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| Philip Seymour Hoffman finally gets a win! |
I was looking over my acting winners last weekend, and I surprisingly disagreed with some of them, particularly some on my published ballots. Though I like to spread the wealth with nominees, I tend to give some actors a lot of wins (Russell Crowe and Juliette Binoche, for instance), when I could give other worthy contenders the recognition. Since my picks aren't set in stone, I decided to "officially" redistribute some of my wins, rewarding some new people and taking away some wins from multiple winners in the process.
Note: I've updated my ballots and winners posts accordingly, as well my acting winner stats post. I'll also update my Best Actor and Best Actress videos once I finish my ballot series later this year.
I made at least one change in every category, so here are my changes in each one.
Best Supporting Actress:
2006: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
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| Previous winner: Juliette Binoche, Breaking and Entering |
Best Supporting Actor:
1998: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Happiness
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| Previous winner: Alex Haw, Following |
2001: Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast
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| Previous winner: Jude Law, A.I. Artificial Intelligence |
Best Actress:
2000: Björk, Dancer in the Dark
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| Previous winner: Juliette Binoche, Code Unknown |
2009: Carey Mulligan, An Education
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| Previous winner: Arta Dobroshi, Lorna's Silence |
Best Actor:
1970: Jack Nicholson, Five Easy Pieces
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| Previous winner: George C. Scott, Patton |
1996: Kenneth Branagh, Hamlet
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| Previous winner: Timothy Spall, Secrets & Lies |
1999: Ray Winstone, The War Zone
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| Previous winner: Russell Crowe, The Insider |
2000: Javier Bardem, Before Night Falls
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| Previous winner: Russell Crowe, Gladiator |
2003: Bill Murray, Lost in Translation
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| Previous winner: Casey Affleck & Matt Damon, Gerry |
2006: Jude Law, Breaking and Entering
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| Previous winner: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed |
2008: Colin Farrell, In Bruges
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| Previous winner: Michael Fassbender, Hunger |
2009: Colin Firth, A Single Man
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| Previous winner: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker |
2011: Michael Fassbender, Shame
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| Previous winner: Ryan Gosling, Drive |
You took TWO from Crowe?!?!?!?!
ReplyDeleteI thought Winstone was 98...and I have him in Supporting, where he wins. I also really loved Hoffman in Happiness, but Baker was the clear standout to me, especially that breakdown confession to his son in the end (OMG!)...
Sadly, Hoffman still doesn't have a Fisti, although he comes REALLY close in 99 for Magnolia and in all honesty I would place both him and Jude Law (for Talented Mr. Ripley, who is my winner) in my top 15 supporting male performances of all time.
Maybe I'll give Hoffman the win this year, for A Most Wanted Man. He looks incredible in the trailer.
Yeah, I flip flopped on those Crowe performances in '99 and '00, but his 3 wins (Romper Stomper, L.A. Confidential and American Gangster) are ironclad.
DeleteWinstone would win in supporting too, but do you have him '98 then? According to IMDb, The War Zone first opened in '99.
Baker is great in Happiness, but Hoffman's "Get out!" scene killed me. Oh, I HATE it when a great performance has to lose to another great one. :( Hoffman is my runner-up to Cruise in '99. Law would be 3rd.
I've been thinking the same thing (especially before I saw Happiness). I'm predicting that I'll give Hoffman the win for A Most Wanted Man. After the Oscars, I'm actually going to post a ballot of predictions for my own 2014 awards. :)
Those are always fun to do! It's pretty cool to see what you correctly predicted for yourself and what came out of nowhere and took your breath away!
DeleteI had thought War Zone was 98...at least IMDB used to have it listed that way (years ago, when I first heard of it) but apparently it's not that way anymore.
DAMN...my 99 ballot is so tight, and Law and Hoffman are way out in front for me. Looks like Winstone loses again :-(
I've never predicted them, so it should be fun. :)
DeleteYeah, '99 was a fantastic year. I wish I considered Crowe a lead in L.A. Confidential. If so, Winstone would also get a win for Nil by Mouth. I'm glad I finally just gave it to him for The War Zone. That performance shook me. Gah, I really need to do an updated top 100 performances list! I can't believe I didn't put him on there!
Awesome to see some of those wins, especially Fassbender whose work in Shame is actually my 3rd all time favorite performance :)
ReplyDeleteWow! That's a performance (and film) that's really grown on me. :)
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