I don't know why people always forget this; Julianne Moore was only in Supporting Actress for the Hours because she already had Lead Actress secured with Far From Heaven the same year. It had NOTHING to do with Nicole or screentime or anything else other than a competing role where she was THE LEAD. That's all.
@@daims8041 No. Multiple nominations by one actress is not allowed at the Oscars. That is why Kate Winslet won with The Reader as a Lead Actress even though she has been winning best supporting actress for the same film at other awards.
Thank you for that Ian McKellen mention. I feel like everyone’s performance in LOTR was outstanding but barely anyone was nominated because it was such a huge ensemble.
There really is no right and wrong. Performances are subjective - this year I have more than one "best" in each of the acting categories. Interesting video - thanks for sharing.
Fun Fact: When Denzel won the SAG and lost the Oscar, that actually broke a 12 year streak of the winner of the Best Actor SAG Award winning the Best Actor Oscar.
100% agree with #1!!!!! McKellan was total EPICNESS in LOTR. Now, like you said, if Broadbent had been nominated for and won for Moulin Rouge, that would have aged much better than the forgettable Iris. And the fact that McKellan gave us Gods and Monsters AND LOTR and still has no Oscar to show for it? There must be a conspiracy against him.
If I'm not mistaken Broadbent won in the Leading category in one of the international awards. Thus, it might have even been category fraud. Ian McKellen gave a true exceptional supporting performance and wasn't recognized 😑
Or any of the cast members for that matter. This film along with Parasite are some Best Picture winning movies that somehow didn’t have any acting Oscar nominations. It’s especially unfair that none of the actors got nominated especially considering that movie swept.
Brian, thanks so much for your excellent commentary. I agree with your choices, especially about Russell Crowe in "A Beautiful Mind," Viola Davis in "The Help" and Ed Harris in "Apollo 13." Keep up your great professional work. You are the gold standard in TH-cam movie critics. No one even comes close to your professionalism, enthusiasm, and demeanor.
Casey Affleck did in fact deserve the Oscar for Manchester by the Sea over Denzel Washington for Fences because Affleck's character had the challenges and difficulties of what his character went through, Washington's perfromance in Fences is a strong one but, it might have been a little too theatrical and a little too much Denzel.
@@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719this so called awards expert forgot that the title of award says best not who will get best reception from crowd or who should have more oscars by now. This thing is very problematic cause legendary, overdue or diversity quota people actually gets the best reception from the crowd rather than young, unknown people or people who belongs from unknown or oscar stigma movies. I mean just look at What happened to Toni Collette and Charles Melton?
For me, Glenn Close winning in SAG over Olivia Colman is my favorite. She was indeed impeccable and I think Glenn failed to win Oscar because it was a smaller film unlike The Favorite. To me, Rachel Weisz should be the Lead in that film because and Colman should be supporting. I really think SAG got this right by awarding Glenn Close for The Wife.
I think the main reason Glenn Close didn’t win the Oscar is because her film wasn’t nominated for Best Picture but The Favourite was. The same reason Sylvester Stallone lost the Oscar for Creed.
You should 100% do a video on the supporting actor race in 2016. I never really understood why Stallone didn't win. Also I don't know how Idris Elba has never been nominated at the Oscars. There is definitely a lot to talk about with this race.
I feel like Idris wasn't nominated because of the whole "Netflix isn't cinema" drama from back in the day. I also think Stallone didn't win because, at least in my opinion, he gave the worst performance of the brunch, as he is kind of stiff and single-noted. I could see him winning as a so-called "career Oscar", but only If he had given a superb performance
@@cssomeone I agree with what you said about Netflix, but I don't think Stallone gave the worst performance of the nominees. Obviously it wasn't the Best One (I really like both Hardy's and Ruffalo's) , but I still think it would have been a better win than Rylance's. It would have been a career oscar, but it definitely wouldn't upset me.
Casey Affleck's Best Actor for Manchester by the Sea is by far in the conversation of the most deserving Best Actor Winners we've gotten in the 21st Century. It's right up there with Daniel Day Lewis for There Will Be Blood, Anthony Hopkins for The Father, and Jamie Fox for Ray. Yes, the competition between him and Denzel Washington was one of the tightest Best Actor races we've seen in ages. Washington showcasing a side of him in Fences we don't get to see him play. Creating a stubborn and tragic character who's so irresistible to watch, you can't keep your eyes off the screen. But Washington has had plenty of memorable parts in his career, especially in Malcom X, which was his once in a lifetime part in 1992. So in the year of 2016, that's exactly what happened to Casey Affleck. Winning for a role that was right fit for Affleck's ability as an actor. Delivering a more grounded and subtle performance, delivering an emotionally unstable character that you keep on guessing and guessing whether he's going to be okay or not by the end. Playing a much more tragic character, whose emotional mindset and reactions tell us so much, you're lost for words for the emotional and psychology state he's in.
