Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Voted for Amy Ryan. One of my favorite supporting-actress performances of the whole decade. Blanchett does extraordinary work; unfortunately, she does it in a film that either went over my head or was just too damn weird. Either way, I don't feel quite right talking about I'm Not There as a movie, ...

I don't hate Little Miss Sunshine as a movie (as a Best Picture nominee, certainly, though I would've been thrilled with a supporting-actor nod for Steve Carell), but even by "cute little kid in well-liked movie" standards, Abigail Breslin does nothing for me. When it comes to supporting ...

As often, I find myself with little to add to this discussion that hasn't already been said. I'll echo the ideas that Joan Allen and Lisa Kudrow were a lot better than any of the nominees, Blethyn was pretty terrible, and Griffiths was lead. Dench was very good in her limited screen time; in fact, ...

Prizzi's Honor has always struck me as kind of a weird movie; it's always played for me less as a true comedy and more as a drama with a strong undercurrent of none-more-black humor, like the comedic moments on The Sopranos . It "works" for me, but I'm not sure I "get it" on the...

Like most, I see Christine Lahti as the runner-up. Unlike most, I think she's a wholly worthy one. I'd love to see her full performance -- the one that was supposedly so great that Goldie Hawn had the movie cut to ribbons to downsize it. But even in its heavily-edited form, Lahti's work is outstand...

I'm surprised to see so many questions regarding Glenn Close's nomination for such a wonderful performance in such a popular (even moreso at the time) movie. Mary Kay Place's snub for the same film definitely raises my eyebrows, but Close's nomination is as well-deserved as any in this category. I'...

Best Leading Actor [/u] • Brad Davis ( Midnight Express ) • Robert De Niro ( The Deer Hunter ) • Dustin Hoffman ( Straight Time ) • Richard Pryor ( Blue Collar ) • Jon Voight ( Coming Home ) Best Leading Actress [/u] • Ingrid Bergman ( Autumn Sonata ) • Jill Clayburgh ( An Unmarried Woman ) • Jane ...

Now that I've tracked down some of the supporting actress performances cited in that poll thread, I'll throw this together. It didn't change my lineup much, but I did change my vote... from one performance I'd already seen to another. Acting nominees only, for now... Best Leading Actor [/u] • Marlo...

Four excellent-to-great performances (including Lange, who deserves dismissal from this race only because her "supporting" status is highly dubious) with no one really standing head-and-shoulders apart from the others... and Teri Garr, who's very good with what she has in the all-around w...

Steenburgen is as worthy a winner as any this category has ever produced. Simply put, she delivers a great performance in a great movie, which is more than enough to merit a win in my book. But I'm of the opinion that Raging Bull is the greatest film of the '80s and one of the greatest of all time ...

I voted for Stapleton, for a much more enthusiastic version of the reasons Italiano has already cited. I admire Interiors as a change-of-pace for Woody Allen; if he's trying too hard to ape Bergman and "betraying" the comedic sensibilities that made him so popular in the first place, he's...

A vote for Redgrave is one of the biggest no-brainers for me in this category's history. Dillon is very good in a movie that I a bsolutely adore (and the movie for which Richard Dreyfuss should have gotten his Best Actor nomination and win), but Redgrave's performance in Julia is one of the best ev...