Comments on: An Oscar for Gary? http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/24/an-oscar-for-gary/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:47:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Mark Engblom http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/24/an-oscar-for-gary/#comment-2531905 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:29:17 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/24/an-oscar-for-gary/#comment-2531905 I'd nominate Downey Jr. over Ledger any day of the week. Oldman? Please. I’d nominate Downey Jr. over Ledger any day of the week. Oldman? Please.

]]> by: Herr Mike http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/24/an-oscar-for-gary/#comment-2531469 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:35:12 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/24/an-oscar-for-gary/#comment-2531469 Downey Jr and Ledger gave great performances. Oldman was miscast, if you ask me. Since when is Gordon the soft spoken sensitive type? Downey Jr and Ledger gave great performances. Oldman was miscast, if you ask me. Since when is Gordon the soft spoken sensitive type?

]]> by: Neeb http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/24/an-oscar-for-gary/#comment-2519131 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:14:01 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/24/an-oscar-for-gary/#comment-2519131 Eh, no. Someone at Variety needs to watch more movies from before 1999 if they think this article has any validity. Eh, no.

Someone at Variety needs to watch more movies from before 1999 if they think this article has any validity.

]]> by: Charles Knight http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/24/an-oscar-for-gary/#comment-2518599 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:52:29 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/24/an-oscar-for-gary/#comment-2518599 Let's be honest - there are some good performances in those films but *oscar* worthy? give me a break.... Charlize Theron in “Hancock”??? Now I enjoyed that film but deserving of awards? Let’s be honest - there are some good performances in those films but *oscar* worthy? give me a break….

Charlize Theron in “Hancock”???

Now I enjoyed that film but deserving of awards?

]]> by: Tom Spurgeon http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/24/an-oscar-for-gary/#comment-2518340 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:16:29 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/24/an-oscar-for-gary/#comment-2518340 If someone is in some conceivable way arguably not the lead, which can be for as flimsy a reason as because they're young or because their name isn't in the title, the Awards basically lets studios nudge them into supporting categories if they want. Studios like doing this sometimes because it increases the chances for a win. If they choose to do so, no one's going to get in the way of them doing it for Heath Ledger because you end up being the person standing in the way of a well-liked dead person. I found the vast majority of the performances listed above ordinary to terrible, so I'm surprised they're not at all receiving Academy Awards nominations. If someone is in some conceivable way arguably not the lead, which can be for as flimsy a reason as because they’re young or because their name isn’t in the title, the Awards basically lets studios nudge them into supporting categories if they want. Studios like doing this sometimes because it increases the chances for a win. If they choose to do so, no one’s going to get in the way of them doing it for Heath Ledger because you end up being the person standing in the way of a well-liked dead person.

I found the vast majority of the performances listed above ordinary to terrible, so I’m surprised they’re not at all receiving Academy Awards nominations.

]]> by: Greg http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/24/an-oscar-for-gary/#comment-2518187 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:10:26 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/24/an-oscar-for-gary/#comment-2518187 Why is Ledger considering a supporting actor rather than a lead? Why is Ledger considering a supporting actor rather than a lead?

]]> by: Joe Lawler http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/24/an-oscar-for-gary/#comment-2518121 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:49:46 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/24/an-oscar-for-gary/#comment-2518121 I bet Downey Jr. will get a Golden Globe nom for Iron Man. I doubt The Dark Knight will get doubled up for supporting actor. That's probably a good thing, since two actors nominated for the same film tend to split the vote. I bet Downey Jr. will get a Golden Globe nom for Iron Man. I doubt The Dark Knight will get doubled up for supporting actor. That’s probably a good thing, since two actors nominated for the same film tend to split the vote.

]]> by: Kevin Johns http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/24/an-oscar-for-gary/#comment-2517929 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:51:05 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/24/an-oscar-for-gary/#comment-2517929 They list Gwyneth Paltrow in Iron Man as a great performance? Sorry, but spending the last twenty minutes of a movie standing on a street shouting into a phone isn't exactly Oscar worthy. They list Gwyneth Paltrow in Iron Man as a great performance? Sorry, but spending the last twenty minutes of a movie standing on a street shouting into a phone isn’t exactly Oscar worthy.

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