I went 20 for 24. Not my best day but not bad either. I’m heartbroken for Viola Davis. I know some of Meryl fans will gloat. Gloat away.
Best Picture – The Artist
Best Director – Michel Hazanavicius for “The Artist”
Best Actor – Jean Dujardin for “The Artist”
Best Actress – Meryl Streep for “The Iron Lady”
Best Supporting Actor – Christopher Plummer for “Beginners”
Best Supporting Actress – Octavia Spencer for “The Help”
Best Original Screenplay – Woody Allen for “Midnight in Paris”
Best Adapted Screenplay – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash for “The Descendants”
Best Animated Feature – “Rango”
Best Art Direction – “Hugo”
Best Cinematography – “Hugo”
Best Costume Design – “The Artist”
Best Film Editing – “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Best Makeup – “The Iron Lady”
Best Sound Mixing – “Hugo”
Best Sound Editing – “Hugo”
Best Visual Effects – “Hugo”
Best Original Score – Ludovic Bource for “The Artist”
Best Original Song – “Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets”
Best Documentary Feature – “Undefeated”
Best Foreign Language Film – “A Separation”
Best Animated Short – “The Flying Books..”
Best Live Action Short – “The Shore”
Best Documentary Short – “Saving Face”
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This was an interesting year.
Eric McCainley(Quote) (Reply)
Well, that all just happened…on to next year now!
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)
Yep, indeed. Also heartbroken for Viola but that’s it for another year. It’s all over so quickly.
thereisaray(Quote) (Reply)
That it is.
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)
I am heartbroken for Viola as well, but Meryl was well deserving…she is right in saying that she probably will never be on that stage again..lol. Viola Davis is a strong actress and will be on that stage soon…..I missed four this year…completely missed Cinematography, Editing, Makeup, and Best Actress…great show this year though!
Jody(Quote) (Reply)
The only surprise of the evening was the win of Meryl Streep… I am happy for her.. She was much better than the movie… But I am sad for Viola… She deserved it… The rest was as expected.. No surprises at all… And Crystal had his worst Oscar-Appearance ever… I want Whoopi, Ellen or Hugh back….
In the second half the presenters were cool… Bridesmaids, Emma and Ben, Robert & Gwyneth, Angelina…
An average show.. And next year pleeeeeeaaase perfom the songs instead of bullshit like Cirque de soleil….
Kai(Quote) (Reply)
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is anyone heartbroken for Viola Davis!?!? Meryl was nominated 14 times before she won her 3rd Oscar… I´ll let Viola Davis get nominated another 6 times – and lose – before I start feeling sorry for her!!!
Anyone belive me now – when I talk about Best Actress + Best Supporting Actress Oscar patterns!?!?!? No screenplay nomination did it to THANKFULLY SINK The Help…. I´m so glad Octavia Spencer´s win carried the torch for the film – as I always predicted it would!!!!
FANTASTIC OSCAR!!!!!!!!!!
ON YOUR WAY TO YOUR FOURTH OSCAR, MERYL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mikael(Quote) (Reply)
wow, that’s entirely too many S’s and exclamation points
craig146(Quote) (Reply)
What’s really “heartbreaking” is how oblivious Streep fans are to the rarity of an actress to receive even one Oscar nomination, let alone seventeen, and that Viola Davis doesn’t get thrown plum roles left and right like their idol. She’s only the second African-American actress in history to be nominated twice; what makes you think she’ll be nominated “another six times?”
Robert Hamer(Quote) (Reply)
That’s why i think Halle Berry’s win didn;t really open doors for African American women. They only get roles written for black females. The only African American to get roles NOT based on race was Whitney Houston in the Bodyguard and her TV movie Cinderella. But then again she was Whitney Houston(that not because of her acting talent but her mainstream pop career)
greg(Quote) (Reply)
Surprises for Better or for Worse
The Tree of Life losing best Cinematography was ridiculous. Easily the only category this film deserved an award for.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo winning best editing was hilarious. They had no idea what to say.
Meryl Streep winning best actress for one of the most boring and mundane films of 2011. I don’t even think she should have been nominated over Swinton much less actually WIN.
Descendants winning screenplay over Moneyball annoyed me. I expected it but it still sucks that it happened.
All in all it wasn’t a bad night, I really got excited that Woody Allen won an oscar. Looking forward to this year in film and the next Oscars.
Gregory Roberts(Quote) (Reply)
Actually, Hugo was not such a shabby win for Cinematography; I actually enjoyed the techniques used throughout the film. But, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
Eric McCainley(Quote) (Reply)
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
MERYLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
So much more deserving than Viola!!!
