Frequently Asked Questions for future reference, feel free to ask any additional questions that would fit here to be added to the list.
1. Why Don't You Review Actresses?
When I started this endeavor some time ago there were several blogs that covered exclusively female performances, so the whole point was as contrast by covering the then ignored male performances. Now most of those blogs have fallen by the wayside so that contrast no longer really exists. However I have been at this so long with this focus it just is too insurmountable of a task in my mind to try to start from nominations even with Actress and Supporting Actress. Though if there were two of me, I'd be all for it.
2. How does the prediction contest work?
Simply for fun you predict how I will order the final five, however if you win you can request one performance for me to review in the future. If it is a ten lineup, you get two chances and if you get both sets of five correct you get two predictions.
3. Rules on the Prediction Contest?
You may change your predictions after the first review of the lineup of five only. Technically the second review overall when it is a set of ten. I also ask that if you change your prediction in the same post to delete your old prediction if possible.
4. What questions are okay?
Anything film or TV related. I will occasionally touch Music and Books, however I prefer if it is related to a film or TV in some way, if not I'd ask that it be a question where a very simple reply would suffice.
5. Can I change my winning request?
You may change it to a performance from the same year, once.
6. Can I ask ratings/thoughts on any performance?
First I'd ask you to check if I reviewed the performance or given thoughts previously (search "actoroscar.blogspot.com" on google with that given performance, then on the page it gives you use search/control+F to find the performance). Otherwise I won't give thoughts on saved performances from the current year. Saved meaning either they are in contention for a nomination or I might do a full review in the alternate lineup that year.
7. I saw you watched a film from the year you're currently covering when can I ask about it?
Please wait on any films from a year I'm currently covering for the results section of that year, that way all the thoughts are in one consistent place for future reference. Unless it is about a film where I am reviewing one of the performances then ask in that review.
34 comments:
This post is long overdue.
Luke, which category do you think Louis will post next.
Anonymous: Whatever's easier I think so either Film Editing or Costume Design.
Cool.
Louis: I think another frequently asked question is about rating and thoughts on performances in films you might have seen/discussed some time ago, using the Google search and control + F.
Louis: Always wondered what the likes of Dinasztie and Sage Slowdive are doing these days.
RatedRStar: And Fritz.
Luke and Daniel: I actually came across what two of those guys are doing not too long ago. Dinasztie is active on Letterboxd under that same username. Fritz runs a YT channel about the Oscars.
Been reading your blog for 15 years now, quite a remarkable resource you have created!
I feel like they'd be pretty surprised to learn this blog is still active, lol.
Anyway, I'm glad I suggested making this FAQ last year. This should make things easier from now.
Louis, thoughts on the Lanterns trailer?
Nice.
Louis: Do you have any interest in seeing Wonder Man or the recent Muppet Show special?
Tahmeed: Your ratings for Robbie and Elordi in Wuthering Heights.
Luke:
Robbie - 4
Elordi - 4.5
J96:
I don't know honestly. Like the cast and what we see of them in the trailer. But from here seemed a little like sticking a square into a circle with the "Gritty police drama" mixed in with superhero that we got here. Maybe in the show it will be flawless mix but this didn't convince me of the choice.
Tybalt:
I actually have been watching Wonder Man, which I wouldn't say is great but it is far more watchable and far more consistent than a lot of the Marvel tv shows I've seen, or stopped watching. Aided greatly by both lead performances.
Louis: Is Sentimental Value Skarsgard's best performance?
Matt:
I'd still say Andor is his #1 overall.
Louis: What are your ratings and thoughts on the cast of The Ladies Man and Asim Chaudhry in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die?
Can I get your thoughts on Isaac in Frankenstein?
Lucas:
Chaudhry - (A slightly bad performance, in that it is very thin and broadly played, however that works for the note his character needs which is to frankly seem out of place and not seem like he should be a main character at any point.)
Lewis - 2.5(His shtick is intolerable in the first half where he's just playing the broadest note constantly and it is just cloying in the worst possible way. In the second half he's still broad but he calms down juts enough to actually not be louder than the physical comedy he's doing and let the physical comedy actually play out. I hardly love him in the second half still but it works far better.)
Traubel - 3(As essentially the Margaret Dumont role, she's completely fine in bringing this general regal quality while facilitating some of Lewis's antics as a semi-straight man well enough if not overly distinctly.)
The rest of the cast is mostly there as group and I think are fine but don't really stand out.
Robert:
I gave my thoughts on him in the Alternate Lead Nominees post.
Louis: Do you think you'll watch Wuthering Heights soon or wait for streaming.
Sorry, totally missed those original posts. Got lost in the haze, I guess.
Louis: What do you think of Dan Chariton in OBAA and Hadley Robinson in History of Sound?
Louis: Your thoughts on this Kurosawa Secret in their Eyes cast.
Esposito: Toshiro Mifune
Irene: Machiko Kyo
Morales: Tatsuya Nakadai
Sandoval: Minoru Chiaki
Gómez: Tsutomu Yamazaki
Romano: Isao Kimura
Louis: Ratings and thoughts on the cast of Last Orders.
And if Mirren's a 4.5, where would you rank her in either Lead or Supporting Actress.
Louis: What are your thoughts on Tim Key and Tom Basden in The Ballad of Wallis Island, Bill Kelly in Christy and Pico Iyer in Marty Supreme?
