Since Sragow is cited as your expert witness, then let me share more from him - he's your witness, not mine; you must then agree he is also a valid expert witness on Streep and Doubt:
If there were any surprises in her, they wouldn't survive Meryl Streep's drill-sergeant performance. Streep gets some laughs with her blend of cosmic distrust and disgust, but this pit-bull-without-lipstick kind of role presents pitfalls for a bravura performer like Streep, and she falls into every one of them. With Streep huffing and puffing as if she were the comic antiheroine of Christopher Durang's Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, her Sister Aloysius almost never lays a glove on Father Flynn - a credit to Hoffman, a master of sweaty ambivalence.
(This is such a silly game - we all can find critics who agree with out opinions. It proves nothing, except that you know how to cut and paste, as well as ignore opinions different from your own. Eastwood came in third for best actor in the National Society of Film Critics, one vote behind Mickey Rourke, who you also said gave a bad performance. Sragow is a member of that group; obviously, though his opinion is equally valid, he was in the minority).
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Thanks, pacinofan, for pointing out that Emma's won already. That's a relief because, like Cate Blanchett, she's one who always excites me with what she's going to do.
And for the record, i try to catch every Keanu movie because ever since i saw him in River's Edge when it was first released, i told myself that this is gonna be one of the most underrated great acting talents of all time. And he's always lived up to his potential. (Never saw his stage Hamlet though.)
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Originally posted by puxzkkx: Eastwood is a really bad actor.
O he is not! He's the creator of some very memorable characters oft attempted by others. Even though I knew the odds were against him for the win, I was rooting for him in M$B (as an actor). He's terrific in his early westerns; there's only one Dirty Harry and he caused me to weep in Gran Torino (go ahead and make fun). I hope he keeps going {coughInvictuscough}, and as long as he wants to.
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Angela Bassett Diahann Carroll Glenn Close Viola Davis Leonardo DiCaprio Ruby Dee Danny Glover Taraji P. Henson Queen Latifah Mo'Nique Michelle Pffeiffer Will Smith Oprah Winfrey
Julianne Moore Patricia Clarkson Laura Linney Stockard Channing Hope Davis Catherine Keener Joan Allen Cicely Tyson Alfre Woodard Barbara Hershey Liv Ullmann Judy Davis
Peter O'Toole Peter Sarsgaard Albert Finney Willem Defoe Christopher Plummer Michael Sheen Max Von Sydow Ralph Fiennes Peter Fonda
Kate Hudson, if she's ever as good as she was in Almost Famous. Amy Adams Felicity Huffman, as she was robbed in 2005. Winona Ryder Maggie Gyllenhaal Laura Linney Michelle Williams
William H. Macy Johnny Depp Ralph Fiennes James McAvoy Viggo Mortensen Mickey Rourke
Actresses: 1. Angela Lansbury - CRIME! Always a bridesmaid... 2. Sigourney Weaver - She should have won over Geena Davis (tied with M. Pfeiffer). Maybe this year? 3. Glenn Close - 0:5?! Cruel! 4. Michelle Pfeiffer - She should have won over Geena Davis (tied with S. Weaver). Maybe this year? 5. Julianne Moore - One year later she would be a winner over Renee for sure! 6. Lauren Bacall - Living legend. Why industry doesn't like her? 7. Angela Bassett - If it was only another year... 8. Annette Bening - It's ironic she lost twice to Hilary Swank. 9. Felicity Huffman - Let's hope she gets another Oscar-baity role soon. 10. Natalie Portman - With Cate Blanchett winning over Gwyneth Paltrow, she would be a winner right now. 11. Laura Linney - She is widely acclaimed and get in over Angelina Jolie last time so with right project it shouldn't be so hard. 12. Toni Collette - Only one nomination? She should have been nominated for "Little Miss Sunshine". 13. Kathleen Turner - Her A-movies are gone with 80s. It's sad. She deserves to win. 14. Cynthia Nixon - Fantastic impact on TV but not such a luck with movies. 15. Joan Cusack - Classy, maybe someday... 16. Sharon Stone - With another year "Casino" would be enough for her to win. 17. Uma Thurman - Quentin Tarantino is still active so who knows. 18. Dakota Fanning - At least nomination before 20, please! 19. Amy Adams - Keeps getting better! 20. Queen Latifah - With right part she can do it!
