The fact that Meryl Streep was nominated for "Florence Foster Jenkins" and "Into the Woods" but Toni Colette wasn't for "Hereditary" says everything about the Oscars.
seriously. I already really liked Toni Colette and then I saw Hereditary... Now I absolutely LOVE her. she's always great but that was a standout performance in an equally standout movie that should have definitely been given more acknowledgement
The thing is when Toni Colette gives a great performance,unfortunately that year’s best Actress or supporting actress competition was so high, Same with Glenn Close 🤷, there is nothing to blame on Meryl streeps those two performances coz those performances were so good 🔥
As brilliant as Streep is I don't think she really needed her last three nominations which of course includes the two you highlighted, especially given that 'Into the Woods' was an ensemble film.
_Rush_ was great when it came out. I never rewatched it though until like 2022 when I caught it on TV and it was just nowhere near as great as I remembered it being. I think it was because of _Ford v Ferrari_ which was so good that it makes _Rush_ feel so small in scope by comparison. Also, _Rush_ doesn't really make you feel the weight of the racing and of the engines the way _Ford v Ferrari_ does. But Bruhl should've been nominated for sure. But the movie was a flop and Bruhl is/was not "part of the Hollywood club" so to speak, so he missed.
Mine: 1. Jennifer Lawrence (Joy) …. should’ve been Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road) 2. Bradley Cooper (American Sniper) …. should’ve been Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler) 3. Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes) …. should’ve been Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems) 4. Eddie Redmayne (Danish Girl) …. should’ve been Jake Gyllenhaal (Southpaw) 5. Viggo Mortensen (Green Book) …. should’ve been Ethan Hawke (First Reformed) 6. Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins) …. should’ve been Amy Adams (Arrival) 7. Rachel McAdams (Spotlight) …. should’ve been Jessica Chastain (Crimson Peak) 8. Meryl Streep (Into the Woods) …. should’ve been Jessica Chastain (Interstellar or A Most Violent Year) 9. Christian Bale (American Hustle) …. should’ve been Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips) 10. Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook) …. should’ve been Kelly Reilly (Flight)
I'll agree with you on Jennifer Lawrence, Eddie Redmayne, Jonathan Pryce, and Rachel McAdams. I strongly disagree with your take on Bradley Cooper (American Sniper) and Christian Bale (American Hustle), they both gave amazing performances, I would have voted them for the wins if I were an Academy member.
Laura Dern has so much muscle within the Academy, that the nomination for Wild albeit unnecessary doesn't surprise me. I like when Denzel plays against his typical huffing and puffing characters. So it's refreshing to see that Roman nomination. If you ask me, I would've nominated James Franco instead but we all know that wasn't happening. What is it with David O. Russell and his actors, I mean... they get in! When J.Lo missed BAFTA I already knew she wasn't going to make it in the Oscars. I don't understand the disdain for Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl. He was fantastic!! I love that Florence nomination for Meryl Streep 🤭 I still have to think about who I would take out that year because yes, Amy Adams was snubbed that year! That Rockwell nomination was crazy indeed! Timothee Chalamet should've been in there instead for Beautiful Boy. Wonderful video once again!
It's clear that there are certain reasons why Eddie Redmayne gets hate for that role which is unfair cause that performance is so emotionally good but unfortunately people can't see through their biases. I probably wouldn't have nominated Denzel either but the Franco allegations were very serious plus it was during the metoo movement so there was no choice.
I was going to post the same disagreement. She was tremendously moving in that role, one of my favorite Streep performances. She took a character that at first glance seemed to be a self-deluded, overly indulged socialite and peeled back the layers to reveal a deeply wounded, yet still caring, vulnerable and generous spirit. I loved that film. Plus it inspired me to look up the history of the real Florence Foster Jenkins.
As always, you make some great points. Adams's snub for Arrival was astounding. Leading into the Oscars, Arrival's chances of a Best Picture and Director nod were iffy, but Adams was supposed to be the sure thing, and then nada! I think Streep is good and I know a few people who think it is one of her best performances, but I am ambivalent about it. How cool for Rene Russo - one of the most underrated actresses of the last 25 years - to get some recognition. But alas - like her performance in The Thomas Crown Affair, it was not to be. I agree with your comments about the performances from Dern, Redmayne, Bates, and Rockwell. The Washington performance for that film is absurd - it is almost like they decided to just throw nominations at Washington just for stepping on screen. I love Theron, but agree wholeheartedly that her snub for Fury Road (like Adams, she should have been the sure thing for that film) and then getting a nod for the surface glitz nonsense of Bombshell playing a not particularly likable or interesting person is puzzling. I actually think Branagh's work is better than you give it credit for in My Week With Marilyn, although he is undoubtedly overshadowed by Williams. I also think you have underrated Weaver's work in Silver Linings Playbook because her role is not as flashy as the others. Honestly, when I saw the film I somehow knew she had a good shot at a nomination. I don't get your hatred of Cooper in American Hustle though. Honestly, going into Oscars seasons there were two sure people I knew would get nods that year and they were Cooper and Lawrence from that film. I was not surprised by Bale and Adams nominations, but the precursors did not make them a sure bet. I think both Cooper and Lawrence are both doing high caliber character work in that film, which is something marquee talents rarely get a crack at. In fact, outside of A Star Is Born, I would rank this as probably Cooper's best onscreen work - with Silver Linings close behind it.
You say you don’t want to hate on a Washington nomination, and yet this is the definition of hate. He got the nom bc Franco had too much MeToo backlash.
The thing is the Franco allegations came out after the nomination voting process had already begun, it actually started a week before the allegations came out. So, a lot of votes had already been cast beforehand. So, I imagine he got a lot of votes so I wonder how much MeToo actually did affect the rest of the voters who didn't cast their ballots yet. Part of me wants to believe Franco did get the nomination but there was a conspiracy that prevented it from happening cuz the Academy didn't want to deal with the backlash if they officially nominated Franco.
@@Themoomabides I can't help but think that the top brass at the Academy paid off the Price Waterhouse people (who count the ballots) to stay silent on the matter.😄
Bombshell. Not much of a story??????? What? There was a great story, the movie may not captured it or presented it to your liking, but there was a story.
I have a sincere question I hope you answer. I often hear you, and so many other people, say "they decided to give so and so that award or that nomination" as if the Academy votes as a unit, sitting in a room deciding who will get nominated and win. I am not naive, I realize studios, agents, performers, etc. campaign, but why the narrative that everyone comes together to make these decisions when that isn't how it works. If it really does work that way and we've been lied to that individuals make their own decisions (with influence, sure) please enlighten me.
Totally agreed on Sam Rockwell, especially since the ones snubbed that were shown actually gave much better performances. And also sadly agreed on Madame Streep. I'd replace this nomination with The River Wild, The Hours, or The Manchurian Candidate if we're talking about her great performances that were almost Oscar nominated and blow Florence Foster Jenkins out of the water. And that Amy Adams snub for Arrival still stings, that remains her best performance. And the Supporting Actress field in 2020 was incredibly weak. I wasn't a big fan of that lineup (if I had to choose, Florence Pugh was the best) but this would have been a much stronger 2020 lineup than the one we got: Jennifer Lopez - Hustlers (that snub still hurts badly) Zhao Shu-zhen - The Farewell Park So Dam - Parasite Cho Yeo Jeong - Parasite Lee Jung-eun - Parasite Hell, Robbie was even better in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood than in Bombshell. Don't really mind the Cooper or Theron nominations but I do think Lupita N'yongo in Us could have easily replaced her and I would have been happy with it. Great video, Brian 🎉
I agree with all of your choices! Amy Adams in Arrival not getting nominated is still a shocker. J-Lo was terrific in her movie but that was a really flawed film so I guess they didn't want to reward it? And #1 - Sam Rockwell for Vice - insane!
