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Clooney deserved the Best Supporting Actor for THIS

posted 11 years ago by zzzoeb
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I love Clooney for his charisma and his acting credentials and I love him for his talent in direction as well. But I am just wondering....why did he win an Oscar for Syriana? I mean, it was a great, great film and Clooney was pretty good. But sorry, he was not Oscar material. Matt Damon, Alexander Siddig and Jeffrey Wright were way, way better than him.

Now, look at GNAGL. Clooney not only did a fab job with direction and scripting but he also acted quite well as Fred Friendly. He was the optimistic, cheerful and supportive sidekick to David Straitharn's dark-edged, brooding hero. He played his part with equal doses of charm, humor, warmth and poignancy.

So, even if the Academy did not want George to win the Best Director trophy, they could have handed him a Supporting Actor prize for this? How about it?

[–] PhoenixPhuck 10 years ago

Syriana is not good.

Even the most primitive society has an innate respect for the insane.

[–] koffeenkreame41-1 10 years ago

I think he definitely deserved the Oscar for Syriana, he was one of the highlights of that film. In GN&GL, he's really good but I wouldn't say Oscar worthy. IMHO he gave a much better performance in Up in the Air.

"I am the ultimate badass, you do not wanna `*beep*` wit me!"- Hudson in Aliens.

[–] one8teen 10 years ago

I didn't like Syriana and Clooney only won because he gained weight and grew a beard. He was better in GNAGL, if nominated for that he would have still won.