I agree but the race wasn’t actually that tight since Casey won literally everything except sag and Denzel ONLY won sag that whole entire awards season.
@@alediaz3245 it was a tight race. But to be specific, the race wasn't tight throughout that a whole season. As you said before, Affleck ran the board anywhere else prior to sag. But once Washington won the best actor at sag, it became a tight race. Especially to the point a lot of awards pundits began placing Washington over Affleck (there's also a controversy with Affleck that started to come up as voting was progressing). A few weeks after sag, Affleck single handily won the BAFTA and didn't have Washington to worry about as he wasn't nominated there (Washington has never been nominated at BAFTA). Oscar night came along, both Affleck and his film Manchester by the Sea had more love at the end of the day.
Thank you so much for shining light on Sean Astin in Return of the King! No one ever talks about how emotionally powerful he was in that film and he definitely deserved a nomination as well as Serkis for The Two Towers.
Casey absolutely deserved that Oscar. He should have won SAG too because his performance in Manchester by the Sea is amazing. I'm conflicted on Bening vs Swank Round 1. I really like both of Swank's Oscar wins but it is so sad that Annette Bening doesn't have an Oscar by now. So in hindsight maybe it would have been good if she won for American Beauty. Taking Swank's first Oscar away though sucks since that role was so transformative and groundbreaking for its time considering the subject matter. Maybe Annette could have won in Bening vs Swank Round 2. I've never seen Being Julia but Million Dollar Baby is amazing and of course won a lot of Oscars that year (including Best Picture) so it would be hard to deny her since she was the only lead performance. Whereas when Annette lost for American Beauty they gave Spacey Best Actor among a ton of other Oscars like Best Director and Best Picture. I agree with your top choice for sure btw.
I will NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY Mark Rylance won that Oscar. He didn't do anything in Bridge of Spies. I wouldn't even call it a subtle performance. There was just nothing there. What did he actually win for?
Not a huge fan of that Oscar win either. He was just fine in that movie. He wasn’t memorable imo. I thought Tom Hanks delivered a better performance than him in that movie, but he wasn’t even nominated.
I believe it’s the British bloc of the Academy who swayed the votes in his favor, and Spielberg too. Mark Rylance is a well-respected actor especially in theatre. He is basically theatre royalty, like he is considered a second coming of Olivier in his generation (there’s Ian McKellen too). He head the Shakespeare’s Globe theatre for several years as artistic director. I don’t really remember Mark campaigning much during the Oscar season as he had a Broadway show then. I also think of the same thing with Olivia Colman’s Oscar win, although she is known more as a TV royalty in the UK and many of the British voting bloc chose her over Glenn Close, but The Favourite is also a bigger Oscar contender.
People predict sag based of what they think hollywood it actors would choose. But, sag is contained of journeymen working actors, game recognises game. Well, most of the time.
Based on the nominees at the Oscars, I agree. Who I think should have won the Oscar that year wasn’t even nominated and that’s Toni Collette from Hereditary. I think Glenn Close should have won the Oscar for Fatal Attraction.
Russell Crowe should have got the Oscars - the best performance of year by far - was totally political. He was acting bratty in lead up and that with reluctance to give back 2 back, was enough to skew it to Washington. He messed it up for himself unfortunately.
Also, there was a lot of chatter that Washington hadn't won since Glory and had yet to score an Oscar for a leading role though he'd been nominated hella times.
I think you are right all around, and Ed Harris still without an Oscar, do you believe me if I tell you I think about it every time I see Ed Harris in a movie. This video was truly enjoyable and enlightening. Thank you so much for it.
I don’t know, Denzel’s win for Training Day is one of the most out-of-the-box, downright coolest wins in the Lead Actor category in my opinion. No one else could bring the charisma and sense of false bravado he brings to that iconic performance of Alonzo.
I think Denzel winning for Fences was in part giving him an award when he never got a SAG award. Casey Affleck deserved the Oscar for Manchester by the Sea and I think should have swept the entire award season and got the SAG award as well. That’s not to say Denzel was bad in Fences, because he wasn’t, but I do think him not having a SAG award was a factor in him winning that year over Affleck, who was dominating the award season with his incredible performance.
I always thought Kidman was Best Actress in The Hours because she's the central figure, like Brando in The Godfather. I agree about Bening in American Beauty except for the impact of the Boys Don't Cry win for L+ reasons. I remember feeling when she won for that that the L+ community had been legitimized in a way like never before
You can never make me hate Dench in SIL. Everyone reduces it to screentime and never really acknowledge what she did with her eight minutes. In both of her major scenes, she nearly erases everyone else in the room. Beyond commanding. She fully deserved.
I agree about Crowe , Harris, Bening , Elba and Davis. My favorite the year Kidman won would be Salma Hayek. Not really a fan though of The Usual Suspects. I definitely don’t have a problem with Swank in Boys Don’t Cry but loved Bening’s performance in American Beauty. Streep in any number of roles would have made for a better win than The Iron Lady. Davis is more iconic in The Help . My favorite performances in The Hours are actually Streep and Harris.
