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
55 comments:
1. Molina
2. Cort
3. Bright
4. Meadows
5. Wu
1. Pacino
2. O'Toole
3. Nolte
4. Thornton
5. Hurt
1. Molina
2. Bright
3. Cort
4. Meadows
5. Wu
Louis: Your thoughts on the cast of A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms.
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
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
Honestly I would love a review of Lee Byung-hun in Three...Extremes.
Troy's director's cut for O'Toole's review.
Louis: Your ratings and thoughts on the rest of the cast of Shrek 2.
Luke, rating predictions.
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
And a 4 for Banderas in Shrek 2.
1. Pacino
2. O'Toole
3. Nolte
4. Thornton
5. Hurt
1. Molina
2. Bright
3. Cort
4. Meadows
5. Wu
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
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.
1. Pacino
2. O'Toole
3. Nolte
4. Thornton
5. Hurt
1. Molina
2. Bright
3. Cort
4. Meadows
5. Wu
Louis: I recommend Swing Girls, the best comfort movie of 2004.
I thought Hurt was much better than Thornton, by the way. But that's just me.
Louis: Thoughts on this cast for a 90s Death by Lightning?
Stephen Rea as Guiteau
Gabriel Byrne as Garfield
Joan Allen as Lucretia
Brian Dennehy as Arthur
J.T. Walsh as Conkling
John Mahoney as Blaine
Robert: You've put Nolte and Cort in the wrong sets, amigo.
1. Nolte
2. O'Toole
3. Pacino
4. Hurt
5. Thornton
1. Molina
2. Cort
3. Meadows
4. Bright
5. Wu
(Wish it was Tse being reviewed instead)
1. Pacino
2. Nolte
3. O’Toole
4. Hurt
5. Thornton
1. Molina
2. Cort
3. Meadows
4. Bright
5. Wu
1. Pacino
2. Nolte
3. O'Toole
4. Hurt
5. Thornton
1. Molina
2. Cort
3. Bright
4. Meadows
5. Wu
Louis: what is your updated ranking of the last ten winners of Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress?
Louis: since I've more or less made his retro casting a recurring thing on here, thoughts on this retro casting for Billy Budd?
Billy Budd: David Jonsson
John Claggart: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Captain Vere: Tobias Menzies
The Dansker: Mark Addy
1. Pacino
2. O'Toole
3. Nolte
4. Thornton
5. Hurt
1. Molina
2. Bright
3. Cort
4. Meadows
5. Wu
1. Pacino
2. O'Toole
3.Nolte
4.Thornton
5.Hurt
1.Molina
2. Cort
3.Bright
4.Meadows
5.Wu
1. Pacino
2. Nolte
3. O'Toole
4. Thornton
5. Hurt
1. Molina
2. Cort
3. Meadows
4. Bright
5. Wu
Louis: Thoughts on the cinematography and production design of The Secret Agent?
Tybalt: He gave thoughts on Moura's review.
1. Pacino
2. Hurt
3. Nolte
4. Thornton
5. O'Toole
1. Cort
2. Bright
3. Wu
4. Molina
5. Meadows
1) Pacino
2) O'Toole
3) Nolte
4) Thornton
5) Hurt
1) Molina
2) Cort
3) Bright
4) Wu
5) Meadows
Looking forward to one of my requests winning an overall for the first and only time.
O'Toole might have the longest gap between reviews.
1. Pacino
2. O'Toole
3. Nolte
4. Thornton
5. Hurt
1. Molina
2. Bright
3. Cort
4. Meadows
5. Wu
Luke:
I’ll do the top five.
Carvel - (Basically brings the kingly energy that you wished you saw in any other king in GOT but he’s the real deal. Carvel plays the note so beautifully because what he is able to realize is the quiet power of a man that is modest yet refined. Because as much as he keeps a relaxed demeanor we consistently see the innate strength of the man in his eyes and just in every moment where we see a man who speaks truly with authority despite barely ever raising his voice. There is the ease of his presence and most importantly the sense of genuine honor in the character, which isn’t precisely like say Sean Bean as Ned Stark, as we see the same kind of honor but with a man of relaxed cunning beneath the immediate surface. It is ideal work because he builds up to something more emotional by just essentially being the “real deal” of the ideal king in such a tangible way.)