Excellent show! Loved it!!!!!
Mikael(Quote) (Reply)
Anyone who thinks Meryl won’t win another Oscar is delusional, especially with August: Osage County coming down the pike.
r0ckmypants(Quote) (Reply)
I’m heartbroken for Viola as well. It’s sacrilegious to think that the Iron Lady is a multiple Oscar winning film. Also we might have to see Meryl lose for a more worthy performance , which I believe she will give sometime in the future.
y_shark(Quote) (Reply)
I’m sorry if someone is sad because Davis lost, but this was the most deserved Oscar of the night……….
The movie was a 3/10 but Streep was a 20/10 !!!
And she LOST the damn thing 14 times for AMAZING performances like The Bridges Of Madison County, Adaptation, A Cry In The Dark.
After 29 years, she won her third Oscar for one her finest performances.
She’s not black and the movie was not the best………..so what?? It’s about the PERFORMANCE!!!
Seba(Quote) (Reply)
Emmauel is never gonna win (sigh). I love Hugo but the cinematography belonged to Tree of Life, plain and simple.
Meryl finally has her third oscar. It is so well deserved, she really did top herself in The Iron Lady. On the other hand
i am really sad for Viola Davis. I think the fact that The Help wasn’t as popular with the academy as most thought it would be, hurt her in the end it seems. Aside from Halle women of colour just don’t win lead sadly. Combine those two facts and it spelled doom. Hopefully she is given another great role because she is too talented not to win one.
Massimo(Quote) (Reply)
Tree of Life wasn’t loved amongst Academy voters, plain and simple.
But finally, Meryl Streep can join Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Vivien Leigh, Ingrid Bergman, Elizabeth Taylor, and Jane Fonda (just to name a few) with women who have won two Lead Actress Oscars.
Greg Fletch.(Quote) (Reply)
Well… Not bad at all.
I feel sorry for Glenn, of course. I actually think honorary-oscar for her, anytime. I don’t understrand why they just hate so much some great actors – like her and O’Toole and Richard Burton (rest in peace) and Deborah Kerr – and give a lot of love for others… well, not so deserving… like Paltrow, Bullock and Reese (c’mon). Reese, really?
Now, Oscars, it’s time for pay your duty with Al Pacino. One is too little.
And, above all, Meryl is God. So, it’s well deserving award for her. But I still think that we’ll regret on this. Because the next time she is actually GREAT (not the iron lady great, but sophie’s choice great) no award will ever come. Don’t forget August: Osage County.
See you next year.
Bernardo(Quote) (Reply)
MERYL!!! I’m happy! I’m happy! I’m happy! And by the way, I’ve been heartbroken for Meryl enough times, so I feel I have the right to be happy! She won an Oscar in my lifetime!!!!
Zooey(Quote) (Reply)
I’m just glad The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo won Best Editing–my personal choice in the category, a smashing editing job, and recognition of a great film that was largely overlooked by the Academy.
JDTSEK(Quote) (Reply)
Congratulations to A Separation, one of the best films to ever win the Foreign Language Film Award, as well as a most deserving Christopher Plummer. Emmanuel Lubezki losing Cinematography was the worst sting of the night, and while I was preparing for it, seeing Alexander Payne stand up on stage and act like he made something of any artistic worth last year was still nauseating.
While we at the Awards Circuit are more than willing to eat crow from the Streep Brigade this year, I wonder if perhaps they’ll eventually regret this victory when she actually gives a deserving performance and is passed over to “spread the wealth?” Just something to think about…
Robert Hamer(Quote) (Reply)
This IS a deserving performance! Please live with it and try not to brain wash people in the future. I can’t imagine why almost everyone on your staff ignored the she really WAS the front-runner ever since she won the NYFCC. If Ms. Davis will give other remarkable, sensitive and heartfelt performances (as she obviously is able to do) she will win one day. However, two nominations do NOT mean that she’s due!
Matei(Quote) (Reply)
The sad thing, Matei, is that Meryl Streep will likely garner several more nominations throughout her career for just about anything, while Viola Davis will probably never get another opportunity like this for a long time if ever. Streep fanatics tend to forget that not all actresses get thrown plumb roles so easily (especially women of color) and many never receive a single nomination let alone a whopping seventeen. I swear, every time I talk to Streepers it’s like hearing Republicans bellyache about how Christians are “persecuted” in America. I guess that’s where all the hyperbole (“Brainwash?” Really?) and re-writing of history comes from (Newsflash: EVERY pundit with the exception of David Poland pegged Davis to win. No matter where you stand on the performance, her victory was a bonafide upset. Period.)
