Charlotte deserved the Oscar
Beautiful, understated performance. And this is someone who quite enjoyed Brie Larson in Room. But I think that Oscar should have been handed to Charlotte.
shareI agree. She was amazing.
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Can't disagree there. What Brie Larson did with "Room" was truly incredible and a sign that she'll mature into an incredible actress, but so much of what Charlotte Rampling accomplished with just her eyes and body language is as emotionally devastating now as it was five months ago when I first saw "45 Years" at AFI Fest.
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Hey, Patrick,
I saw it for the first time at AFI as well. It was the second screening of it they had (1pm on a Thursday). It was my last screening at the festival and it turned out to be my favorite film of the year. Rampling gave the year's best and most quietly devastating performance.
I always seem to bump into your posts here, and more often than not, I agree with them!
Agree.
shareI loved Ms. Larson in Room, and am not upset she won the Oscar. But I think she won it in part because enough voters saw her role as more physically challenging, which is understandable but not really what I would choose as an overriding metric for the award.
Charlotte Rampling's performance was the more accomplished and persuasive, effective in subtle expressiveness. Most years she may have won it.
Having said that my own choice for best performance last year was Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn. Now that was an incredible performance. Imo Ms. Ronan beat out Ms. Rampling there, even if not by much.
Finally saw 45 Years on cable last night. Ramping was phenomenal. But I'm with you re Saoirse Ronan. She was perfection and her performance makes me cry every time I watch her, which is like 8 times at this point!
shareBrie Larson was decent in "Room," but Charlotte Rampling was devastatingly effective in "45 Years."
shareI'm watching '45 years' now and i'lll have to disagree with you all, mostly because I couldn't sympathize with the character. her husband's life before her was none of her business, so her being mopey and devastated reminds me of a spoiled child. it doesn't matter her great her performance is (which it's not) it's completely irrelevant because it's not earned. she has no right to behave the way she does, but if she handled the news rationally and maturely i guess we wouldn't have a film right?
sharelet it go, charlotte had a great career, it was only an oscar
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