tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post8913685318274120487..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Oscar Got It Wrong!: Best Actress 1985SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-13209937431437062212023-04-22T15:50:54.167-05:002023-04-22T15:50:54.167-05:00Watch Sweet Dreams if you get the chance. It's...Watch <i>Sweet Dreams</i> if you get the chance. It's pretty great.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-63366022581968774982023-04-13T00:38:57.852-05:002023-04-13T00:38:57.852-05:00My Top 5:
1. Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple
2. ...My Top 5:<br />1. Whoopi Goldberg, The Color Purple<br />2. Meryl Streep, Out of Africa<br />3. Geraldine Page, Trip to Bountiful<br />4. Cher, Mask<br />5. Mia Farrow, Purple Rose of Cairo Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787952121452747801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-90208484598102698022016-11-05T15:25:17.663-05:002016-11-05T15:25:17.663-05:00I don't mind Whoopi Goldberg, but I have a gen...I don't mind Whoopi Goldberg, but I have a genuine distaste for <i>The Color Purple</i>, a movie whose central message seems to be that men are either weak, bad, or both. She's good in an unpleasant role for me, and I don't always recognize the quality of the acting when I have such an intense dislike of the film. <br /><br />I agree on Bancroft, but I think it's one of her better performances. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-50318112640101890632016-11-05T14:33:12.970-05:002016-11-05T14:33:12.970-05:00For me, the only Oscar nominee I truly loved was G...For me, the only Oscar nominee I truly loved was Goldberg. I thought her performance was about as perfect as they come. That being said, she wouldn't be my winner. That would be Grazyna Szapolowska for her tremendous work in No End. My ballot would probably look like this:<br /><br />Cher<br />Farrow<br />Goldberg<br />Szapolowska<br />Turner<br /><br />I thought that Bancroft gave a great performance, but she's arguably Supporting (Tily was nominated there).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-86062813461367518942016-11-04T20:43:31.899-05:002016-11-04T20:43:31.899-05:00I'll add 'em to the list. One of the benef...I'll add 'em to the list. One of the benefits of doing these posts on Fridays is that I get told about movies that I've missed that aren't on any of my various lists.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-54340817932891442732016-11-04T18:24:11.548-05:002016-11-04T18:24:11.548-05:00I highly recommend Dance with a Stranger, both of ...I highly recommend Dance with a Stranger, both of her costars Rupert Everett and Ian Holm are very good in the film but Richardson is electric playing Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain. It was her screen debut and how it didn't make her a major star is still beyond me.<br /><br />Dreamchild is more diffuse but still worth checking out. Coral Browne plays Alice Liddell, who when she was a girl was Lewis Carroll's inspiration for Alice in Wonderland. She's now an old woman thinking back on their relationship. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-65088841702460354562016-11-04T13:47:25.510-05:002016-11-04T13:47:25.510-05:00I can't say I'm terribly upset at Page'...I can't say I'm terribly upset at Page's win. It's a hell of a good performance. I also agree that the biggest problems with Lange's performance don't actually come from her. Both actresses feel real in their roles, and that's why they work.<br /><br /><i>Dance with a Stranger</i> and <i>Dreamchild</i> are ones I don't know. I didn't mention Bonham Carter in part because I didn't love the film. Farrow's omission is an absolute mystery to me. She's magnificent in a very sympathetic role. It seems like everything Oscar wants.<br /><br />And yes, Madeline Kahn now and forever. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-80968487199716554372016-11-04T13:40:32.546-05:002016-11-04T13:40:32.546-05:00Interesting choice and not the one I expected to c...Interesting choice and not the one I expected to come out on top. <br /><br />I thought it would Gerry Page who out of these nominees would be my choice just because of the depth of the performance which I know is usually a given with her work but as you mentioned she makes sure we understand Carrie Watts and she really creates a fully realized woman. <br /><br />However I love Jessica Lange in Sweet Dreams. Like Page she doesn't make Patsy a plaster saint but a thorny, passionate interesting woman who happened to have an enormous gift. The lip-synch thing is noticable at times but the director should have been more cognizant of that during shooting, it's not like they could have used anyone else's voice in the film! A small side note-where were the nominations for the incredibly strong work for Lange's costars Ed Harris and especially Ann Wedgeworth as her mother.<br /><br />But outside of them I would say the line-up isn't filled with the best work that was out there this year. Aside from the total head-scratcher omission of Mia Farrow, which is just a staggering miss particularly for a Woody Allen film I'd second Norma Aleandro in The Official Story and Cher in Mask and add Helena Bonham Carter in A Room with a View and Coral Browne in Dreamchild. <br /><br />But the true miss and the woman who I expected to not only be nominated but to win when I walked out of the theatre after seeing the film was Miranda Richardson as Ruth Ellis in Dance with a Stranger. A brilliant astonishing piece of work.<br /><br />And ya there really are no leads in Clue, not even Tim Curry though he comes close, but it's Madeline Kahn for the win as who should have won best supporting actress!<br />joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com