Robert Hamer(Quote) (Reply)
Robert you’re generalizing, not all the “Streepers” as you call them are blind because of their love for her. I myself am a huge fan of hers and thought she gave the best performance of the nominated. That isn’t to say i wasn’t sad for Viola, which i very much was. The Davis points you brought up are true. Yes women of colour rarely get nominated, yes this win would have changed Viola’s life and maybe moved the needle a little bit for minorities. The problem is that many people who were championing for Davis overlooked that fact that The Help seemed to only be a hit with the actors branch. And they got rapped up in her standing ovation at SAG. The 4,000 plus other academy members clearly weren’t as taken with the film and her performance. The actors branch did what they could and rally behind Octavia but getting Davis the win proved too be hard considering the numbers weren’t in their favour.
Massimo(Quote) (Reply)
It’s SO obvious in hindsight, isn’t it?
Robert Hamer(Quote) (Reply)
It’s not about who’s due, it’s about who gave the better performance and is deserving of the win. If the Oscar’s were about who was due, Glenn Close would have won Best Actress.
Anna Belickis(Quote) (Reply)
The best example I can think of to shut down your claim is Ralph Fiennes. In 1993, he gave a fantastic turn as a kommondant in a concentration camp (the role of a lifetime), and Tommy Lee Jones won instead for playing an average cop role. Ralph Fiennes hasn’t been able to live up to Amon Goeth, and Tommy Lee Jones has given better performances.
Alex LoSchiavo(Quote) (Reply)
As sad as I am about Lubezki not winning for Tree of Life, I was pretty pleased with the winners this year. I mean, Davis obviously should have won, but I was not sad to see The Artist pick up the big awards even over Tree of Life and Midnight in Paris. It is such a great, fun, and humble movie, and makes me smile to see it do so well. And wasn’t Dujardin winning best actor awesome? Anyone who makes carrying a silent movie look that effortless deserves their fare share of awards.
The screenplay category was the best of the night, Descendants and especially Woody Allen getting their deserved due again. Still, Hugo didn’t deserve a single tech awards besides art direction (and even that is a stretch). Good night, Crystal kept it snappy, and most of the winners made me smile. Good stuff all around.
WillQ(Quote) (Reply)
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sethjaret(Quote) (Reply)
The key thing to remember is Viola would be a bit heartbroken, but only a few years ago she had to sit and watch her friend Meryl lose to Kate Winslet in what many thought to be category fraud. If Viola had beaten Meryl this year, we probably could have made the exact same argument. So I’m sure even Viola was happy for Meryl.
The real crime is that Viola didn’t win her Oscar that same year. Doubt SHOULD have been Viola’s Oscar worthy performance.
Nathan James Mitchell(Quote) (Reply)
yeayyyyyy for meryl.well deserved. as i said before viola and other black actresses should win for roles not specifically written for black females
greg(Quote) (Reply)
Again, I’m very happy for Meryl. But to Viola Davis fans and I respect her as an actress. She’s extremely talented. So she has a baity project coming this year. Maybe?! I’ll be the first to predict her RIGHT NOW!
Zooey(Quote) (Reply)
Well, there were some slightly unexpected wins (Dragon Tattoo for editing, a dark horse choice of mine in the Oscar Circuit series), but more or less things went as we’ve predicted over the course of the year…nothing wrong with that though. It is what it is…
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)
I found Billy Crystal this year a little bit boring in the beggining with the medley, maybe because it was 9 pictures… But, then, he found is place with good jokes. Sasha Baron Cohen, what a freak LOL! About Meryl Streep, it’s better we dont forget what she means for american culture, i’m portuguese and i think for myself, if i were an american citizen, i will praise everything that woman do. maybe one day we going to see her like katherine hepburn with her 4 oscars. Now, no one complains about it. But, of course, i’m a little bit sad for Viola, because seems like this was her Mickey Rourke’s chance LOL. Hugo won too much over better contenders. Robert Downey Jr hilarious, Jennifer Lopez, great ass! Christopher Plummer best aceptance speech, Jean Dujardin deserved the Oscar but (i hope i’m wrong) seems like he doesn’t going to live to the expectations of that, like roberto begnini or adrian brody, he had luck because the real contenders like shannon and fassbender were off, and Clooney and Pitt don’t give the Oscar Winner type performance, just the Oscar Nominee type. Maybe Gary Oldman. Oh! And Will Ferrel and Zack Galfjfsdnfsdu LOOL.