Like Polls, a win can be a snapshot of the temperature of the voting body. Sure, in retrospect it is easy to judge performances because they exist in a vacuum - of film. What we tend to forget are the campaigns - both positive and negative that influence. The momentum or fatigue attached to frontrunners. The prevailing zeitgeist, or political climate. The particular headspace of the Academy during a specific Oscar race.
Nicole Kidman did not deserve the Oscar for The Hours. That should have gone to either Renée Zellweger for Chicago or Julianne Moore for Far from Heaven.
One I can think of is Frances Ford Coppola for The Godfather. I was surprised he didn’t include Coppola for Best Director at the Golden Globes for the top 10 times the Golden Globes got right video.
TOTALLY agree with you on Annette Benning in American Beauty. I thought she did a better job than Kevin Spacey. And I think I'm in a minority, but I didn't care for Casey Affleck in MbtS. He was moody. Every scene was him brooding. Ugh.
Mark Rylance is one of my favorite performances of all time and I love Bridge of Spies. So I'm all about that win at the Oscars. I feel Denzel's performance in Fences was not incredibly unique compared to what Casey Affleck was tasked with pulling off. Though I think both Washington and Affleck were arguably upstaged by their female co-star. Viola Davis and Michelle Williams, respectively. Oh and I'm also not a fan of The Usual Suspects. But most Oscar nominated performances are for movies I don't care for.
Brother please, as much as i love ed harris in the truman show, no one deserved the win over coburn for affliction. That is one of the best supporting performances in the last 30 years
Great top 10, Brian! It's still criminal that Ian McKellen never won for Gods & Monsters or in Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring. And yes for Viola Davis! She should have won for both The Help & Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (which she also won the SAG for. I was rooting for her or Carey Mulligan to win in 2021 instead of Frances). And Idris Elba was incredible for Beasts Of No Nation, he should have at least gotten the Oscar nomination. Also agree on Denzel Washington, I thought his work in Fences was much more powerful than Casey Affleck in Manchester By The Sea and it would have been great to see him win the Oscar that year.
I hope you do get to see "Richard Jewell." It was extremely well done, and, of course, based on a true story. Unfortunately, despite stellar acting and directing by Clint Eastwood the movie faded quickly from the movie theatres. What a shame!
The year Meryl won at SAG for Doubt but lost to Winslet for The Reader at the Oscars (Winslet was nominated for Revolutionary Road at SAG) stands out to me. I think Meryl was fantastic (is she ever not?) as Sister Beauvier.
Kidman deserved the Oscar for Moulin Rouge but it was time for an African American actress in a lead role to win and Halle Berry was excellent in Monster's Ball. Kidman also had The Others in 2002 which was a superb performance that she could have also easily been nominated for BUT her work in The Hours was exquisite in spite of not being in. every frame. I remember the LA Times and NY Times not even recognizing Kidman in the movie. Kicked off a decade of actresses using Method Acting to 'become' the character and win the Oscar so I feel that it was Kidman's time and also a recognition of a number of incredible performances as well as an atonement for not winning for Moulin Rouge which she should have won for. Plus The Hours was a beautiful movie that deserved to win something. Kidman did win the BAFTA and The Golden Globe for The Hours too. Let's not diminish that win plus her Moulin Rouge performance loomed somewhat over Renee's role in Chicago ....
I completely disagree with you on Juliette Binoche/Lauren Bacall situation. Binoche’s win is actually one of the all timers Oscar win for me. So much well deserved, so shocking. Her performance was one of the things that kept me coming back and thinking about the English Patient. What a heartbreaking and courageous performance! That Binoche/Bacall should’ve been in your « when Academy Awards got it right » video 😉.
Definitely agree on idris Elba SAG win that 2016 race were the Oscars did everything in their power to avoid giving POC actors/actresses/filmmakers like not only idris but the cast of straight outta Compton, Michael b Jordan for creed, Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and mya Taylor for Tangerine, Abraham Attah for beasts of no nation, and will smith in concussion
The SAGs got it right on awarding Ian McKellen for the first Lord of the Rings Movie. The BAFTAs got a couple of categories right when it comes to that movie unlike the Oscars. The BAFTAs awarded Peter Jackson Best Director for the first Lord of the Rings movie and awarded the first Lord of the Rings film Best Picture. A Beautiful Mind won Best Picture and Best Director instead which are very safe choices. I think Apollo 13 is the Ron Howard movie more deserving of winning Best Picture and Best Director than A Beautiful Mind.
thank u for mentioning miss Zellweger and the great miss Bacall they're were going as frontrunner to that OCSAR, but something happened, and i do think that HARVEY WEINSTEIN has so much to do with their loses, Harvey loved RENEE but his company made sure to promote for Nicole soooo hard to get that win, also i don't know what happened to the members when they founded that such a great classic actress like lauren gives such a modern and heartfelt and memorable turn but they didn't go for her
I know that happened to Lauren Bacall, but I didn’t know that happened to Renee Zellweger too. It’s crazy especially considering that Chicago is a Miramax film.