Ansell - (Fantastic child performance because what he does so well is combine the notions of the intelligence of a potentially future great man/leader, but still with some of the attitudes of the child so naturally. Basically going far further with the Lyanna Mormont idea, which ended up being far too much of a thing that worked well the first time, but here creating a far more balanced developed character. What Ansell does is show kind of the challenge of the boy who knows he's a boy, even has the boy random questions of someone who doesn’t have all the answers in the world, yet with the specific sense of precise power of the intelligence. He makes it so naturally where there is a sweetness, but also a coldness, a naivety and an exactness. He’s two disparate things multiple times in a way that simply is most impressive.)
Ings - (Brings basically just a party boy energy and does so most effectively. Basically in playing not just that note. Showing this certain desire to be taken seriously combined with the moments of genuine joy in going along with the spirit Dunk brings out of him. Ings finding the right chaotic approach at times but constantly with the balance where you see elements of a slightly more nuanced Lord somewhere within his wild madness.)
Spruell - (Nicely as contrast to Carvel without overdoing that contrast as the far less ideal king. Spruell plays well less of a brood and more just a kind of sullen state of the man who lived life in second place. Which he nicely plays not as overt jealousy but rather a man seemingly cutting himself out at the knees in failing to live up to the greatness of his brother. Playing the pompous note of the kings less overtly, but bringing that sort of imperfectness in comparison to his brother in a convincing way. And then is particularly great in his final moments because he brings such genuine pathos in his reactions showing his character to be deeply flawed, but not one dimensional evil.)
Claffey - (Much of the series rides on his performance, a performance that is often comedic but comedic in the same way his character is earnest where his whole point is the man who isn’t the smartest however nearly wholly pure in believing to do what is right as a knight. Claffey finds that earnestness in a way that both manages to realize the certain comedy of the man always standing out like a sore thumb, but also true in showing just the innate goodness of the man despite the world he lives in. Claffey is theoretically overshadowed but in a way that works, in always being the man one step behind most yet with this genuine willingness of the man to take ownership of the step no matter what.)
I’ll rank the supporting performers in Shrek at the end of supporting and give thoughts then.
Tony:
Excellent cast, love every choice there Rea playing unbalanced, Byrne quietly understated, Allen for that final moment of grieving vengeance, Dennehy with the good ole boy energy, Walsh perfect as a power fixer, if Mahoney in Blaine feels just right.
Anonymous:
Lead Actor:
1. Anthony Hopkins - The Father
2. Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer
3. Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
4. Casey Affleck - Manchester By The Sea
5. Michael B. Jordan - Sinners
6. Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
7. Brendan Fraser - The Whale
8. Joaquin Phoenix - Joker
9. Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody
10. Will Smith - King Richard
Lead Actress:
1. Emma Stone - Poor Things
2. Olivia Colman - The Favourite
3. Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
4. Emma Stone - La La Land
5. Jessie Buckley - Hamnet
6. Mikey Madison - Anora
7. Frances McDormand - Nomadland
8. Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All At Once
9. Jessica Chastain - The Eyes of Tammy Faye
10. Renee Zellweger - Judy
Supporting Actor:
1. Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All At Once
2. Sean Penn - One Battle After Another
3. Robert Downey Jr. - Oppenheimer
4. Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
5. Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
6. Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and The Black Messiah
7. Brad Pitt - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
8. Troy Kotsur - CODA
9. Mahershala Ali - Green Book
10. Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
Although with time Penn could take the top spot.
