Funny you should mention this article....I still have it lying somewhere around.Mister Tee wrote:(I remember People having a story that year listing as many as 20 women who might have qualified in another year
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--flipp525 wrote:Mask (Peter Bogdanovich, 1985) 8/10
Maybe I was just in the mood for a good cry, but damn, I was waterworks practically start to finish. What a touching story and beautiful performances by the whole cast, particularly Cher, Eric Stoltz and Sam Elliott. Cher and Stoltz definitely give nomination-worthy performances. Egregiously overlooked that year for some reason.
Stolz being left out seemed the more shocking, because best actress was widely seen as crazy competitive (I remember People having a story that year listing as many as 20 women who might have qualified in another year), but supporting actor was lean, to put it mildly -- witness Eric Roberts for one of his worst performances, Robert Loggia for throwaway work, and ultimate winner Ameche, one of the sillier explosions of sentiment in Academy history.
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He's Just Not That Into You (2009; Ken Kwapis) 4/10
See the HJNTIY thread.
The Enemy Below (1957; Dick Powell) 7/10
Hadn't seen this one since I was a kid; though it has some occasional silly bits (my ex-Navy brother kept commenting "Hollywood!" during the unrealistic bits), it nevertheless remains a taut, gripping cat-and-mouse game between an American destroyer captained by Robert Mitchum and a German U-boat captained by Curt Jurgens.
See the HJNTIY thread.
The Enemy Below (1957; Dick Powell) 7/10
Hadn't seen this one since I was a kid; though it has some occasional silly bits (my ex-Navy brother kept commenting "Hollywood!" during the unrealistic bits), it nevertheless remains a taut, gripping cat-and-mouse game between an American destroyer captained by Robert Mitchum and a German U-boat captained by Curt Jurgens.
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--flipp525 wrote:--Reza wrote:--flipp525 wrote:Mask (Peter Bogdanovich, 1985) 8/10
Maybe I was just in the mood for a good cry, but damn, I was waterworks practically start to finish. What a touching story and beautiful performances by the whole cast, particularly Cher, Eric Stoltz and Sam Elliott. Cher and Stoltz definitely give nomination-worthy performances. Egregiously overlooked that year for some reason.
Yes Cher was very good in this. I think she even won at Cannes.
Just looked that up and you're right. I would've definitely found a place in that year's lineup for her performance as well as Norma Aleandro's (The Official Story). Two of the best female performances that year.
Cher just missed getting into the top 5 on my list for that year. Here are my top 5:
Norma Aleandro, The Official Story
Jessica Lange, Sweet Dreams
Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful
*Miranada Richardson, Dance With a Stranger
Meryl Streep, Plenty
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--Reza wrote:--flipp525 wrote:Mask (Peter Bogdanovich, 1985) 8/10
Maybe I was just in the mood for a good cry, but damn, I was waterworks practically start to finish. What a touching story and beautiful performances by the whole cast, particularly Cher, Eric Stoltz and Sam Elliott. Cher and Stoltz definitely give nomination-worthy performances. Egregiously overlooked that year for some reason.
Yes Cher was very good in this. I think she even won at Cannes.
Just looked that up and you're right. I would've definitely found a place in that year's lineup for her performance as well as Norma Aleandro's (The Official Story). Two of the best female performances that year.
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--flipp525 wrote:Mask (Peter Bogdanovich, 1985) 8/10
Maybe I was just in the mood for a good cry, but damn, I was waterworks practically start to finish. What a touching story and beautiful performances by the whole cast, particularly Cher, Eric Stoltz and Sam Elliott. Cher and Stoltz definitely give nomination-worthy performances. Egregiously overlooked that year for some reason.
Yes Cher was very good in this. I think she even won at Cannes.
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Mask (Peter Bogdanovich, 1985) 8/10
Maybe I was just in the mood for a good cry, but damn, I was waterworks practically start to finish. What a touching story and beautiful performances by the whole cast, particularly Cher, Eric Stoltz and Sam Elliott. Cher and Stoltz definitely give nomination-worthy performances. Egregiously overlooked that year for some reason.
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Maybe I was just in the mood for a good cry, but damn, I was waterworks practically start to finish. What a touching story and beautiful performances by the whole cast, particularly Cher, Eric Stoltz and Sam Elliott. Cher and Stoltz definitely give nomination-worthy performances. Egregiously overlooked that year for some reason.
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In Bruges 6.5/10
It wasn't the full-out comedy I was expecting, there were some heavy-handed notions of existentialism thrown in. Took a while to get around their grizzled dialects to understand them. Both Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson were great, they had great material to work with, and Rafe was appropriately slimy and hilarious.
It wasn't the full-out comedy I was expecting, there were some heavy-handed notions of existentialism thrown in. Took a while to get around their grizzled dialects to understand them. Both Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson were great, they had great material to work with, and Rafe was appropriately slimy and hilarious.