Thank you for selecting Ian McKellen. His Gandalf is a performance for the ages, and it pains me to remember he is still without an Oscar.
Yes and yes!!
The actors voted, not selected
I don't know why people always forget this; Julianne Moore was only in Supporting Actress for the Hours because she already had Lead Actress secured with Far From Heaven the same year. It had NOTHING to do with Nicole or screentime or anything else other than a competing role where she was THE LEAD. That's all.
She may had 2 noms ins lead then, right?
@@daims8041 No. Multiple nominations by one actress is not allowed at the Oscars. That is why Kate Winslet won with The Reader as a Lead Actress even though she has been winning best supporting actress for the same film at other awards.
@@rbak2679but wasn’t Scarlett Johansson nominated twice in 2020 for JoJo Rabbit and Marriage Story?
@@WesleyRageryes but Best Supporting for JoJo and Best Actress for Marriage Story
@@WesleyRageryeah but she was lead for Marriage story and support for Jojo Rabbit
The SAG winning of Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean still one of my favorites. His performance in that movie is outstanding!
Thank you for that Ian McKellen mention. I feel like everyone’s performance in LOTR was outstanding but barely anyone was nominated because it was such a huge ensemble.
There really is no right and wrong. Performances are subjective - this year I have more than one "best" in each of the acting categories. Interesting video - thanks for sharing.
Okay. Now do a video for the top 10 times that Oscar got it right and other awards shows got it wrong.
This!
Good idea
ok that's actually a good idea
Speaking of Kathy Bates, she should have not only been nominated but won for Delores Claiborne.
Fun Fact: When Denzel won the SAG and lost the Oscar, that actually broke a 12 year streak of the winner of the Best Actor SAG Award winning the Best Actor Oscar.
Perfect timing to break that streak 😏
100% agree with #1!!!!! McKellan was total EPICNESS in LOTR. Now, like you said, if Broadbent had been nominated for and won for Moulin Rouge, that would have aged much better than the forgettable Iris. And the fact that McKellan gave us Gods and Monsters AND LOTR and still has no Oscar to show for it? There must be a conspiracy against him.
Gods and Monsters is so freaking amazing. I love when I see it mentioned, since so many people have forgotten all about it. Thanks for making me grin
If I'm not mistaken Broadbent won in the Leading category in one of the international awards. Thus, it might have even been category fraud. Ian McKellen gave a true exceptional supporting performance and wasn't recognized 😑
The ‘conspiracy’ could be homophobia…
Now that you say it, how DID Sean Astin not get a best supporting actor nom for Return of the King?
Right?!?! He was the heart and soul of that movie!
Or any of the cast members for that matter. This film along with Parasite are some Best Picture winning movies that somehow didn’t have any acting Oscar nominations. It’s especially unfair that none of the actors got nominated especially considering that movie swept.
Brian, thanks so much for your excellent commentary. I agree with your choices, especially about Russell Crowe in "A Beautiful Mind," Viola Davis in "The Help" and Ed Harris in "Apollo 13." Keep up your great professional work. You are the gold standard in TH-cam movie critics. No one even comes close to your professionalism, enthusiasm, and demeanor.
Hillary swank in boys dont cry was so powerful. She deserved that oscar. i was so shocked after watching boys dont cry.
Casey Affleck did in fact deserve the Oscar for Manchester by the Sea over Denzel Washington for Fences because Affleck's character had the challenges and difficulties of what his character went through, Washington's perfromance in Fences is a strong one but, it might have been a little too theatrical and a little too much Denzel.
I agree. It was just Denzel huffing and puffing like he does so many times.
@@jonathanvelazquezph.d.2719this so called awards expert forgot that the title of award says best not who will get best reception from crowd or who should have more oscars by now. This thing is very problematic cause legendary, overdue or diversity quota people actually gets the best reception from the crowd rather than young, unknown people or people who belongs from unknown or oscar stigma movies. I mean just look at What happened to Toni Collette and Charles Melton?
Thanks! I've been saying for ages that Russell Crowe should have won for A Beautiful Mind, not Gladiator. So glad someone else feel the same.
Agreed
Crowe gave a better performance in Beautiful Mind but Gladiator is the far better movie. Just my opinion LOL others feel differently
Racial politics and his problematic personal life blocked him from a much deserved back-to-back win.
For me, Glenn Close winning in SAG over Olivia Colman is my favorite. She was indeed impeccable and I think Glenn failed to win Oscar because it was a smaller film unlike The Favorite. To me, Rachel Weisz should be the Lead in that film because and Colman should be supporting. I really think SAG got this right by awarding Glenn Close for The Wife.