Actors: 1. Peter O’Toole - CRIME he lost 8 times. 2. Ed Harris - My personal winner for "The Hours". 3. William H. Macy - My personal winner for "Fargo". 4. Edward Norton - What ever happened to him after 90s? 5. Robert Downey Jr. - My personal winner for "The Tropic Thunder". 6. Tom Wilkinson - Great range! 7. Jeff Daniels - It's shocking he wasn't nominated by now! 8. Leonardo DiCaprio - He will be a winner. Kate Winslet can tell. 9. Ralph Fiennes - Never fails to deliever. 10. Jeff Bridges - He wasn't even nominated for "The Fisher King"? 11. Jackie Earle Haley - My personal winner for "Little Children" (but Alan Arkin was also great and it's cool he won) 12. Brad Pitt - Snubbed for "Babel"? That's a mistake! Maybe this year... 13. John C. Reilly - Should be in for "The Hours" and not "Chicago". 14. Clive Owen - Morgan Freeman won his Oscar. 15. Ryan Gosling - He'll get one soon. 16. John Lithgow - Totally forgotten. 17. John Cusack - He should be more careful with screenplays. 18. Johnny Depp - He'll get one very soon. Maybe this year... 19. George Segal - My personal winner for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". 20. Ewan McGregor - Always worth of watching.
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Originally posted by RaeKasey: Kate Hudson, if she's ever as good as she was in Almost Famous.
Was I the only one who actually didnt find her that good in Almost Famous????
No, I thought she sucked, and I was elated when she lost the Oscar.
At last I am not the only one ......... I think she just was playing her mother at a young age of course LOL
I loved Hudson in "Almost Famous". It's also a performance that's aged very well. I'm not quite sure if I would have given the gold to her, Mcdormand or Gay-Harden, but for her role in that movie I just can't become a Hudson-hater. You saw the quiet struggle she had trying to reason with that lifestyle. It was an effortlessly graceful performance.
Too bad she doesn't seem to have as much interest in acting as dating fugly dudes and collecting pay checks for smiling onscreen for two hours.
Congrats Kristen! All the PD haters can (SPOILER ALERT) Suck it!
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - A very talented and underrated young actor whose subtlety could work in a great leading man performance or would do wonders with a troubled, sucidical type as supporting.
Queen Latifah - Funny, charismatic, and talented. Its a shame her career is going down the wrong path with terrible comedies and mediorce dramas but one day I hope to see her in a great supporting/lead performance that showcases her in the way "Chicago" and "Set It Off" did. Raw, sassy, and in your face.
Lindsay Lohan - Okay, okay odd choice eh? But I know she's got what it takes to deliver a truly great and memorable performance. All she needs is a Anne Hathaway, indie, "Rachel Getting Married", Jodie Foster "The Accused, or Angelina Jolie "Girl, Interrupted" role to show off her personal pain through the eyes of a well developed character.
Don Cheadle - A terrific actor whose given some amazing performances. I definitley would love to see him win for lead actor.
Johnny Depp - A true chameleon. He takes risks and isn't afraid to go in directions that are flamboyant and or weird. Lead for sure.
Anna Faris - Maybe not a win but Faris is a funny gal who could do wonders with a Goldie Hawn "Cactus Flower" type of role or a supporting comedic tour de force performance in an excellent Woody Allen comedy.
Viola Davis - After seeing her terrific work in "Doubt" along side Meryl Streep, Davis has the makings of an even more respected stage to screen Oscar winner.
Will Smith - He's one of my favorite movie stars and I practically love seeing him in anything even if its terrible ("Wild Wild West, "Seven Pounds", etc).
Haaz Sleiman - After seeing "The Visitor" I realized he has what it takes to be an even more fantastic actor. He understands his roles and doesn't play into cliches and stereotypes.
Taraji P. Henson - Since "Hustle & Flow" she's been on my radar forever, BB may be her peak but I think she's got so much more to show the world.
Cynthia Nixon - So she'd be on that list of few who have won GRAMMY, TONY, OSCAR, and EMMY.
Jennifer Lopez - She was terrific in "An Unfinished Life" and completely held her own against Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman. If only she'd stop doing stupid romantic comedies and look for roles that will deglamourize her and have complex layers. Sorta like a Halle Berry "Monster's Ball" role.
Meryl Streep - Give her a third already!
Brian J. White - His talent and intensity are not being used to his full potential with horrible pieces of junk like "Stomp the Yard" and "In the Name of the King".
Betty White - Maybe in a 10-12 minute performance where she steals the show with a dramatic role kind of like Hermione Baddeley in "Room at the Top" or something like Thelma Ritter in "Pillow Talk".
