Fair point. Huppert, Riva, & Rampling were all old, foreign, and in films that the Academy nominates but rarely rewards. But I while Glenn Close is not foreign, she is old (at least, she is older than Huppert and Rampling when they got their nomination) and The Wife is also a movie that the Academy nominates but rarely rewards.Precious Doll wrote
Huppert, Riva & Rampling were/are all old, foreign and in films that the Academy nominates but rarely reawards. Though Huppert has dabbled in American cinema little of it is memorable. Riva was only primarily known for Hiroshima mon amour. Charlotte Rampling's work in the American cinema has been generally underwhelming. Her best work has primarily been in mainland European cinema. On top of that they were all received their first and to date only nominations, whereas Moore was up to her fifth nomination and has churned out so many films over the last 25 years, a number of which were high profile to the Academy.
Yes, Julianne Moore was up to her fifth nomination. We can't know if she would have won if she was up against Brie Larson for Room or Emma Stone for La La Land or Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook. I personally don't think so, but sure, we don't know. My point is that Julianne Moore was due, but she wasn't old (early 50's) and also she didn't seem old. And nobody thought "This might be the last chance we get to honor Julianne Moore." But the sense that I get from people discussing Glenn Close is that this is her career achievement Oscar. I don't think this the Academy has used Best Actress to do that since Jessica Tandy for Driving Miss Daisy.
Here's another thing that shouldn't matter but maybe it does. I was going to say "But Glenn Close hasn't been nominated since the 1980's!" But that's not true. She was nominated for Albert Nobbs. If I was quizzed on every acting nomination of this decade, the one that I would 100% forget would be that one. I'm sure of it. I absolutely positive that if I forget that one person was nominated for one performance, it's that one. We had the same talk in 2011 about how this is going to be the year they finally give it to Glenn Close and it didn't happen.
I haven't seen The Wife. I'm sure she's better in it than in Albert Nobbs. The only point I'm trying to make is this Academy is younger, they are more diverse, and the impression that I get is that they are not interested in correcting past mistakes so much as trailblazing a new future.
Exactly my point.MaxWilder wrote
I dunno. Are voters under 40 really that bothered that Glenn Close doesn’t have an Oscar? Glenn Close is their mom’s favorite actress, not theirs.