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Movie: 89th Oscars Thread: Stone, Davis, Huppert, Affleck win @ GGs
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Originally posted by Citrus
I will NOT sit and watch as you slander the name of the best actress of whatever generation 30 year old women belong to.
Do NOT tell me that she "got lucky" with Monster. No, getting lucky is doing a Lifetime football drama and working the awards circuit till Hollywood throws you a statue. Charlize won for Monster because she gave the best performance of the year, in a film that had next to no Oscar hopes when it was in production. She single handedly put it in contention.
She got a second nom for North Country only 2 years later, deserved a nom and WIN for Young Adult in 2011, and her work in Mad Max: Fury Road is not "generic action star" in any way, shape, or form. Is The Godfather generic crime drama? Is Titanic generic romance? Fury Road is not the epitome of an action film - the perfect specimen. And it works because her performance is smoldering, angry, and layered.
MISS ME with that drag. Does she take some cheap roles for coin? Of course she does. Million Ways to Die in the West (tho lowkey it was cute) and those trash Huntsman movies. But the fact remains that she is almost always the best part of every movie she does. Why is it that actors/actresses are obligated to only make ~art~ films once they've won an Oscar? I swear, y'all would turn on Cate Blanchett the second she did a Marvel movie.
Charlize Theron gave the best performance that won an Oscar this century, and she remains better than almost every other working actress today. Skill wise, she's on par with Marion, Cate, Viola, etc.
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Cate is doing a Marvel movie. 
I'm highkey unfamiliar with Charlize's filmography. I actually think Mad Max might be the only one I've seen. 
EDIT: and Hancock and (most of) Cider House.
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Notes on a scandal > meryl
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Imagine thinking this.
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Originally posted by Achilles.
Cate is doing a Marvel movie.
I'm highkey unfamiliar with Charlize's filmography. I actually think Mad Max might be the only one I've seen. |
Wow, Cate must be a sell out.
See Monster, North Country, and Young Adult. She's good in The Road, too, but it's a minor role. Young Adult is probably the best overall film that she's a part of.
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Also I retract the actresses in their 30s bit, because Charlize is 41. AGELESS.
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deserved a nom and WIN for Young Adult in 2011
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UTAH Film Critics
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Lead Actor, female: Emma Stone, "La La Land"; runner-up: Ruth Negga, "Loving." #UtahFilmCritics
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So can everyone shut up now?
EMMA will win the OSCAR
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Charlize was also good in Prometheus. Doing the blockbusters keeps her relevant and able to do her art projects. It's what smart A-list actors do.
Cate got lucky with LOTR because that was the only blockbuster franchise that was also a hugely acclaimed Oscar player in the last couple of decades, but then she also did the horrible Indiana Jones 4 film, a voice in How to Train Your Dragon 2, Cinderella, and the flop Robin Hood remake with Russell Crowe.
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Originally posted by GreasyBruce
Charlize was also good in Prometheus. Doing the blockbusters keeps her relevant and able to do her art projects. It's what smart A-list actors do.
Cate got lucky with LOTR because that was the only blockbuster franchise that was also a hugely acclaimed Oscar player in the last couple of decades, but then she also did the horrible Indiana Jones 4 film, a voice in How to Train Your Dragon 2, Cinderella, and the flop Robin Hood remake with Russell Crowe.
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Cinderella and HTTYD2 were both acclaimed Oscar nominated box office hits. They don't belong in a list of panned flops.
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Originally posted by TheDreamer
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Finally, the race was getting boring, it is great to see the "frontrunner" joining the winners' list.
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Originally posted by MaRy
Notes on a scandal > meryl
Meryl's only good movie is out of Africa |
Now this is just blasphemy.
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finally her first critics prize? her campaign must have been pissing themselves
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She was the probable runner-up her first bid, and now winner her second. Both (probably) for BP winners. Ah, the power.
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Originally posted by fridayteenage
She was the probable runner-up her first bid, and now winner her second. Both (probably) for BP winners. Ah, the power.
