In 2001 Dakota fanning likely would have won just like she did the broadcast film critics youth award.
Haley Joel Osmont (sp?) would have won for The Sixth Sense.
In 2001 Dakota fanning likely would have won just like she did the broadcast film critics youth award.
Haley Joel Osmont (sp?) would have won for The Sixth Sense.
I'm just pissed that "Extreme anal Acrobats" was snubbed. A movie powerful enough to make a jaded extreme cinephile such as myself curl up In a ball in a corner and puke and cry like a little baby is surely worthy.
What the heck? This is not a real film, is it? Or is it poking fun at another movie and the joke went way over my head?
Sicario is a great movie. I could live without Emily Blunt in it, but Benicio Del Toro is outstanding. Be prepared for some scenes which will stick with you long after the movie is over. It's pretty much grim all around.
Black Mass is grim too, but J Depp manages to draw you right into the movie. It has two very graphic brutal scenes, but they did not depress me as much as Sicario did.
Sicario is a great movie. I could live without Emily Blunt in it, but Benicio Del Toro is outstanding. Be prepared for some scenes which will stick with you long after the movie is over. It's pretty much grim all around.
Black Mass is grim too, but J Depp manages to draw you right into the movie. It has two very graphic brutal scenes, but they did not depress me as much as Sicario did.
Benicio Del Toro - what an amazing performance. Not sure whether to root for him or want him dead. I loved how you never knew what side he was on, and how everything unfolded.
Surprised he was not nom for an oscar.
Three of the other five nominees in the category are scheduled to perform at the globally televised gala -- Lady Gaga, The Weeknd and Sam Smith.
Anohni acknowledged she was not excluded directly because she is transgender.
"I was not invited to perform because I am relatively unknown in the US, singing a song about ecocide, and that might not sell advertising space," she wrote.
The book also mentions that the child lead, Melanie, has skin as white as snow. Yet, the movie directors have cast a black child actress for the role of Melanie.They are making a movie off of a book, The Girl with all the Gifts. The adult lead in the book is a woman of color. The book never mentions ethnicity but does mention her dark skin. Hollywood is putting a white woman in that role. I guess Hollywood's response to this is that movie goers would rather see white people, not just in America, but overseas markets as well.
http://www.mookychick.co.uk/reviews...-film-casting-for-girl-with-all-the-gifts.php
It's unfortunate as movies can help people break down their own prejudices but Hollywood is choosing to reinforce them instead.
The book also mentions that the child lead, Melanie, has skin as white as snow. Yet, the movie directors have cast a black child actress for the role of Melanie.
I guess I'm supposed to get angry that there hasn't been an Oscar nominee of East Asian ancestry since... I don't know how long ago? Where's the societal outrage on this topic?
Could people please just stop counting. The Oscar awards, just like everything else, should go to the best work. Talk about that. Let the focus be that. Counting color sets racial equality back not forward. Y'all who are counting are talking about affirmative action. Making the nominees reflect the population. Wrong discussion. Were there blacks that should have been nominated for their performance, but weren't? In a world where all are equal, then all are treated equally. One does not receive a nomination because a race quota needs to be filled.
And this, from someone who is still angry that Debbie Reynolds did not receive the Bet Actress Award for "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"!!
Could people please just stop counting. The Oscar awards, just like everything else, should go to the best work. Talk about that. Let the focus be that. Counting color sets racial equality back not forward. Y'all who are counting are talking about affirmative action. Making the nominees reflect the population. Wrong discussion. Were there blacks that should have been nominated for their performance, but weren't? In a world where all are equal, then all are treated equally. One does not receive a nomination because a race quota needs to be filled.
And this, from someone who is still angry that Debbie Reynolds did not receive the Bet Actress Award for "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"!!
Of course they are. I am that is why I am still upset about Debbie Reynolds... She was robbed!Yes, if no one else, Idris Elba absolutely should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor. (And indeed won the Screen Actors Guild Award, among others). Instead that "amazing talent" (cough, cough) Sylvester Stallone (!!!) is going to go home tonight with an Oscar for ACTING!
Like figure skating, the Oscars are both subjective and political, whether you choose to believeo that our not.
