2000: Joaquin Phoenix, Quills
Oscar winner: Benicio Del Toro, Traffic
Was he nominated?: Yes (for Gladiator)
Was he nominated?: Yes (for Gladiator)
2001: Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast
Oscar winner: Jim Broadbent, Iris
Was he nominated?: Yes
2002: Barry Pepper, 25th Hour
Oscar winner: Chris Cooper, Adaptation
Was he nominated?: No
Was he nominated?: No
2003: Benicio Del Toro, 21 Grams
Oscar winner: Tim Robbins, Mystic River
Was he nominated?: Yes
2004: Clive Owen, Closer
Oscar winner: Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
Was he nominated?: Yes
Was he nominated?: Yes
2005: Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Oscar winner: George Clooney, Syriana
Was he nominated?: Yes
Was he nominated?: Yes
2006: Anthony Mackie, Half Nelson
Oscar winner: Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
Was he nominated?: No
Was he nominated?: No
2007: Russell Crowe, American Gangster
Oscar winner: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Was he nominated?: No
Was he nominated?: No
2008: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Oscar winner: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
2009: Niels Arestrup, A Prophet
Oscar winner: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Was he nominated?: No
Now that I've finished my Supporting Actor picks, what category listed below should I do next? Let me know in the comments.
-Director (Most of these match my Best Picture picks though.)
-Screenplays (Adapted and Original)
-Art Direction
-Cinematography
-Costume Design
-Film Editing
-Music (Score and Song)
-Makeup
-Sound (Mixing and Editing)
-Visual Effects
Updated: 2/19/14
You should do cinematography and music! Interesting choices right here, I must say I haven't seen many of those movies. Glad you chose Ledger too, recently around the time TDKR some people started whining he is overpraised for his work in TDK, which I thought was ridiculous, his performance in that movie was amazing.
ReplyDeleteLedger's TDK work overpraised? Wow. Can't say I agree with that. :)
DeleteI'd recommend every film on here for at least one viewing.
Cinematography and music are great choices. I'll probably do cinematography followed by music, depending on what (if any) other feedback I get.
Great choices. I love Russell Crowe in American Gangster but I thought he was the lead. Also like to see A Prophet. I think visual effects or ensemble would be interesting. Cinematography would be cool too but difficult to choose.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Crowe's status in American Gangster is a bit murky. I've seen the film 3 or 4 times, and I'm convinced he's supporting. The film concentrates mostly on Denzel's character, who certainly has more screen time than Crowe's. I could see the argument for them being co-lead though.
DeleteA Prophet is great.
That's two mentions of Cinematography, so I'll likely do that next.
Haven't seen Quills yet but I'm very curious about that one. I like a lot of your picks here, esp. Ledger and Crowe. I'd love to see you do the music and cinematography categories next.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ruth. I enjoyed Quills. The cast is very good in it. I'm really glad you approve of Crowe. He's so great in a thankless role, and his performance just improves with each viewing. It looks like I will probably do cinematography next, followed by music.
DeleteI admit that I haven't seen AI but picking Jude Law for any positive award seems beyond the realms of good taste here Josh.
ReplyDeleteMakeup is essential for your next sequence of posts.
Ouch. You really don't like Jude Law do you Toby? :) I'm in the "he's great but he's pretty, so noone takes him seriously as an actor" camp. I'd nominate 5 times actually: for this and Gattaca (both wins), The Talented Mr. Ripley, Closer, and Breaking and Entering. Look on the bright side, he doesn't have any Oscars.
DeletePlus, he might get replaced in this category eventually. My other nominees would be: Eric Bana (Black Hawk Down), Paul Bettany (A Knight's Tale), Steve Buscemi (Ghost World), and Ben Kingsley ((Sexy Beast). Law tops them, but I might see another performance that knocks him off.
I recommend AI, even if it does have Jude Law.
Also, I'll get to makeup at some point, but it looks like cinematography will be next.
DeleteI think Jude does suffer from the plight of being so darn good looking... "he's great but he's pretty, so noone takes him seriously as an actor" is spot on, I think Michelle Pfeiffer suffers the same 'fate.' I actually included him in my post of great London-born actors as he's actually better than people give him credit for, and he does try NOT to utilize his beauty, such as his role in 'Anna Karenina.'
DeleteGood call on Pfeiffer, Ruth.
DeleteI wish I could've seen Jude play Hamlet on stage. From the clips I've seen, he looked fantastic.
I'll be reading your London-born actors post shortly. Looking forward to it. :)
For me, Joaquin Phoenix's most memorable supporting work of the 2000s was Gladiator, I don't recall his performance in Quills that well, Geoffrey Rush stole that movie in my opinion) I'm probably biased having watched Ridley Scott's film twice.
ReplyDeleteI'm curious about Director, Screenplays , Art Direction, Cinematography, bring em on! :)
I love everything about Gladiator, including Phoenix's performance, and I've seen the film over five times. It's a great performance, but I liked his more subtle turn in Quills better than his portrayal of Commodus.
DeleteThanks for the input Chris!
Love these pics! Phoenix is wonderful in Quills (a Fisti nominee) and certainly better there than in his hammed up Oscar nominated turn in Gladiator (a far better film though).
ReplyDeleteDo cinematography next! I love that category.
Oh, and blahblahblah Toby, why the hate on Jude Law? He's a great actor, and his run from 1997-2004 was brilliant. I personally give him Fisti nominations for Gattaca, The Talented Mr. Riply, A.I., Cold Mountain and I Heart Huckabees.
I agree on Gladiator, but I did like both performances.
DeleteLooks like cinematography it is.
I'm with you on Jude Law, but I realize that some people don't care for him, which is fair enough.
FUCK. YES. Francis Xavier Slaughtery. That’s a masterful performance that does not get discussed enough. Love Barry Pepper in that movie.
ReplyDeleteDo cinematography next!
I know, right? He's fantastic in that movie. I hope he gets another chance at a role like that because he should've been nominated.
DeleteThe ayes have it. Cinematography it is.