Great Oscar Season. And a good cerimony. Great Awards Circuit
berbigon(Quote) (Reply)
Mr Clayton Davis, Meryl gave you the answer in her speech. I’m not gonna gloat. But your style and the way you express your personal opinions has ruined the former objectivity of this website.I hope u’ll learn from your mistakes. Viola Davis was really good. Meryl Streep was just better.
Harris(Quote) (Reply)
It’s not about being objective. Everyone had her pegged to win. I knew it was a tight race, it just so happened my favorite female work of the year was up for a nomination.
BTW, anyone who thinks Viola was better, please raise your hands.
*HAND RAISED!*
Clayton Davis(Quote) (Reply)
*HAND RAISED!*
Trevor(Quote) (Reply)
And I’ll raise my hand and say Meryl was better. And it means nothing! It’s an opinion. Just as yours. But your reluctance to actually even consider Meryl a possible spoiler speaks volumes. I’m happy she won. She deserves it. Viola Davis will win one day. I simply don’t want it to be about race. I really don’t. Anyway, Viola was fine with Meryl winning. Maybe a little disappointed but the women love each other and the whole nonsense over the internet is simply ugly. Meryl cheered for Viola at the SAG’s and now Viola cheered for Meryl. So what? Meryl is a legend. Meryl deserves a third Oscar and her performance in The Iron Lady was really that good.
Zooey(Quote) (Reply)
Zooey, I assume you’re also going to bash Kris Tapley, Sasha Stone, Jeffrey Wells, Scott Feinberg, and nearly every other prognosticator who also pegged Viola to win the award? Or are you just going to be shrill with us?
Robert Hamer(Quote) (Reply)
@ Robert Hamer, where is the bashing?! Really?!
I’m not bashing anybody. I simply state that I’m lucky and I have the right to be lucky that somebody won. And I have the right to say that I think somebody delivered a better performance. And yes, it’s an opinion. And even if you comment every comment people send here, it won’t make the comments less relevant. To me Streep was the best and deserved it. To many she did.
Zooey(Quote) (Reply)
Oh, I thought you were going to actually read what I wrote and respond maturely. My mistake.
Robert Hamer(Quote) (Reply)
She did respond? And she doesn’t need to bash on those people because they are talented writers. End of the fucking story.
Blake(Quote) (Reply)
*HAND RAISED*
UBourgeois(Quote) (Reply)
*HAND RAISED!*
thereisaray(Quote) (Reply)
Hand Raised
Tina(Quote) (Reply)
I told you all the power of the Globe, BAFTA, and Weinstein would make Meryl prevail. Viola was amazing, but there ain’t NOBODY like Meryl (except maybe Jessica Lange… where’s her third Oscar?). It’s about damned TIME. She’s “lost” so many times to lesser actresses whose “turn” it was. Finally the Academy got it right. I may never forgive them for the Sandra Bullock fiasco, but this somewhat makes up for it. No one can deny that we Meryl fans are crazy, but we’re loyal, and we FINALLY get a chance to be smug about her victory since you ummm “journalists” on this site so often gloat about her losses.
Brittany(Quote) (Reply)
That is correct, we were wrong this time. The Awards Circuit was right about her losing for Adaptation, Doubt, and Julie & Julia despite the noise from Streep fans…but this time you were right.
Robert Hamer(Quote) (Reply)
Your obsession with bad mouthing Meryl Streep is almost as rabid as those of us who bow down to her. So don’t think you’re any better. And NEVER try to out snark me. You’ll lose every time.
Brittany(Quote) (Reply)
Where did I ever bad-mouth her? Don’t answer that: you won’t find it. I was commenting on the religious devotion you and others have for her that blocks all reasoned discussion. But you can continue to congratulate yourself on winning imaginary battles if you like.
Robert Hamer(Quote) (Reply)
There’s no battle here. You said (and let me paraphrase) but we called it against her for such such and such and we know everything and you know nothing.. That was a poorly done attempt at throwing shade at me. Snaps for you. I wouldn’t call myself religiously devoted to Meryl. I call it as I see it. There are PLENTY of other uberly talented actresses working. Viola Davis amongst them. Had she won, I would have been ok with that. Do I think Meryl deserves to win every year? ABSOLUTELY NOT. But I do believe there are many instances where she gave the best performance of the year. Can I control this? Absolutely not. At least I am objective enough to ACKNOWLEDGE the front runner. All the contributors to this blog seem to want to do is say Meryl is the default nominee. She’s overrated. Blah blah blah. Well guess what? If she DIDN’T turn it out each and every time, she wouldn’t have 17 Oscar nominations and 3 wins to her credit. Who cares if you all didn’t particularly care for the film she won for? It was her PERFORMANCE that carried it.
