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Mike Anderson (no login)
Posted Oct 30, 2007 4:01 PM
One of the toughest in recent years. There's probably at least 10 performances in the lead actor category that are worthy of a nomination. Obviously we'll have to wait till the film's are released for a real opinion, but the possibility of Depp being nominated has more than a positive possibility. As with what the other person said, he'll get an Oscar one day, but it may not be for this. I like the synopsis of his next movie for his chances even better for Shantaram. A character study. As for Day-lewis? He's a chameleon in character and voice. It's not concrete, but the voice he's using in TWBB sounds like a cross between Burt Lancaster and John Huston. Awesome! He's already won for My Left Foot and nominated another two more times. He is highly respected amongst his peers and critics. In TWBB he is supposedly in nearly every scene. It's his movie. His presence will dominate the screen. I'd be shocked if he didn't get nominated. It has tour de force written all over it. But then, I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't win. They ripped him off and gave it to Adrian Brody several years ago. Sometimes they like to do the long shot vote. Who knows, somebody like Ryan Gosling or Emile Hirsch could pop in and win it. You never know with those Oscar people. Anyway... the Oscar is overrated anyway and everybody knows it. The most important award that is really taken seriously, is the Screen Actors Guild, voted by their peers ( other actors )and DDL won that one. We'll just have to wait and see I guess. But even if the film isn't highly praised but DDL performance is, than he'll be a front runner. |
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