I still can't believe Spacek didn't win the Oscar for this - In the Bedroom (2002) Discussion

[–] mjensen-3 17 years ago

Halle Berry gave the best performance of 2001. It was a fluke, but it was the best.

Halle hasn't done sh!t after than win. I think we can agree on that.

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[–] larkpraise 17 years ago

The only reason that Halle Barry won the Oscar over Spacek (who won everything else except the SAG which Barry won and whom the Oscars always play follow the leader), is because the Oscars, who are always political, were playing double politics that year with Sidney Poitier (extremely deserving of the honorary Oscar), Denzel Washington (Winner for best actor but not deserving that year) and so they had to give it Berry to go right along with Poitier and Washington. Spacek was expected to win (and should have won) but things changed dramatically after the SAGs and Berry gained the momentum. But Spacek won everything else, including the New York Film Critic's Award which she has done four times....something no other actress can lay claim to!

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[–] lword1970 17 years ago

pulease !!! the thought that the academy was bending over for blacks in 2001 was rediculous. Helle and denzel had the best performances that year. Why is it when a black person wins people always want to analysze and find reasons and downgrade the victory. amalyze why Fatal attraction was nominated for best picture if you need something to do. sissy spacek is an amazing actress yes but her performance and the role she played was not head and shoulders above halle berry's role and performance. she is obviously the better actress but that does not equate to the better performance each and everytime out. I saw both films in the theatre and first i will say I thought the character Halle played was just a meatier more tragic, layered character so that right there sets it apart. There was nothing clearly special about Spacek's performance. plenty of other well qualified actresses could have played that role with their eyes closed. yes she deserved the nomination but not to win - I thought she had the 4th best performance out of the 5 nominated ladies that year.

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[–] trokarian72032 17 years ago

Sissy wasn't in this movie enough. She should have been a supporting actress. The star of this movie was Tom Wilkinson. Anyway, Naomi Watts gave the best performance by any actor or actress in 2001 for Mulholland Drive. The problem was that she was not nominated for the Oscar.

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[–] rudeboy_murray 17 years ago

I didn't have a problem with Halle Berry's win. Worse performances have been handed oscars, and she was by far the best thing about a ridiculous movie, emerging with dignity from that ham-fisted, cliche-ridden script. Spacek was much better, however. In the Bedroom has problems - I don't like the jarring turn into high melodrama, and William Mapother's character and performance are as poorly conceived as anything in Monster's Ball. But Spacek, Wilkinson, Tomei and Stahl all give beautiful, moving performances and are all award worthy.

The best leading female performance of 2001 was given by Naomi Watts in Mulholland Dr. who, criminally, was not even nominated.

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[–] Dunn_Purnsley 17 years ago

Give me a break, this is the only note Spacek can play, the weepy, greiving wife/mother. Why does an actress with no range desrve an Oscar?

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[–] ManWithoutFriends 17 years ago

in my opinion all four other nominees were better than halle berry, including nicole kidman's performance in "moulin rouge" which i've never particularly liked (she wasn't bad, but compared to her knockout performance in "the others" she was pretty average).
sissy should definately have won that year in my opinion.

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[–] nutsberryfarm 9 years ago

she broke a plate. what range.

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[–] trevor2010 17 years ago

It was because of this category that I have not watched the Oscars since.
There were a number of factors at work that conspired to push Spacek's stellar performance out of the way in favour of Berry.
Spacek's quiet, controlled, underlying seethingness outshone all of the other nominees. She is and always will be a gifted actress.
Berry's over the top performance, though good, was key in her winning - over the top, melodramatic performances always get the attention, and thus the glory.
It wasn't until 'Monster's Ball' was in wide release, after the Golden Globes, that the push was on for Berry. If Berry was so deserving of the Oscar, then she should have won the Golden Globe, sans press.
As in sports, momentum at awards time is key. Spacek had it and Berry took it - end of the line for Spacek.
In the end, does it really matter? You cannot award somebody something based on their art because it is so subjective. Both are good actresses. However, there are millions of critics out there who each have their opinion.

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[–] daughterofolaf 9 years ago

I completely agree and will say no more about the Oscars for 2001.

Spacek did great--my absolute favorite scene is when she is talking to that lady (can't recall whether they are family or friends or what) who makes a comment about how many kids there are in her family and how there is no chance of her family "dying out" and then she stops and begins to cry because she realizes what she said and how it could be taken considering that Spacek's character's only child is dead.

Spacek's facial reaction to that whole thing was amazing. And just the way she tried to comfort the lady over it and reassure her that what she said is okay and she didn't take it the wrong way...so very sad and brilliant.

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[–] goldpink23 8 years ago

Halle Berry's win was a joke.

Not to me it isn't but more importantly the academy thought Halle Berry's performance was in fact the most Outstanding/Best in that category that year.

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[–] OldFriendOfTheChristys 8 years ago

The more I watch this film, the more I agree with this sentiment. I’m not saying Berry wan’t good in Monster’s Ball, but Spacek’s performance in ITB is so much subtler. More textured. The film as a whole should’ve been recognized more by the Academy, considering it didn’t walk away with a single win.

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