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In Reply to: Re: Industry awards posted by Bulkington on March 02, 2004 at 07:27:38:
But I don't get your last statement. If you mean that LOTR garnered no acting nominees, then that is an oversight by the Academy, for Sir Ian McKellen put in a marvelous performance as Gandalf and has received no noteriety whatever. Still, he didn't sulk like a little boy, he was at the Awards in total support of the film and Jackson.I feel that many times the popularity of a film can work against it also, but I haven't taken the time to search for examples, though I'm sure they exist.
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While I think McKellen is among the best living actors and therefore among the most underrecognized, he was working with a lot of foils in LoTR, or at least with a lot of actors foiled by stilted dialogue. He's turned out much better performances elsewhere for which he should have been recognized. As I recall he got a nomination for Gods and Monsters. Who beat him out that year?As for my nomination, I saw no clear standouts this year and have yet to see all the nominees ( 21 Grams and Monster , for example) and anyway have given up investing myself in the process. I will say, though, that I thought Kill Bill 's not even getting a nomination for Best Editing was criminal. That was one of the best edited films I've seen (and much to my surprise).
I thought Penn's performance in Mistic River was overstated (friends who've seen 21 Grams say he should have been nominated for that performance instead, but you honor Eastwood by honoring him for his performance in the former, and we know how desperate the Accademy is to honor unhonored favorites). I wonder if Philip Seymour Hoffman will ever get the recognition he deserves.
He was fantastic in " Gods and Monster ". A brillant performance.
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