Why has Gary Oldman never even been NOMINATED for an Academy Award?
Spike: We got a history, him and me. Fred: What? Spike: It was a long time ago. He was a young Watcher, fresh out of the academy when we crossed paths. It was a, what-you-call battle of wills and blood was spilled. Vendettas were sworn. It was a whole-- Fred: My God you're so full of crap. Spike: Yeah. Okay.
'Unleashed'
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Gandalfe - Oct 20, 2005 11:11:17 am PDT #8076 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
erikaj - Oct 20, 2005 11:37:16 am PDT #8077 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Because award committees are full of punk-assed bitches. Sorry...Emmy Tourette's. Carry on.
Nutty - Oct 20, 2005 11:47:11 am PDT #8078 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
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.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2005 11:48:32 am PDT #8079 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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?
bon bon - Oct 20, 2005 11:53:49 am PDT #8080 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
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.
P.M. Marc - Oct 20, 2005 11:57:07 am PDT #8081 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
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.
Nutty - Oct 20, 2005 12:04:28 pm PDT #8082 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
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.
§ ita § - Oct 20, 2005 12:09:12 pm PDT #8083 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That is what I am saying. You put on an accent, you get an award.
Then that doesn't answer the question of why he's never been nominated.
Hayden - Oct 20, 2005 12:30:17 pm PDT #8084 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I thought the equation was "play a tragic but noble minority or injured person, get an award."
Cashmere - Oct 20, 2005 12:33:53 pm PDT #8085 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
Then there was his extended period of complete crap, followed by his excellent turn as Jim Gordon in Batman Begins.
He's totally redeemed himself in my eyes with Sirius Black and Jim Gordon. But he's going to be paying for a long while for the extended period of crap (Dracula * shudder * ).