Do or Die
This morning's Golden Globe nominations need to address -- symbolically correct or balance out -- some of the omissions in the awards handed out by the New York Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and in the nominations announced by the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
I've Loved You So Long's Kristin Scott Thomas has to be nominated for Best Actress, or else. Kate Winslet has be nominated in that same category for her work in Revolutionary Road, or her candidacy is in very serious trouble. The great Michael Shannon, the live-wire prophet of Revolutionary Road, has to be nominated or Best Supporting Actor or a shouting, torch-carrying mob will congregate outside Hollywood Foreign Press headquarters this evening.
If Josh Brolin is honored by the Globers for his Milk supporting performance as the homicidal Dan White (for which he's already won trophies from the NYFCC and LAFCA), he's all but locked to be nominated by the Academy as well. Not just for Milk, I believe, but also for his brilliant and ultimately sympathetic turn as our current president in W.
What other omissions, shortcomings or political teeter-totterers need to be addressed?
I've always expressed measured admiration and whole-hog respect for Sally Hawkins ' spirited performance in Happy Go Lucky. I'm just asking (and I think it's fair to at least ask this) -- shouldn't the fact that her Poppy character is infuriating to so many of us (i.e., people with my approximate attitudes and prejudices) be a factor in determining award-worthiness?
The HE mantra isn't "stop Sally Hawkins" -- it's "love and admire Hawkins, loathe and despise Poppy" (except for the final goodbye scene with Eddie Marsan and the follow-up scene in the rowboat on the lake, which are quite astounding).
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 11, 2008 at 6:23 AM
comment #1
cinefan
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When assessing a performance, I try very hard to distinguish how I feel about the character from how I feel about the actor's work inhabiting that character. I absolutely despise Ben Kingsley's character in Sexy Beast, for example, but I can see the brilliance in Kingsley's performance (same goes for Joe Pesci in GoodFellas). If an actor or actress gives a brilliant performance, I don't think the fact that they play an annoying or hated character should be held against them when it comes to award time (just my two cents...).
Posted by cinefan
at December 11, 2008 6:47 AM
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spoonbill
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You're going to have to wait for the SAG nominations to see Michael Shannon recognized, Jeff. Even the HFPA, which dug Revolutionary Road, passed him over for Tom Cruise's noxious Jewish-studio-chief drag act in TROPIC THUNDER.
Posted by spoonbill
at December 11, 2008 7:08 AM
comment #3
NDH
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Wow. Huge surges for The Reader and Revolutionary Road, while Milk and The Dark Knight seem to be fading away. Nice to see the love for In Bruges, and I have to say the best surprises might be the nominations of Franco for Pineapple Express and Rebecca Hall for VCB.
Posted by NDH
at December 11, 2008 7:13 AM
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actionman
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Happy Go Lucky just gets better and better the more I think about it. It's been over three weeks since I've seen it and I feel like I have just left the theater.
The scene with Hawkins at Marsan at the end of the film is probably the best single scene in any movie this year. And yes, Wells, the rowboat finale is wonderful.
Posted by actionman
at December 11, 2008 8:44 AM
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televisiontears
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The Wire gets shit on once again. I guess at this point, if it was nominated for its final season, it would just be a slap in the face. Freaking House and True Blood got noms over probably the best television series there's ever been. True Blood! The Emmy's and the Globes have long been irrelevant to me for these constant snubs.
Oh, and Tropic Thunder: 2, Dark Knight: 1. Interesting...
Posted by televisiontears
at December 11, 2008 1:14 PM
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janee
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