tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574121262368500661.post321499788261952849..comments2023-10-20T12:28:18.042+01:00Comments on I Am...LondonDiva: I Would Like To Thank The AcademyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574121262368500661.post-84675940792435898112009-02-25T10:56:00.000+00:002009-02-25T10:56:00.000+00:00@ K, why not if Forest Whittaker can get one for h...@ K, why not if Forest Whittaker can get one for his depiction of Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland? If Benicio's acting was on point for the role he played I see no issue with it at all. <BR/><BR/>Looks Oscar worthy to me regardless what me or anyone else thinks about communism or Che Guevara. I think if they were that concerned about this movie it wouldn't have been made, not by a big wig like Soderbergh anyway who's a big player behind the camera in Hollywood. It probably wouldn't have been backed let alone distributed if it was that controversial. It would be cinematic suicide for him to take this on and not realise the consequences. Academy Award winners and nominees have played some very scrupulous roles, and a lot of them have been depictions of characters not favoured well in society at all. Laurence Fishburne as Ike Turner [wife beater and rapist]. Charlize Theron as Aileen Wuronos [serial killer and prostitute]. Sir Anthony Hopkins as Dr Hannibal Lecter [Serial killer and cannibal]. I would hope in 2009 the possibility of giving an award to an actor regardless of the topic and for the merit of his work alone would be standard. Just because you award an actor for his depiction of a character doesn't mean they support actions of the person depicted or what they stood for. People are going to have their views about politics and communism. If they are intelligent enough to have those views then they should also be intelligent enough to know that awarding a man for his work doesn't mean you support the cause or even the message. Those that do have issues and remind me of those folks that can't even separate soap opera characters from real life. <BR/><BR/>But shoot we got 12 months to wait to see if he even makes the list. My gut says he will unless four other actors out trump him between now and 31 December 2009 at the box office on acting merit alone. Benicio is a fine actor, one of the best we have today in my opinion and I'd like this time for him to scoop Best Actor. He got Best Supporting for Traffic.<BR/><BR/>Y'all can tell I <3 my movies!!Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12198337156060712847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574121262368500661.post-77560557040196059852009-02-25T10:10:00.000+00:002009-02-25T10:10:00.000+00:00Sean did a pretty good job.Mickey, Oh nai... u sai...Sean did a pretty good job.<BR/><BR/>Mickey, Oh nai... u said it one.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04342757166147034388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574121262368500661.post-74902947783042682782009-02-24T23:44:00.000+00:002009-02-24T23:44:00.000+00:00OH GIRL...you know they are not going to give Beni...OH GIRL...you know they are not going to give Benicio an award for Che...i've heard rumblings of how giving an award in relation to that movie is tantamount to giving the green flag to communism and you know how the Americans feel about that...<BR/><BR/>As for Seven pounds...I love me some Will any time but people have so bashed this movie I am even scared to watch it lest I agree.<BR/><BR/>congrats to sean penn though.Kookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05583091297121574484noreply@blogger.com