tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post1838201050649008608..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Oscar Got It Wrong: Best Actor 1970SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-24043342125303566322020-06-13T10:21:04.142-05:002020-06-13T10:21:04.142-05:00Yeah--it is very much a solid performance in a ver...Yeah--it is very much a solid performance in a very off year.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-41343195231612539712020-06-04T02:36:05.270-05:002020-06-04T02:36:05.270-05:00I am weak year George C. Scott wins hands down.I am weak year George C. Scott wins hands down.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-78204457487459801812017-01-16T19:45:04.759-06:002017-01-16T19:45:04.759-06:00Brewster McCloud is one I haven't seen, so I c...<i>Brewster McCloud</i> is one I haven't seen, so I can't comment.<br /><br />I think there are potentially multiple right choices for this year. While there are stronger years, there are a lot of performances that could be successfully argued for.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-14499949620398555872017-01-16T19:43:33.756-06:002017-01-16T19:43:33.756-06:00A real tough call between your top two choices bec...A real tough call between your top two choices because they are such different movies and different types of performances. I'm such a big fan of Nicholson in one of the defining movies of 70's filmmaking, but Scott as Patton is both iconic and great. My extreme dark horse in this category might be Bud Cort in Brewster McCloud, one of my all-time favorite cult movies. 1001: A Film Odyssey is produced, directed and written by Chris, a librarian.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04803620768028761898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-41209465756296741912017-01-16T19:40:23.779-06:002017-01-16T19:40:23.779-06:00Stella Stevens will get her moment here when I get...Stella Stevens will get her moment here when I get to 1970 Actresses, of course. And I agree completely. <i>Women in Love</i> is one that I haven't seen yet, mainly because I can't find it. I'm holding out hope for it. <br /><br />Gould and Sutherland are fair mentions. With an ensemble cast, it's harder for me to justify a lead actor or actress, and <i>M*A*S*H</i> is the epitome of an ensemble cast. I don't hate the nominations as an idea, though.<br /><br />I don't take any real issue with Melvyn Douglas for the win, either. He's the best thing in a movie with a trio of excellent performances. Gene Hackman and Estelle Parsons are both tremendous in their roles, but Douglas was the right nomination. <br /><br />My top three here are the three nominations I'd definitely keep. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-83886958178902000702017-01-16T19:34:21.592-06:002017-01-16T19:34:21.592-06:00I agree and disagree here but it's a tough cat...I agree and disagree here but it's a tough category because those top three performances are all really amazingly great. <br /><br />I can't even be bothered with Love Story. If ever two actors benefited from the smash success of their film it's O'Neal and Ali MacGraw. I thought they both stank and the picture was the essence of meh. But I remember the fervor with which it was embraced when it was out, one of my cousins saw if over a dozen times! I barely made it through once.<br /><br />James Earl Jones is a great actor, as is Jane Alexander, and both were fine in Great White Hope but I hated the film and wasn't that bowled over by either in it.<br /><br />Now about those top three. My personal preference would be Melvyn Douglas but both George C. and Nicholson wouldn't be bad choices.<br /><br />I didn't enjoy Five Easy Pieces, I'm not sure it was constructed to be enjoyed but this is one of the Nicholson performances I admire most along with Chinatown. GCS is a force in Patton I was simply more moved by Douglas.<br /><br />About who's missing. <br /><br />I wouldn't have minded seeing both Elliott Gould and Donald Sutherland make it in for M*A*S*H. <br /><br />Something that's always befuddled me is how Glenda Jackson won all the attention in Women in Love when her performance is really supporting, she's good though she's been better elsewhere and Alan Bates to me is the real focus and delivers the showpiece work so how she made it into and won Lead Actress, which speaking of Ballad of Cable Hogue should have gone to Stella Stevens, and Bates got nothing is a puzzler.<br /><br />I'd also consider George Segal in Loving and I agree about Jason Robards in Cable Hogue. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com