Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Bulkington (A) on March 02, 2004 at 11:05:31

In Reply to: I concur in part. posted by dennzio on March 02, 2004 at 10:26:11:

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.