I agree with you on Branagh in My Week with Marilyn. Which was also a bad movie based on one guy's Real Person Fanfic. The role Branagh should have definitely been nominated for, and was not, was Iago in Othello (1995).
“Give me an F-n break” is your best catch phrase! Obviously, Amy Adams was robbed for Arrival and I would easily swap Meryl for Amy in Oscars 2017; but I disagree that Streep’s worst nomination is for Florence Foster Jenkins - that honor would go to The Post. I feel Streep is more or less herself in The Post and does not do any thing memorable - at least Florence Foster Jenkins is a comedic/tragic character whom I found more interesting than (Catherine?) in The Post.
I love these types of videos Brian. It’s nice to know I’m not alone finding it incredibly frustrating & infuriating when an actor is nominated or wins for the wrong performance. It drives me crazy! I actually really love Meryl Streep’s nomination for Florence Foster Jenkins. I was surprised how much I adored that movie. Her relationship with her husband especially pulled at the heart strings. But it kinda blew my mind that someone as excellent as Meryl Streep could play a character that has no talent. 😂 I think sometimes people forget she’s supposed to be awful in that film which is why it works. Kudos to Meryl. Her Into the Woods nom is way worse imo. I would trade Eddie Redmaye in The Danish Girl for Jake Gyllenhaal in Southpaw! I still would have voted for Michael Fassbender in 2016 to win for Steve Jobs though.
I totally disagree with the statements that American Hustle and Richard Jewell were not good films. I loved both of those movies. They were fantastic, and absolutely memorable. I also liked Bombshell, The Danish Girl, and Vice more than it sounds like you did. Although I agree that Timothee Chalomet deserved a nomination for Beautiful Boy.
Tom Hiddleston deserved nomination for I saw the light. The movie itself wasnt great but Tom's performance was stellar. He also sang and played guitar. Something for example R. Malek didnt do and won.
@NeverLetMeGo777 you might think so, but I've literally never heard anyone mention that performance in that regard. Even so, I'm assuming you think this would be the best performance of her career, but again, I've never encountered anyone who thinks so. I'm not saying you're wrong, but she's done stellar work - work that I hold in higher regard that she hadn't won or been nominated for. For my money, boogie nights is her best, but naturally I'm biased. I love that movie.
@thankyoujodi Still Alice and The Hours are the absolute best from Julianne. But then again, she has delivered so many amazing performances in her career, so it is understandable that some of her more 'showy' and 'louder' performances are better liked. But what she did in Still Alice, the subtlety and nuances, how she peeled away so slowly layer by layer and little by little requires so much of the masterful acting skils that only an actor of Julianne's caliber can deliver.
That was such a terrible move for the Oscars. I think he would have won that year as well, against Steve Carrell (Foxcatcher), Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Benedict Cumberbatch (Imitation Game), and Michael Keaton (Birdman)?? That was his finest performance, creepily good, and physically transformative, not to mention it was an incredibly engrossing film. Without a doubt, bs
I think instead of Denzel, they were probably going to nominate James Franco for the disaster artist, that is until the allegations came out… so they’re like who do we nominate instead? Tom Hanks for the post? Not. Steve Carell for The Battle of the Sexes? Maybe.. Denzel Washington? Fine😅
Franco won Globes for Comedy and I'd argue was a contender in winning until his allegations surfaced. Oldman was sweeping but Franco was still getting in everywhere except BAFTA, so when the allegations arose and he didn't make it to Oscar 5 I was not surprised he didn't make it. Did not expect Denzel but I guess the SAG nom benefitted him
These never would’ve happened, but nominations for Ryan Gosling in Blade Runner 2049 or Hugh Jackman in Logan would be all timers, way more deserving than just another Denzel Washington performance.
You can't talk about Denzel in Roman J Israel Esq. without talking about James Franco in The Disaster Artist. It was Franco's nomination to lose but when the accusations against him came out, Denzel was the next man up.
We're sleeping on Denzel's performane as Roman J Israel. It's a mid film with a seemingly unfinished screenplay that cant tell what it wants to be...political justice piece? Suddenly it's a thriller? But Denzel is flawless in that film, and it's absolutely one of his most compelling and interesting performances. Awards Contender seems to have missed the point that his character is clearly a hyper-intelligent high-functioning autist and Denzel's portrayal of said character is one of the best portrayals of autistm in cinema history. Denzel isn't just "in mild prostestics", he had an extreme mental transformation into a character he's never played before and is rarely portrayed in mainstream cinema to any form of accuracy. It's brilliant. He earned that nomination.
I don't know if you're reading this Brian, but from the other side of the globe, I cannot describe how much your videos mean to me. Oscars are kind of a niche interest, and living in a small town in the Balkans, I have no one to exchange opinions with. I hope you do more best and worst nominations per decade, as well as rank acting wins for every category in recent decades. Those are my favourite videos of yours! ❤
People are arguing that "Jennifer Lopez was playing herself" in Hustlers… that's a terrible argument because Brad Pitt basically played himself in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and won the Oscar that year and Margot Robbie basically played herself in Bombshell and was nominated that year.
@@AlertedDust by your logic on a normal day Jennifer Lopez dances on a pole and drugs people in order to steal their money. I mean that people are trying to say Jennifer did not give any depth and by their logic the same can apply to Brad and Margot so it is not a good argument.
I’m honestly shocked people were outraged she wasn’t nominated. I thought she was alright, she just didn’t disappear into the role. I didn’t find anything about her performance award worthy. But then again I feel the same way about Laura Dern so🤷🏽♂️
@@poett8875 honestly the entire Best Supporting Actress category that year was lackluster but I personally think Jennifer was more worthy than Laura and Kathy.
@@poett8875 that's fair, the point of my comment was to point out the hypocrisy of that statement. Many do feel she did not disappear into the role, as you stated, but the same thing applies to Brad and Margot and they still got nominated and Brad won so this whole narrative that Jennifer was playing herself really holds no weight.
I know JLO has a reputation for thinking highly of herself but that snub for Hustlers is an occasion when she was 100% correct. She was a dynamic force of nature in Hustlers and it should have at least been recognized with a nomination.
I actually called JLo getting snubbed for _Hustlers,_ I knew it was gonna happen and everyone thought I was crazy. The reason is cuz JLo is really not that respected at least as an actress by the folks in the Academy. To me, they see her more as a pop singer who sometimes acts instead of being a "real" actress. But Lady Gaga will get nominated cuz everybody actually loves and respects her.
@@kidcarroll7312 I would love to see Gaga win an acting Oscar. She already has one for music. It would bring her career full circle and put her with Barbara as one of the greats.
How about Dame Judy being nominated for and winning supporting actress for Sheakespear in love? She even said that it was miraculous for an 8 minute role. That whole year was rigged. Paltrow for best actress and best picture? Give me a Fing break.
I think with American Hustle and Silver Linings Playbook: the Academy seemed to be on a real David O. Russell high for a while. They seem to do this thing where certain filmmakers are front-and-center as their chosen “it” directors, and they’ll shower that filmmaker and their work with love and nominations, regardless of the quality. And I think Russell was that for a time. He’s fallen off of that in recent years, especially with his work on films like Amsterdam, and the resurfacing of his abusive tendencies on his film sets (especially towards George Clooney, Lily Tomlin, and Amy Adams). But I think that may explain why those films got so much love in those years, he was just one of “their guys” at that time. Though I agree, American Hustle didn’t click with me when I saw it. And it doesn’t seem to have aged all that well either.
