Every year some truly great performances go unrewarded. Even high profile movies can play host to some of the most tragic snubs (such as Malcolm McDowell as "Alex" in A Clockwork Orange and more recently Sharon Warren as Ray's mother in Ray). For the great year of 2006, which performance that will undoubtably go unrecognized do you believe most deserves a nomination?
My Pick:
Kazunari Ninomiya as "Saigo" in Letters From Iwo Jima.
there will undoubtably be alot my picks are
steve carel in little miss sunshine
ken watanabe in letters from iwa jima
adam beach in flags of our fathers
united 93 for best picture and best director
aaron echhart for thank you for smoking
ben affleck for hollywood land
michael sheen for the queen
angelina jolie the good shepard
robert deniro the good shepard
but unfortunatly this years biggest snub will go to matt damon despite his best performances to date in the departed and in the good shepard.
MY BIG ONE Jack Nicholson for the departed
didnt United 93 get the director nom?
Matt Damon for everything.
Ben Affleck for Hollywoodland
Jack Nicholson for The Departed
Steve Carell and Paul Dano for Little Miss Sunshine
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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon!
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It was high time a Bond film got some nominations if you ask me. Not that I'm saying previous Bond films were deserving, but why dismiss Casino Royale – which IS – just because of those? Compare the lack of nominations here with the BAFTAs and others in the run-up to the Oscars. I would have thought a Best Adapted Screenplay nod at least (Borat?!?!? What's THAT about?). A 50-year-old misogynist treatise novella is transformed into a modern, relevant but crowd-pleasing feature-length drama while retaining author Fleming's original vision – pretty impressive adaptation to my mind (and a cracking script by any standards). Never mind the performances (The Devil Wears Prada?!?!? Meryl Streep would get nominated for her passport photo, for crying out loud!)
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Science of Sleep for Art Direction would be more appropriate.
Though it also deserved best screenplay and best actor (Gael Garcia is amazing).
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matt damon for...well....everything he was in. They snubbed him before with the talented mr ripley and they're doing it again.
-bound by grief i walk alone in the shadows-
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Children of men was indeed shamelessly overlooked, as well as Michael Sheen who absolutely blew me away in The Queen, even more so than Helen Mirren (not that her perfomance wasn't very impressive and Oscar-worthy).
And I would have preferred to see Steve Carrell nominated for Little Miss Sunshine, instead of Alan Arkin.
Oh, and The Prestige, which is to me one of the best films of the past year, should have gotten a few more nods, imo.
I also feel sorry for Notes on a Scandal, which is a splendid, wonderful movie bursting with great perfomances (not in the least from Judi Dench, but overall the cast is very good), but I fear will go home from the ceremony empty-handed.
"You have bewitched me body and soul"
mmmmrdarcy, I'm responding because your signature is quite possibly the most romantic line in films.
Children of Men is a masterpiece, and its exclusion is one of the most inexcusable Oscar snubs of all time.
On that note, I really liked Clive Owen. The role of Theo isn't a flashy one, but he just gets so deep into his role it's sort of a miracle. Watching him envoked the same feeling I got when I say Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca, which is really magical.
I know that everyone loved Forrest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland, but personally I prefer the more subtle performances, so I think that James McAvoy should've gotten a Best Supporting Actor nod, even though he probably has more scenes than Whitaker. The way he delivers the line, "You're a child. That's what makes you so f___ing scary," is just so chilling. And you know what? He's right.
Maggie Gyllenhaal was amazing in the slightly wobbly drama Sherrybaby. To see an actress go so far and do it so fearlessly, you can almost feel a star being born.
Did he train you? Did he rehearse you? Did he tell you *exactly* what to do, what to say?!
tenacious d and the pick of destiny: what great music. it deserved a nod at least.
shareDamon and DiCaprio in The Departed for Best Actor.
Nicholsen, Baldwin, and Sheen in The Departed for Supporting Actor.
Affleck in Hollywoodland.
Children of Men for Best Picture.
Can't think of much else.
Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio for The Departed
Paul Dano, Greg Kinnear, and Steve Carell for Best Supporting Actor in "Little Miss Sunshine"
Why dont you kiss Johnny Depp? Dont make me f-cking sick Im gonna vomit if you carry on like that
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Not to mention the Academy's stubborn tendency to not nominate performances in Foreign Language or Animated Films. I think Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, and even more members of the cast of "Pan's Labyrinth" should have been nominated for their work.
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