I think Emma Stone was the lead to The Favourite.
I think the main reason Glenn Close didn’t win the Oscar is because her film wasn’t nominated for Best Picture but The Favourite was. The same reason Sylvester Stallone lost the Oscar for Creed.
Thank you for the Betty Bacall shoutout! I’m still mad she lost her last shot at an Oscar. Such an amazing actress
Ed Harris and the Elusive Oscar video?
You should 100% do a video on the supporting actor race in 2016. I never really understood why Stallone didn't win. Also I don't know how Idris Elba has never been nominated at the Oscars. There is definitely a lot to talk about with this race.
I feel like Idris wasn't nominated because of the whole "Netflix isn't cinema" drama from back in the day. I also think Stallone didn't win because, at least in my opinion, he gave the worst performance of the brunch, as he is kind of stiff and single-noted. I could see him winning as a so-called "career Oscar", but only If he had given a superb performance
@@cssomeone I agree with what you said about Netflix, but I don't think Stallone gave the worst performance of the nominees. Obviously it wasn't the Best One (I really like both Hardy's and Ruffalo's) , but I still think it would have been a better win than Rylance's. It would have been a career oscar, but it definitely wouldn't upset me.
Hoping for the Ian Mckellen and the elusive Oscar video now 🤞
Yes please 🙏
Willem Dafoe and the Elusive Oscar as well.
Sorry to be so shallow but wow, Russell Crowe looked damn good during his beautiful mind awards season 😂
You're not lying. 😎
YES YES YES SIR IAN McKELLEN I know you would do it. LOVE YOU BRIAN!!!!!!!
Idris Elba would always be Stringer Bell to me because The Wire was the first thing i have seen him. Was shocked to find later on he's British.
Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!
18:05 I’d love to see you covering the 2016 Best Supporting Actor race!
I’m still sooo sad about Stallone. My heart broke for him in that moment. I remember feeling like that was his last shot. But maybe it won’t be 🤷🏾♂️
For the first time I agree with all of your selections. I enjoy all of you videos. Thank you.
Casey Affleck's Best Actor for Manchester by the Sea is by far in the conversation of the most deserving Best Actor Winners we've gotten in the 21st Century. It's right up there with Daniel Day Lewis for There Will Be Blood, Anthony Hopkins for The Father, and Jamie Fox for Ray. Yes, the competition between him and Denzel Washington was one of the tightest Best Actor races we've seen in ages. Washington showcasing a side of him in Fences we don't get to see him play. Creating a stubborn and tragic character who's so irresistible to watch, you can't keep your eyes off the screen. But Washington has had plenty of memorable parts in his career, especially in Malcom X, which was his once in a lifetime part in 1992. So in the year of 2016, that's exactly what happened to Casey Affleck. Winning for a role that was right fit for Affleck's ability as an actor. Delivering a more grounded and subtle performance, delivering an emotionally unstable character that you keep on guessing and guessing whether he's going to be okay or not by the end. Playing a much more tragic character, whose emotional mindset and reactions tell us so much, you're lost for words for the emotional and psychology state he's in.
I agree Casey Affleck hit out of the park in Manchester by the Sea.
Casey all the way!
I agree but the race wasn’t actually that tight since Casey won literally everything except sag and Denzel ONLY won sag that whole entire awards season.
@@alediaz3245 it was a tight race. But to be specific, the race wasn't tight throughout that a whole season. As you said before, Affleck ran the board anywhere else prior to sag. But once Washington won the best actor at sag, it became a tight race. Especially to the point a lot of awards pundits began placing Washington over Affleck (there's also a controversy with Affleck that started to come up as voting was progressing). A few weeks after sag, Affleck single handily won the BAFTA and didn't have Washington to worry about as he wasn't nominated there (Washington has never been nominated at BAFTA). Oscar night came along, both Affleck and his film Manchester by the Sea had more love at the end of the day.
Thank you so much for shining light on Sean Astin in Return of the King! No one ever talks about how emotionally powerful he was in that film and he definitely deserved a nomination as well as Serkis for The Two Towers.
Casey absolutely deserved that Oscar. He should have won SAG too because his performance in Manchester by the Sea is amazing.
I'm conflicted on Bening vs Swank Round 1. I really like both of Swank's Oscar wins but it is so sad that Annette Bening doesn't have an Oscar by now. So in hindsight maybe it would have been good if she won for American Beauty. Taking Swank's first Oscar away though sucks since that role was so transformative and groundbreaking for its time considering the subject matter. Maybe Annette could have won in Bening vs Swank Round 2. I've never seen Being Julia but Million Dollar Baby is amazing and of course won a lot of Oscars that year (including Best Picture) so it would be hard to deny her since she was the only lead performance. Whereas when Annette lost for American Beauty they gave Spacey Best Actor among a ton of other Oscars like Best Director and Best Picture.
I agree with your top choice for sure btw.
Please cover that 2016 best supporting actor race, I would love to see that!