Mark Ruffalo for Spotlight was a terrible nomination. The fact that Mark Rylance inexplicably won that year for Bridge of Spies notwithstanding, I think all of the following gave more challenging and memorable supporting performances than Ruffalo: Paul Giamatti in Straight Outta Compton and Love and Mercy Oscar Isaac in Ex Machina Benicio del Toro in Sicario Steve Carrel in The Big Short (Christian Bale was nominated for this movie) Michael Stuhlbarg in Steve Jobs Will Poulter in The Revenant
10. 0:22 Laura Dern / Wild 9. 2:21 Denzel Washington / Roman J Israel, Esq. 8. 4:03 Bradley Cooper / American Hustle 7. 5:50 Jacki Weaver / Silver Linings Playbook 6. 7:38 Charlize Theron / Bombshell 5. 9:51 Kathy Bates / Richard Jewell (I love Kathy but I agree 100% Jlo on Hustlers deserved it more 😤) 4. 12:40 Eddy Redmaine / The Danish Girl 3. 14:17 Kenneth Branaugh / My Week With Marilyn 2. 16:31 Meryl Streep / Florence Foster Jenkins 1. 19:21 Sam Rockwell / Vice
I agree with having Sam Rockwell, Meryl Streep, Eddie Redmayne, and Denzel Washington on this list for those particular performances. I disagree about Jacki Weaver, Bradley Cooper, and Charlize Theron, I think they all deserved their nominations.
Lol Laura Dern is actually an inspired nom. Just because she doesn't have a lot of screen time and doesn't cry and scream into your face doesn't mean she was bad. She did take a paper thin character and created a haunting character which gives and helps Reese performance to have an emotionally punch. Subtle acting at its best. But Brian is not a fan of subtle performances. There are no small roles only small actresses.
Yes, I liked the "minor key" performance like Laura's gets nominated at the Oscars. They're a long shot to win, but the impact of such roles totally enrich the movie. Wild made be blue so much when I saw it, deeply felt.
Well said. I thought she was luminous & memorable in a role that could have been the opposite. She really shone & made you understand why Cheryl did what she did
Sam Rockwell.... Lol, but I thought he was better in Charlie's Angels -vs- Vice. At least CA made me notice him as an actor and go who is this? -- Vice seems like more of a potential good karma nod?!? --- Rockwell did star in Clownhouse, a pretty decent low budget slasher, but behind the scenes was horrendous. Then Sam did spend well over a decade after that trying to get some momentum going, to be noticed. And one thing I do have to give younger Sam credit for is, it seems like he was willing to take on any role, do anything for the role and showed a lotta drive.
I can’t even imagine someone can play Florence Foster Jenkins rather than Meryl Streep, She played that role how FFJ was 🤷, She deserves that nomination 🔥
I really don’t agree with your opinion on Bombshell. I wasn’t a fan of the film, but i think it’s carried by its acting. Theron, Kidman, and Robbie were all excellent.
Disagree about Laura Dern and "Wild." But I've always noticed the Oscars are suckers for roles in which the actor physically "transforms" their appearance, and your list reflects that.
I think it was Michael Caine who once stated that it isn't the performance that wins an Oscar, it is the role that wins the Oscar. This also seems to be true of nominations.
Jennifer Lawrence was terrible in American Hustle. TERRIBLE. Just more of her typical, over the top "look at me everyone, I'm acting. I'm acting REALLY hard" performances. Not to mention she was way too young for that part. What a ridiculous nomination that was. 🙄
American hustle was completely oscar-bait, i dont understand why it won golden globe and Saga, Her and wolf of walle street got snubbed for globes and whatever was in Saga.
I liked Vice and Bombshell more than most people so I'm fine with the acting noms from those films. The makeup jobs were truly excellent and deservedly won. In 2017, Denzel was the safe better option for that last best actor slot cause there was no one else plus James Franco clearly was not getting in cause of the allegations. Let's be honest, the Academy were never gonna take JLo seriously and that Kathy Bates nom was absolutely deserving. And I don't get the Eddie Redmayne hate still, it's nowhere near cringe and actually very affecting.
@@jacquesboyadjian9449 Brooks arguably could have won, which is Brian's position, but that doesn't quite line up to Branagh being denied a nomination in the same category. He was fantastic and brought Olivier to life with a fresh perspective (and since when has Oliver been portrayed on screen before this). There were even more forgettable nominees that year - perhaps Max Von Sydow for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which got nominations thanks to some Weinstein-style heavy pushing from super producer Scott Rudin.
I agree with Brian. It just struck me as a "oh we have a renowned UK Shakespearean actor impesonating a legendary UK Shakespearean actor? Let's nominate him!" Mid performance in a bad movie. The role Branagh should have been nominated and was not was Iago in Othello (1995),
I love Sir Kenneth. He could read the phone book and I’d love it. I thought he did a very good Sir Olivier. He was superb as Iago and also in Dead Again. Why wasn’t he nominated for that? He played two different characters and hit it out of the park! I wish he’d star in more movies instead of always directing. Esther Schwartz
Normally I agree with you, but you lost me with this video! Charlize Theron became Megyn Kelly in Bombshell and not only deserved the nomination but should have won over Renee Zellweger's horrid impersonation of Judy Garland, and I adored the film American Hustle, it was my favorite from that year! I do agree with Denzel only getting nominated because they needed to fill a spot, but you failed to mention James Franco who was a shoo in until allegations surfaced about him and I also agree about Laura Dern and Kathy Bates, Jennifer Lopez was robbed!
I agree with most of your choices, and while I don't want to suggest all of Meryl's nominations are award-worthy, I would commend 'Florence,' knowing as a singer myself how genuinely hard it is to sing off-key and badly when you are naturally gifted in voice as Meryl is. Her nom for 'Into the Woods is even worse...
Jacki Weaver's nomination for SLP baffles me to this day. I could not find one scene nor moment that warranted an Oscar nomination. I felt the same about Marina de Tavira's nomination for Roma, though I know several think that nomination was deserved.
I completely disagree with you putting Laura Dern in Wild on the list. She is great in the movie. Limited Screen time but huge impact on the Story. She deserved the nomination.
I don’t see why Jennifer Lawrence won for best actress, I thought she was so over the top and young for that role. I don’t know how she won a golden globe over Lupita Nyong’o. Regina King was ok for me but I don’t see why she swept all the awards for If Beale Street Could Talk. Emma Stone in La La Land, Bradley Cooper in everything, overrated for me.
Sounds like I'm in the minority, but I will die on the hill of Jackie Weaver deserving her nomination. Silver Linings was my introduction to her, and she blew me away. She's playing a character who has been sidelined for decades by bigger personalities and bigger problems, and she's like a live wire of repressed anxiety and exasperation, trying to keep her family in the realm of sanity--just like the actress herself grounds every scene she's in, more often than not through hilarious facial expressions and carriage rather than dialogue. In an era of "strong women" being dominant in the conversation (whether they're well-written or not), I love seeing more naturally timid or patient characters show their strength in more subtle ways. Mama bear, she may not be, but more than anyone else in the film, Jackie made me believe her character could be a real person. It's not an exceptional movie, but I had a similar response to Amy Adams' character in Big Eyes. The way she carried her anxiety in her body reminded me so much of my own mother's mannerisms.