Louis: Ratings and thoughts on the cast of Sound Of The Mountain.
Louis: Could you add a question about when it's appropriate to ask you about performances or technical elements (direction, etc) in additional films you watch for the bonus rounds?
Holy shit, I had no idea about A Little Prayer's similarities to Sound of the Mountain. Reading the Wiki synopsis of the latter... yikes. MacLachlan's got some splainin' to do.
I forgot, was my film request the 1991 Into the Woods filming?
Robert: Yep.
Tahmeed:
I’ll probably wait.
8000’s:
Ideal casting down the line though I could also see Shimura as Sandoval.
Tybalt:
Chariton - (Finds just the right pitch of obnoxiousness as you can just hear the sense of self-righteousness in every word he delivers and just that particular calm in essentially presenting the “rebel hotline” more like the most frustrating customer service who will indeed require your 15 number member id every time you call.)
Robinson - 3.5(Suffers from being a part designed to be disposed of in a fairly callous way within the film that doesn’t really give it any gravity. Robinson though I think does have decent chemistry with Mescal and creates some honest emotional connection within the relationship that the film ends up treating quite blithely.)
Luke:
Caine - 4.5(We mainly get glimpses of Caine’s character who makes the right type of impression within essentially the memories we have. As we have the moments of him just being the life of the group where he has a great warmth and his charm shines in just the right way. We then also have purposefully scattered scenes of different moments of Caine troubled and also good relationships with everybody. Where he finds the different emotional states that are not about bridges but rather moments. Caine though makes an impact with each of these moments where we have the loving father but also the struggling one. The winning husband but also the challenged one. The great friend who also isn’t without fault. With just a few more moments this honestly could’ve been a five as Caine is on point every second he has here.)
Hoskins - 4.5(I mean give Hoskins a leading role and he’s going to make go of it. And he’s just barely led here however the perspective always seems to return to him. Hoskins is great though in playing very much the frequent internalization of the complex thoughts about his friends where Hoskins is very moving in portraying the grief but with the challenges of his own struggles in life. Combining that with some strong chemistry with Mirren where their connection creates a mutual sense of understanding within their somewhat more subdued though more emotional states compared to Caine’s character.)
Mirren - (Very moving performance where she portrays the grief of her character with a quiet earnestness though never simplicity. Portraying instead the sense of difficulty in her own life with her husband’s ignoring of their daughter, and Mirren presenting this sense of essentially duty while showing a degree of frustration with her husband. Mirren finds the balance in the interactions with him where you do a sense of nuance of the relationship rather than just a singular note of happiness or anguish. Combined with that is her chemistry with Hoskins, a plot point I wasn’t sure about, but I think is delivered by their specific connection they do realize in a fairly low key way.)
#2 in supporting.
Courtenay - 4(His performance is mainly there just as the man quietly taking it all in and if you want someone to make a lot of such a role Courtenay is certainly a great choice for it. As he does say a lot in granting a sense of his character’s quiet caring for everyone and finding what nuance he can in the sense of little quiet conflicts in moments of not speaking up. Naturally I wouldn’t have minded a bit more of him.)
Lucas:
I thought I gave my thoughts on Key and Basden.
Kelly - (A performance that brings just a surprising bit of warmth in certain moments that doesn't have too much to do overall, but I liked how he created the sense of caring for Christy as just an unstated truth.)
Iyer - (Another great non-actor casting as you’d never guess he wasn’t other than again a more distinct memorable look, and in his case bringing just this great sense of regal dismissiveness and quiet annoyance in every moment between him and Marty. Where he gives off the air of someone who wants Ping Pong essentially to be a gentleman’s sport and exudes that quietly quite effectively.)
Luke:
Hara - 3.5(I’ll admit I was hoping for more out of the role for her but so many of her actions are described as after the fact it really does limit what she can do with this role. Having said that she certainly is good with what she has in the early scene presenting the seeming contentment and essentially slowly breaking down that contentment each time we see her showing just overt sorrow. She’s good even if I wish she had gotten far more to do.)
Yamamura - 4.5(Like Strathairn, also very good in portraying just that very specific conflict where you sense the distress and disappointment in his son in a way that emphasizes more so being lost about it rather than a strict authority regarding the situation. Yamamura emphasized as well the desire for a content and peaceful family who loves each other more than anything. As we see in his scenes with Hara where he brings that sweet sincerity in every interaction of just the loving father. Yamamura though also is good in those with the mistress where he portrays importantly the man trying to understand the situation before judgment and conveying the goodman consistently being challenged throughout the situation.)
Uehara - 4(Thought he was far more effective in the same role equivalent in portraying more of this sense of real brokenness within the man’s eyes where you see his callousness comes from a man totally lost in his existence after his experiences and hardened in this way where there is just an innate coldness about the man’s soul. Not that he makes him any more likeable but at least finds some nuance within the horribleness of the man.)
Nakakita - 4(I thought she was really interesting though severely underutilized in creating this combination of bitterness and willfulness of the “ignored in contrast” daughter, yet Nakakita presents this directness where she doesn’t apologize within her performance in a rather wonderful way. She makes an impact immediately. It's a shame she’s barely in the film.)
Louis: Your past roles for Brian Cox, Ben Kingsley and Jeffrey Wright?
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