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Did anyone like Hairspray? I don't usually watch musicals, but I liked La La Land and this scene looks cool.
Not sure if I should bother.
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Who would have thought that a single critics win is all Stone needed to claim her throne again as the frontrunner? What will be Nialler and all other Portmaniacs excuse now that their only complain "Stone hasn't won a single critics award" is now over? 
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One win is not enough to counter all of the snubs
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Originally posted by Citrus
I will NOT sit and watch as you slander the name of the best actress of whatever generation 30 year old women belong to.
Do NOT tell me that she "got lucky" with Monster. No, getting lucky is doing a Lifetime football drama and working the awards circuit till Hollywood throws you a statue. Charlize won for Monster because she gave the best performance of the year, in a film that had next to no Oscar hopes when it was in production. She single handedly put it in contention.
She got a second nom for North Country only 2 years later, deserved a nom and WIN for Young Adult in 2011, and her work in Mad Max: Fury Road is not "generic action star" in any way, shape, or form. Is The Godfather generic crime drama? Is Titanic generic romance? Fury Road is not the epitome of an action film - the perfect specimen. And it works because her performance is smoldering, angry, and layered.
MISS ME with that drag. Does she take some cheap roles for coin? Of course she does. Million Ways to Die in the West (tho lowkey it was cute) and those trash Huntsman movies. But the fact remains that she is almost always the best part of every movie she does. Why is it that actors/actresses are obligated to only make ~art~ films once they've won an Oscar? I swear, y'all would turn on Cate Blanchett the second she did a Marvel movie.
Charlize Theron gave the best performance that won an Oscar this century, and she remains better than almost every other working actress today. Skill wise, she's on par with Marion, Cate, Viola, etc.
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Whew lord preach this tea from the rooftops!
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Originally posted by MaRy
One win is not enough to counter all of the snubs |
Well someone is mad that Stone won a single critics award Accept it sis, the mormons have spoken. 
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Originally posted by MaRy
One win is not enough to counter all of the snubs |
Let them have that one. Lord knows they needed a win. Now they can get all cocky again to be let down once again.
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Originally posted by KylieistBoi
Let them have that one. Lord knows they needed a win. Now they can get all cocky again to be let down once again.
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Volpi Cup winner Stone doesn't need critics' wins to win the Oscar. She just needed one to put Portmaniacs in their places
Let's be real, if Stone didn't win the UFC you would also be cocky and say things like, "Oops, someone is missing again , etc." so let's not!
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Wait. I change my mind. Why do I think La La Land might pull a surprise in Oscar?  It might sweep the Oscars like what Birdman did when everyone else thought Boyhood would do so |
Neither a LLL or Moonlight win would be a "surprise." If anything it's MBTS that's a dark horse for BP.
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Originally posted by Citrus
I will NOT sit and watch as you slander the name of the best actress of whatever generation 30 year old women belong to.
Do NOT tell me that she "got lucky" with Monster. No, getting lucky is doing a Lifetime football drama and working the awards circuit till Hollywood throws you a statue. Charlize won for Monster because she gave the best performance of the year, in a film that had next to no Oscar hopes when it was in production. She single handedly put it in contention.
She got a second nom for North Country only 2 years later, deserved a nom and WIN for Young Adult in 2011, and her work in Mad Max: Fury Road is not "generic action star" in any way, shape, or form. Is The Godfather generic crime drama? Is Titanic generic romance? Fury Road is not the epitome of an action film - the perfect specimen. And it works because her performance is smoldering, angry, and layered.
MISS ME with that drag. Does she take some cheap roles for coin? Of course she does. Million Ways to Die in the West (tho lowkey it was cute) and those trash Huntsman movies. But the fact remains that she is almost always the best part of every movie she does. Why is it that actors/actresses are obligated to only make ~art~ films once they've won an Oscar? I swear, y'all would turn on Cate Blanchett the second she did a Marvel movie.
Charlize Theron gave the best performance that won an Oscar this century, and she remains better than almost every other working actress today. Skill wise, she's on par with Marion, Cate, Viola, etc.
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