I agree with BOMBSHELL. I was excited cause it was directed by Jay Roach. Cause he did GAME CHANGE with Jullianne Moore as Sarah Palin. And nobody should call that a impersonation. But BOMBSHELL did nothing & felt people in costumes. There were times I thought the tone was very oddly weird for me, times I thought there was weird black comedy undertones in it. I always felt the Academy gave recognition cause of the Post Me Too/Weinstein & maybe Academy wanted to do some reckoning over that.
They just didnt want jlo to be known as an oscar nominated actress thats why they gave kathy bates that nomination 😂 Jlo wanted that nomination so bad. She campaigned HEAVILY. Giving interviews, magazine covers, wearing extravagant gowns and outfits etc the whole 9 yards .She was everywhere.
And I'm really glad that she doesn't have that to her name 😂 imagine... Industry plant untalented overhyped bully JLo being referred to as "Oscar nominated Jennifer Lopez".. yuck
@ericryanyawl9401 thats exactly what Jamie Lynn Curtis did. For campaigning that is what it is about. Its been said on this channel that a kick ass acceptance speech can even keep you in the conversation
Roman J Israel esq is not a great movie but I always felt like it was a great performance with q lit if subtlety let down by a movie that could not match what Denzel was putting into it
22:54 I think Meryl Streep should have been nominated for Plenty. She was so slick in a movie that is so full of mysterus nuances. Another movies tat sesudave been nominated was Calling In Love with Robert de Niro. It speaks of how a casual acqarace can tur iito blossoming girl boy reatosp ta dersettifteUited Staesite 80s. Very rrfreging role for Meryl Streep. Something like a breakout
I think Adam Sandler should have gotten an Oscar nomination for Uncut Gems. Uncut Gems was the same year Joaquin Phoenix won for his role in Joker; I think instead of either Antonio Banderas in Pain and Glory or Jonathan Pryce in The Two Popes, the nomination should have gone to Sandler.
The academy truly wronged Nightcrawler. Zero acting nominations is criminal. I’d argue not only Gyllenhaal and Russo but ALSO Riz Ahmed should’ve gotten a supporting actor nod as well.
Who still remembers Arrival ...i loved florence foster jenkins and her performance...a transformative one and amy adams did nothing extraordinary in Arrival...
Denzel only got in that year because of James Franco’s #metoo incident… it was Oldman vs Franco that year up until that lady called out Franco for harassment
I don't think Jennifer Lopez did anything extraordinary in that movie. Let's just say she was playing herself, or not too far from it. I have never been moved by anthing she has done.
I think it's great you set a high bar for oscar nominations. It's has to mean something and it has to be memorable. That's what every oscar nomination should aspire to
I actually completely forgot that Jennifer Lopez got snubbed for Hustlers. That seems like such a no-brainer that it almost causes a Mandela effect, like "What are you talking about, of COURSE she got nominated for Hustlers..." I don't care much for J-Lo as an actress, but Hustlers is easily the best she's ever been...
The fact that Meryl Streep was nominated for "Florence Foster Jenkins" and "Into the Woods" but Toni Colette wasn't for "Hereditary" says everything about the Oscars.
Exactly! This is why I don’t watch it. 😑 I just get a more authentic analysis/appreciation for the art from channels like this.
Add Music of the Heart to that list. What a joke. Over Winona Ryder in Girl, Interrupted? No way. Completely ridiculous.
seriously. I already really liked Toni Colette and then I saw Hereditary... Now I absolutely LOVE her. she's always great but that was a standout performance in an equally standout movie that should have definitely been given more acknowledgement
The thing is when Toni Colette gives a great performance,unfortunately that year’s best Actress or supporting actress competition was so high, Same with Glenn Close 🤷, there is nothing to blame on Meryl streeps those two performances coz those performances were so good 🔥
As brilliant as Streep is I don't think she really needed her last three nominations which of course includes the two you highlighted, especially given that 'Into the Woods' was an ensemble film.
Daniel bruhl from rush should have been nominated over Bradley cooper. Rush is such a great film
Daniel Bruhl was robbed! But he's a lead in Rush. Keep Bradley in Supporting, but drop Bale from lead and get Bruhl in…
He was a lead though... but I can see the Academy doing a category fraud (Chris Hemsworth was a bigger star).
Rush, a great film indeed.
_Rush_ was great when it came out. I never rewatched it though until like 2022 when I caught it on TV and it was just nowhere near as great as I remembered it being. I think it was because of _Ford v Ferrari_ which was so good that it makes _Rush_ feel so small in scope by comparison. Also, _Rush_ doesn't really make you feel the weight of the racing and of the engines the way _Ford v Ferrari_ does. But Bruhl should've been nominated for sure. But the movie was a flop and Bruhl is/was not "part of the Hollywood club" so to speak, so he missed.
Yes, loved Rush!
I have gone on and experienced many unexplainable phenomena of the universe. But nothing trumps Amy Adams not being nominated for Arrival.
Absolutely
Top ten times the Independent Spirt Awards got it right over the Oscars. We are waiting…
could be great but not all the movies nominated for an Oscar can be nominated for the Independent Spirt Award
Mine:
1. Jennifer Lawrence (Joy) …. should’ve been Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road)
2. Bradley Cooper (American Sniper) …. should’ve been Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler)
3. Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes) …. should’ve been Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)
4. Eddie Redmayne (Danish Girl) …. should’ve been Jake Gyllenhaal (Southpaw)
5. Viggo Mortensen (Green Book) …. should’ve been Ethan Hawke (First Reformed)
6. Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins) …. should’ve been Amy Adams (Arrival)
7. Rachel McAdams (Spotlight) …. should’ve been Jessica Chastain (Crimson Peak)
8. Meryl Streep (Into the Woods) …. should’ve been Jessica Chastain (Interstellar or A Most Violent Year)
9. Christian Bale (American Hustle) …. should’ve been Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)
10. Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook) …. should’ve been Kelly Reilly (Flight)
Good options bro
Nah for Eddie Redmayne it should have been Johnny Depp for Black Mass and should won instead of Leo.
Kelly Reilly? You were doing so well!!
I'll agree with you on Jennifer Lawrence, Eddie Redmayne, Jonathan Pryce, and Rachel McAdams. I strongly disagree with your take on Bradley Cooper (American Sniper) and Christian Bale (American Hustle), they both gave amazing performances, I would have voted them for the wins if I were an Academy member.
I can't disagree with any of your options .Well thought out .
Laura Dern has so much muscle within the Academy, that the nomination for Wild albeit unnecessary doesn't surprise me.
I like when Denzel plays against his typical huffing and puffing characters. So it's refreshing to see that Roman nomination. If you ask me, I would've nominated James Franco instead but we all know that wasn't happening.
What is it with David O. Russell and his actors, I mean... they get in!
When J.Lo missed BAFTA I already knew she wasn't going to make it in the Oscars.
I don't understand the disdain for Eddie Redmayne in The Danish Girl. He was fantastic!!
I love that Florence nomination for Meryl Streep 🤭 I still have to think about who I would take out that year because yes, Amy Adams was snubbed that year!
That Rockwell nomination was crazy indeed! Timothee Chalamet should've been in there instead for Beautiful Boy.
Wonderful video once again!
I called the JLo snub too back in the day. But Chalamet didn't warrant it. He's all hype.
It's clear that there are certain reasons why Eddie Redmayne gets hate for that role which is unfair cause that performance is so emotionally good but unfortunately people can't see through their biases. I probably wouldn't have nominated Denzel either but the Franco allegations were very serious plus it was during the metoo movement so there was no choice.
I hated American Hustle. Unbearable to be honest. Nobody should have been nominated for anything
I disagree with your statement about Meryl Streep in "Florence Foster Jenkins." I thought she was brilliant in this role.
