Love the "Give an Award to Jude Law Just for Breathing" Guinevere
Add me to that list. I can't tell you how many times I've watched "The Talented Mr. Ripley"--until Law's character gets killed. But I was also impressed with his evil photographer in "Road to Perdition." Although the Jude Law I'd like to have come to my house is his mecha lover character in "A.I."
And I was another person perplexed by the "Johnny Depp comeback." When did he leave?
The guy has been making at least one movie a year since "Crybaby" and though they weren't blockbusters, most of them had a lot of buzz--"Edward Scissorhands," "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" "Donnie Brasco," "Ed Wood (my favorite Depp role)," "Don Juan DeMarco," "Chocolate," "Blow," "Sleepy Hollow"--and that's only off the top of my head. Most actors would kill to have done half those films. I know, this is Depp's first blockbuster, but comeback? I'd just call it a great actor's first blockbuster.
Bronze, I know what you mean about Charlize Theron after "Cider House Rules." It seemed like she was saying "yes" to every script. I haven't seen "Monster" but I saw her on "Inside the Actor's Studio" Sunday (did they have good timing or what?), in which they had a pretty long scene from "Monster." I was impressed by both Theron and the scene they showed from "Monster." The make-up and physical transformation is amazing, but it's still Theron who has to make it work. Just think, if she wins the Oscar for "Monster," ever beautiful actress who wants to be taken seriously will want "Monster" in the title.
And it looks like Tom and Nicole's battle of the Oscar campaigns cancelled each other out. I think "Cold Mountain" got five nominations and "Last Samurai" got four, but don't quote me. I just can't find where I read the totals for the top movies. And no nod for either Tom or Nicole, but a Best Supporting Actor for Ken Watanabe, whom I saw and noticed almost 20 years ago in "Tampopo." (Haven't seen "Last Samauri.")
I say "LOTR" because it should be this year. This was the best installment and getting best picture, best director this year is like giving the entire series best picture. Would have liked to have seen Wods and or Astin get a nod, but it truly was ensemble acting, with the emphasis of the story shifting so that in "The Return of the King," Woods was more of a supporting actor, supported by Astin, while Viggo Mortensen was more of a lead. But "LOTR" is the biggest thing to happen to movies since "Gone With the Wind" and for all these journeymen actors, except Ian McKellan and Ian Holm, to be shot into stardom with "LOTR," I think they're mighty happy--and mighty rich if their contracts had a percentage of the proffits. Talk about WHEEEEEE!
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