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Michael A
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 Re: Best Actor 2009 My personal view:
Frontrunners
1. George Clooney- Up In the Air
2. Morgan Freeman- Invictus
Likely Candidates
3. Daniel Day Lewis- Nine
4. Colin firth- A Single Man
Just don't know much after that. I think those four are very likely at this point though.
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snack
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Re: Best Actor 2009 John Savage wrote: Just don't know much
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Michael A
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Re: Best Actor 2009 snackwyck wrote: John Savage wrote: Just don't know much oh you are soooo clever. I don't really mind if you insult me, but couldn't you at least be somewhat clever and funny while doing it? _________________Mr. R wrote: Malcolm wrote: You seem to think threatening violence against people is perfectly okay because you feel offended by their words, so that's kind of telling in itself. Exactly. If they don't know how to behave, and feel OK offending others, they get their ass kicked, so they'll think next time before opening their rotten mouths.
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David
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Re: Best Actor 2009 John Savage wrote: My personal view:
Frontrunners
1. George Clooney- Up In the Air
2. Morgan Freeman- Invictus
Likely Candidates
3. Daniel Day Lewis- Nine
4. Colin firth- A Single Man
Just don't know much after that. I think those four are very likely at this point though. Maybe Michael Stuhlbarg for A Serious Man... or is he just too unknown? _________________   1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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Michael A
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Re: Best Actor 2009 idk, from all the talk I'm hearing about single man, it seems the overall cast is great but there is no real stand-out. I haven't heard any buzz to implicate that his role is really grabbing eyes, but maybe it won't really need to.
_________________Mr. R wrote: Malcolm wrote: You seem to think threatening violence against people is perfectly okay because you feel offended by their words, so that's kind of telling in itself. Exactly. If they don't know how to behave, and feel OK offending others, they get their ass kicked, so they'll think next time before opening their rotten mouths.
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Samwise
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Re: Best Actor 2009 George Clooney "Up in the Air"
Colin Firth "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman "Invictus"
Viggo Mortensen "The Road"
Jeremy Renner "The Hurt Locker"
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Re: Best Actor 2009 Bridges is definitely picking up a lot of steam for Crazy Heart. I think Clooney, Firth, and him are locks at this point.
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Best Actor 2009 Right now I'm thinking it's Freeman, Clooney, Firth, Renner and Bridges. Daniel Day Lewis being the 6th-spot candidate right now.
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Jonathan
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Re: Best Actor 2009 Dr. Lecter wrote: Right now I'm thinking it's Freeman, Clooney, Firth, Renner and Bridges. Daniel Day Lewis being the 6th-spot candidate right now. Yes and yes.
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Magic Mike
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Re: Best Actor 2009 Yeah, Bridges has a good shot for CRAZY HEART. There is buzz about his performance, and it's from Fox Searchlight. Last year they scored Mickey Rourke a nomination for THE WRESTLER, which this kind of reminds me of. It would be cool if Maggie could get a nomination too. http://content.foxsearchlight.com/inside/node/4133
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Shack
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Re: Best Actor 2009 Not sure if I'm confident in Freeman. I think 10 years ago he runs away with the Oscar, but the academy in general has been wise towards these obviously baity attempts in the acting categories and elsewhere. My shit detector is going off for Invictus in general. Definitely seems like the Memoirs, Australia, Flags of Our Fathers, etc. as one of the earliest names we knew and one of the biggest misfires. And after his streak, I think Clint has deservingly gone cold for a while
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Best Actor 2009 Shack wrote: Not sure if I'm confident in Freeman. I think 10 years ago he runs away with the Oscar, but the academy in general has been wise towards these obviously baity attempts in the acting categories and elsewhere. My shit detector is going off for Invictus in general. Definitely seems like the Memoirs, Australia, Flags of Our Fathers, etc. as one of the earliest names we knew and one of the biggest misfires. And after his streak, I think Clint has deservingly gone cold for a while We already had that - Amelia. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Shack
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Re: Best Actor 2009 Poor Morgan Freeman, everyone knew he had one shot at an Oscar dominating Nelson Mandela role and he waited ample time for it, except he picked a crappy script and senile director. Oh well he already has an Oscar anyways
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Best Actor 2009 I would never rule out Eastwood this much in advance. Had Gran Torino been released three weeks earlier it'd have been a bigger figure in the Oscar race last time.
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Samwise
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Re: Best Actor 2009 Jeff Bridges "Crazy Heart"
George Clooney "Up In The Air"
Colin Firth "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman "Invictus"
Jeremy Renner "The Hurt Locker"
It seems like its going to be these 5, I just don't see anyone else breaking that.
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Re: Best Actor 2009 You forgot Sam Worthington.
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Re: Best Actor 2009 yoshue wrote: You forgot Sam Worthington. Yes! _________________In order of preference: Christian, Argos MadGez wrote: Briefs. Am used to them and boxers can get me in trouble it seems. Too much room and maybe the silkiness have created more than one awkward situation. My Box-Office Blog: http://boxofficetracker.blogspot.com/
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Re: Best Actor 2009 Clooney, Bridges, Firth, and Freeman are all pretty much locked in at this point; the last spot is between Renner, Mortenson, Day-Lewis, and Stuhlbarg. It'd be cool if something more surprising snuck in.
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Best Actor 2009 I don't think DDL has any chance whatsoever.
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Re: Best Actor 2009 I think Bridges has this one. Critics are praising the performance as his career best, so it's not as if being overdue is the principle reason for consideration here like O'Toole several years ago.
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Re: Best Actor 2009 Dr. Lecter wrote: I don't think DDL has any chance whatsoever. If he gets in, it's just because he's -Daniel Day-Lewis-. The performance itself, while decent, isn't deserving of accolades. Viggo Mortensen, however, is AMAZING in The Road--on both emotional and physical levels. Damn it, Academy, nominate it! _________________1. The Lost City of Z - 2. A Cure for Wellness - 3. Phantom Thread - 4. T2 Trainspotting - 5. Detroit - 6. Good Time - 7. The Beguiled - 8. The Florida Project - 9. Logan and 10. Molly's Game
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