I will NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY Mark Rylance won that Oscar. He didn't do anything in Bridge of Spies. I wouldn't even call it a subtle performance. There was just nothing there. What did he actually win for?
I highly agree!!!!
Not a huge fan of that Oscar win either. He was just fine in that movie. He wasn’t memorable imo. I thought Tom Hanks delivered a better performance than him in that movie, but he wasn’t even nominated.
I believe it’s the British bloc of the Academy who swayed the votes in his favor, and Spielberg too. Mark Rylance is a well-respected actor especially in theatre. He is basically theatre royalty, like he is considered a second coming of Olivier in his generation (there’s Ian McKellen too). He head the Shakespeare’s Globe theatre for several years as artistic director. I don’t really remember Mark campaigning much during the Oscar season as he had a Broadway show then.
I also think of the same thing with Olivia Colman’s Oscar win, although she is known more as a TV royalty in the UK and many of the British voting bloc chose her over Glenn Close, but The Favourite is also a bigger Oscar contender.
Mark Rylance is arguably the best theater actor of all time. And at the time he barely did any movies, so they just gave him an award just cause
The message I’m taking away from this video is that SAG is just a lot smarter than every other award show
People predict sag based of what they think hollywood it actors would choose. But, sag is contained of journeymen working actors, game recognises game. Well, most of the time.
Gienn Close winning the SAG for The Wife should have won The Oscar over Olivia Coleman in 2019
Based on the nominees at the Oscars, I agree. Who I think should have won the Oscar that year wasn’t even nominated and that’s Toni Collette from Hereditary. I think Glenn Close should have won the Oscar for Fatal Attraction.
Absolutely not
Johnny Depp is so good in Pirates, yet I don't think it's even a top 3 performance of his. Goes to show how talented the man is.
Russell Crowe should have got the Oscars - the best performance of year by far - was totally political. He was acting bratty in lead up and that with reluctance to give back 2 back, was enough to skew it to Washington. He messed it up for himself unfortunately.
Also, there was a lot of chatter that Washington hadn't won since Glory and had yet to score an Oscar for a leading role though he'd been nominated hella times.
I think you are right all around, and Ed Harris still without an Oscar, do you believe me if I tell you I think about it every time I see Ed Harris in a movie. This video was truly enjoyable and enlightening. Thank you so much for it.
Can u do a vid where the sags got it right & the oscars too ?
I thought you gonna pick Glenn Close in 2019’s at the number 1, Brian. 🤣
I don’t know, Denzel’s win for Training Day is one of the most out-of-the-box, downright coolest wins in the Lead Actor category in my opinion. No one else could bring the charisma and sense of false bravado he brings to that iconic performance of Alonzo.
I loved that film!
DENZEL deserved that Oscar. Besides Crowes best role was Insider not Beautiful mind
@@SoulKnightKing No Crowes' best role was Beautiful Mind. He deserved it more than the diversity winner that year.
It was sheer charisma! Denzel played against type and I was in shock the whole film. He deserve the trophy. I wish there could be a tie some years 😂
@@tonyg76 Putting Denzel Washington in the same sentence with the words "diversity win" is a travesty. What a dreadful, mean-spirited statement.
You’re awesome! I agree with you almost always.
Ian McKellen definitely should have won the Oscar such an incredible performance. What a miss
Yes
I think it’s genre bias sadly.
Denzel is my favorite actor of aot but casey affleck in manchester by the sea is the better perfomance by FAR
Amen
By far??? Naw. Maybe by a little.
Just missing Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean 1. But great list as always.
Russell Crowe ruined his chances of a win with his behaviour backstage at BAFTA. Washington was the solid, less problematic choice
I was so thrilled seeing Ian as your #1.
The academy didn't like netflix movies back in the day. Beast of no nation was such a shocking film. So raw and original
Great video
I think Denzel winning for Fences was in part giving him an award when he never got a SAG award. Casey Affleck deserved the Oscar for Manchester by the Sea and I think should have swept the entire award season and got the SAG award as well. That’s not to say Denzel was bad in Fences, because he wasn’t, but I do think him not having a SAG award was a factor in him winning that year over Affleck, who was dominating the award season with his incredible performance.
True. Casey all the way!
I always thought Kidman was Best Actress in The Hours because she's the central figure, like Brando in The Godfather. I agree about Bening in American Beauty except for the impact of the Boys Don't Cry win for L+ reasons. I remember feeling when she won for that that the L+ community had been legitimized in a way like never before
You can never make me hate Dench in SIL. Everyone reduces it to screentime and never really acknowledge what she did with her eight minutes. In both of her major scenes, she nearly erases everyone else in the room. Beyond commanding. She fully deserved.
Funny how screen time is only an issue for certain actresses
I agree about Crowe , Harris, Bening , Elba and Davis.
My favorite the year Kidman won would be Salma Hayek.
Not really a fan though of The Usual Suspects.