Brittany(Quote) (Reply)
“At least I am objective enough to ACKNOWLEDGE the front runner.”
In hindsight, which means nothing in the long run. Funny how every suddenly everyone “knew” that Streep was going to win all along.
Robert Hamer(Quote) (Reply)
I would think that since most people are surprised that Davis lost, then she was the frontrunner… you can’t really be a secret frontrunner, can you?
UBourgeois(Quote) (Reply)
I will be the first to admit that Meryl Streep has been looked over too many times and that she is certainly among the greatest actresses ever, but not this year. This was injustice. Streep’s performance in The Iron Lady was little more than an extremely uncanny impersonation of Margaret Thatcher which, while certainly worth commendation and praise in its own right, was not as good as Viola Davis’s performance, which (along with the other performances) truly elevated the film and prevented it from being the wholly trite film that it so easily could have been in the hands of a lesser performer.
And yeah, Meryl will have other great performances (probably better ones) that will wow us in the coming years. Davis, who has proven herself to be nearly Meryl’s equal in acting ability, may not get this kind of chance again.
UBourgeois(Quote) (Reply)
It is such a shame to come to my favorite site and read all this backlashing towards Meryl Streep. I will make some points:
1. Some of you are saying that Streep’s performance in “The Iron Lady” was merely a personification of the real Thatcher….hmm? Is this what you think of Charlize Theron’s performance in “Monster” or Helen Mirren in ‘The Queen”? If that’s the case, perhaps they didn’t deserve those oscars either. That’s just to name a few…
2. It is true that Viola Davis’s performance was touching and very emotional….but she didn’t carry the film. EVERYONE in the film was just as good as she was. Yes…she’s an excellent actress, but she didn’t win this time. Is this unfair? Absolutely not…she didn’t have the strongest performance of the year.
3. Why are you surprised and even upset that Meryl won? If you check the precursors award lists, Meryl has received more awards than Davis. Why wasn’t she consider a frontrunner? It was obvious that she was all the time. Besides, we all knew that it was between her and Davis.
4. If you go to rottentomatoes and read the reviews for “The Iron Lady”, you will find that mostly ALL critics agree that Streep’s perfornance is a tour-de-force. In fact, they agree that it’s the only great thing about the movie. Yes…perhaps the movie is not that great, but is The Help so great? I don’t think so.
5. Meryl gives one of the finest performances of her career and she, without a doubt, deserved this oscar. Period.
Luis(Quote) (Reply)
As to point number three:
Wins for Streep:
Academy Award
Australian Film Institute Awards
BAFTA
Denver Film Critics
Golden Globes
London Critics Circle
New York Film Critics Circle
New York Film Critics Online Awards
Southeastern Film Critics Association
Wins for Davis:
African American Film Critics Association
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
Black Film Critics Circle Award
Black Reel Award
Broadcast Film Critics Association
Iowa Film Critics
Indiana Film Critics Association
NAACP Image Award
North Texas Film Critics Award
Satellite Award
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Award
Screen Actors Guild Award
Women Film Critics Circle Award
And as for point five, this simply was not the best performance she’s given lately – not even close to, say, Doubt, for which she absolutely should have won.
UBourgeois(Quote) (Reply)
And what? Listing the actual wins proves something?!
I’m sorry but Meryl wasn’t eligible for some of these awards and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival Award is a completely different thing. And if you’re going to list critics’ awards, list Williams’s wins.
There are the MAJOR wins.
Of the MAJOR awards (awards with history and prestige) DAVIS had:
SAG Award
Critics’ Choice Award
MICHELLE had:
Golden Globe Award
Chicago Film Critics Association Award
Boston Society of Film Critics
MERYL had:
Golden Globe Award
BAFTA Award
New York Film Critics Circle Award
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award
London Film Critics Circle Award
Zooey(Quote) (Reply)
Broadcast Film Critics, Alliance of Women Film Journalists and Satellites are suddenly less important than Chicago and Southeastern Film Critics?
