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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
oilgun:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on September 21, 2007, 04:18:48 pm ---Russell Crowe will be nominated for 3:10 to Yuma. Maybe Christian Bale, too, which is why neither of them will win (since they are in the same movie).
Is it going too far out on a limb to predict Ben Foster getting best supporting actor nom for 3:10 to Yuma?
L
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Wow, you really liked 3:10 to Yuma didn't you,lol! Actors from the same movie are never nominated for the same award because of vote splitting so you have to pick either Russell or Christian for BP ;) I haven't seen the movie but I'm planning to go this weekend.
I think Viggo will get a nomination for BP for Eastern Promises.
Perhaps Ryan Gosling for Lars and the Real Girl - I just have a gut feeling about this one.
And definitely Tommy Lee Jones for In the Valley of Elah. He'll probably win too.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: oilgun on September 21, 2007, 06:30:28 pm ---I think Viggo will get a nomination for BP for Eastern Promises.
Perhaps Ryan Gosling for Lars and the Real Girl - I just have a gut feeling about this one.
And definitely Tommy Lee Jones for In the Valley of Elah. He'll probably win too.
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These predictions sound right, too, oilgun! I haven't seen Lars, but I loved Ryan Gosling so much in Half Nelson that I wouldn't be surprised if he deserves a BP nomination for something else. And I haven't seen Eastern either, but from everything I've read it sounds like Viggo was great.
--- Quote ---Wow, you really liked 3:10 to Yuma didn't you,lol! Actors from the same movie are never nominated for the same award because of vote splitting so you have to pick either Russell or Christian for BP ;) I haven't seen the movie but I'm planning to go this weekend.
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Let us know what you think!
I guess if I were forced to pick, I'd go with Christian for BA. They were both great, so it would be tough. But I think Christian may have had the more complex role; his character grows in ways that are a little less expected than what happens with Russell's character. But again, they'd both fully deserve the nomination.
So we've already got five good choices, and there's three more months left of the year! But that's so often the case with BAs, an embarrassment of riches.
Whereas for Best Actress, it's the opposite. It always seem like they're kind of casting about for nominees -- which actress found new angles on the adoring wife role? Which played the most convincing hooker?
Needless to say, the problem is not a dearth of good actresses.
MaineWriter:
There has never been a dual-nominee from the same movie? Ie, best actor with 2 actors from the same film. I thought there were a few of those...guess I need to do some research.
Meanwhile...I didn't think 3:10 to Yuma was great, I thought it was good, but it is the kind of good that might win an Academy Award (when better films don't).
For the best actor thing: maybe Christian Bale for BA for Yuma, and Russell Crowe for American Gangster (not yet released). Could happen!
L
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on September 21, 2007, 08:48:04 pm ---There has never been a dual-nominee from the same movie? Ie, best actor with 2 actors from the same film. I thought there were a few of those...guess I need to do some research.
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There probably has been, but the studios have learned not to do that because the actors wind up canceling each other out. That is, say that among the X number of people who loved Yuma, half vote for Bale and half vote for Crowe. Meanwhile, 100 percent of the people who loved Eastern Promises vote for Viggo. So the other two lose.
For example, that's probably why, with Brokeback, Jake was nominated for BSA and Heath for BA.
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on September 22, 2007, 12:09:39 am ---
For example, that's probably why, with Brokeback, Jake was nominated for BSA and Heath for BA.
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That may be true, but in my mind, Jake was very definitely a supporting actor in BBM. In Yuma, I don't think either Crowe or Bale was in a supporting role.
L
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