Best Actress Snubs:
Kate Winslet - The Reader (2008)...Now this is a different scenario because Winslet had been nominated at 5 times before winning this award for her weakest performance. Plus this is more like a supporting role. There is a reason why the Golden Globe put this performance under supporting actress category. In this role it seemed like she was an ex S.S. guard just having hot sex with a teenage boy. I know it's more complicated, but thats my impression. Before the Reader, Winslet had been nominated for Sense an Sensibility, Titanic (eww), Iris, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (brilliant), and Little Children. She was really overdue for an Oscar and she gives a much better performance in the better movie Revolutionary Road. However, there was some kind of technicality and was labeled as Best Actress nomination for the Reader at the awards. In rare example the Globes made a much better decision than the Academy (OMG!).
Nicole Kidman - The Hours (2002)...This belonged to Julianne Moore for her stunning performance as a housewife in the 1950's who must deal with her husband's homosexual urges and her growing relationship with a black man, that stirs up controversy in her little New England town. This is a really good film and the ending is not a total downer like the Hours. Kidman is a wonderful actress, but it was not her year. Now she is inflicted by the Oscar curse (that's for another blog).
Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line (2005)..Another great performance, but Felicity Huffman gave a better one. She plays a more complicated role than Witherspoon and succeeds. Huffman plays a transvestite who used to be a man, but now wants to be a woman. However, Huffman is a woman. She pulled off an amazing role and it had heart. She's the best thing about Desperate Housewives (more about that in another) and deserved the role. She is a better actress than Witherspoon, but not as pretty. If she decides to go back to film roles then she can potentially win a statue.
Sandra Bullock - The Blindside (2009)...I am really jumping the gun here, but it's a week away from the Oscars and she's going to win. If anyone would have told me she was going to be a true Oscar contender I would have slapped them silly. I read an article about some critic saying that Bullock gave an Oscar winning performance for the Blindside about a few months before its release. Her momentum launched her through the awards season like fire. People really liked the Blindside (don't know why) and she already had a hit with the Proposal (eww). She is very popular with the award voters so she's going to win. However, Meryl Streep deserves it more. Julie and Julia is a fluff piece of work, but Streep's performance is miles ahead of Bullock. However, popularity can carry an actress a long way. Oh and this a comeback year for her. It's hers.
No comments:
Post a Comment