http://theenvelope.latimes.com/buzz/buz ... .htmlstory

Yay for Jennifer Garner appearing in so many critics top fives for her perfomance.

Laughable lists...James McAvoy and Johnny Depp above Clooney and Mortensen there?

Philip Seymour Hoffman above Wilkinson and Affleck?

Garner above Keener and Redgrave?

Its a large panel of critics, Lecter.
Like a Zietgiest of opinion from the industry
it changes every week, this is the first week Garner has made it.

Philip Seymour Hoffman is one of the most talented actors in Hollywood, and Johnny Depp's performance is being touted the best in his career. Tell me what about George Clooney's performance in Michael Clayton was any different from anything he's ever done.

I thought it was more about predictions, not quality.

in that case, you got me. except...Mortenson is behind both Depp and McAvoy in my opinion, since their films are up for BP while his isn't.

No way. Mortensen is being nominated prety much everyhwre and where has McAvoy shown up yet except for the Globes?

maybe not McAvoy as far as awards stuff goes, but he does have the advantage of having a likely BP nom at his back, whereas EP probably won't get anything aside from Original Screenplay. Depp is definitely ahead of Mortenson, though...he's been winning more than Mortenson has [not that it matters; this is maybe the most wrapped-up category at the Oscars, only after Supporting Actor]

BP has little to do with Best Actor noms. See last year: Four of the five Best Actor nominees were the only nominations for their respective films (Only DiCaprio's Blood Diamond received four other noms, though none of the was for Best Picture. Whitaker, O'Toole, Gosling and Smith were the only nominees from their films).

I know they don't go hand-in-hand, but having a BP nom at your back can only help if you're fighting with someone for a spot. Then again, that should've meant that Leo would've gotten in for "Departed," not "Blood Diamond," so my argument seems to have no validity.