I definitely don’t have a problem with Swank in Boys Don’t Cry but loved Bening’s performance in American Beauty.
Streep in any number of roles would have made for a better win than The Iron Lady. Davis is more iconic in The Help .
My favorite performances in The Hours are actually Streep and Harris.
The Help is so problematic, I'm sure Viola Davis is relieved she didn't win for that movie.
She's mentioned in several interviews that she regrets taking the role. But at least it was watchable - can't say the same for Iron Lady.
Like Polls, a win can be a snapshot of the temperature of the voting body. Sure, in retrospect it is easy to judge performances because they exist in a vacuum - of film.
What we tend to forget are the campaigns - both positive and negative that influence. The momentum or fatigue attached to frontrunners. The prevailing zeitgeist, or political climate. The particular headspace of the Academy during a specific Oscar race.
Nicole Kidman did not deserve the Oscar for The Hours. That should have gone to either Renée Zellweger for Chicago or Julianne Moore for Far from Heaven.
What a year for female acting...must be one of the strongest ever!
Now do “Top 10 Times the DGA got it right”
One I can think of is Frances Ford Coppola for The Godfather. I was surprised he didn’t include Coppola for Best Director at the Golden Globes for the top 10 times the Golden Globes got right video.
Please cover the 2015 Best Supporting Actor race! I have always been curious about that one!
TOTALLY agree with you on Annette Benning in American Beauty. I thought she did a better job than Kevin Spacey. And I think I'm in a minority, but I didn't care for Casey Affleck in MbtS. He was moody. Every scene was him brooding. Ugh.
Completely disagree with Bening. Swank in Boys Don't Cry is an all timer performance.
Mark Rylance is one of my favorite performances of all time and I love Bridge of Spies. So I'm all about that win at the Oscars. I feel Denzel's performance in Fences was not incredibly unique compared to what Casey Affleck was tasked with pulling off. Though I think both Washington and Affleck were arguably upstaged by their female co-star. Viola Davis and Michelle Williams, respectively. Oh and I'm also not a fan of The Usual Suspects. But most Oscar nominated performances are for movies I don't care for.
Brother please, as much as i love ed harris in the truman show, no one deserved the win over coburn for affliction. That is one of the best supporting performances in the last 30 years
I thought you weren’t mentioning people like Ibris Elba since he didn’t get the Oscar’s nomination.
Yeah exactly
Because Idris Elba beat Mark Rylance, the guy that won the Oscar that year.
I think Gillian Anderson did a much better job portraying Margret Thatcher in The Crown than Merrel Streep's performance in The Iron Lady.
I would've loved a Stallone win! 😊❤
Kidman VS Zellwegger video, please!
My least favorite Oscar win is Nicole Kidman for The Hours. Renee Zellewegger should have won for Chicago.
I agree completely with that. N I think that Renee shouldn’t have won for cold mountain tbh lol. Xxx
Renee was brilliant in cold mountain though don’t get me wrong lol xx
Renee was my number two after Diane Lane in Unfaithful. Not an Oscar movie, but Lane's performance was next level.
@@jessrosefawkes2721 I don't get why people hate on that performance. She saves that movie IMO.
@@lonellfletcher I never saw Unfaithful so I wouldn’t know. I do like Diane Lane, though.
Crowe should've won for ABM. Denzel should've won best actor for Malcom X. Heck yes where is Ed Harris' oscar?
Agreed with Brian BIG time on these points! ❤
Question: Isn't voting for the Oscar's already closed when the SAG awards are announced?
Not this year.
No one liked that Cold Mountain win. Still don't understand what she thought she was doing
Wait. Why does Idris Elba count for this list? You say that Blunt was ineligible, but Elba wasn't even nominated at the Oscars.
Emily Blunt wasn't included because she did not beat Regina King at SAG. Elba was included because he bested Rylance at SAG.
Wasnt the English patient from Mirimax?
Yep. Lauren Bacall lost to Juliet Binoche because of Harvey Weinstein’s campaigning along with Cate Blanchett losing to Gwyneth Paltrow.
Great top 10, Brian! It's still criminal that Ian McKellen never won for Gods & Monsters or in Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring. And yes for Viola Davis! She should have won for both The Help & Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (which she also won the SAG for. I was rooting for her or Carey Mulligan to win in 2021 instead of Frances). And Idris Elba was incredible for Beasts Of No Nation, he should have at least gotten the Oscar nomination.
Also agree on Denzel Washington, I thought his work in Fences was much more powerful than Casey Affleck in Manchester By The Sea and it would have been great to see him win the Oscar that year.
Totally agree with you!
Kathy bates nomination for Richard jewell was very left field. The academy didn't just want to nominate jlo for hustlers.
Was jlo really Oscar nomination worthy in Hustlers? Seriously?