She’s surprisingly moving in that role, my top two in that 2016 actress category!
She was brilliant indeed
I was going to post the same disagreement. She was tremendously moving in that role, one of my favorite Streep performances. She took a character that at first glance seemed to be a self-deluded, overly indulged socialite and peeled back the layers to reveal a deeply wounded, yet still caring, vulnerable and generous spirit. I loved that film. Plus it inspired me to look up the history of the real Florence Foster Jenkins.
The generally more light story roles taking fire maybe 😏
As always, you make some great points. Adams's snub for Arrival was astounding. Leading into the Oscars, Arrival's chances of a Best Picture and Director nod were iffy, but Adams was supposed to be the sure thing, and then nada! I think Streep is good and I know a few people who think it is one of her best performances, but I am ambivalent about it. How cool for Rene Russo - one of the most underrated actresses of the last 25 years - to get some recognition. But alas - like her performance in The Thomas Crown Affair, it was not to be. I agree with your comments about the performances from Dern, Redmayne, Bates, and Rockwell. The Washington performance for that film is absurd - it is almost like they decided to just throw nominations at Washington just for stepping on screen. I love Theron, but agree wholeheartedly that her snub for Fury Road (like Adams, she should have been the sure thing for that film) and then getting a nod for the surface glitz nonsense of Bombshell playing a not particularly likable or interesting person is puzzling. I actually think Branagh's work is better than you give it credit for in My Week With Marilyn, although he is undoubtedly overshadowed by Williams. I also think you have underrated Weaver's work in Silver Linings Playbook because her role is not as flashy as the others. Honestly, when I saw the film I somehow knew she had a good shot at a nomination. I don't get your hatred of Cooper in American Hustle though. Honestly, going into Oscars seasons there were two sure people I knew would get nods that year and they were Cooper and Lawrence from that film. I was not surprised by Bale and Adams nominations, but the precursors did not make them a sure bet. I think both Cooper and Lawrence are both doing high caliber character work in that film, which is something marquee talents rarely get a crack at. In fact, outside of A Star Is Born, I would rank this as probably Cooper's best onscreen work - with Silver Linings close behind it.
You say you don’t want to hate on a Washington nomination, and yet this is the definition of hate. He got the nom bc Franco had too much MeToo backlash.
The thing is the Franco allegations came out after the nomination voting process had already begun, it actually started a week before the allegations came out. So, a lot of votes had already been cast beforehand. So, I imagine he got a lot of votes so I wonder how much MeToo actually did affect the rest of the voters who didn't cast their ballots yet. Part of me wants to believe Franco did get the nomination but there was a conspiracy that prevented it from happening cuz the Academy didn't want to deal with the backlash if they officially nominated Franco.
@@rustincohle2135 I fully believe the same thing. I think they said “put number 6 in” haha
@@Themoomabides I can't help but think that the top brass at the Academy paid off the Price Waterhouse people (who count the ballots) to stay silent on the matter.😄
If “Vice” was gonna get a supporting actor nomination, it should’ve been for Steve Carell
Jeremy Renner gave the best performance in AMERICAN HUSTLE and was the one lead who didn't get in.
Loved all of the performances you mentioned! 😂 Streep in FFJ was phenomenal.
Bombshell. Not much of a story??????? What? There was a great story, the movie may not captured it or presented it to your liking, but there was a story.
Alex Wolf definitely deserved a nomination for "Hereditary". Same as Toni Colette.
Laura Dern was phenomenal IMO
Hey there! If possiable, can you keep up this series? I really like it!
I have a sincere question I hope you answer. I often hear you, and so many other people, say "they decided to give so and so that award or that nomination" as if the Academy votes as a unit, sitting in a room deciding who will get nominated and win. I am not naive, I realize studios, agents, performers, etc. campaign, but why the narrative that everyone comes together to make these decisions when that isn't how it works. If it really does work that way and we've been lied to that individuals make their own decisions (with influence, sure) please enlighten me.
I disagree with you on kathy bates. She did amazing in Richard Jewell
Totally agreed on Sam Rockwell, especially since the ones snubbed that were shown actually gave much better performances.
And also sadly agreed on Madame Streep. I'd replace this nomination with The River Wild, The Hours, or The Manchurian Candidate if we're talking about her great performances that were almost Oscar nominated and blow Florence Foster Jenkins out of the water. And that Amy Adams snub for Arrival still stings, that remains her best performance.
And the Supporting Actress field in 2020 was incredibly weak. I wasn't a big fan of that lineup (if I had to choose, Florence Pugh was the best) but this would have been a much stronger 2020 lineup than the one we got:
Jennifer Lopez - Hustlers (that snub still hurts badly)
Zhao Shu-zhen - The Farewell
Park So Dam - Parasite
Cho Yeo Jeong - Parasite
Lee Jung-eun - Parasite
Hell, Robbie was even better in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood than in Bombshell.
Don't really mind the Cooper or Theron nominations but I do think Lupita N'yongo in Us could have easily replaced her and I would have been happy with it. Great video, Brian 🎉
Not nominating anyone from Parasite was ridiculous.
@@FrakkinToasterLuvva Especially Song Kang Ho, heavily deserved a Marina De Tavira Roma style nomination for Supporting Actor!
You are dead wrong about Kenneth Branagh. He's great and totally deserved to be nominated.
I agree with all of your choices! Amy Adams in Arrival not getting nominated is still a shocker. J-Lo was terrific in her movie but that was a really flawed film so I guess they didn't want to reward it? And #1 - Sam Rockwell for Vice - insane!
Don’t really get why Jennifer Lawrence won for silver linings playbook…
I agree with you on Branagh in My Week with Marilyn. Which was also a bad movie based on one guy's Real Person Fanfic.
The role Branagh should have definitely been nominated for, and was not, was Iago in Othello (1995).
Omg I love you!❤️ I agree with so much of what you say. Glad to find a movie nominee snub soulmate 😍😂
Sorry I disagree with putting Denzel and Bradley on this list. Both gave great performances and earned their well deserved nomination
“Give me an F-n break” is your best catch phrase!
Obviously, Amy Adams was robbed for Arrival and I would easily swap Meryl for Amy in Oscars 2017; but I disagree that Streep’s worst nomination is for Florence Foster Jenkins - that honor would go to The Post. I feel Streep is more or less herself in The Post and does not do any thing memorable - at least Florence Foster Jenkins is a comedic/tragic character whom I found more interesting than (Catherine?) in The Post.
Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!
Johnny Depp should have gotten an Oscar nomination for BLACK MASS? Are you joking? His fake eyes in the movie ruined it for me.
I love these types of videos Brian. It’s nice to know I’m not alone finding it incredibly frustrating & infuriating when an actor is nominated or wins for the wrong performance. It drives me crazy!
I actually really love Meryl Streep’s nomination for Florence Foster Jenkins. I was surprised how much I adored that movie. Her relationship with her husband especially pulled at the heart strings. But it kinda blew my mind that someone as excellent as Meryl Streep could play a character that has no talent. 😂 I think sometimes people forget she’s supposed to be awful in that film which is why it works. Kudos to Meryl.
Her Into the Woods nom is way worse imo.
I would trade Eddie Redmaye in The Danish Girl for Jake Gyllenhaal in Southpaw! I still would have voted for Michael Fassbender in 2016 to win for Steve Jobs though.
Jennifer López should it be nominated for Selena and also for Hustlers. Lots of prejudice against Latinos at the Oscars
I actually think Bradley Cooper should've won for American Hustle
No, I’m sorry Jennifer Lopez should not be nominated for an Oscar. And not because she’s playing herself; because she’s not believable as a person.