Supporting Actress:
1. Yuh-jung Youn - Minari
2. Ariana DeBose - West Side Story
3. Allison Janney - I, Tonya
4. Viola Davis - Fences
5. Da’Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers
6. Amy Madigan - Weapons
7. Regina King - If Beale Street Could Talk
8. Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All At Once
9. Laura Dern - Marriage Story
10. Zoe Saldana - Emilia Perez
Calvin:
I would love to see it, Jonsson certainly could carry the purity, Ejiofor the demented intensity (which can he get a good role sometime?) Menzies and Addy also would suit their parts well.
Damn, Yeoh THAT low? I would place her at number 1 personally. With the exception of Colman, I wouldn't consider placing any of those performances above Yeoh at all.
Louis: Since your appreciation of Penn's work is growing, could he get the win out of the official nominees in the future?
Marcus:
Yes.
Louis: Could you watch The Holy Girl for this year?
Louis: Your thoughts on the scene from Hamnet where Agnes consoles Will when he's drunk? Don't think there's many better than Mescal these days when it comes to portraying emotional anguish.
Calvin Law: Thanks. Not sure how I missed that.
Louis: Thoughts on the Dune Part III trailer.
Dang, Jonathan beat me.
Tahmeed:
I mean strong acting from both, which carries many scenes including that one of just depicting the intensity of their emotions, particularly their shared emotions, where indeed Mescal's ability for devastating vulnerability is most remarkable.
Jonathan:
Looks amazing visually, a tricky story to pull off to be sure, but every single image depicted here was absolutely captivating to behold, and Pattinson looks most promising as our next pale skinned fiend.
Louis: I think Aleksandr Petrov's work will be more to your liking. If The Old Man And The Sea doesn't get 5 stars, I don't know what will.
Would like to see you Also review j.k. Simmons performance in spiderman 2
Louis: how come you have it as "Michael B. Jordan won his first Oscar," instead of "won his Oscar," as you usually do?
Stings to see Yeoh so low but it does speak to how how strong the Best Actress choices have generally been. Glad to see Youn is still your #1 of the decade.
And yeah, Ejiofor's post-12YAS career has been curiously lacking in substantial parts. Would love to see him work with a more notable/acclaimed director soon.
I’ve been saving some requests. One I want to claim now: Jason Patric in After Dark, My Sweet for 1990 Best Actor
Louis: Could you also add Jack Benny in To Be or Not to Be to the list? I requested him a few months ago.
Tim Schultze: Have you checked out the Scrubs revival? Any intention to do so, if not?
haven't made any solid plans on that yet actually. For two reasons:
1) i am kind of hesitant on reviving that show, as i do really love the finale we got and think it's a perfect point to end the show. If we keep going, it might just water down a little and become unworthy of its legacy. We've had Season 9 already (which for granted i don't hate as much as most do. It's actually sort of watchable once you have accepted what it is) and we're sort of playing with fire here.
2) i don't have Disney+. The streaming wars are fucking annoying me, and i never cared enough to geta subscribtion for that. Now, other Hulu shows like Ted or The Orville did also start on regular cable some months later over here. If the new Scrubs does so too, i'll probably check some episodes out; but i'm actually not quite interested enough to do that right now
Louis: Thoughts on the Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer.
Louis: How do you think the awards season would have gone if Mescal, Skarsgård, Elordi and O'Connor had campaigned in the leading category?
Jonathan:
I do appreciate the theoretical return to "Street level" Spider-Man but just from this it looks potentially to be very overstuffed with how many different little things were covered by the trailer, and I can't help but say "good luck" if they're really doing Man-Spider like the trailer suggests they might be doing.
Lucas:
Elordi, Mescal and O'Connor do not get nominated. The latter might get a Globe Comedy nod though. Skarsgård I think does get nominated probably at the expense of Moura however. However the two spots in supporting get interesting, I think just by the youth and scattered nature of a few alternatives, Sandler probably get the sole nominee nod, and maybe Hamnet actually pushes Jacobi Jupe. Or Sinners doubles up as well with Caton, though if Lindo was looked at as a safe nom, maybe they actually push for O'Connell in some way.
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