Meryl deserves to have a 3rd oscar but not for the iron lady. She should have won for doubt instead
I've been meaning to watch Richard Jewell for years
I hope you do get to see "Richard Jewell." It was extremely well done, and, of course, based on a true story. Unfortunately, despite stellar acting and directing by Clint Eastwood the movie faded quickly from the movie theatres. What a shame!
My favorite film directed by Clint Eastwood after "Million Dollar Baby" (2004).
The year Meryl won at SAG for Doubt but lost to Winslet for The Reader at the Oscars (Winslet was nominated for Revolutionary Road at SAG) stands out to me. I think Meryl was fantastic (is she ever not?) as Sister Beauvier.
The way you said JIM BROADBENT lmao.
Kidman deserved the Oscar for Moulin Rouge but it was time for an African American actress in a lead role to win and Halle Berry was excellent in Monster's Ball. Kidman also had The Others in 2002 which was a superb performance that she could have also easily been nominated for BUT her work in The Hours was exquisite in spite of not being in. every frame. I remember the LA Times and NY Times not even recognizing Kidman in the movie. Kicked off a decade of actresses using Method Acting to 'become' the character and win the Oscar so I feel that it was Kidman's time and also a recognition of a number of incredible performances as well as an atonement for not winning for Moulin Rouge which she should have won for. Plus The Hours was a beautiful movie that deserved to win something. Kidman did win the BAFTA and The Golden Globe for The Hours too. Let's not diminish that win plus her Moulin Rouge performance loomed somewhat over Renee's role in Chicago ....
This year, it’s going to be Paul Giamatti for best actor in “The Holdovers”.
I hope that he wins it.
I thought Paul Giamatti was fine in The Holdovers but Cillian Murphy was absolutely transformational in Oppenheimer.
My Oscars Sophie’s Choice will always be Swank vs Bening’s first round. Should have been a tie imho.
I agree with you crowe should've won the oscar
An gorgeously epic performance.
I just wanted to correct you on Ed Harris he won the Globe,Duvall in A Civil Action won the SAG award in 1998.
I completely disagree with you on Juliette Binoche/Lauren Bacall situation. Binoche’s win is actually one of the all timers Oscar win for me. So much well deserved, so shocking. Her performance was one of the things that kept me coming back and thinking about the English Patient. What a heartbreaking and courageous performance! That Binoche/Bacall should’ve been in your « when Academy Awards got it right » video 😉.
I had no recollection of Emily blunt wining a sag award for a quiet place! That’s insane and really cool!
Definitely agree on idris Elba SAG win that 2016 race were the Oscars did everything in their power to avoid giving POC actors/actresses/filmmakers like not only idris but the cast of straight outta Compton, Michael b Jordan for creed, Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and mya Taylor for Tangerine, Abraham Attah for beasts of no nation, and will smith in concussion
A big factor that particular year was Oscars not recognizing the legitimacy of Netflix.
The Academy just loves to give the award to someone who plays a historical figure or just a living person as in Julia Roberts playing Erin Brokavich.
True. The Academy loves biopic performances.
Did the SAG trophy change from when Lauren Bacall won in 1997?
No. That photo is from her honorary award.
I agree with you on Washington and Affleck.
Casey Affleck’s performance in Manchester By The Sea was one of the best performances I’ve ever seen on film.
Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction
The SAGs got it right on awarding Ian McKellen for the first Lord of the Rings Movie. The BAFTAs got a couple of categories right when it comes to that movie unlike the Oscars. The BAFTAs awarded Peter Jackson Best Director for the first Lord of the Rings movie and awarded the first Lord of the Rings film Best Picture. A Beautiful Mind won Best Picture and Best Director instead which are very safe choices. I think Apollo 13 is the Ron Howard movie more deserving of winning Best Picture and Best Director than A Beautiful Mind.
True
Washington definitely should have won for Fences.
Eddie Murphy was Robbed for his Oscar
Interesting, he didn’t include him in this top 10.
Agreed! 💯
Glenn Close for The Wife.
Can you make a most dominant win (sweeps) in the history of award seasons ?
SAG Awards are just better than the oscars #FACT
thank u for mentioning miss Zellweger and the great miss Bacall they're were going as frontrunner to that OCSAR, but something happened, and i do think that HARVEY WEINSTEIN has so much to do with their loses, Harvey loved RENEE but his company made sure to promote for Nicole soooo hard to get that win, also i don't know what happened to the members when they founded that such a great classic actress like lauren gives such a modern and heartfelt and memorable turn but they didn't go for her
I know that happened to Lauren Bacall, but I didn’t know that happened to Renee Zellweger too. It’s crazy especially considering that Chicago is a Miramax film.
I can’t wait for your Oscar retrospective on Mark Rylance vs. Sylvester Stallone (and Idris Elba) for the Best Supporting Actor!
O comeon, Casey Affleck was the best actor of the lot
Casey Affleck winning over Denzel is insane. His nomination should have been his win
YES THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING IAN MCKELLAN FOR NO1!!!!!