Has anyone heard anyting about Charlize Theron's new movie North Country? I've only seen it advertised in women's magazines and for a bit thought it was period piece. It's not, it's based on a true story about a woman who took work as a miner and then faced and fought against harassment.
My tagline is from the AP wire article about political films, they talk about George Clooney's new movie, I wasn't planning on seeing North Country, but I now I'm interested.
I must have been skimming or skipping that day.
I'm going to definitly see it.
Why has Gary Oldman never even been NOMINATED for an Academy Award?
Because award committees are full of punk-assed bitches.
Sorry...Emmy Tourette's. Carry on.
Why has Gary Oldman never even been NOMINATED for an Academy Award?
The accents. Bad though they are. Putting on an accent is like dying or being mentally disabled, just with more Brooklyn.
Putting on an accent is like dying or being mentally disabled, just with more Brooklyn.
But wouldn't that work in his favour, not against him?
Is there a particular role he should have been nominated for? Not that there aren't "lifetime achievement" nominations (Al Pacino, I'm looking at you) but he hasn't quite hit that yet.
Is there a particular role he should have been nominated for?
Sid and Nancy, Prick Up Your Ears, and I'd probably say Romeo Is Bleeding and R&GAD, but the last two are just my personal favs.
Then there was his extended period of complete crap, followed by his excellent turn as Jim Gordon in Batman Begins.
But wouldn't that work in his favour, not against him?
That is what I am saying. You put on an accent, you get an award. Unless you are Kevin Costner. There is a universal Kevin Costner exception to this rule.
Personally I think that Oldman was a lot more interesting before he refined a shtick, and thus the gentle Jim Gordon role, although in a movie I didn't like overall, represents a somewhat interesting departure.