I totally disagree with the statements that American Hustle and Richard Jewell were not good films. I loved both of those movies. They were fantastic, and absolutely memorable. I also liked Bombshell, The Danish Girl, and Vice more than it sounds like you did. Although I agree that Timothee Chalomet deserved a nomination for Beautiful Boy.
Tom Hiddleston deserved nomination for I saw the light. The movie itself wasnt great but Tom's performance was stellar. He also sang and played guitar. Something for example R. Malek didnt do and won.
Afraid to say that you got number one disgustingly wrong again
I agree, Arrival is Amy Adams' best performance. What sucks, is she's likely to win for something much worse - like Julianne Moore.
Excuse me, Julianne Moore in Still Alice is one of the greatest Best Actress wins EVER.
@NeverLetMeGo777 you might think so, but I've literally never heard anyone mention that performance in that regard. Even so, I'm assuming you think this would be the best performance of her career, but again, I've never encountered anyone who thinks so. I'm not saying you're wrong, but she's done stellar work - work that I hold in higher regard that she hadn't won or been nominated for. For my money, boogie nights is her best, but naturally I'm biased. I love that movie.
@thankyoujodi Still Alice and The Hours are the absolute best from Julianne. But then again, she has delivered so many amazing performances in her career, so it is understandable that some of her more 'showy' and 'louder' performances are better liked. But what she did in Still Alice, the subtlety and nuances, how she peeled away so slowly layer by layer and little by little requires so much of the masterful acting skils that only an actor of Julianne's caliber can deliver.
@@NeverLetMeGo777Far From Heaven
I think Julianne Moore should have won an Oscar for Boogie Nights.
Night crawler deserved alot of oscar nominations
Best actor
Best supporting actress and supporting actor
Best director
Best screenplay
Best picture
I'd also add on best cinematography
Nightcrawler is one of my favorite movies.
It should had been nominated over american sniper at the very least
Renee Russo definitely deserved a nomination that year, especially over Kathy Bates and Dern
That was such a terrible move for the Oscars. I think he would have won that year as well, against Steve Carrell (Foxcatcher), Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Benedict Cumberbatch (Imitation Game), and Michael Keaton (Birdman)?? That was his finest performance, creepily good, and physically transformative, not to mention it was an incredibly engrossing film. Without a doubt, bs
I think instead of Denzel, they were probably going to nominate James Franco for the disaster artist, that is until the allegations came out… so they’re like who do we nominate instead? Tom Hanks for the post? Not. Steve Carell for The Battle of the Sexes? Maybe.. Denzel Washington? Fine😅
Also bc he’d unfairly lost to Casey
Also BCoops was killer in American Hustle
Franco won Globes for Comedy and I'd argue was a contender in winning until his allegations surfaced. Oldman was sweeping but Franco was still getting in everywhere except BAFTA, so when the allegations arose and he didn't make it to Oscar 5 I was not surprised he didn't make it. Did not expect Denzel but I guess the SAG nom benefitted him
Pattinson in Good Time
@@joecoe4416 good shout 👌🏼
These never would’ve happened, but nominations for Ryan Gosling in Blade Runner 2049 or Hugh Jackman in Logan would be all timers, way more deserving than just another Denzel Washington performance.
You can't talk about Denzel in Roman J Israel Esq. without talking about James Franco in The Disaster Artist. It was Franco's nomination to lose but when the accusations against him came out, Denzel was the next man up.
I was thinking the same thing!
We're sleeping on Denzel's performane as Roman J Israel. It's a mid film with a seemingly unfinished screenplay that cant tell what it wants to be...political justice piece? Suddenly it's a thriller? But Denzel is flawless in that film, and it's absolutely one of his most compelling and interesting performances. Awards Contender seems to have missed the point that his character is clearly a hyper-intelligent high-functioning autist and Denzel's portrayal of said character is one of the best portrayals of autistm in cinema history. Denzel isn't just "in mild prostestics", he had an extreme mental transformation into a character he's never played before and is rarely portrayed in mainstream cinema to any form of accuracy. It's brilliant. He earned that nomination.
Sam Rockwell was riding high on the popularity train when he was nominated for Vice
I saw that described somewhere at the time as his 'victory lap nomination' following the win for Three Billboards... the previous year!
Sam Rockwell is a genius actor😊
I don't know if you're reading this Brian, but from the other side of the globe, I cannot describe how much your videos mean to me. Oscars are kind of a niche interest, and living in a small town in the Balkans, I have no one to exchange opinions with. I hope you do more best and worst nominations per decade, as well as rank acting wins for every category in recent decades. Those are my favourite videos of yours! ❤
Half of this list could’ve been filled with performers from O’russell’s films. Loud, empty, obnoxious, and just plain annoying.
I'm so glad his last movie was a flop. His best movie was Three Kings.
@@iamsoverybored878isn't that film with russel and Clooney fighting in set?
@@ΓΕΏΡΓΙΟΣ-ι8ν Yes.
@@ΓΕΏΡΓΙΟΣ-ι8νyes
Disagree
People are arguing that "Jennifer Lopez was playing herself" in Hustlers… that's a terrible argument because Brad Pitt basically played himself in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and won the Oscar that year and Margot Robbie basically played herself in Bombshell and was nominated that year.
So on a normal day for Brad he bashes people's face in whilst on acid
@@AlertedDust by your logic on a normal day Jennifer Lopez dances on a pole and drugs people in order to steal their money. I mean that people are trying to say Jennifer did not give any depth and by their logic the same can apply to Brad and Margot so it is not a good argument.
I’m honestly shocked people were outraged she wasn’t nominated. I thought she was alright, she just didn’t disappear into the role. I didn’t find anything about her performance award worthy. But then again I feel the same way about Laura Dern so🤷🏽♂️
@@poett8875 honestly the entire Best Supporting Actress category that year was lackluster but I personally think Jennifer was more worthy than Laura and Kathy.
@@poett8875 that's fair, the point of my comment was to point out the hypocrisy of that statement. Many do feel she did not disappear into the role, as you stated, but the same thing applies to Brad and Margot and they still got nominated and Brad won so this whole narrative that Jennifer was playing herself really holds no weight.
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I know JLO has a reputation for thinking highly of herself but that snub for Hustlers is an occasion when she was 100% correct. She was a dynamic force of nature in Hustlers and it should have at least been recognized with a nomination.
I actually called JLo getting snubbed for _Hustlers,_ I knew it was gonna happen and everyone thought I was crazy. The reason is cuz JLo is really not that respected at least as an actress by the folks in the Academy. To me, they see her more as a pop singer who sometimes acts instead of being a "real" actress. But Lady Gaga will get nominated cuz everybody actually loves and respects her.
@@rustincohle2135 oh yeah-Lady Gaga has definitely followed the Cher route of achieving Oscar glory. One more nomination and she’ll have her Oscar.
@@kidcarroll7312 Since she already has an Oscar, I don't think they care that much if she gets one for acting necessarily.
@@kidcarroll7312 I would love to see Gaga win an acting Oscar. She already has one for music. It would bring her career full circle and put her with Barbara as one of the greats.
How about Dame Judy being nominated for and winning supporting actress for Sheakespear in love? She even said that it was miraculous for an 8 minute role. That whole year was rigged. Paltrow for best actress and best picture? Give me a Fing break.