UBourgeois(Quote) (Reply)
Oh Luis, your hyperbole and history re-writing is so, so amusing…
Robert Hamer(Quote) (Reply)
There was NOTHING wrong with Viola’s performance. I’ve seen The Help twice and she’s tugged at my heart strings and made me sob both times. It was excellent work, but what it was NOT was a lead performance. The strength of The Help comes from the ensemble effort. If Viola really wanted the Oscar she should have campaigned in the supporting category in which she belonged. I think she would have won hands down, not to take anything away from Octavia’s well deserved win. That being said, Meryl won because her LEADING performance was the best of the year.
Brittany(Quote) (Reply)
Congratualtions, you’re now supporting category fraud! Enjoy your dishonesty, because you’re only fooling yourself.
koook160(Quote) (Reply)
It was leading category fraud too. She may have narrated the film, but really there was no lead. It was an ENSEMBLE. She belonged in supporting.
Brittany(Quote) (Reply)
Streep would be horrified to know she has such a rabid fanbase.
y_shark(Quote) (Reply)
You said it, brother. And they call Nolan and Malick fans rabid…
koook160(Quote) (Reply)
Exactly Brittany, i predicted Davis but thinking about it this morning, your theory makes perfect sense.
Richard green(Quote) (Reply)
Heartbroken for Davis?????????????????????????????? I’m sure her millions will get her over it. Enough of Meryl bashing. It’s quite apparent all the fence hopping with many of the participants on this site. Praise the performers, stop the bashing. There so much more places ones energy can be put. Comparing the lead up of wins for Meryl and Viola, 4 of Viola’s awards honor BLACK women, so I guess Meryl wouldn’t have gotten those. They are actresses enough said!!!
Tina(Quote) (Reply)
The Iron Lady was not a good film, Meryl Streep’s performance wasn’t one of her strongest. People, the Oscars arent the same anymore. The Oscar’s are Harvey Weinstein’s chess pieces, so the quicker we get that through our heads, the better. Just enjoy the show. Hope someone who “kinda” deserves it wins.
In other news, WOULDN’T ROBERT DOWNEY JR BE AN AWESOME HOST?????????
Alex LoSchiavo(Quote) (Reply)
I’m surprised an Oscar loon hasn’t put a hit out on Weinstein by now going by some of the comments here!
thereisaray(Quote) (Reply)
And, Mr. ROBERT HAMER (I put it in caps in hopes you would see this),
I am on your team. Consider me your humble padawan. I’ve read all your posts on this site, and I agree 100%.
Alex LoSchiavo(Quote) (Reply)
I hate this website. I come on here when I need to feel bad about myself, like when I watch the JFK assassination on YouTube.
Blake(Quote) (Reply)
I wouldn’t be too harsh on the editor’s objectivity – I don’t see it on the job spec, he and his team do a great job of both telling us who will win and equally why they shouldn’t!
But there has been a failure of perspective, I think, across the board, not just on this site. It was never Viola’s oscar, not everyone had her pegged to win – a number of us quite publicly forecast Streep on these very pages – and I don’t think any of us should be too “heartbroken” for any of these millionaires giving themselves gold trophies, to quote Crystal.
My guess is too much weight was put on two factors. First, that Davis’ acceptance speeches would carry the love on the day – if this was the major factor then Robert Downey Junior would already have Tom Hanks, Jack Nicholson AND Walter Brennan in his pocket. Second, that the Help was so much better a film than Iron Lady – plenty of people were underwhelmed by the Help and some would say TIL was perfectly okay and probably no worse. And it is a performance award at the end of the day.
Maybe it tells us that BAFTA really is the key precursor, with the most similar votership structure to AMPAS. Or , maybe all this is nonsense and this was just a unique situation never to be repeated, where the voting could well have been incredibly close, and was always going to be.
Whatever – Davis isn’t the first “favourite” to lose Oscar to someone considered “due” – not even in the first fifty, I would say – and certainly won’t be the last. Did not Streep earn pretty much every one of these 17 nominations? In which case, in a world where Sally Field, Glenda Jackson, Denzel Washington and Hilary Swank all have two Oscars, is it so bad that Streep gets to sit one notch above them?
I think Mr Hamer is right, there are plenty more roles and probably nominations still ahead for Streep, and I wouldn’t be surprised if she does nab No.4 – is she does it will be without this 30 year weight sitting heavily on voters’ shoulders. If it’s any consolation, Viola has just immediately been accorded “due” status and the way Oscar works, may well end up getting one against more favoured opponents. I have always concluded this is fair enough anyway – how do you qualitatively judge between the “best” three or four performances in any given year? It is, if nothing else, a very democratic process.
billdale(Quote) (Reply)