I guess I'm supposed to get angry that there hasn't been an Oscar nominee of East Asian ancestry since... I don't know how long ago? Where's the societal outrage on this topic?
Could people please just stop counting. The Oscar awards, just like everything else, should go to the best work.
Of course they are. I am that is why I am still upset about Debbie Reynolds... She was robbed!
Now, this is getting off topic. So, it's inconceivable that there might be biological differences between men and women that predispose 1 sex to be, on average, better at doing something? For example, being taller, running a race, throwing a ball? In terms of neuroscience, even, there are lots of differences between men's brains and women's brains (again, as an aggregate). And, I predict, with more research, there are going to be even more findings of differences between sexes. I think it's a great thing!Acting is just like everything else in history. Whites are better. Also, with world leaders, scientists, world explorers, businessmen, politicians, astronauts...men have always been better at all of these professions compared to women. It's not that women have not had equal opportunities. Women are just better at cooking, cleaning and raising children than men are, and men are better at science and business and writing and politics and teaching, etc. Each gender has something that they special at doing.
I can't tell whether you're sarcastic here or not... I guess it must be inconceivable that non-white actresses could ever lack enough talent to make the final cut.The non-white actresses of the time just simply lacked the talent to earn a nomination. But they had just as much opportunity to receive a nomination as the white ladies did. But the non-white actresses just didn't have the talent to make the final cut.
Of course they are. I am that is why I am still upset about Debbie Reynolds... She was robbed!
My biggest concern is whether Leo will win or not.
Now, this is getting off topic. So, it's inconceivable that there might be biological differences between men and women that predispose 1 sex to be, on average, better at doing something? For example, being taller, running a race, throwing a ball? In terms of neuroscience, even, there are lots of differences between men's brains and women's brains (again, as an aggregate). And, I predict, with more research, there are going to be even more findings of differences between sexes. I think it's a great thing!
I can't tell whether you're sarcastic here or not... I guess it must be inconceivable that non-white actresses could ever lack enough talent to make the final cut.
I'm not going to be outraged about the lack of Asian representation in the Oscars. Because, shocker, film just might be an area where there are currently few great actors/actresses in Hollywood of Asian ancestry. And I don't think it's 100% attributed to 'discrimination'.
My biggest concern is whether Leo will win or not.
That win is a certainty, as well as Brie Larson among ladies.
Does anyone feel the way I do - that the Oscars have become too predictable? There are hardly any surprises. Stallone will win the supporting actor. The only suspense is among supporting actresses, and that too is a weak one.
If that is true, then who are the Asian folks getting cast as 'Hooker #3' or 'Overbearing Asian mother #2', or, alternatively, starring in indie films as main roles (because then you can see them act!) that you feel should be cast in major Hollywood roles?I believe that there currently fewer opportunities for great actors/actresses in Hollywood of Asian ancestry. There's an overabundance of talent in all ethnic groups, but as the majority of roles are written, produced and directed for (and by) Caucasians, equally talented people of colour sit by the side and hope they get cast as Hooker #3 or Over-bearing Asian Mother #2.
I agree. I don't remember the last time there was a legitimate surprise win in the four major categories.
You've missed the point. Those who are given more opportunity have a greater chance at success.
I disagree completely. Instead, I believe that there currently fewer opportunities for great actors/actresses in Hollywood of Asian ancestry. There's an overabundance of talent in all ethnic groups, but as the majority of roles are written, produced and directed for (and by) Caucasians, equally talented people of colour sit by the side and hope they get cast as Hooker #3 or Over-bearing Asian Mother #2.
If that is true, then who are the Asian folks getting cast as 'Hooker #3' or 'Overbearing Asian mother #2', or, alternatively, starring in indie films as main roles (because then you can see them act!) that you feel should be cast in major Hollywood roles?
I think that people of Asian-American ancestry are underrepresented in films, because Asian kids are pushed to enter science and math fields, rather than art-related fields. That creates a relative shortage of talent.
Overall, my point is simply that there may be other explanations -- without always going straight to discrimination/racism -- that there are no non-white nominations this year in the acting categories.