The Oscars thread - Actor in a leading role

[Czar]

Well now, I'm probably going to post a few more threads regarding the Oscars in the next two weeks. Each will be kinda like this one just only involve other parts of the Oscars.

Take your pick, who will win the Actor in a leading role and why.


lets then see how close AT is to the final results

 

[b0mbrman]

Russel Crowe, then Denzel

 

[deftron]

Billy Bob Thornton... The Man Who Wasn't There

How come he wasnt nominated.





Will Smith...?!

He ain't no raptor

 

[deftron]

I just looked up the nominees..


Memento isn't even nominated for Best Picture!?

WTF...the Oscars are a farce.

 

[Czar]

^bump

 

[montanafan]

I would have said Russell Crowe this year because of his performance in "A Beautiful Mind", but there seems to be a lot of controversy surrounding him because of the movie not being totally accurate and because of some remarks he made following the British version of the Academy Awards. I don't see what either of those have to do with the quality of his performance in the movie, but who knows what influences the voters sometimes.

If Crowe doesn't get it, I'd like to see Denzel Washington finally receive the Best Actor Oscar. I don't think the role he played in "Training Day"? was all that interesting, but he is one of the best actors ever and he deserves to be officially recognized for it.

 

[rival]

memento should be there for best picture...and i never saw any of those other movies there...

 

[pulse8]

Russell Crowe will win it again this year.

I don't think people will care that the movie was inaccurate.

 

[ub4me]

Ooo~
So few people~

 

[ohtwell]

Russell Crowe!

 

[ub4me]

Oh man~
It's tie now. Who will break this?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

<< Russell Crowe will win it again this year.

I don't think people will care that the movie was inaccurate. >>



People will care, but probably not enough. The problem is that many people get a bit jaded over "Oscar" performances. When a movie is created, is the character/story realistic or is the entire thing slanted towards the type of story or character that would get Oscar attention? In "A Beautiful Mind", you can actually sit there and pick out the places where the story and character were changed to become more sympathetic, jerk a few more tears, chew a bit more scenery. Every aspect of the real story that was changed was changed in a way that screams "Look at me, I'm so deep I deserve an Oscar. Look at me! Look at me!!!!" That might fly in pure fiction, but not in a supposed real life story. I'm rooting for Denzel to win for Best Actor because he was brilliant in the role, and it's nice to see him step out of the good-guy typecast. And hopefully LotR will take Best Picture or Jackson Best Director. It'd be nice to see A Beautiful Mind get shut out for such obvious pandering for votes, but it probably won't happen. The "Academy" are even more easily-led sheep than the Grammy voters.

 

[ub4me]

<< The "Academy" are even more easily-led sheep than the Grammy voters. >>



I totally agree with you.

 

[ElFenix]

will smith won't because hes too young. denzel won't because training day wasn't artsy. russel crowe will win.

 

[ub4me]

Denzel got it!
Wow! What a day for the Afro-Americans!

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

<< Denzel got it!
Wow! What a day for the Afro-Americans! >>



Yes, the chains have been broken. Can the whining stop now?

 

[Burnt]

<< Denzel got it!
Wow! What a day for the Afro-Americans! >>

I couldn't tell if that was sarcasm or not

 

[Chrono]

!!!!
AFRO AMERICANS!
AFRO!
so you mean AFRO's are synonymous with black people as mullets are to white people?

MULLET AMERICANS!

 

[morkinva]

I didn't see training day yet, but he sure deserved it for 'the hurricane'

 

[GagHalfrunt]

<< I didn't see training day yet, but he sure deserved it for 'the hurricane' >>



Yes, he's deserved a couple and he got them tonight. The Oscars are very often a payment for past oversights. So the Academy figured they owed Denzel for so many past excellent performances and gave it to him tonight because it was convenient to ignore Crowe as he won last year. The same with Howard, he was payed off as a sort of lifetime achievement rather than for ABM. Somebody is going to figure out that LotR got hosed and they'll pay off LotR3 with the Best Picture Oscar this one didn't win. And whatever deserving person gets shafted that year will get paid off in 2007 or 2008.

 

[gopunk]

did anybody get what halle berry was talking about?