That's in the 90's. This video is for the 2010's
I think with American Hustle and Silver Linings Playbook: the Academy seemed to be on a real David O. Russell high for a while. They seem to do this thing where certain filmmakers are front-and-center as their chosen “it” directors, and they’ll shower that filmmaker and their work with love and nominations, regardless of the quality. And I think Russell was that for a time. He’s fallen off of that in recent years, especially with his work on films like Amsterdam, and the resurfacing of his abusive tendencies on his film sets (especially towards George Clooney, Lily Tomlin, and Amy Adams). But I think that may explain why those films got so much love in those years, he was just one of “their guys” at that time.
Though I agree, American Hustle didn’t click with me when I saw it. And it doesn’t seem to have aged all that well either.
Dern is generally overrated. I mean she is quite terrible in PALM ROYALE. Seems like she plays the same character over and over again.
Id take out Jonathan price for the two popes and put in taron egerton in rocket man
Mark Ruffalo for Spotlight was a terrible nomination. The fact that Mark Rylance inexplicably won that year for Bridge of Spies notwithstanding, I think all of the following gave more challenging and memorable supporting performances than Ruffalo:
Paul Giamatti in Straight Outta Compton and Love and Mercy
Oscar Isaac in Ex Machina
Benicio del Toro in Sicario
Steve Carrel in The Big Short (Christian Bale was nominated for this movie)
Michael Stuhlbarg in Steve Jobs
Will Poulter in The Revenant
Michael Keaton should have been nominated for _Spotlight._
In reality spotlight would probably just nominated for three oscars( even the two were deserving) but the acting nominations were unnecessary
I think you mean Paul Dano for Straight Outta Compton and Love and Mercy
@@marthasandler6691 How He didn't get nominations for there will will be blood and the fablemans? He absolutely kills it
Paul Giamatti was in Straight Outta Compto
Josh Hamilton for Eight Grade is a good shout👌🏼 such an underrated performance
10. 0:22 Laura Dern / Wild
9. 2:21 Denzel Washington / Roman J Israel, Esq.
8. 4:03 Bradley Cooper / American Hustle
7. 5:50 Jacki Weaver / Silver Linings Playbook
6. 7:38 Charlize Theron / Bombshell
5. 9:51 Kathy Bates / Richard Jewell (I love Kathy but I agree 100% Jlo on Hustlers deserved it more 😤)
4. 12:40 Eddy Redmaine / The Danish Girl
3. 14:17 Kenneth Branaugh / My Week With Marilyn
2. 16:31 Meryl Streep / Florence Foster Jenkins
1. 19:21 Sam Rockwell / Vice
I agree with having Sam Rockwell, Meryl Streep, Eddie Redmayne, and Denzel Washington on this list for those particular performances. I disagree about Jacki Weaver, Bradley Cooper, and Charlize Theron, I think they all deserved their nominations.
Thanks for ruining it for everybody.
@@rah62 don’t read the comments next times and you’re welcome
@NormaLilia24 thank you
Lol Laura Dern is actually an inspired nom. Just because she doesn't have a lot of screen time and doesn't cry and scream into your face doesn't mean she was bad. She did take a paper thin character and created a haunting character which gives and helps Reese performance to have an emotionally punch. Subtle acting at its best. But Brian is not a fan of subtle performances. There are no small roles only small actresses.
Yes, I liked the "minor key" performance like Laura's gets nominated at the Oscars. They're a long shot to win, but the impact of such roles totally enrich the movie. Wild made be blue so much when I saw it, deeply felt.
Well said. I thought she was luminous & memorable in a role that could have been the opposite. She really shone & made you understand why Cheryl did what she did
I liked Laura Dern in WILD. Her performance was very moving. I would not complain about her being nominated for it.
Sam Rockwell.... Lol, but I thought he was better in Charlie's Angels -vs- Vice. At least CA made me notice him as an actor and go who is this? -- Vice seems like more of a potential good karma nod?!? --- Rockwell did star in Clownhouse, a pretty decent low budget slasher, but behind the scenes was horrendous. Then Sam did spend well over a decade after that trying to get some momentum going, to be noticed. And one thing I do have to give younger Sam credit for is, it seems like he was willing to take on any role, do anything for the role and showed a lotta drive.
Thank you for acknowledging Jennifer Lopez’s snub for Hustlers.
Defending Your Life is the title of the Albert Brooks film.
I can’t even imagine someone can play Florence Foster Jenkins rather than Meryl Streep, She played that role how FFJ was 🤷, She deserves that nomination 🔥
Yes
Absolutely right
Just cuz you can’t imagine someone else playing a role doesn’t mean it deserved Oscar nom
@@mooganify what is they played it nicely?
Glen Close would've been perfect too
I really don’t agree with your opinion on Bombshell. I wasn’t a fan of the film, but i think it’s carried by its acting. Theron, Kidman, and Robbie were all excellent.
Agreed, the acting and ensemble were the main reason the movie was worth watching.
Just love your content, man. Keep up the great work!
I loved Laura Dern in the Wild! She's the absolute heart of the movie in a very little screen time she was in
The thing these nominations have in common is that they’re past nominees. We know the Academy is lazy as hell.
Disagree about Laura Dern and "Wild." But I've always noticed the Oscars are suckers for roles in which the actor physically "transforms" their appearance, and your list reflects that.
Loved the video 👍
I have become a huge fan of yours during last year's awards season. Keep up the good work
coming out as a florence foster jenkins defender. early teenager men watched that movie alone in bed on a hot summer day and i was SOBBING
I can’t believe you think JLO should’ve gotten an Oscar nomination. Give me a break 🤣💀
loved the jenkins movie with meryl !!
JLO was really good in Hustlers and should have received a nomination
I think it was Michael Caine who once stated that it isn't the performance that wins an Oscar, it is the role that wins the Oscar.
This also seems to be true of nominations.
Jennifer Lawrence was terrible in American Hustle. TERRIBLE. Just more of her typical, over the top "look at me everyone, I'm acting. I'm acting REALLY hard" performances. Not to mention she was way too young for that part. What a ridiculous nomination that was. 🙄
Yup. And that entire movie was completely overrated. I barely even remember it.
American hustle was completely oscar-bait, i dont understand why it won golden globe and Saga, Her and wolf of walle street got snubbed for globes and whatever was in Saga.
Spell much ? @@ΓΕΏΡΓΙΟΣ-ι8ν
Glad you know more than The Academy. Shut up!
@bingovegas4867 hahaha, you're funny. Did I strike a nerve? 🤣🤣
Amazingly, I agree with 90% of these choices! Good job.
I liked Vice and Bombshell more than most people so I'm fine with the acting noms from those films. The makeup jobs were truly excellent and deservedly won. In 2017, Denzel was the safe better option for that last best actor slot cause there was no one else plus James Franco clearly was not getting in cause of the allegations. Let's be honest, the Academy were never gonna take JLo seriously and that Kathy Bates nom was absolutely deserving. And I don't get the Eddie Redmayne hate still, it's nowhere near cringe and actually very affecting.
Spot on for every remark!
Christian Bale was great as Cheney and deserved his nomination. But Rockwell's made me go "what? Really?"
I’m always super happy to get a new video from you Brian ❤
Not Kenneth Branagh!!! Surprised at that being here. I love that movie and him in it, he probably would have been my vote if I was in the Academy 😭😭😭
But is he better than Albert Brooks in Drive?
@@jacquesboyadjian9449 Brooks arguably could have won, which is Brian's position, but that doesn't quite line up to Branagh being denied a nomination in the same category. He was fantastic and brought Olivier to life with a fresh perspective (and since when has Oliver been portrayed on screen before this). There were even more forgettable nominees that year - perhaps Max Von Sydow for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, which got nominations thanks to some Weinstein-style heavy pushing from super producer Scott Rudin.
