Actually, I think this is her fourth nominee--Best Supporting for Sense and Sensibility and Iris, and Best Actress for Titanic and now Eternal Sunshine. Considering she isn't yet 30, that has to be a record!
Mal: Hell, this job I would pull for free. Zoe: Can I have your share? Mal: No. Zoe: If you die, can I have your share? Mal: Yes.
'The Train Job'
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Kathy A - Jan 25, 2005 7:13:38 am PST #8437 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Jessica - Jan 25, 2005 7:13:39 am PST #8438 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Imelda Staunton is freaking AMAZING in that movie. Definitely one of the best film performances I have ever seen.
I agree. It'd be a tough call between her or Hilary Swank, if I had to choose, but honestly, I'd be happy with almost any of them. (I didn't see Being Julia because I heard nothing but bad things about it, Benning's performance excepted, but I loved all the others.)
Kathy A - Jan 25, 2005 7:15:02 am PST #8439 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Hee--love the list of Worst Actors for the Razzies:
Ben Affleck / JERSEY GIRL and SURVIVING CHRISTMAS
George W. Bush / FAHRENHEIT 9/11
Vin Diesel / CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
Colin Farrell / ALEXANDER
Ben Stiller / ALONG CAME POLLY, ANCHORMAN, DODGEBALL, ENVY and STARSKY & HUTCH
Lyra Jane - Jan 25, 2005 7:15:45 am PST #8440 of 10001
Up with the sun
I'm also wondering if Swank might win again. On the one hand, I think she's too young to deserve a second Oscar, and I can't believe the voters wouldn't feel the same, especially since she didn't do much interesting work between "Boys Don't Cry" and now. On the other, her part is the type most likely to win an Oscar (overcoming obstacles, no glamorous makeup, etc.)
Is she actually, you know, any good in the movie?
Betsy HP - Jan 25, 2005 7:16:59 am PST #8441 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I liked Ben Stiller in Starsky and Hutch.
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2005 7:18:10 am PST #8442 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I liked Ben Stiller in Starsky and Hutch.
Me too! I think he did precisely what the movie required of him, which is his job, really.
I can't defend Chronicles Of Riddick as a good movie, although I enjoyed it. But Vin wasn't bad in it.
Jessica - Jan 25, 2005 7:19:26 am PST #8443 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
But Vin wasn't bad in it.
He was pretty much what made it watchable. But the Razzies have always been more about taking cheap shots than actual criticism.
Is she actually, you know, any good in the movie?
Yes, she's amazing.
bon bon - Jan 25, 2005 7:22:27 am PST #8444 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I haven't seen Starsky. But it was irritating as hell to see Stiller pop up in Anchorman a week after the dreadful Dodgeball.
Dana - Jan 25, 2005 7:23:10 am PST #8445 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I laughed and laughed at Dodgeball. I'm not proud of it, but I laughed. Although generally not at Stiller.
Lyra Jane - Jan 25, 2005 7:23:15 am PST #8446 of 10001
Up with the sun
But the Razzies have always been more about taking cheap shots than actual criticism.
That bugs me about them, Jessica. It's not like they ever nominate anything that's a sacred cow, or that even requires them to see and evaluate movies on heir own -- it's just "here are the movies Jay Leno has been joking about for eight months!"
Yawn.
she's amazing.
In that case, and if Bening's film is weak, I might change my prediction to either her or Staunton. But really it seems like a tough category to call, especially since I've only seen Winslet's performance.