
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Luke Higham said...

1. Pacino
2. O'Toole
3. Nolte
4. Thornton
5. Hurt

1. Molina
2. Bright
3. Cort
4. Meadows
5. Wu

Luke Higham said...

Louis: Your thoughts on the cast of A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms.

Matt Mustin said...

1. Pacino (could win the overall honestly)
2. O'Toole
3. Nolte
4. Hurt
5. Thornton (the best part of the film, but I still wouldn't give him more than a 4)

1. Molina (the very fact that you're reviewing him tells me something)
2. Bright
3. Cort
4. Meadows
5. Wu

Luke Higham said...

Kill Bill Vol. 2 (Re-Watch for Carradine if an upgrade’s possible)
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (Re-Watch)
Dodgeball (Re-Watch)
King Arthur (Mads Mikkelsen)
Hidalgo (Viggo Mortensen)
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (For Matthew Lillard’s performance)
Omagh
Something The Lord Made (Alan Rickman)
Hawking (Benedict Cumberbatch)
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (Clive Owen/Malcolm McDowell)
Veer-Zaara (Shah Rukh Khan)
Tony Takitani (Issey Ogata)
Virumaandi (Kamal Hassan)
Enduring Love (Daniel Craig)
Undertow (Jamie Bell)
Stage Beauty (Billy Crudup/Rupert Everett)
Lost Embrace (Silver Bear Best Actor Winner)
Love In Thoughts (Daniel Brühl/August Diehl)
The President's Barber (Song Kang-Ho)
The Bridesmaid
Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow (Theo Angelopoulos)
The Chorus
The Bourne Supremacy
The Hidden Blade
Kung Fu Hustle
Three... Extremes

Matt Mustin said...

Honestly I would love a review of Lee Byung-hun in Three...Extremes.

Luke Higham said...

Troy's director's cut for O'Toole's review.

Louis: Your ratings and thoughts on the rest of the cast of Shrek 2.

Anonymous said...

Luke, rating predictions.

Robert MacFarlane said...

1. Pacino
2. O’Toole
3. Cort
4. Thornton
5. Hurt


1. Nolte
2. Molina
3. Meadows
4. Bright
5. Wu

Luke Higham said...

Pacino - 5
O'Toole - 5
Nolte - 4.5
Thornton - 4/4.5
Hurt - 4

Molina - 5
Bright - 4.5
Cort - 4.5
Meadows - 4/4.5
Wu - 2.5

Performances that didn't make the cut.
Davis - 4.5
Bardem - 4.5
Torn - 4.5
Kilmer - 4/4.5
Tudyk - 4

Luke Higham said...

And a 4 for Banderas in Shrek 2.

Ytrewq Wertyq said...

1. Pacino
2. O'Toole
3. Nolte
4. Thornton
5. Hurt

1. Molina
2. Bright
3. Cort
4. Meadows
5. Wu

BRAZINTERMA said...

5º Billy Bob Thornton
4º William Hurt
3º Nick Nolte
2º Peter O'Toole
1º Al Pacino

5º Daniel Wu
4º Tim Meadows
3º Cameron Bright
2º Bud Cort
1º Alfred Molina

Jonathan Williams said...

1. Pacino
2. O'Toole
3. Nolte
4. Hurt
5. Thornton

1. Molina
2. Bright
3. Cort
4. Meadows
5. Wu

Louis: May I have your thoughts on Tale Of Tales tomorrow.

Matt Mustin said...
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Shaggy Rogers said...

1. Pacino
2. O'Toole
3. Nolte
4. Thornton
5. Hurt

1. Molina
2. Bright
3. Cort
4. Meadows
5. Wu

Shaggy Rogers said...

Louis: I recommend Swing Girls, the best comfort movie of 2004.

Matt Mustin said...

I thought Hurt was much better than Thornton, by the way. But that's just me.