I agree with Brian. It just struck me as a "oh we have a renowned UK Shakespearean actor impesonating a legendary UK Shakespearean actor? Let's nominate him!" Mid performance in a bad movie.
The role Branagh should have been nominated and was not was Iago in Othello (1995),
I love Sir Kenneth. He could read the phone book and I’d love it. I thought he did a very good Sir Olivier. He was superb as Iago and also in Dead Again. Why wasn’t he nominated for that? He played two different characters and hit it out of the park! I wish he’d star in more movies instead of always directing. Esther Schwartz
@@garyschwartz6777 Dead Again was another really good role by Branagh. I'd have that and Othello as his nominations instead of My Week with Marilyn.
I'm glad someone else said Laura dern's win for the marriage story is not great. I am not a fan of that win either.
Normally I agree with you, but you lost me with this video! Charlize Theron became Megyn Kelly in Bombshell and not only deserved the nomination but should have won over Renee Zellweger's horrid impersonation of Judy Garland, and I adored the film American Hustle, it was my favorite from that year! I do agree with Denzel only getting nominated because they needed to fill a spot, but you failed to mention James Franco who was a shoo in until allegations surfaced about him and I also agree about Laura Dern and Kathy Bates, Jennifer Lopez was robbed!
BOTH Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu should've been nominated for Hustlers
Hahaha 😂… No
Absolutely not... Constance is easily one of the worst actors out there and JLo.. let's not even go there
NOPE. Lopez was rightfully omitted .
@@Nishanth_mementomoriI disagree Constance is very enjoyable to watch in whatever she is doing
@@AnotherOpinion695 and what exactly has she done 😂 she ruined her career after crazy rich Asians
I agree with most of your choices, and while I don't want to suggest all of Meryl's nominations are award-worthy, I would commend 'Florence,' knowing as a singer myself how genuinely hard it is to sing off-key and badly when you are naturally gifted in voice as Meryl is. Her nom for 'Into the Woods is even worse...
Jacki Weaver's nomination for SLP baffles me to this day. I could not find one scene nor moment that warranted an Oscar nomination. I felt the same about Marina de Tavira's nomination for Roma, though I know several think that nomination was deserved.
Weaver definitely deserved her nomination for Animal Kingdom though.
She was a real wicked woman in that crime drama.
I completely disagree with you putting Laura Dern in Wild on the list. She is great in the movie. Limited Screen time but huge impact on the Story. She deserved the nomination.
Yeah. I find her performance in Wild more deserving than in Marriage Story.
Jennifer Lopez earned a nomination. There is bias in the Oscar world.
And that bias is justified
I don’t see why Jennifer Lawrence won for best actress, I thought she was so over the top and young for that role. I don’t know how she won a golden globe over Lupita Nyong’o. Regina King was ok for me but I don’t see why she swept all the awards for If Beale Street Could Talk. Emma Stone in La La Land, Bradley Cooper in everything, overrated for me.
Anything David O. Russell related is sketchy. Also they need to stop nominating Cooper and Lawrence.
Well Cooper, but not JLaw.
@@rustincohle2135 Joy was not worthy of a nomination.
Sounds like I'm in the minority, but I will die on the hill of Jackie Weaver deserving her nomination. Silver Linings was my introduction to her, and she blew me away. She's playing a character who has been sidelined for decades by bigger personalities and bigger problems, and she's like a live wire of repressed anxiety and exasperation, trying to keep her family in the realm of sanity--just like the actress herself grounds every scene she's in, more often than not through hilarious facial expressions and carriage rather than dialogue. In an era of "strong women" being dominant in the conversation (whether they're well-written or not), I love seeing more naturally timid or patient characters show their strength in more subtle ways. Mama bear, she may not be, but more than anyone else in the film, Jackie made me believe her character could be a real person.
It's not an exceptional movie, but I had a similar response to Amy Adams' character in Big Eyes. The way she carried her anxiety in her body reminded me so much of my own mother's mannerisms.
😂
Great insight - love the shout out to Amy Adams in Big Eyes
I couldn't get into American Hustle
It reads like a poor man's Scorsese.
Idk why it was one of the frontrunners like gravity and 12 years slave but glad the latter won instead
I agree with BOMBSHELL. I was excited cause it was directed by Jay Roach. Cause he did GAME CHANGE with Jullianne Moore as Sarah Palin. And nobody should call that a impersonation. But BOMBSHELL did nothing & felt people in costumes. There were times I thought the tone was very oddly weird for me, times I thought there was weird black comedy undertones in it. I always felt the Academy gave recognition cause of the Post Me Too/Weinstein & maybe Academy wanted to do some reckoning over that.
I ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Florence Foster Jenkins
They just didnt want jlo to be known as an oscar nominated actress thats why they gave kathy bates that nomination 😂
Jlo wanted that nomination so bad. She campaigned HEAVILY. Giving interviews, magazine covers, wearing extravagant gowns and outfits etc the whole 9 yards .She was everywhere.
It's not supposed to be about that.
I agree that J Lo earned a nomination. There is bias in nearly the award shows, most definitely in the Oscars. Sadly
And I'm really glad that she doesn't have that to her name 😂 imagine... Industry plant untalented overhyped bully JLo being referred to as "Oscar nominated Jennifer Lopez".. yuck
@ericryanyawl9401 thats exactly what Jamie Lynn Curtis did. For campaigning that is what it is about. Its been said on this channel that a kick ass acceptance speech can even keep you in the conversation
they were just making up for not nominating Laura for Jurassic park back in the day. 😹
Yeah why didn’t the guy who played Richard jewell get a nom
Roman J Israel esq is not a great movie but I always felt like it was a great performance with q lit if subtlety let down by a movie that could not match what Denzel was putting into it
Justice for Jloooooo❤
How she didn’t sweep the season for “Selena” is BEYOND ME.
22:54 I think Meryl Streep should have been nominated for Plenty.
She was so slick in a movie that is so full of mysterus nuances.
Another movies tat sesudave been nominated was Calling In Love with Robert de Niro. It speaks of how a casual acqarace can tur iito blossoming girl boy reatosp ta dersettifteUited Staesite 80s. Very rrfreging role for Meryl Streep. Something like a breakout
I think Adam Sandler should have gotten an Oscar nomination for Uncut Gems. Uncut Gems was the same year Joaquin Phoenix won for his role in Joker; I think instead of either Antonio Banderas in Pain and Glory or Jonathan Pryce in The Two Popes, the nomination should have gone to Sandler.
The academy truly wronged Nightcrawler. Zero acting nominations is criminal. I’d argue not only Gyllenhaal and Russo but ALSO Riz Ahmed should’ve gotten a supporting actor nod as well.
Who still remembers Arrival ...i loved florence foster jenkins and her performance...a transformative one and amy adams did nothing extraordinary in Arrival...
I did prefer Dern in Little Women over Marriage Story.
Denzel only got in that year because of James Franco’s #metoo incident… it was Oldman vs Franco that year up until that lady called out Franco for harassment
I don't think Jennifer Lopez did anything extraordinary in that movie. Let's just say she was playing herself, or not too far from it. I have never been moved by anthing she has done.
I think it's great you set a high bar for oscar nominations. It's has to mean something and it has to be memorable. That's what every oscar nomination should aspire to
I actually completely forgot that Jennifer Lopez got snubbed for Hustlers. That seems like such a no-brainer that it almost causes a Mandela effect, like "What are you talking about, of COURSE she got nominated for Hustlers..." I don't care much for J-Lo as an actress, but Hustlers is easily the best she's ever been...